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Google Search AI hallucinations push Google to hire "AI Answers Quality" engineers
AI, including AI Overviews on Google Search, can hallucinate and often make up stuff or offer contradicting answers when asked in two different ways. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-search-ai-hallucinations-push-google-to-hire-ai-answers-quality-engineers/
OpenAI is reportedly getting ready to test ads in ChatGPT
Multiple reports suggest that OpenAI is going ahead with its plans to add ads to ChatGPT, but the experiment will be initially limited to its employees. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-reportedly-getting-ready-to-test-ads-in-chatgpt/
Taiwan says China's attacks on its energy sector increased tenfold
The National Security Bureau in Taiwan says that China's attacks on the country's energy sector increased tenfold in 2025 compared to the previous year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/taiwan-says-chinas-attacks-on-its-energy-sector-increased-tenfold/
New D-Link flaw in legacy DSL routers actively exploited in attacks
Threat actors are exploiting a recently discovered command injection vulnerability that affects multiple D-Link DSL gateway routers that went out of support years ago. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-d-link-flaw-in-legacy-dsl-routers-actively-exploited-in-attacks/
Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes down 43% after cyberattack
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) revealed this week that a September 2025 cyberattack led to a 43% decline in third-quarter wholesale volumes. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jaguar-land-rover-wholesale-volumes-down-43-percent-after-cyberattack/
How generative AI accelerates identity attacks against Active Directory
Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective. Specops Software explains how AI-driven cracking techniques exploit weak and predictable AD passwords. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-generative-ai-accelerates-identity-attacks-against-active-directory/
Cloud file-sharing sites targeted for corporate data theft attacks
A threat actor known as Zestix has been offering to corporate data stolen from dozens of companies likely after breaching their ShareFile, Nextcloud, and OwnCloud instances. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloud-file-sharing-sites-targeted-for-corporate-data-theft-attacks/
US broadband provider Brightspeed investigates breach claims
Brightspeed, one of the largest fiber broadband companies in the United States, is investigating security breach and data theft claims made by the Crimson Collective extortion gang. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-broadband-provider-brightspeed-investigates-breach-claims/
Ledger customers impacted by third-party Global-e data breach
Ledger is informing some customers that their personal data has been exposed after hackers breached the systems of third-party payment processor Global-e. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ledger-customers-impacted-by-third-party-global-e-data-breach/
NordVPN denies breach claims, says attackers have "dummy data"
NordVPN denied allegations that its internal Salesforce development servers were breached, saying that cybercriminals obtained "dummy data" from a trial account on a third-party automated testing platform. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nordvpn-denies-breach-claims-says-attackers-have-dummy-data/
Covenant Health says May data breach impacted nearly 478,000 patients
The Covenant Health organization has revised to nearly 500,000 the number of individuals affected by a data breach discovered last May. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/covenant-health-says-may-data-breach-impacted-nearly-478-000-patients/
Over 10K Fortinet firewalls exposed to actively exploited 2FA bypass
Over 10,000 Internet-exposed Fortinet firewalls are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting a five-year-old two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass vulnerability. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-10-000-fortinet-firewalls-exposed-to-ongoing-2fa-bypass-attacks/
Trust Wallet links $8.5 million crypto theft to Shai-Hulud NPM attack
Trust Wallet believes the compromise of its web browser to steal roughly $8.5 million from over 2,500 crypto wallets is likely related to an "industry-wide" Sha1-Hulud attack in November. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trust-wallet-links-85-million-crypto-theft-to-shai-hulud-npm-attack/
The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2025
2025 was a big year for cybersecurity, with cyberattacks, data breaches, threat groups reaching new notoriety levels, and, of course, zero-day flaws exploited in breaches. Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our readers than others. This article explores 15 of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2025. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-biggest-cybersecurity-and-cyberattack-stories-of-2025/
NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices
New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nyc-mayoral-inauguration-bans-flipper-zero-raspberry-pi-devices/
UK announces plan to strengthen public sector cyber defenses
The United Kingdom has announced a new cybersecurity strategy, backed by more than £210 million ($283 million), to boost cyber defenses across government departments and the wider public sector. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-announces-plan-to-strengthen-public-sector-cyber-defenses/
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.2 “Codex-Max” for some users
OpenAI is testing a new model for Codex, and it could be the company's best coding model yet. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-rolling-out-gpt-52-codex-max-for-some-users/
Microsoft cancels plans to rate limit Exchange Online bulk emails
Microsoft announced today that it has canceled plans to impose a daily limit of 2,000 external recipients on Exchange Online bulk email senders. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-cancels-plans-to-rate-limit-exchange-online-bulk-emails/
Kimwolf Android botnet abuses residential proxies to infect internal devices
The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target devices on internal networks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kimwolf-android-botnet-abuses-residential-proxies-to-infect-internal-devices/
Sedgwick confirms breach at government contractor subsidiary
Claims administration and risk management company Sedgwick has confirmed that its federal contractor subsidiary, Sedgwick Government Solutions, was the victim of a security breach. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sedgwick-confirms-breach-at-government-contractor-subsidiary/
Are Copilot prompt injection flaws vulnerabilities or AI limits?
