February 2025

Gilmore Girls fans nabbed as Eurocops dismantle two major cybercrime forums

Gilmore Girls fans nabbed as Eurocops dismantle two major cybercrime forums 2025-02-02 at 15:35 By Connor Jones Nulled and Cracked had a Lorelai-cal rise – until Operation Talent stepped in Law enforcement officers across Europe assembled again to collectively disrupt major facilitators of cybercrime, with at least one of those cuffed apparently a fan of

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Microsoft vet laments a world where even toothbrushes need reboots

Microsoft vet laments a world where even toothbrushes need reboots 2025-02-02 at 11:48 By Richard Speed Raymond Chen reflects on the never-ending cycle of updates and restarts Comment  Remember when things didn’t need constant updating and reboots to work? Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen notes that the affliction has even spread as far as the

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Week in review: Apple 0-day used to target iPhones, DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by scammers

Week in review: Apple 0-day used to target iPhones, DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by scammers 2025-02-02 at 11:03 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Apple zero-day vulnerability exploited to target iPhone users (CVE-2025-24085) Apple has shipped a fix for a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-24085)

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Texas Governor Orders Ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for Government Devices

Texas Governor Orders Ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for Government Devices 2025-02-01 at 13:18 By Associated Press “Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through data-harvesting AI and social media apps,” Abbott said. The post Texas Governor Orders Ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for Government Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network

U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network 2025-02-01 at 11:03 By U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating from Pakistan. The action, which took place on January

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BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposes 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key

BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposes 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key 2025-02-01 at 08:49 By BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key. The company said the breach involved 17 Remote Support SaaS

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Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists

Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists 2025-02-01 at 07:49 By Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members, involved the use of spyware from an Israeli company known as Paragon

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Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts

Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts 2025-02-01 at 05:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that’s targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of harvesting their credentials. “These malicious ads, appearing on Google Search, are designed to

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OpenAI Says China’s DeepSeek Copied Its AI Model

OpenAI Says China’s DeepSeek Copied Its AI Model 2025-02-01 at 03:55 View original post at Safety Detectives OpenAI is accusing Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of using its proprietary models to train its open-source competitor, pointing to a possible intellectual property breach. OpenAI says DeepSeek used a technique called distillation to train its AI model. In

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MSG Networks in talks to avoid bankruptcy — possibly with help of Amazon: sources

MSG Networks in talks to avoid bankruptcy — possibly with help of Amazon: sources 2025-02-01 at 01:24 By Josh Kosman MSG Networks, the embattled cable TV station that airs New York Knicks and Rangers games, is in talks to reach a deal to avoid bankruptcy as soon as Friday. This article is an excerpt from

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Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledge

Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledge 2025-02-01 at 01:24 By Thomas Claburn That email chain could have been a 30-second chit-chat, says IT giant Dell Technologies intends to end its hybrid work arrangement in March, requiring those previously allowed to toil from home part-time to spend their entire five-day work

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