In Other News: Scattered Spider Hacker Arrested, SOC Effectiveness Metrics, NSA Tool Vulnerability 

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: OFAC hits Iranian central bank crypto reserves, ADT data leak, CISA guidance for zero trust in OT.
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Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI Surge

The maximum reward for a zero-click Pixel Titan M exploit with persistence has increased to $1.5 million.
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Cybercrime Groups Using Vishing and SSO Abuse in Rapid SaaS Extortion Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two cybercrime groups that are carrying out “rapid, high-impact attacks” operating almost within the confines of SaaS environments, while leaving minimal traces of their actions.
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China-Linked Hackers Target Asian Governments, NATO State, Journalists, and Activists

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new China-aligned espionage campaign targeting government and defense sectors across South, East, and Southeast Asia, along with one European government belonging to NATO.
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AI Power Plays, Security Breaches, and Industry Shifts Define the Week in Tech

See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from April 27–May 1.
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This Week in Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, and Stuxnet before Stuxnet was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local privileges escalations are never good, …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, and Stuxnet before Stuxnet was Cool