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Scattered Spider Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Noah Urban, better known by his online alias "King Bob," has become the first member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang to receive federal prison time, marking a significant milestone in law enforcement's battle against sophisticated cybercriminal organizations. The 20-year-old from Palm Coast, Florida, was...

Okta Unveils Auth0 Event Logs to Enhance Proactive Threat Detection

Okta has launched the Auth0 Customer Detection Catalog, an open-source repository containing detection rules specifically designed to help security teams at Auth0 customer organizations proactively identify and respond to emerging security threats. The catalog is now publicly available on GitHub and serves as a...

Copilot Vulnerability Exposes Audit Logs and Grants Secret Access to Attackers

A critical security vulnerability in Microsoft's M365 Copilot allowed users to access sensitive files without generating audit log entries, effectively enabling insider threats to operate undetected. The vulnerability, discovered in July and quietly patched in August, highlights serious concerns about audit trail integrity and...

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 researchers, demonstrates how inadequate security...

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 on August 15, 2025, after...

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 NetWeaver Visual Composer, represents a...