Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2025-12-23 07:00 PST
- Malicious extensions in Chrome Web store steal user credentials
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-23 05:31 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Two Chrome extensions in the Web Store named ‘Phantom Shuttle’ are posing as plugins for a proxy service to hijack user traffic and steal sensitive data. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-extensions-in-chrome-web-store-steal-user-credentials/ - Microsoft Teams strengthens messaging security by default in January
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-23 05:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft Teams will automatically enable messaging safety features by default in January to strengthen defenses against content tagged as malicious. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-strengthens-messaging-security-by-default-in-january/ - Cyberattack knocks offline France's postal, banking services
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-23 04:26 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The French national postal service’s online services were knocked offline by “a major network incident” on Monday, disrupting digital banking and other services for millions. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyberattack-knocks-offline-frances-postal-banking-services/ - Denmark Accuses Russia of Conducting Two Cyberattacks
Schneier on Security • 2025-12-23 04:02 • www.schneier.comNews:
The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) announced on Thursday that Moscow was behind a cyber-attack on a Danish water utility in 2024 and a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Danish websites in the lead-up to the municipal and regional council elections in November.
The first, it said, was carried out by the pro-Russian group known as Z-Pentest and the second by NoName057(16), which has links …
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/denmark-accuses-russia-of-conducting-two-cyberattacks.html - Assessing SIEM effectiveness
Securelist • 2025-12-23 04:00 • securelist.com
We share the results of assessing the effectiveness of Kaspersky SIEM in real-world infrastructures and explore common challenges and solutions to these.
https://securelist.com/siem-effectiveness-assessment/118560/ - INTERPOL Arrests 574 in Africa; Ukrainian Ransomware Affiliate Pleads Guilty
The Hacker News • 2025-12-23 03:35 • thehackernews.com
A law enforcement operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the recovery of $3 million and the arrest of 574 suspects by authorities from 19 countries, amidst a continued crackdown on cybercrime networks in Africa.
The coordinated effort, named Operation Sentinel, took place between October 27 and November 27, 2025, and mainly focused on business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion, and
https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/interpol-arrests-574-in-africa.html - Passwd: A walkthrough of the Google Workspace Password Manager
The Hacker News • 2025-12-23 03:30 • thehackernews.com
Passwd is designed specifically for organizations operating within Google Workspace. Rather than competing as a general consumer password manager, its purpose is narrow, and business-focused: secure credential storage, controlled sharing, and seamless Workspace integration. The platform emphasizes practicality over feature overload, aiming to provide a reliable system for teams that already rely
https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/passwd-walkthrough-of-google-workspace.html - Italy fines Apple $116 million over App Store privacy policy issues
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-23 03:06 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Italy’s competition authority (AGCM) has fined Apple €98.6 million ($116 million) for using the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) privacy framework to abuse its dominant market position in mobile app advertising. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/italy-fines-apple-116-million-over-app-store-tracking-privacy-practices/ - Baker University says 2024 data breach impacts 53,000 people
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-23 01:50 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Baker University has disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to its network one year ago and stole the personal, health, and financial information of over 53,000 individuals. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/baker-university-data-breach-impacts-over-53-000-individuals/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
