New U.S. Visa Rule Requires Applicants to Set Social Media Account Privacy to Public

The United States Embassy in India has announced that applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas should make their social media accounts public.
The new guideline seeks to help officials verify the identity and eligibility of applicants under U.S. l… Continue reading New U.S. Visa Rule Requires Applicants to Set Social Media Account Privacy to Public→

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Researchers Find Way to Shut Down Cryptominer Campaigns Using Bad Shares and XMRogue

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed two novel methods that can be used to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets.
The methods take advantage of the design of various common mining topologies in order to shut down the mining process, Akamai said in a… Continue reading Researchers Find Way to Shut Down Cryptominer Campaigns Using Bad Shares and XMRogue→

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Hackers Target Over 70 Microsoft Exchange Servers to Steal Credentials via Keyloggers

Unidentified threat actors have been observed targeting publicly exposed Microsoft Exchange servers to inject malicious code into the login pages that harvest their credentials.
Positive Technologies, in a new analysis published last week, said it iden… Continue reading Hackers Target Over 70 Microsoft Exchange Servers to Steal Credentials via Keyloggers→

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Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Docker APIs to Mine Cryptocurrency via Tor Network

Misconfigured Docker instances are the target of a campaign that employs the Tor anonymity network to stealthily mine cryptocurrency in susceptible environments.
“Attackers are exploiting misconfigured Docker APIs to gain access to containerized enviro… Continue reading Hackers Exploit Misconfigured Docker APIs to Mine Cryptocurrency via Tor Network→

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U.S. House Bans WhatsApp on Official Devices Over Security and Data Protection Issues

The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices, citing security concerns.
The development was first reported by Axios.
The decision, according to the House Chief Admini… Continue reading U.S. House Bans WhatsApp on Official Devices Over Security and Data Protection Issues→

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China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco Vulnerability to Target Canadian Telecom

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an advisory warning of cyber attacks mounted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon actors to breach major global telecommunications providers as part of a … Continue reading China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco Vulnerability to Target Canadian Telecom→

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Echo Chamber Jailbreak Tricks LLMs Like OpenAI and Google into Generating Harmful Content

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new jailbreaking method called Echo Chamber that could be leveraged to trick popular large language models (LLMs) into generating undesirable responses, irrespective of the safeguards put in place.
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DHS Warns Pro-Iranian Hackers Likely to Target U.S. Networks After Iranian Nuclear Strikes

The United States government has warned of cyber attacks mounted by pro-Iranian groups after it launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites as part of the Iran–Israel war that commenced on June 13, 2025.
Stating that the ongoing conflict has created a… Continue reading DHS Warns Pro-Iranian Hackers Likely to Target U.S. Networks After Iranian Nuclear Strikes→

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