Arrest of Suspect in Pipe Bomb Case Near US Capitol Signals Breakthrough Amid Ongoing Concerns for Cybersecurity Federal agents announced the arrest of Brian J. Cole Jr., a 30-year-old resident of Woodbridge, Virginia, charged with planting pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol complex on January 5, 2021. This arrest represents…
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, has disclosed a significant data breach affecting personal information of approximately 1.3 million individuals, including current and former faculty, students, staff, and applicants. The university confirmed in a brief announcement that an unauthorized external entity compromised one of its web…
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, CISO Trainings, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Enterprises Are Reimagining Organizational Roles, Risk Management, and Skillsets in the AI Race Jennifer Lawinski • December 5, 2025 Organizations are reassessing how CIO and CISO leadership should function in response to regulatory pressures and AI innovation. (Image:…
Significant Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of Millions Recent revelations indicate a severe data breach affecting millions of individuals, specifically concerning their Social Security numbers and personal addresses. The hacking group identified as USDoD has claimed responsibility for the extraction of approximately 2.7 billion records from a platform named National…
Security Flaw Detected in Ubuntu’s Package Recommendation System Cybersecurity experts have identified a significant vulnerability within Ubuntu’s command-not-found utility, which malicious actors could exploit to push harmful packages onto unsuspecting users. This tool is designed to recommend installations when users attempt to run commands that are unavailable, but it can…
The cybersecurity landscape has seen a significant rise in attacks against healthcare organizations, with a 45% increase reported since November 2020, coinciding with a global surge in COVID-19 cases. A recent report from Check Point Research indicates that the healthcare sector has become the primary target for cybercriminals, overshadowing a…
Cloudflare Blocks Over 400 Billion AI Bot Requests Amid Growing Concerns Over Data Scraping In an announcement from WIRED’s Big Interview event in San Francisco, Cloudflare cofounder and CEO Matthew Prince revealed that the internet infrastructure company has blocked more than 400 billion requests from AI bots since July 1,…
In a troubling week for Facebook users, the platform faces serious scrutiny following some alarming breaches of user data. This week, reports surfaced indicating that Facebook inadvertently prompted new users to share passwords linked to their registered email accounts. This incident has been compounded by a significant discovery of user…
Security Operations , Web Application Firewalls (WAF) Outage Briefly Disrupts Services for Zoom, LinkedIn, and Others Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • December 5, 2025 Image: Mamun Sheikh/Shutterstock On Friday, Cloudflare, a prominent content delivery network provider, experienced a brief outage that affected several key websites, including well-known platforms like LinkedIn, Zoom,…
