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Prediction Markets Are Killing Gaming's Leak Culture
For years, gaming news spread in a relatively predictable pattern: an insider at a major game studio whispers to a YouTuber with a developed community, who then posts a vague albeit alluring video, and within hours Reddit threads are investigating…
What Do ADT, Vimeo, and a Rogue AI Have in Common? A Very Bad Week in Cybersecurity
It's been another big week for hacks, as the ShinyHunters ransomware group breached video platform Vimeo and home security company ADT. The hackers primarily got video metadata, titles, and email addresses from Vimeo. The ADT hack was worse:…
Psychic predicts Trump walking into 'years of instability' after King Charles visit
Donald Trump is set to face 'several years of surprises and instability,' which began with the King's state visit to the US as international tensions continue to mount. With the US conflict with Iran showing no sign of resolution, Donald Trump…
Why PLC Modernization Is Critical for Power Generation and Industrial Water Facilities
Aging programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are exposing power generation and industrial water facilities to growing operational risk. A structured migration strategy can reduce downtime, strengthen cybersecurity, and position plants for a digital…
Securing the Grid from the Sensor Up: Why Predictive Maintenance and Cybersecurity Are Inseparable
Modern predictive maintenance depends on sensors and data streams that double as attack surfaces. Protecting the grid now means treating cybersecurity as a reliability discipline. In the interconnected age of 2026 and beyond, reliability in power…
Two US Security Experts Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang
Two cybersecurity experts from the United States have been sentenced to prison over charges related to their role in ransomware attacks. Ryan Goldberg of Georgia and Kevin Martin of Texas were each given a 4-year prison sentence after they pleaded…
Sophisticated Deep#Door Backdoor Enables Espionage, Disruption
A newly identified stealthy Python-based backdoor framework provides attackers with persistent remote command execution and surveillance capabilities on Windows computers, Securonix reports. The malware's infection chain starts with the execution…
The Safe Side: How ads on your social media feed might be scams
The woman, employed at a private hospital in Mumbai, came across a Facebook advertisement in April this year that promised stylish dresses at an unbelievable discount—just Rs 299 per piece. Like countless social media users drawn to flashy…
Short Covering Emerges in Coffee Futures on Dollar Weakness
July arabica coffee (KCN26) on Friday closed up +0.85 (+0.30%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN26) closed up +3 (+0.09%). Coffee prices recovered from 1.5-week lows on Friday and settled higher after the dollar index ($DXY) fell to a 2-week low…
Cyber-Insecurity in the AI Era
Tarique Mustafa is Cofounder and CEO/CTO of two AI-powered cybersecurity companies: GCCybersecurity, Inc. and its data compliance spinout, Chorology, Inc. A prolific inventor and internationally recognized authority in knowledge representation…
Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI Surge
Google has overhauled its Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRP) for Chrome and Android in response to a surge in the use of AI tools for vulnerability discovery. In the case of the Android and Google Devices VRP, Google is now focusing on…
Opinion: Why ISO 27001 alone won't save your data from itself
Nahla Davies looks at the blind spot between information security controls and genuine data integrity governance. There's a strange kind of confidence that comes with getting ISO 27001 certified. The audit's done, the certificate's on the wall, and…
In Other News: Scattered Spider Hacker Arrested, SOC Effectiveness Metrics, NSA Tool Vulnerability
SecurityWeek's weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories…
Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks
After landing agreements with Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it has signed deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection AI that allow it to deploy their AI tech and models on its…
This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool
Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local privileges escalations are never good, but typically are…
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