Security News

Friday, December 12, 2025

• User privacy in digital databases: New metric allows for more accurate assessment
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), an entity under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration through the Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure, have promoted the development of a new probabilistic metric designed to more accurately measure the level of privacy and protection that users have in different databases.
  

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• How much for a bot army? Index tracks prices across hundreds of online platforms, from TikTok to Amazon
  A new site that tracks the daily fluctuating costs behind building a bot army on over 500 social media and commercial platforms—from TikTok to Amazon and Spotify—in every nation on the planet is launched today by the University of Cambridge.
  
• If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids' photos online?
  As Australia's ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it's a good idea or even legal rages on—both at home and overseas.
  
• New gamified tool helps defend satellite supply chains from cyber threats
  As the world's reliance on satellites intensifies, so too does the risk of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting space-based systems and critical infrastructure, with almost 240 cyber hacks targeting the space sector in the past two years.
  

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• Banning kids from social media doesn't make online platforms safer. Here's what will do that
  The tech industry's unofficial motto for two decades was "move fast and break things." It was a philosophy that broke more than just taxi monopolies or hotel chains. It also constructed a digital world filled with risks for our most vulnerable.
  

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

• Everything from air fryers to TVs suck up our personal data. Here's how to give gadgets that respect privacy this Xmas
  Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps. It's usually unclear why the manufacturers need this information or what they do with it. And I don't just mean smartphones. All kinds of devices are quietly mining us, and few people have any idea it's happening.
  
• Pixel tracking can significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites
  Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites.
  

Monday, December 8, 2025

• People, not software, pose bigger risk to health care cybersecurity, says researcher
  A new doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland, argues that health care cybersecurity will remain fragile unless technology, humans and organizational processes are treated as a single unified system. According to doctoral researcher Pius Ewoh, the health care sector needs socio-technical solutions rather than purely technical defenses to protect patient data and maintain trust.
  

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

• Yes, the government can track your location, but usually not by spying on you directly
  If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where you traveled to over the holidays is up for sale. And U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is one of the customers.
  
• New defense system for transport smart-tech could save lives
  A new system for detecting unusual and potentially harmful data sharing between in-vehicle smart-tech and traffic management technology could prevent 9 out of 10 cyber attacks.
  

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

• India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones
  India's telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, according to a government order, raising concerns of data privacy and user consent in one of the largest handset markets in the world.
  

Monday, December 1, 2025

• Crypto hacks: Price drops often outweigh direct losses
  In the crypto world, reports of cyberattacks tend to focus mainly on the funds that vanish immediately. A new study by researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) now shows that the indirect consequences—such as falling token prices and eroding trust—can multiply the financial impact of such attacks, with investors bearing the brunt. The work is published in The Journal of Finance and Data Science.
  

Sunday, November 30, 2025

• We built AI friends but forgot the safeguards
  Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with its AI characters, with the full restriction to taking effect on 25 November 2025.
  

Friday, November 28, 2025

• How 'digital twins' could help prevent cyber-attacks on the food industry
  Earlier this year, a cyberattack on British retailer Marks & Spencer caused widespread disruption across its operations. Stock shortages, delayed deliveries, and logistical chaos rippled through the retailer's network.
  
• Engineering identity: Anonymous data remains vulnerable to re-identification through basic details
  We create and consume data continuously. This data is specific to us, but when consolidated, this shared data can be of immense value. The value is not only for population level insights.
  
• This common action is putting you at risk of being deepfaked
  As we move further into the Computer Age, fake news, digital deceit and widespread use of social media are having a profound impact on every element of society, from swaying elections and manipulating science-proven facts, to encouraging racial bias and exploiting women.
  

Thursday, November 27, 2025

• French soccer federation hit by cyber-attack, member data stolen
  The French soccer federation has been hit by a cyber-attack that resulted in the theft of data relating to members, it said on Thursday.
  
• New insight into why LLMs are not great at cracking passwords
  Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, have proved to perform well on various language-related and coding tasks. Some computer scientists have recently been exploring the possibility that these models could also be used by malicious users and hackers to plan cyber-attacks or access people's personal data.
  
• Beer giant Asahi not engaging with hackers after cyberattack
  Japanese beer giant Asahi said on Thursday it had not received any specific demand from the hackers behind a "sophisticated and cunning" cyberattack that could have leaked the data of around two million people.
  

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

• Stress and a toxic workplace culture can cause insider cybersecurity threats
  While most organizations address cybersecurity issues with technology and surveillance, Emmanuel Anti's research argues that empathy may be a more effective defense. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa explores insider deviance, and how understanding the human elements related to it can lead to stronger, more sustainable cybersecurity practices.
  
• Q&A: Expert discusses developer preparation for controlling super-intelligent AI
  The dream of an artificial intelligence (AI)-integrated society could turn into a nightmare if safety is not prioritized by developers, according to Rui Zhang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
  

Monday, November 24, 2025

• Integrated approach to cybersecurity key to reducing critical infrastructure vulnerability
  As our society becomes more digital and interconnected, the systems that keep it running face growing vulnerability to cyber threats. Bahaa Eltahawy's doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa, Finland, shows that safeguarding these networks requires a holistic approach.
  
• Five crucial ways LLMs can endanger your privacy
  The privacy concerns around large language models like ChatGPT, Anthropic and Gemini are more serious than just the data the algorithms ingest, according to a Northeastern University computer science expert.
  

Thursday, November 20, 2025

• AI is providing emotional support for employees, but is it a valuable tool or privacy threat?
  As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT become an increasingly popular avenue for people seeking personal therapy and emotional support, the dangers that this can present—especially for young people—have made plenty of headlines. What hasn't received as much attention is employers using generative AI to assess workers' psychological well-being and provide emotional support in the workplace.
  

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

• Roblox set to start checking people's ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe
  Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users' ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults.
  

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

• WhatsApp security vulnerability discovered by researchers
  IT-Security Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research identified and responsibly disclosed a large-scale privacy weakness in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism that allowed the enumeration of 3.5 billion accounts. In collaboration with the researchers, Meta has since addressed and mitigated the issue.
  
• Security vulnerability identified in EV charging protocol
  Southwest Research Institute identified a security vulnerability in a standard protocol governing communications between electric vehicles (EV) and EV charging equipment. The research prompted the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a security advisory related to the ISO 15118 vehicle-to-grid communications standard.
  
• Dangers to consider as AI gets smarter, more rapidly adopted
  A recent study at UC Davis had AI chatbots send messages to people's phones to remind them to get their steps in. Those messages were interactive. Sometimes the chatbot would tell a joke based on this example provided by the research team:
  
• Smartphone sharing demands a new approach to cybersecurity, report finds
  Does your partner know the password to your phone? Probably.
  

Monday, November 17, 2025

• An AI lab says Chinese-backed bots are running cyber espionage attacks. Experts have questions
  Over the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the "first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign."
  

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