Recent investigations have revealed targeted watering hole attacks specifically aimed at the Kurdish community in Syria and Turkey. These incursions, attributed to an advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as StrongPity, employ sophisticated strategies to infiltrate and exfiltrate sensitive data from compromised systems, according to a report from Bitdefender shared…
On Wednesday, Facebook disclosed a significant cybersecurity breach impacting its massive user base of 2.2 billion individuals. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that cybercriminals exploited the platform’s “Search” functionality, enabling them to access and scrape the public profile information of nearly all users. This troubling revelation highlights Facebook’s ongoing struggle to…
3rd Party Risk Management, Governance & Risk Management Top Lawmaker Urges Review of Foreign Influence in Open-Source Software Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • December 19, 2025 Image: Keith J Finks/Shutterstock The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee has called on the White House to address what he identifies as a significant…
Israeli Marketing Firm Fined €1 Million for GDPR Violations Following Massive Data Breach In a significant enforcement action, the French data protection authority has levied a €1 million fine against Israeli marketing technology company Optimove for breaching data processor obligations outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The penalty,…
Recent findings have revealed two security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows that have since been patched but could have been exploited by attackers to carry out remote code execution (RCE) on Outlook email clients without any user intervention. This information was disclosed by Akamai researcher Ben Barnea, who discovered the flaws…
Recent investigations by cybersecurity experts have unveiled the presence of four distinct Brazilian banking trojan families that have launched sophisticated attacks against financial institutions in Brazil, other parts of Latin America, and Europe. Collectively identified as “Tetrade” by researchers at Kaspersky, these malware families—Guildma, Javali, Melcoz, and Grandoreiro—have significantly enhanced…
Recent federal contracting records reviewed indicate that the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is advancing its use of small drones from experimental trials to standard surveillance mechanisms. This shift will expand CBP’s already extensive monitoring capabilities, which in some instances extend far beyond national borders, raising concerns…
Data Breach Exposes Credentials of Over 130,000 Finnish Citizens In a significant cybersecurity incident, more than 130,000 Finnish citizens have had their personal credentials compromised, marking one of the largest data breaches in Finland’s history, according to local media reports. The breach was disclosed by the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Europe’s Challenges Extend Beyond Regulatory Revisions Pam Baker • December 19, 2025 Image: Shutterstock A key assumption driving a proposed overhaul of European technology regulations is the belief that excessive bureaucracy hinders the region’s progress…
