When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.

Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could "could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts."

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Hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the FastJson open-source Java library, allowing remote code execution without user interaction or elevated privileges. [...]

Cyber Defense Falters Without Cabinet Agency or White House Champion for SecurityNo single senior official is in charge of U.S. efforts to help secure commercial satellites and their land-based infrastructure. That leadership void has hampered the ability to impose security standards on space vendors providing critical services to the U.S. government over the past eight years.

Security researchers have successfully booted a jailbroken build of iOS 27 on an iPhone 11 Pro by combining the recently disclosed usbliter8 SecureROM exploit with a heavily modified custom firmware workflow. The demonstration targets Apple’s A13-powered iPhone 11 Pro. It shows how physical access to a device in DFU mode can be used to bypass […] The post Researchers Successfully Booted Jailbroken Version of iOS 27 on an iPhone 11 Pro appeared first on Cyber Security News.

So much for Microsoft and CrowdStrike’s plans for consistent names across the industry

Halcyon’s latest quarterly ransomware report showed that while ransomware attacks are declining, obfuscation techniques are getting harder to fight against

EFF says most smart wearables lack basic privacy protections, with Apple standing out for end-to-end encryption and transparency. Most smart wearables still treat privacy like an optional extra, and that’s a problem. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)’s review of major smart watches, rings, and bands makes the case plainly: these devices collect deeply personal health […]

Apple’s Biome framework is drawing fresh attention after researchers identified 84 data streams that can preserve detailed records of how an iPhone is used. The findings do not describe malware or an active intrusion. Instead, they show how built-in iOS services can retain behavioural evidence, including app activity, locations, notifications, messages, connectivity, and device-state changes. […] The post Researchers Find 84 Hidden iOS Data Streams Tracking Apps, Locations and Messages appeared first on Cyber Security News.

Accepting file uploads is basically inviting strangers to throw random objects through your front window and hoping your living room furniture catches them. Whether it's profile pictures, PDF invoices, or archive files, handling raw uploads means you're trusting external input to behave.

There are several reasons why Linux has such a good reputation and has become such a good standard across the world. It is the power behind most internet servers and cloud infrastructures as well as billions of Android devices. It is stable, has consistently high-performance levels, and remains very flexible. You don’t have to deal with expensive licenses, can view and share code, and can customize any part of the interface to suit your demands. In an age of data breaches and continuous malwa...