Betting (and Losing) the Farm on Traditional Cybersecurity
Standard SecOps training is no longer enough to tackle modern cybersecurity challenges. People need to develop non-traditional skills.
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Zero-Day Bug Pops Up in Parallels Desktop for Mac
A patch bypass for a bug in the popular desktop emulator enables root-level privilege escalation and has no fix in sight.
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Australia Latest Domino to Fall in Gov’t Kaspersky Bans
This move comes less than a year after the United States banned Kaspersky products, out of the same fear that the company is under Russian government control.
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25 Years On, Active Directory Is Still a Prime Attack Target
Evolving threats and hybrid identity challenges keep Microsoft’s Active Directory at risk.
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DeepSeek’s ByteDance Data-Sharing Raises Fresh Security Concerns
Confirmation by South Korea’s data protection agency that the AI chatbot sent data to TikTok’s Chinese parent company has spurred a ban in that nation, and is again is calling into question DeepSeek’s safety.
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Could the Plot of Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’ Occur IRL?
A new streaming series about a catastrophic, nationwide cyberattack against US critical infrastructure is about as believable as its main character: an honest, bipartisan, universally beloved politician.
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New Malware Campaign Uses Cracked Software to Spread Lumma and ACR Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new campaign that leverages cracked versions of software as a lure to distribute information stealers like Lumma and ACR Stealer. The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) said it has observed a spike in the distribution volume of ACR Stealer since January 2025. A notable aspect of the stealer malware…
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How APT Naming Conventions Make Us Less Safe
Only by addressing the inefficiencies of current naming conventions can we create a safer, more resilient landscape for all defenders.
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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: From $1.5B Crypto Heist to AI Misuse & Apple’s Data Dilemma
Welcome to your weekly roundup of cyber news, where every headline gives you a peek into the world of online battles. This week, we look at a huge crypto theft, reveal some sneaky AI scam tricks, and discuss big changes in data protection. Let these stories spark your interest and help you understand the changing…
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Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats
Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) for software-based keys as a way to bulletproof encryption systems against the threat posed by cryptographically-relevant quantum computers. The feature, currently in preview, coexists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) post-quantum cryptography (PQC)