In a bizarre and troubling incident, pirate IPTV services were promoted via Eurostat’s official website, raising questions about platform security and how easily AI systems can be misled. Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, is closely tied to the European Commission—making the scam especially jarring. A Sophisticated
Researchers at Okta have uncovered a disturbing new trend: unknown threat actors are abusing Vercel’s generative AI tool, v0, to create fraudulent webpages that mimic legitimate login portals—part of a broader campaign to scale phishing attacks using generative AI. What Is v0 and How It’s Being Misused
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Aeza Group, a Russian-based “bulletproof” hosting provider, along with four of its top operators. According to U.S. officials, Aeza’s infrastructure was actively used by ransomware gangs, information-stealing malware operators, and darknet marketplaces. Allegations and Sanctions The sanctions
Spanish police have arrested five suspects accused of laundering more than $540 million through fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes that defrauded over 5,000 victims worldwide. The case, supported by Europol and law enforcement agencies in Estonia, France, and the United States, highlights the growing scale and sophistication of crypto-enabled financial
Cloudflare has announced a major policy shift, automatically blocking AI-powered web scraping for new users and launching a beta program that lets website owners charge AI companies for access to their content. Key Announcements Default AI Crawler Blocking Cloudflare will now block known AI bots by default for all new
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed it is investigating a "sophisticated" cyberattack that targeted its internal systems last week. The breach has raised fresh concerns about the vulnerability of global justice institutions to cyber threats. Key Details The ICC described the incident as both “complex and targeted,
German regulators have formally ordered Google and Apple to remove the DeepSeek app from their platforms, citing serious violations of EU data protection laws. The directive was issued by Berlin’s Data Protection Commissioner, Meike Kamp, who argues that the Chinese-owned AI app fails to comply with the General Data
Google has issued emergency updates for a critical zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-6554, the flaw affects the Chrome browser and allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. Key Details * Vulnerability Type: Type confusion in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine * Discovered By: Clément
In a chilling evolution of narco-warfare, the Sinaloa Cartel reportedly hired a hacker to infiltrate surveillance systems and mobile devices to track an FBI agent operating in Mexico—and to identify, intimidate, and ultimately murder FBI informants. This revelation comes from a newly released report by the U.S. Department
Microsoft has confirmed a new issue delaying the rollout of June 2025 security updates, citing a metadata timestamp error that affects managed Windows environments. Key Details of the Issue The problem impacts Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices configured with deferred quality update policies—a common setup in enterprise IT
The Swiss government has confirmed that confidential data from multiple federal agencies was compromised following a ransomware attack on Radix, a third-party service provider. The breach is now under investigation, and cybersecurity officials are warning of possible secondary attacks. Key Details of the Breach The ransomware group Sarcoma infiltrated Radix’
In a surreal twist of luck gone wrong, thousands of Norwegians were mistakenly led to believe they had won life-changing sums in the Eurojackpot lottery—only to discover it was all due to a simple, but costly, math error. What Went Wrong? Eurojackpot, a pan-European lottery that’s been running