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The growth of domestic solar installations opens the possibility of hackers targeting their smart inverter devices as a way to cause widespread power-system failures

A hacker is threatening to leak 106GB of data allegedly stolen from Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica in a breach that the company did not acknowledge. [...]

Border Patrol is commissioning big tech for new tools.

From brain rot to induced psychosis, the psychological cost of generative AI is growing and flying under the radar.

To ensure resilience across the internet stack, organizations need to protect and manage four key areas: reachability, availability, reliability, and performance, according to Catchpoint. The negative economic impact of incidents 51% report monthly losses of over $1 million due to internet outages or degradations, up from 43% in 2024. And 1 in 8 now lose over $10 million each month, a noticeable rise since last year. One way to justify the cost of resilience is … More → The post Internet outages are costing companies millions every month appeared first on Help Net Security.

75% of organizations have building management systems (BMS) affected by known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs), according to Claroty. The post Exposed and unaware? Smart buildings need smarter risk controls appeared first on Help Net Security.

Cloudflare, a company that runs 20% of the web, just flipped a switch that could end the open internet as we know it, forcing AI companies to pay for the content they’ve been taking for free.

The Spanish police have dismantled a large-scale investment fraud operation based in the country, which has caused cumulative damages exceeding €10 million ($11.8M). [...]

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Two flaws in TeleMessage are 'frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors' The US security watchdog CISA has warned that malicious actors are actively exploiting two flaws in the Signal clone TeleMessage TM SGNL, and has directed federal agencies to patch the flaws or discontinue use of the app by July 22.…