According to the latest Cybersecurity Workforce Study from (ISC)2, it would take a 145% increase in the number of these cybersecurity professionals to fill the current estimated need for 4.07 million professionals.
Inside sources have told Reuters that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is actively using Anthropic's Mythos to uncover internal security vulnerabilities, despite a standing national security ban on the use of the company's products.
UK's NCSC issued an alert over the growing risk of ransomware attacks as threat actors diversified attack vectors and monetization methods, with some victims hit by repeat attacks shortly after paying a ransom.
DuckDuckGo sells itself on its lack of user tracking. However, some new security research reveals that policy does not apply equally to Microsoft trackers.
Consumer groups in 7 countries are asking European privacy regulators to take action against Google for GDPR violations, specifically, its “deceptive practices” related to location tracking.
The FBI has issued a warning about a spike in financial account takeover crimes, after fielding over 5,100 complaints thus far in 2025. Attackers are commonly impersonating bank staff and mocking up replicas of financial institution websites to obtain credentials, and in some cases are ensnaring victims via legitimate-seeming search engine ads.
Singapore’s early rollout of contact tracing included one of the world’s first mobile apps for this purpose, TraceTogether. Voluntary public uptake based on trust in government was key, but that trust may be shaken.
Krispy Kreme has disclosed that the December 2024 disruption to its online ordering systems resulted from a cyber attack later claimed by the Play ransomware group.
The Pegasus spyware sold by NSO Group, supposed to only be available to law enforcement and intelligence agencies for legitimate and legal uses, appears to be widely available to repressive governments with little oversight.
Among the major highlights of the Verizon Cyber Espionage Report: criminal organizations and former employees play a trivial role in overall attempts, the overwhelming majority come from states.
