FTC says reported losses to fraud exceeded $12.5 billion in 2024, with $5.7 billion lost to investment scams.
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Beware of DeepSeek Hype: It’s a Breeding Ground for Scammers
Exploiting trust in the DeepSeek brand, scammers attempt to harvest personal information or steal user credentials.
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China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days
Dragos case study reveals that Volt Typhoon hacked the US electric grid and stole information on OT systems.
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Fortinet Patches 18 Vulnerabilities
Fortinet has published 17 new advisories to inform customers about 18 vulnerabilities patched in its products.
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Trump Administration Halts Funding for Two Cybersecurity Efforts, Including One for Elections
The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials.
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Newly Patched Windows Zero-Day Exploited for Two Years
Microsoft on Tuesday patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Win32 kernel that has been exploited since March 2023.
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PowerSchool Portal Compromised Months Before Massive Data Breach
Hackers used compromised credentials to access PowerSchool’s PowerSource portal months before the December 2024 data breach.
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Webinar Today: Protecting Executives and Enterprises from Digital, Narrative and Physical Attacks
How hyper agenda-driven threat actors, cybercriminals, and nation-states integrate digital, narrative, and physical attacks to target organizations through their executives.
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US Hasn’t Determined Who Was Behind Cyberattack That Caused Outage on Musk’s X
US officials have not determined who was behind an apparent cyberattack on the social media site X that limited access to the platform for thousands of users.
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ICS Patch Tuesday: Advisories Published by CISA, Schneider Electric, Siemens
Industrial giants Siemens and Schneider Electric have released March 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories.
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