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β€ŠMeta agrees to $18 billion settlement over teen social media harms

Meta has reached a proposed settlement worth up to approximately $18 billion with a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys generals over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed to encourage compulsive use by children and teenagers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/meta-agrees-to-18-billion-settlement-over-teen-social-media-harms/
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β€ŠCritical Avada WordPress theme flaw enables zero-click RCE

A critical vulnerability chain in the popular Avada theme for WordPress can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-avada-wordpress-theme-flaw-enables-zero-click-rce/
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β€ŠATF confirms β€œmajor incident” after recent Qilin breach claims

ATF, the regulatory agency that enforces federal laws governing firearms and explosives in the United States, has confirmed that one of its systems was compromised after breach claims made by the Qilin ransomware gang. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atf-confirms-major-incident-after-recent-qilin-breach-claims/
β€ŠCarhartt data breach exposes information of 12.9 million accounts

The ShinyHunters extortion group has published sensitive data from nearly 13 million accounts stolen from clothing retailer giant Carhartt earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/carhartt-data-breach-exposes-information-of-129-million-accounts/
β€ŠWebinar: How Google Workspace breaches happen and what to do next

Google Workspace breaches can begin with social engineering or forgotten third-party integrations rather than sophisticated exploits. This webinar examines real-world breaches, what happens during the critical first hours, and the security controls that can make the greatest difference. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-how-google-workspace-breaches-happen-and-what-to-do-next/
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β€ŠAndroid 17 adds ECH support to make web browsing harder to track

Google is introducing new network security protections in Android 17 to strengthen connection privacy, address cellular vulnerabilities, and protect the privacy of users' home networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-17-adds-ech-support-to-make-web-browsing-harder-to-track/
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β€ŠHow Threat Research and MDR Help SMBs Build a Defensive Edge

Threat research gives security teams insight into how attackers operate, while MDR turns that intelligence into faster detection and response. ESET explains how combining threat intelligence, continuous monitoring, and human expertise can help SMBs strengthen their defenses. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-threat-research-and-mdr-help-smbs-build-a-defensive-edge/
β€ŠNearly 700 rogue AI agents coordinated in the Hugging Face attack

New details about the July attack on Hugging Face reveal that hundreds of AI agents driven by OpenAI's internal IM1 model coordinated the compromise through an unauthorized message board. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-700-rogue-ai-agents-coordinated-in-the-hugging-face-attack/
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β€ŠServiceNow warns of three max severity security vulnerabilities

ServiceNow released security patches for three new maximum-severity AI Platform vulnerabilities that can be exploited in code injection, SQL injection, and privilege escalation attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/servicenow-warns-of-three-max-severity-security-vulnerabilities/
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β€ŠToy-making giant Hasbro disclose data breach affecting employees

Hasbro, one of the world's largest toy and game companies, has disclosed that attackers have accessed the personal and financial information of an undisclosed number of employees. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toy-making-giant-hasbro-disclose-data-breach-affecting-employees/
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β€ŠOver 8,300 Gitea servers vulnerable to code execution attacks

Over 8,300 Internet-exposed Gitea instances are still unpatched against a critical security flaw exploited in ongoing remote code execution attacks, according to cybersecurity watchdog Shadowserver. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-8-300-gitea-servers-vulnerable-to-code-execution-attacks/
β€ŠAI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery. Can Defenders Keep Up?

AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, putting pressure on systems built to enrich, prioritize, and remediate flaws at a slower pace. Action1 explains why defenders increasingly need to correlate multiple intelligence sources and turn vulnerability data into faster remediation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-is-accelerating-vulnerability-discovery-can-defenders-keep-up/
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β€Š68-year-old imprisoned after making $1.3 million by pirating IPTV services

A 68-year-old has been sentenced in the U.K. to more than six years in prison for operating an illegal IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service that generated Β£980,812 ($1.3 million) over three years. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/68-year-old-imprisoned-after-making-13-million-by-pirating-iptv-services/
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