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Ethan Brooks

Ethan Brooks is a Senior cybersecurity journalist passionate about threat intelligence and data privacy. His work highlights cyber attacks, hacking, security culture, and cybercrime with The Cyber News.

Lenovo AI Chatbot Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Execute Remote Scripts on Corporate Machines

A critical security vulnerability in Lenovo's AI-powered chatbot "Lena" has exposed the company's corporate systems to potential cyberattacks, allowing malicious actors to execute unauthorized scripts and steal sensitive session data through simple prompt manipulation. The vulnerability, discovered by Cybernews...

Serial Hacker Sentenced for Breaching and Defacing Multiple Organizations’ Websites

A 26-year-old cybercriminal from South Yorkshire has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for orchestrating a global hacking campaign that compromised millions of user accounts and defaced government and news websites across multiple countries. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky from Rotherham was convicted...

ShinyHunters Hackers Allegedly Release New Exploit for SAP 0-Day Vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity researchers and organizations worldwide were alerted to the public release of a weaponized exploit targeting critical SAP vulnerabilities, marking a significant escalation in threats against enterprise SAP environments. The exploit, which combines two previously zero-day vulnerabilities in SAP...

Microsoft Defender AI Identifies Plaintext Credentials in Active Directory

Microsoft has unveiled a groundbreaking AI-powered security enhancement for its Defender for Identity platform that addresses a critical vulnerability plaguing organizations worldwide: exposed plain text credentials stored within Active Directory systems. The new feature, announced on August 14, 2025,...

PyPI to Prevent Domain Resurrection Attacks by Blocking Access Through Expired Domains

The Python Package Index (PyPI) has implemented new security measures to prevent domain resurrection attacks, a sophisticated supply-chain threat where malicious actors purchase expired domains to hijack user accounts through password reset mechanisms. Since early June 2025, PyPI has...

Palo Alto Networks Founder and CTO Retires After 20-Year Tenure

Nir Zuk, the visionary founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Palo Alto Networks, has officially retired after more than two decades of transforming the cybersecurity landscape. The 54-year-old Israeli entrepreneur, who founded the company in 2005 and pioneered...
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