GM's $12.75M settlement reveals the high cost of selling driver data
GM's $12.75M settlement with California over its OnStar program highlights the risks of vehicle telematics and the growing power of consumer privacy l
Instructure reaches ransom agreement with ShinyHunters to stop 3.65TB Canvas leak
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, has paid a ransom to the ShinyHunters cybercrime group to prevent a massive 3.65TB data leak affecting mill
OpenAI launches Daybreak for AI-powered vulnerability detection and patch validation
OpenAI's Daybreak aims to revolutionize software security by using frontier AI to autonomously find, validate, and patch vulnerabilities before they'r
The ransomware dilemma: why more than half of security chiefs would pay the price
A new survey reveals 56% of CISOs would consider paying a ransom, highlighting the intense pressure to restore operations despite official guidance.
Colorado governor's commutation of Tina Peters' sentence reignites election security debate
Gov. Polis commuted the sentence of an official convicted of stealing voting data, a move critics say weakens deterrence for insider threats to electi
Global shipping giant Maersk paralyzed by NotPetya cyberattack, exposing critical infrastructure vulnerabilities
A deep dive into the 2017 NotPetya cyberattack on Maersk, which crippled the shipping giant, cost $300M, and exposed global supply chain fragility.
Windows zero-days expose BitLocker bypasses and CTFMON privilege escalation
A security researcher has disclosed two Windows zero-days: 'YellowKey,' a BitLocker bypass, and 'GreenPlasma,' a privilege escalation in CTFMON.
Researchers say AI just broke every benchmark for autonomous cyber capability
Recent studies reveal advanced AI from OpenAI and Anthropic have shattered benchmarks for autonomous hacking, accelerating a new cyber arms race.
Europe's proposed social media age gate: a privacy minefield for teens
The European Commission's push for a social media age limit of 16 raises serious data privacy and security concerns over how to verify age at scale.
DOJ memo outlines legal theory for nationwide voter data collection, sparking cybersecurity and privacy alarms
A DOJ legal memo argues for federal power to collect nationwide voter data, sparking alarms over the creation of a massive cybersecurity target and th
European surveillance tech is fueling global repression despite bloc-wide rules, report finds
A Human Rights Watch report alleges EU countries are exporting surveillance tech to repressive regimes, undermining the bloc's own 2021 export rules.
A watershed moment: Analyzing claims of the first AI-developed zero-day exploit
Google's Threat Intelligence Group reports the first observed case of threat actors using an AI-developed zero-day, signaling a new era in cyber warfa