Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Cloud Data Security Play Sentra Raises $50 Million Series B 

Sentra has now raised north of $100 million for controls technology to keep sensitive data out of misconfigured AI workflows. The post Cloud Data Security Play Sentra Raises $50 Million Series B  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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DataKrypto Launches Homomorphic Encryption Framework to Secure Enterprise AI Models

DataKrypto’s FHEnom for AI combines real-time homomorphic encryption with trusted execution environments to protect enterprise data and models from leakage, exposure, and tampering. The post DataKrypto Launches Homomorphic Encryption Framework to Secure Enterprise AI Models appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline

The city of Abilene, Texas, is scrambling to restore systems that have been taken offline in response to a cyberattack. The post Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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GCP Cloud Composer Bug Let Attackers Elevate Access via Malicious PyPI Packages

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that could have enabled an attacker to elevate their privileges in the Cloud Composer workflow orchestration service that's based on Apache Airflow. "This vulnerability lets attackers with edit permissions in Cloud Composer to escalate their access to the default Cloud Build service account, which

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Ofcom closes technical loophole used by criminals to intercept mobile calls and texts

Regulator acts on leasing of ‘global title’ numbers after industry efforts to tackle problem were ineffectiveThe UK communications regulator is banning mobile operators from leasing numbers that can be used by criminals to intercept and divert calls and messages, including security codes sent by banks to customers.Ofcom said it would stop the leasing of “global titles”, special types of phone numbers used by mobile networks to support services to make sure messages and calls reach the intended recipient. Continue reading...

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Medical Express Ambulance Inc. announces data breach

Medical Express Ambulance Inc. (MedEx) recently experienced a data breach that may have allowed unauthorized access to patient health information.

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Deepfake-enabled fraud caused more than $200 million in losses

In Q1 2025, deepfake-driven fraud led to $200 million in financial losses. 

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SSL.com Scrambles to Patch Certificate Issuance Vulnerability 

A vulnerability in SSL.com has resulted in nearly a dozen certificates for legitimate domains being wrongly issued. The post SSL.com Scrambles to Patch Certificate Issuance Vulnerability  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Open Source Security Firm Hopper Emerges From Stealth With $7.6M in Funding

Hopper has emerged from stealth mode with a solution designed to help organizations manage open source software risk. The post Open Source Security Firm Hopper Emerges From Stealth With $7.6M in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Many Malware Campaigns Linked to Proton66 Network

Security researchers detail various malware campaigns that use bulletproof services linked to Proton66 ASN. The post Many Malware Campaigns Linked to Proton66 Network appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Legacy Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks

A sophisticated phishing campaign abuses weakness in Google Sites to spoof Google no-reply addresses and bypass protections. The post Legacy Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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5 Major Concerns With Employees Using The Browser

As SaaS and cloud-native work reshape the enterprise, the web browser has emerged as the new endpoint. However, unlike endpoints, browsers remain mostly unmonitored, despite being responsible for more than 70% of modern malware attacks. Keep Aware’s recent State of Browser Security report highlights major concerns security leaders face with employees using the web browser for most of their work.

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Phishers Exploit Google Sites and DKIM Replay to Send Signed Emails, Steal Credentials

In what has been described as an "extremely sophisticated phishing attack," threat actors have leveraged an uncommon approach that allowed bogus emails to be sent via Google's infrastructure and redirect message recipients to fraudulent sites that harvest their credentials. "The first thing to note is that this is a valid, signed email – it really was sent from no-reply@google.com," Nick Johnson

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UN Researchers Warn That Asian Scam Operations Are Spreading Across the Rest of the World

Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe, according to a UN report. The post UN Researchers Warn That Asian Scam Operations Are Spreading Across the Rest of the World appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Two Healthcare Orgs Hit by Ransomware Confirm Data Breaches Impacting Over 100,000

Bell Ambulance and Alabama Ophthalmology Associates have suffered data breaches affecting over 100,000 people after being targeted in ransomware attacks. The post Two Healthcare Orgs Hit by Ransomware Confirm Data Breaches Impacting Over 100,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Secures MSA Signing with Azure Confidential VMs Following Storm-0558 Breach

Microsoft on Monday announced that it has moved the Microsoft Account (MSA) signing service to Azure confidential virtual machines (VMs) and that it's also in the process of migrating the Entra ID signing service as well. The disclosure comes about seven months after the tech giant said it completed updates to Microsoft Entra ID and MS for both public and United States government clouds to

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Lotus Panda Hacks SE Asian Governments With Browser Stealers and Sideloaded Malware

The China-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Lotus Panda has been attributed to a campaign that compromised multiple organizations in an unnamed Southeast Asian country between August 2024 and February 2025. "Targets included a government ministry, an air traffic control organization, a telecoms operator, and a construction company," the Symantec Threat Hunter Team said in a new report

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Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data

A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few traces of network activity. The NLRB whistleblower said the unusual large data outflows coincided with multiple blocked login attempts from an Internet address in Russia that tried to use valid credentials for a newly-created DOGE user account.

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Microsoft Purges Dormant Azure Tenants, Rotates Keys to Prevent Repeat Nation-State Hack 

Microsoft security chief Charlie Bell says the SFI's 28 objectives are “near completion” and that 11 others have made “significant progress.” The post Microsoft Purges Dormant Azure Tenants, Rotates Keys to Prevent Repeat Nation-State Hack  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Kimsuky Exploits BlueKeep RDP Vulnerability to Breach Systems in South Korea and Japan

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious campaign related to the North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky that exploits a now-patched vulnerability impacting Microsoft Remote Desktop Services to gain initial access. The activity has been named Larva-24005 by the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC). "In some systems, initial access was gained through