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Business

Portugal’s New Cybercrime Law Shields Security Researchers

Portugal has enacted a safe harbor law, exempting ethical cybersecurity research from prosecution if it is conducted responsibly and without…

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Business

Portugal Exempts Security Researchers From Cybercrime Law

Portugal has enacted a new law creating a legal safe harbor for good-faith security researchers, protecting them from prosecution for…

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Artificial Intelligence

Urgent: FortiWeb Flaw Exploited, Logitech Breach Exposed

A critical vulnerability in FortiWeb (CVE-2025-58034) is being actively exploited due to a stealth patch that left many administrators unaware…

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Business

Five Men Admit Plot to Infiltrate US Firms for North Korea

Five individuals pleaded guilty for helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate over 100 U.S. companies by bypassing hiring checks and…

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AI & Tech

Apple to Pay Google $1B Annually for Siri’s Gemini AI

Apple will pay Google $1 billion annually to license a custom Gemini AI model to power an upgraded Siri, launching…

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BigTech Companies

US Approves Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition

Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz has passed its U.S. antitrust review, a major step toward finalizing one of the…

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Business

Ex-L3Harris Exec Convicted for Selling Cyber Exploits to Russia

Peter Williams, a former L3Harris Trenchant executive, pleaded guilty to stealing and selling classified cybersecurity materials to a Russian entity…

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Business

F5 Networks Breached: Hackers Stole Code and Customer Data

State-sponsored hackers breached F5 Networks' systems, stealing proprietary source code and sensitive customer data, with the company detecting the intrusion…

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Business

PowerSchool Hacker Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

A 19-year-old Massachusetts college student received a four-year prison sentence for orchestrating a 2024 cyberattack on PowerSchool, compromising tens of…

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Business

Feds Seize Record $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam

U.S. and UK authorities seized a record $15 billion in Bitcoin from the Prince Group, the largest cryptocurrency seizure ever,…

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Artificial Intelligence

Google AI Search Sees Significant Growth by Design

Google’s AI Overviews, which provide AI-generated summaries, have become incredibly popular, reaching over 1.5 billion monthly users across more than…

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BigTech Companies

Google: Open Web in “Rapid Decline”

Google's court filing admits the open web is in rapid decline, contradicting its public statements about a healthy online ecosystem.…

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BigTech Companies

Europe Fines Google €2.95B for Adtech Monopoly Despite Trump Threats

The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for anti-competitive behavior in its advertising technology, favoring its own services like…

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BigTech Companies

Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome, Rejects Breakup Order

Google successfully defended against a breakup of Chrome and Android, with the court rejecting the Department of Justice's most aggressive…

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Business

Ex-Developer Jailed for Revenge “Kill Switch” After Firing

A former software engineer was sentenced to four years in prison for embedding a destructive "kill switch" in his employer's…

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Business

Royal & BlackSuit Ransomware Attack 450+ US Firms

International law enforcement disrupted a ransomware operation targeting over 450 U.S. organizations, seizing infrastructure linked to Royal and BlackSuit strains,…

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Business

FBI Recovers $2.4M in Bitcoin From Chaos Ransomware Bust

The FBI recovered $2.4 million in Bitcoin tied to the Chaos ransomware group, seizing 20.2891382 BTC from a wallet linked…

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Cybersecurity

BlackSuit Ransomware’s Dark Web Sites Shut Down by Authorities

Authorities dismantled the BlackSuit ransomware group's dark web infrastructure in a global operation, with a seizure notice displayed on their…

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Cybersecurity

BlackSuit Ransomware Sites Shut Down in Operation Checkmate

Law enforcement dismantled BlackSuit ransomware's online infrastructure in Operation Checkmate, seizing dark web domains and replacing them with seizure notices.…

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Business

Hacker Admits Guilt in Breaching Networks to Sell Security Services

A Kansas City cybersecurity consultant, Nicholas Michael Kloster, admitted to hacking businesses and nonprofits to generate clients for his services,…

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