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The UK government plans to ban public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from paying ransomware ransoms. The proposed legislation would apply to local councils, schools, and the NHS. “Ransomware is estimated to cost the UK economy millions of pounds each year, with recent high-profile ransomware attacks highlighting the severe operational, …

Microsoft has quietly revealed that it will stop adding new features to Office apps (Microsoft 365) for Windows 10 users in August 2026. While security updates will remain in place for Office apps running on Windows 10 until October 2028, Microsoft will cut off new feature support gradually next year. …

Zuckerberg announced that the company is constructing Gigawatt-Size Data Centers for its AI projects, with the first one launching next year. “We’re calling the first one Prometheus and it’s coming online in ’26,” Zuckerberg wrote Monday in a post on his social platform Threads, referring to a project in Ohio. …

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler found an unsecured database with 245,949 records, reported to vpnMentor. It likely belonged to a tax credit consulting agency and contained personal information such as PII, driver’s licenses, military discharge forms, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive documents. The database was unprotected and held 245,949 records …

Fortinet has issued a critical patch for a critical vulnerability in its FortiWeb product, a web application firewall commonly used in enterprises. Identified as CVE-2025-25257, this high-severity issue is an unauthenticated SQL injection flaw that lets remote attackers run unauthorized SQL commands through specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests. “An …

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday in July 2025 is critical, featuring updates for 137 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day in Microsoft SQL Server. The extensive nature of these updates brings relief to defenders and anxiety to users needing to secure their operations. This analysis emphasizes key points, the associated risks, and the implications …

ThreatFabric researchers have discovered a new sophisticated campaign by the Anatsa banking trojan targeting mobile banking users in the U.S. and Canada. This is the malware’s third major attack on North American financial institutions. The latest campaign marks a serious increase in threats, as cybercriminals have breached the official Google …

eSentire Threat Response Unit confirms that email accounts are heavily targeted. The report states that identity-driven threats rose 156% from 2023 to 2025, now making up 59% of threat cases in Q1 2025. This increase is fueled by Cybercrime-as-a-Service, particularly Phishing-as-a-Service, which attackers can access for as little as $200 …

Doctors at Columbia University Fertility Center have reported what they are calling the first pregnancy using a new AI system, in a couple that had been trying to start a family for nearly two decades. The pregnancy was possible due to an advance developed by the Columbia team, led by …

Resecurity found 7.4 million records of Paraguayan citizens’ personal information leaked on the dark web today. Last week, cybercriminals attempted to sell this data for $7.4 million, or $1 per citizen. A ransomware group is extorting the country, marking a major cybersecurity event, with a deadline set for Friday, June …