Alleged leader of Kimwolf, a sweeping botnet for cybercriminals, arrested in Canada
Jacob Butler, a 23-year-old from Ottawa, awaits extradition to the United States and faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Getty Images Sponsored AI Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing
As fake identity fraud is projected to cause $40 billion in losses next year, leaders must abandon static security in favor of rapid-iteration, AI-enabled defenses that adapt in days, not months.
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Google has been ramping up the new feature, Intrusion Logging, since last year, and has now begun rolling it out on Pixel devices. (Getty Images) Privacy Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide
Intrusion Logging marks the first feature from a major device vendor to aid with forensic detection of sophisticated threats, Amnesty International said.
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Malte Mueller, Getty Images Threats Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa
Access Now, Lookout and SMEX joined research forces to find a campaign involving suspected Indian government-connected group Bitter, ProSpy spyware and more.
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Apple iOS update screen is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto) Technology DarkSword’s GitHub leak threatens to turn elite iPhone hacking into a tool for the masses
Cybersecurity researchers say the GitHub leak threatens to “democratize” iPhone exploits that were once reserved for nation-states, potentially putting hundreds of millions of iOS 18 devices at risk.
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(Getty) Government Justice Department disrupts botnet networks that hijacked 3 million devices
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets enabled cybercriminals to initiate thousands of attacks. A crackdown targeting large-scale botnets continues amid growing challenges.
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(Getty Images) Threats Second iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers
The kit, named DarkSword, has a variety of possible implications, the research from iVerify, Lookout and Google suggests.
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(Getty Images) Cybersecurity Google addresses actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day in fresh batch of 129 Android vulnerabilities
The company’s latest security update contains the highest number of Android vulnerabilities patched in a single month since April 2018.
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Jordanians wave the national flag and shout anti displacing Palestinian slogans during a protest over U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks on Gaza on Feb. 7, 2025 in Amman, Jordan. The protest followed recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump that the U.S. would “take over” and “own” Gaza after the end of the current war between Hamas and Israel, and that Palestinians in Gaza would leave for neighboring countries like Jordan and Egypt. (Photo by Jordan Pix/Getty Images) Privacy Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists
The incidents occurred amid Gaza protests and suggest human rights violations, Citizen Lab said.
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Digital generated image of multicolored particles forming eye shape against black background. (Getty Images) Cybersecurity Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers
The botnet took an unusual path by abusing residential proxy networks, allowing it to control an untapped collection of unofficial Android TV devices.