The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure. [...]

Development platform Zeabur has disclosed details of a cybersecurity incident in which an attacker used leaked internal credentials stored in plaintext to compromise its infrastructure and steal over 3.2 million environment variable records and information for 321,810 accounts. [...]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ordering federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove them from government systems. [...]

DHS has ordered DeepSeek removed from federal civilian IT systems over security concerns. Learn what the restrictions mean for agencies and technology vendors.

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CJIS v6.1 requires agencies to maintain strong authentication, account security, and audit controls while demonstrating ongoing compliance. Specops outlines five practical priorities covering MFA, account management, passwords, logging, and audit readiness. [...]

Windows 11 offers controls for diagnostic data, location access, clipboard syncing, and personalized recommendations. Here's how to review seven privacy settings and understand their trade-offs.

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A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. [...]

Learn how AI tool calling works, how it differs from APIs and MCP, and what businesses should know about integrations, permissions and security risks.

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The White House AI task force has begun a 120-day review of cybersecurity, biosecurity and oversight, with potential implications for businesses and developers.

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French cloud and hosting provider OVHcloud is warning users that attackers compromised its open-source command-line interface (CLI) tool to distribute information-stealing malware. [...]

Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail chains, confirmed that last week's cyberattack disrupted services at stores across Europe and the United States. [...]

Fintech company Revolut is working to resolve a massive outage that disrupted most of its services worldwide earlier today. [...]

Samsung's Galaxy A56 One UI 9 update has expanded beyond South Korea, bringing Android 17 and new customization features, but not every Galaxy AI capability.

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Microsoft's October Windows Server updates may disrupt Exchange email. Here's what administrators need to know about the temporary workaround.

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Nikkei Inc. disclosed a new data breach, the third in about a month, that exposed 1.83 million personal information records. [...]

Some downloads of the Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin from the vendor's official website carried malware that planted hidden backdoors in a supply-chain attack last week. [...]

Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI's servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them to their original state to hide the attacks.a [...]

Staffing software company Bullhorn has disabled access to its platform to contain a cyberattack that caused a system-wide outage. [...]

The open-source AI coding project OpenCode has notified a small number of users that API keys they used with external providers were exposed in a security breach. [...]

Cybercriminals are selling forged identity documents, deepfake videos, and live verification services to help buyers bypass Know Your Client (KYC) checks. Flare examines how these underground services operate and the techniques used to create and maintain fraudulent verified accounts. [...]