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β€ŠOpenAI's ChatGPT ad costs are on par with live NFL broadcasts

OpenAI plans to begin rolling out ads on ChatGPT in the United States if you have a free or $8 Go subscription, but the catch is that the ads could be very expensive for advertisers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openais-chatgpt-ad-costs-are-on-par-with-live-nfl-broadcasts/
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β€ŠNew WhatsApp lockdown feature protects high-risk users from hackers

Meta has started rolling out a new WhatsApp lockdown-style security feature designed to protect journalists, public figures, and other high-risk individuals from sophisticated threats, including spyware attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-gets-new-lockdown-feature-that-blocks-cyberattacks/
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β€ŠSlovakian man pleads guilty to operating darknet marketplace

A Slovakian national admitted on Tuesday to helping operate a darknet marketplace that sold narcotics, cybercrime tools and services, fake government IDs, and stolen personal information for more than two years. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slovakian-man-pleads-guilty-to-operating-kingdown-market-cybercrime-marketplace/
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β€ŠSolarWinds warns of critical Web Help Desk RCE, auth bypass flaws

SolarWinds has released security updates to patch critical authentication bypass and remote command execution vulnerabilities in its Web Help Desk IT help desk software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-warns-of-critical-web-help-desk-rce-auth-bypass-flaws/
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β€ŠAI Is Rewriting Compliance Controls and CISOs Must Take Notice

AI agents are now executing regulated actions, reshaping how compliance controls actually work. Token Security explains why CISOs must rethink identity, access, and auditability as AI becomes a digital employee. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-is-rewriting-compliance-controls-and-cisos-must-take-notice/
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β€ŠEmpire cybercrime market owner pleads guilty to drug conspiracy

​A Virginia man who co-created Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces at the time, pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug conspiracy charges for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions from 2018 to 2020. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/empire-cybercrime-market-owner-pleads-guilty-to-drug-conspiracy/
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β€ŠFBI seizes RAMP cybercrime forum used by ransomware gangs

The FBI has seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum, a platform used to advertise a wide range of malware and hacking services, and one of the few remaining forums that openly allowed the promotion of ransomware operations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-ramp-cybercrime-forum-used-by-ransomware-gangs/
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β€ŠNew sandbox escape flaw exposes n8n instances to RCE attacks

Two vulnerabilities in the n8n workflow automation platform could allow attackers to fully compromise affected instances, access sensitive data, and execute arbitrary code on the underlying host. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-sandbox-escape-flaw-exposes-n8n-instances-to-rce-attacks/
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β€ŠViral Moltbot AI assistant raises concerns over data security

Security researchers are warning of insecure deployments in enterprise environments of the Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) AI assistant, which can lead to leaking API keys, OAuth tokens, conversation history, and credentials. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/viral-moltbot-ai-assistant-raises-concerns-over-data-security/
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β€ŠeScan confirms update server breached to push malicious update

MicroWorld Technologies, the maker of the eScan antivirus product, has confirmed that one of its update servers was breached and used to distribute an unauthorized update later analyzed as malicious to a small subset of customers earlier this month. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/escan-confirms-update-server-breached-to-push-malicious-update/
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β€ŠCyberattack on Polish energy grid impacted around 30 facilities

The coordinated attack on Poland's power grid in late December targeted multiple distributed energy resource (DER) sites across the country, including combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and wind and solar dispatch systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyberattack-on-polish-energy-grid-impacted-around-30-facilities/
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β€ŠInitial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks

A prolific initial access broker tracked as TA584 has been observed using the Tsundere Bot alongside XWorm remote access trojan to gain network access that could lead to ransomware attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/initial-access-hackers-switch-to-tsundere-bot-for-ransomware-attacks/
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β€ŠGoogle rolls out Android theft protection feature updates

​Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-rolls-out-android-theft-protection-feature-updates/
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β€ŠFrance fines unemployment agency €5 million over data breach

The French data protection authority fined the national employment agency €5 million (nearly €6 million) for failing to secure job seekers' data, which allowed hackers to steal the personal information of 43 million people. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/france-fines-unemployment-agency-5-million-over-data-breach/
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β€ŠNew Microsoft Teams feature will let you report suspicious calls

Microsoft plans to introduce a call reporting feature in Teams by mid-March, allowing users to flag suspicious or unwanted calls as potential scams or phishing attempts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-teams-feature-will-let-you-report-suspicious-calls/
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β€ŠAisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack

The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched a new massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in December 2025, peaking at 31.4 Tbps and 200 million requests per second. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aisuru-botnet-sets-new-record-with-314-tbps-ddos-attack/
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β€ŠNot a Kids Game: From Roblox Mod to Compromising Your Company

Seemingly harmless game mods can hide infostealer malware that quietly steals identities. Flare shows how Roblox mods can turn a home PC infection into corporate compromise. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/not-a-kids-game-from-roblox-mod-to-compromising-your-company/
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β€ŠMarquis blames ransomware breach on SonicWall cloud backup hack

Marquis Software Solutions, a Texas-based financial services provider, is blaming a ransomware attack that impacted its systems and affected dozens of U.S. banks and credit unions in August 2025 on a security breach reported by SonicWall a month later. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marquis-blames-ransomware-breach-on-sonicwall-cloud-backup-hack/
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