Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in which threat actors stole a database exposing users' email addresses and profile information. [...]

Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach. [...]

An email scam is abusing abusing PayPal's "Subscriptions" billing feature to send legitimate PayPal emails that contain fake purchase notifications embedded in the Customer service URL field. [...]

Apple has released emergency updates to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in an "extremely sophisticated attack" targeting specific individuals. [...]

Kali Linux has released version 2025.4, its final update of the year, introducing three new hacking tools, desktop environment improvements, the preview of Wifipumpkin3 in NetHunter, and enhanced Wayland support. [...]

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of legitimate update packages. [...]

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fined the LastPass password management firm £1.2 million for failing to implement security measures that allowed an attacker to steal personal information and encrypted password vaults belonging to up to 1.6 million UK users in a 2022 breach. [...]

Microsoft has released the KB5071546 extended security update to resolve 57 security vulnerabilities, including three zero-day flaws. [...]

Microsoft's December 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 57 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. [...]

A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in 2024, following a series of law enforcement actions targeting the ALPHV/BlackCat and LockBit ransomware gangs. [...]

Over 77,000 Internet-exposed IP addresses are vulnerable to the critical React2Shell remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-55182), with researchers now confirming that attackers have already compromised over 30 organizations across multiple sectors. [...]

Financial software provider Marquis Software Solutions is warning that it suffered a data breach that impacted dozens of banks and credit unions across the US. [...]

Risk management company Crisis24 has confirmed its OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments, and fire agencies across the United States. [...]

Black Friday 2025 is almost here, and early deals are already live across security software, online courses, system administration tools, antivirus products, and VPN services. These discounts are limited-time offers and vary by provider, so if you see something that fits your needs, it's best to act while it's available. [...]

The holidays can be hard on any budget, but there may be a way to make it a little easier. Instead of dashing through the snow all around town, get all your shopping done under one roof at Costco. Right now, you can even get a 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership plus a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card*, and it's still only $65. [...]

Researchers compiled a list of 3.5 billion WhatsApp mobile phone numbers and associated personal information by abusing a contact-discovery API that lacked rate limiting. [...]

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning government agencies to patch an Oracle Identity Manager tracked as CVE-2025-61757 that has been exploited in attacks, potentially as a zero-day. [...]

An in-development build of the upcoming ShinySp1d3r ransomware-as-a-service platform has surfaced, offering a preview of the upcoming extortion operation. [...]

Microsoft announced two new Windows 11 recovery features today at the Ignite developer conference, called Cloud Rebuild and Point-in-Time Restore (PITR), that aim to reduce downtime and make it easier to recover from system failures or faulty updates. [...]