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US-led raid disrupts record DDoS botnets worldwide

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US, Canadian and German authorities have dismantled four record-breaking IoT DDoS botnets that hijacked over three million devices worldwide.

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Milestone launches AI tools for security video teams

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Milestone unveils AI tools to speed video review, cut false alerts and anonymise footage for security teams facing tighter privacy rules.

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US disrupts four IoT botnets in record DDoS attacks

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US authorities say they have crippled four vast IoT botnets behind record 30Tbps DDoS attacks, in a major cross-border operation.

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OXIL urges safeguarding framework to curb online scams

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OXIL unveils a safeguarding-based blueprint to fight online scams, shifting responsibility from individuals to coordinated organisational action.

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IVECO launches AI theft recovery for connected fleets

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IVECO adds AI theft recovery to its connected services, offering 24/7 managed stolen vehicle assistance to boost commercial fleet security.

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Survey finds sharp rise in online abuse of US women

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Online abuse of US women has surged, with over a quarter reporting harassment and LGBTQ+ and non-white women facing the highest risks.

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Tycoon 2FA phishing service disrupted in major sting

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Police and tech firms have dismantled Tycoon 2FA, a phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts at industrial scale.

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Meta removes nearly 6m scam ads after DSA reports

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Meta took down nearly 6m scam ads in 2025 after alerts from Lithuanian watchdog Debunk.org under the EU's Digital Services Act system.

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Ransomware attacks surge 50% as industrial firms hit hardest

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Global ransomware attacks jump 50% to 7,874 in 2025, with industrial firms bearing the brunt as criminal groups reshuffle their tactics.

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A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.

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Microsoft & Europol disrupt global Tycoon 2FA scam

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Microsoft and Europol have seized over 300 domains to disrupt Tycoon 2FA, a vast phishing-for-hire service bypassing MFA worldwide.

How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s

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Women in their 40s are reclaiming tech careers, proving life experience, grit and curiosity can trump age bias and fast-track reinvention.

Tycoon 2FA phishing service disrupted in EU crackdown

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European authorities and tech firms have disrupted Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts.

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One in four US women face rising tide of online abuse

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More than one in four US women report online abuse, with LGBTQ+ and non-white women hardest hit amid rising fears over data-fuelled harassment.

The weight women carry

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Women are exhausted not by ambition, but by a system that demands 120% just to exist safely while still denying them equal power.

Stop framing deepfake harassment of women as a social problem - It's a cybersecurity problem

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Non-consensual deepfake abuse of women is not just online harassment but cybercrime, demanding full threat intelligence and security action.

Generative AI fuels alarming surge in intimate image abuse

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Generative AI is fuelling a sharp rise in intimate image abuse, outpacing weak platform responses and patchy global legal protections.

xReality hits profit as Operator XR drives global push

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xReality swings to operational profit as Operator XR powers record half-year, with revenue up 41% to AUD $10.4 million and EBITDA surging 190%.

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GenAI misuse & ransomware drive surge in cyber attacks

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Global cyber attacks hit 2,090 a week in January as ransomware surges and risky GenAI use exposes fresh data-leak and intrusion paths.

Mercyhurst students to train on Data Squared AI platform

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Data Squared's AI reasoning platform reView will power student intelligence training at Mercyhurst University's CIRAT in a new partnership.