Microsoft has pushed back against claims that multiple prompt injection and sandbox-related issues raised by a security engineer in its Copilot AI assistant constitute security vulnerabilities. The development highlights a growing divide between how vendors and researchers define risk in generative AI systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/are-copilot-prompt-injection-flaws-vulnerabilities-or-ai-limits/
ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware
A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screens to trick users into manually compiling and executing malware on their systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clickfix-attack-uses-fake-windows-bsod-screens-to-push-malware/
VSCode IDE forks expose users to "recommended extension" attacks
Popular AI-powered integrated development environment solutions, such as Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Trae, recommend extensions that are non-existent in the OpenVSX registry, allowing threat actors to claim the namespace and upload malicious extensions. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vscode-ide-forks-expose-users-to-recommended-extension-attacks/
Agentic AI Is an Identity Problem and CISOs Will Be Accountable for the Outcome
As agentic AI adoption accelerates, identity is emerging as the primary security challenge. Token Security explains why AI agents behave like a new class of identity and why CISOs must manage their access, lifecycle, and risk. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/agentic-ai-is-an-identity-problem-and-cisos-will-be-accountable-for-the-outcome/
ShinyHunters claims Resecurity hack, firm says it’s a honeypot
The ShinyHunters hacking group claims it breached the systems of cybersecurity firm Resecurity and stole internal data, while Resecurity says the attackers only accessed a deliberately deployed honeypot containing fake information used to monitor their activity. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claims-resecurity-hack-firm-says-its-a-honeypot/
Cryptocurrency theft attacks traced to 2022 LastPass breach
Blockchain investigation firm TRM Labs says ongoing cryptocurrency thefts have been traced to the 2022 LastPass breach, with attackers draining wallets years after encrypted vaults were stolen and laundering the crypto through Russian exchanges. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptocurrency-theft-attacks-traced-to-2022-lastpass-breach/
Google is testing a new image AI and it's going to be its fastest model
Google is testing a new image AI model called "Nano Banana 2 Flash," and it's going to be as good as the Gemini 3 Pro Nano Banana, but it'll be cheaper. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-is-testing-a-new-image-ai-and-its-going-to-be-its-fastest-model/
OpenAI is offering $20 ChatGPT Plus for free to some users
If you're already subscribed to ChatGPT Plus, which costs $20, you can request OpenAI to cancel your subscription, and it may offer one month of free usage. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-offering-20-chatgpt-plus-for-free-to-some-users/
New GlassWorm malware wave targets Macs with trojanized crypto wallets
A fourth wave of the "GlassWorm" campaign is targeting macOS developers with malicious VSCode/OpenVSX extensions that deliver trojanized versions of crypto wallet applications. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-glassworm-malware-wave-targets-macs-with-trojanized-crypto-wallets/
Hackers drain $3.9M from Unleash Protocol after multisig hijack
The decentralized intellectual property platform Unleash Protocol has lost around $3.9 million worth of cryptocurrency after someone executed an unauthorized contract upgrade that allowed asset withdrawals. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-drain-39m-from-unleash-protocol-after-multisig-hijack/