YOU WONT BELIEVE: 19 - You Need To See This

Cyber-attack halts planning applications and house sales in London's richest borough

Hundreds of planning applications ‘in limbo’ as council can no longer access systems they are stored on

Evening Standard · Feb 3

Palantir beats Wall Street expectations amid Trump immigration crackdown

CEO Alex Karp hails ‘iconic’ financial results despite criticism over contracts with ICE and homeland security

The Guardian - US · Feb 3

Japan, Britain to boost cybersecurity and critical minerals cooperation as China’s influence grows

Japan and Britain have agreed to boost cooperation on cybersecurity and the supply of critical minerals

The Independent UK · Jan 31

AI-assisted cybersecurity team discovers 12 OpenSSL vulnerabilities, claims humans are the limiting factor — some vulnerabilities have been around for decades

OpenSSL is a security standard that protects most of the internet, and cybersecurity researchers have recently discovered vulnerabilities in the standard that have been lying undetected for decades.

Tom’s Hardware · Jan 29

I’m a tech-savvy zillennial who knows how to safeguard against hacking. Scammers still managed to get me

Had I received any suspicious text messages claiming to be from my bank, the fraud team asked. Had I clicked on the links? My stomach dropped

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29

'For official use only': Indian-origin CISA acting director uploaded sensitive government files to public ChatGPT, says report

CISA's acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive "for official use only" contracting documents into the public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple security warnings. Despite the non-classified nature of the files, the incident prompted an internal review by DHS officials to assess potential harm to government security.

The Times of India · Jan 28

Iran appears to ease internet blackout as cost of shutdown mounts

Experts say uneven connectivity suggests regime is throttling and filtering data as losses said to hit $36m a day

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

"About any type of account imaginable" — 149 million usernames and passwords exposed, and it's way more than just Outlook, OnlyFans, and Gmail

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler has published findings of a massive 96GB exposed trove containing 149 million credentials for a wide range of sites and services.

Windows Central · Jan 27

Nike currently 'investigating a potential cybersecurity incident' as 1.4TB of data allegedly stolen

Nike is currently looking into the alleged breach, with the hacker group WorldLeaks claiming to have stolen 1.4TB of data.

Tom’s Guide · Jan 27

Is TikTok U.S. broken, or working as intended? 3 ‘terrifying’ Terms of Service changes may explain what’s really going on

TikTok's new Terms of Service for U.S. users are being branded as 'terrifying' by users. Here's what the big changes are, and what you can do to protect yourself.

Tom’s Guide · Jan 27