Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2025-12-01 07:00 PST

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2025-12-01 07:00 PST

• Banning VPNs
  Schneier on Security • 2025-12-01 04:59 • www.schneier.com

  This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children!

  As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy by targeting VPNs in the name of “protecting children” in A.B. 105/S.B. 130. It’s an age verification bill …
  https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/banning-vpns.html

• ⚡ Weekly Recap: Hot CVEs, npm Worm Returns, Firefox RCE, M365 Email Raid & More
  The Hacker News • 2025-12-01 04:47 • thehackernews.com
  Hackers aren’t kicking down the door anymore. They just use the same tools we use every day — code packages, cloud accounts, email, chat, phones, and “trusted” partners — and turn them against us.
  One bad download can leak your keys. One weak vendor can expose many customers at once. One guest invite, one link on a phone, one bug in a common tool, and suddenly your mail, chats, repos, and
  https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/weekly-recap-hot-cves-npm-worm-returns.html
• Google deletes X post after getting caught using a ‘stolen’ AI recipe infographic
  BleepingComputer • 2025-12-01 04:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
  Google is facing backlash on X after a viral post for its NotebookLM appeared to use a food blogger’s work without credit. […]
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/google-deletes-x-post-after-getting-caught-using-a-stolen-ai-recipe-infographic/
• Webinar: The "Agentic" Trojan Horse: Why the New AI Browsers War is a Nightmare for Security Teams
  The Hacker News • 2025-12-01 03:55 • thehackernews.com
  The AI browser wars are coming to a desktop near you, and you need to start worrying about their security challenges.
  For the last two decades, whether you used Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, the fundamental paradigm remained the same: a passive window through which a human user viewed and interacted with the internet.
  That era is over. We are currently witnessing a shift that renders the old
  https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/webinar-agentic-trojan-horse-why-new-ai.html

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.