August 2025

VerifTools Fake ID Operation Dismantled by Law Enforcement

VerifTools Fake ID Operation Dismantled by Law Enforcement 2025-08-29 at 17:32 By Ionut Arghire Authorities say VerifTools sold fake driver’s licenses and passports worldwide, enabling fraudsters to bypass KYC checks and access online accounts. The post VerifTools Fake ID Operation Dismantled by Law Enforcement appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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4chan Rejects UK’s Online Safety Act, Faces £18 million Fine

4chan Rejects UK’s Online Safety Act, Faces £18 million Fine 2025-08-29 at 17:08 View original post at vpnMentor The online forum 4chan has engaged legal counsel to formally reject implementing the UK’s new age verification mandates. 4chan had already announced its intention in January to refuse to comply with any form of compulsory age verification

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Drowning in Alerts? This is Why Your Organization Needs MDR

Drowning in Alerts? This is Why Your Organization Needs MDR 2025-08-29 at 17:01 By Trustwave, A LevelBlue Company, regularly writes about Managed Detection and Response (MDR) covering every aspect of our solution, the partners we work with, what industry analysts think, but sometimes it’s good to circle back and cover the basics. This article is

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Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication

Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication 2025-08-29 at 16:53 By Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used “compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious

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Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign

Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign 2025-08-29 at 16:53 By An abandoned update server associated with input method editor (IME) software Sogou Zhuyin was leveraged by threat actors as part of an espionage campaign to deliver several malware families, including C6DOOR and GTELAM, in attacks primarily targeting users across Eastern

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Enterprise password management outfit Passwordstate patches Emergency Access bug

Enterprise password management outfit Passwordstate patches Emergency Access bug 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Gareth Halfacree Up to 29,000 organizations and potentially 370,000 security and IT pros affected Australian development house Click Studios has warned users of its Passwordstate enterprise password management platform to update immediately if not sooner, following the discovery of an authentication bypass

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Google Confirms Workspace Accounts Also Hit in Salesforce–Salesloft Drift Data Theft Campaign

Google Confirms Workspace Accounts Also Hit in Salesforce–Salesloft Drift Data Theft Campaign 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Ionut Arghire Google says the same OAuth token compromise that enabled Salesforce data theft also let hackers access a small number of Workspace accounts via the Salesloft Drift integration. The post Google Confirms Workspace Accounts Also Hit in Salesforce–Salesloft

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TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 4.4 Million

TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 4.4 Million 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Ionut Arghire The credit reporting firm did not name the third-party application involved in the incident, only noting that it was used for its US consumer support operations. The post TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 4.4 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Nevada Confirms Ransomware Attack Behind Statewide Service Disruptions

Nevada Confirms Ransomware Attack Behind Statewide Service Disruptions 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Ionut Arghire State officials confirm ransomware forced office closures, disrupted services, and led to data theft, as Nevada works with CISA and law enforcement to restore critical systems. The post Nevada Confirms Ransomware Attack Behind Statewide Service Disruptions appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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US Sanctions Russian National, Chinese Firm Aiding North Korean IT Workers

US Sanctions Russian National, Chinese Firm Aiding North Korean IT Workers 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Ionut Arghire US Treasury sanctions Russian and Chinese entities tied to North Korea’s use of fake IT workers, who exploited stolen identities, AI, and malware to funnel millions back to Pyongyang. The post US Sanctions Russian National, Chinese Firm Aiding

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Ransomware Group Exploits Hybrid Cloud Gaps, Gains Full Azure Control in Enterprise Attacks

Ransomware Group Exploits Hybrid Cloud Gaps, Gains Full Azure Control in Enterprise Attacks 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Ionut Arghire Storm-0501 has been leveraging cloud-native capabilities for data exfiltration and deletion, without deploying file-encrypting malware. The post Ransomware Group Exploits Hybrid Cloud Gaps, Gains Full Azure Control in Enterprise Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Nevada Confirms Data Theft After Statewide Cyberattack

Nevada Confirms Data Theft After Statewide Cyberattack 2025-08-29 at 16:22 View original post at vpnMentor Malicious actors targeted Nevada’s networks and services in a recent ransomware-based cyberattack. Local authorities confirmed that the incident disrupted websites, phone lines, and forced state offices to close. An ongoing investigation has revealed that some data was exfiltrated from the

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Dutch crypto firm Amdax targets 1% Bitcoin supply with $23M treasury launch

Dutch crypto firm Amdax targets 1% Bitcoin supply with $23M treasury launch 2025-08-29 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Dutch crypto firm Amdax raised $23.3 million to launch AMBTS, a Bitcoin treasury company aiming to list on Amsterdam’s Euronext and accumulate 1% of all BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

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UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout

UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout 2025-08-29 at 15:03 By Connor Jones Senior officials summoned to science and tech committee to explain further Senior officials are being summoned to the UK’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee to explain why the government has not fully implemented the security recommendations made in

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Can Your Security Stack See ChatGPT? Why Network Visibility Matters

Can Your Security Stack See ChatGPT? Why Network Visibility Matters 2025-08-29 at 14:47 By Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude are increasingly common in organizations. While these solutions improve efficiency across tasks, they also present new data leak prevention for generative AI challenges. Sensitive information may be shared through chat prompts, files

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