Cloudflare blames ‘potential bug’ for massive internet outage
On Tuesday morning, a large portion of the internet was down or not working properly, including ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and more due to an outage with internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare. Cloudflare said on its status page around 8 a.m. ET that it had identified the issue and was implementing a fix. Less than two […]
Learn how leading enterprises protect cloud workloads and infrastructure at scale
November 18, 2025hacker newsCloud security/compliance Perhaps you’ve already moved, or are planning to move, some part of your business to the cloud. That’s a wise move. It helps you work faster, better serve your customers, and stay ahead of the game. However, as cloud configurations expand, it becomes difficult to control who has access to […]
Waymo eliminates safety driver in Miami ahead of 2026 launch
Waymo will remove safety operators from its Miami robotaxi fleet starting today ahead of commercial launch in 2026. This is the latest in a long series of steps taken this year to expand its U.S. footprint. The company announced in a blog post Tuesday that it will begin offering fully self-driving trips to employees in […]
Agentio expands creator marketplace beyond YouTube, secures $40 million from Forerunner
According to a report from Tubefilter, the number of sponsored video views on YouTube increased by 28% year-over-year in the first half of 2025, and the number of sponsored videos increased by 54% year-over-year. Additionally, ad spend through creator channels is steadily increasing and in some cases even outperforming traditional media. Buoyed by these signals, […]
Researchers detail Tuoni C2’s role in 2025 real estate cyber intrusion attempt
November 18, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Social Engineering Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a cyberattack that targeted a major US-based real estate company. This attack included the use of an early command and control (C2) and red team framework known as Tuoni. “This campaign leveraged the emerging Tuoni C2 framework, a relatively new command-and-control (C2) tool (with […]
Agentio expands creator marketplace beyond YouTube, secures $40 million from Forerunner
According to a report from Tubefilter, the number of sponsored video views on YouTube increased by 28% year-over-year in the first half of 2025, and the number of sponsored videos increased by 54% year-over-year. Additionally, ad spend through creator channels is steadily increasing and in some cases even outperforming traditional media. Buoyed by these signals, […]
Iranian hackers use DEEPROOT and TWOSTROKE malware in aerospace and defense attacks
November 18, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyber espionage/malware Suspected Iranian espionage actors have been observed deploying backdoors such as TWOSTROKE and DEEPROOT as part of an ongoing campaign targeting aerospace, aviation, and defense industries in the Middle East. The activity is believed to be due to a threat cluster tracked by Google-owned Mandiant as UNC1549 (also known as […]
Why the Identity Security Fabric is Essential for Securing AI and Non-Human Identities
Identity security fabric (ISF) is a unified architectural framework that brings together disparate identity capabilities. Through ISF, identity governance and administration (IGA), access management (AM), privileged access management (PAM), and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) are all integrated into a single, cohesive control plane. Building on Gartner’s definition of “identity fabric,” identity security fabric […]
7 npm packages use Adspect cloaking to lure victims to cryptocurrency scam pages
November 18, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Web Security Cybersecurity researchers discovered a set of seven npm packages published by a single attacker. The package leverages a cloaking service called Adspect to distinguish between real victims and security researchers, ultimately redirecting them to a sketchy crypto-themed site. Below are malicious npm packages published by a threat actor named ‘dino_reborn’ […]
Microsoft mitigates record 5.72 Tbps DDoS attack by AISURU botnet
November 18, 2025Ravi LakshmananIoT Security/Botnet Microsoft on Monday said it automatically detected and neutralized a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targeted a single endpoint in Australia. The scale of the attack was 5.72 terabits per second (Tbps), or approximately 3.64 billion packets per second (pps). The tech giant said this was the largest […]