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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:14:00 +0000

Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media platforms by leveraging the same malicious advertising technology that powers a sprawling ecosystem of online hucksters and website hackers. A new report on the fallout from that investigation finds this dark ad tech industry is far more resilient and incestuous than previously known.

Independent Krebs

July 25, 2025 admin

Patch Tuesday, June 2025 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:10:53 +0000

Microsoft today released security updates to fix at least 67 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. Redmond warns that one of the flaws is already under active attack, and that software blueprints showing how to exploit a pervasive Windows bug patched this month are now public.

Security Wired

May 30, 2025 admin

A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 18:42:45 +0000

Plus: An Iranian man pleads guilty to a Baltimore ransomware attack, Russia’s nuclear blueprints get leaked, a Texas sheriff uses license plate readers to track a woman who got an abortion, and more.

Security Wired

May 30, 2025 admin

Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 13:22:09 +0000

The elusive boss of the Trickbot and Conti cybercriminal groups has been known only as “Stern.” Now, German law enforcement has published his alleged identity—and it’s a familiar face.

Security Wired

May 30, 2025 admin

Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 13:22:09 +0000

The elusive boss of the Trickbot and Conti cybercriminal groups has been known only as “Stern.” Now, German law enforcement has published his alleged identity—and it’s a familiar face.

Security Wired

May 29, 2025 admin

A Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration’s Handling of Far-Right Terrorism

Credit to Author: Ali Winston| Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 18:14:03 +0000

A member of a California-based fight club seems to have attended an event hosted by groups with ties to an organization the US government labeled a terrorist group. Will the Trump administration care?

Security Wired

May 29, 2025 admin

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

Security Wired

May 27, 2025 admin

The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started.