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The botnet’s still alive and evolving Badbox 2.0, the botnet that infected millions of smart TV boxes and connected devices before private security researchers and law enforcement partially disrupted its infrastructure, is readying for a third round of fraud and digital attacks, according to one of the threat hunters who uncovered the original scheme.…

Alan Wong / Bloomberg: Hong Kong invokes its national security law to ban Taiwanese-made mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire, marking the first known use of the law to block a game  —  Hong Kong invoked national security laws to ban a video game for the first time, broadening the use of the set of legislation …

Gavin Blackburn / Euronews: President Emmanuel Macron says France will ban social media access for children under 15 within “a few months” if it is not done at the European level  —  Macron's pledge comes after a 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a staff member during a routine bag check at a school in eastern France.

That's certainly one way to get the crypto thieves off your back, maybe...

Ivanti has released security updates to fix three high-severity hardcoded key vulnerabilities in the company's Workspace Control (IWC) solution. [...]

In a twist on typical hiring-related social engineering attacks, the FIN6 hacking group impersonates job seekers to target recruiters, using convincing resumes and phishing sites to deliver malware. [...]

The publicly available exploits provide a near-universal way to bypass key protections.

A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back UK retailer Marks & Spencer has reinstated online orders for some customers, marking a major milestone in its recovery from a cyberattack in April.…

The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade

The financial sector was the industry most targeted by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in 2024, with a peak in October

A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.

AI adoption is increasing, with 84% of organizations now using AI in the cloud, according to Orca Security. But this innovation comes with new risks: 62% of organizations have at least one vulnerable AI package, and some of the most prevalent AI-related CVEs enable remote code execution. AI adoption comes with new risks “While multi-cloud architectures offer outstanding flexibility and growth, it also makes it harder to maintain consistent visibility and coverage across environments. Add … More → The post Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers appeared first on Help Net Security.