Insider Threat: Hackers Paying Company Insiders to Bypass Security

A new report from Check Point Research reveals a growing trend of cyber criminals recruiting employees at banks, telecoms, and tech giants. Learn how hackers use the darknet and Telegram to offer payouts up to $15,000 for internal access to companies l… Continue reading Insider Threat: Hackers Paying Company Insiders to Bypass Security

Docker makes hardened images free open and transparent for everyone

Docker has made its open source Docker Hardened Images project available at no cost for every developer and organization. The catalog contains more than 1,000 container images built on open source distributions such as Debian and Alpine and is released… Continue reading Docker makes hardened images free open and transparent for everyone

Instacart Hit With $60M FTC Settlement Over Hidden Fees

The settlement exposes a web of deceptive practices that turned everyday grocery shopping and ecommerce into a hidden fee minefield.
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574 arrests, $3 million recovered in Africa-wide cybercrime crackdown

Law enforcement agencies across 19 countries arrested 574 suspects and recovered approximately $3 million during a major cybercrime operation spanning Africa. Suspects were arrested in Ghana in connection to the cyber-fraud case, with over 100 digital … Continue reading 574 arrests, $3 million recovered in Africa-wide cybercrime crackdown

UK Government Acknowledges It Is Investigating Cyber Incident After Media Reports

The British government is investigating a “cyber incident” following news reports that hackers linked to China have gained access to thousands of confidential documents.
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Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion

In this Help Net Security interview, Chrisma Jackson, Director of Cybersecurity & Mission Computing Center and CISO at Sandia National Laboratories, reflects on where the cyber talent pipeline breaks down and what it takes to fix it. She discusses… Continue reading Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion

In 2025 Scammers Have Stolen $835M from Americans Using Fake Customer Service Numbers

They call it “the business-impersonator scam”. And it’s fooled 396,227 Americans in just the first nine months of 2025 — 18% more than the 335,785 in the same nine months of 2024. That’s according to a Bloomberg reporter (who also fell for it in … Continue reading In 2025 Scammers Have Stolen $835M from Americans Using Fake Customer Service Numbers