Despite arrests, eight-legged menace targeted more victims this year Despite several arrests last year, Scattered Spider’s social engineering attacks are continuing into 2025 as the cybercrime collective targets high-profile organizations and adds another phishing kit to its arsenal along with a new version of Spectre RAT malware.… READ MORE HERE…

Will ‘gutting’ the civilian defense agency make American cybersecurity great again? Analysis  Slashing staff at the US govt’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, and scrapping vital programs, isn’t exactly boosting national security, say infosec and national security officials watching America’s digital defenses unravel in real time.… READ MORE HERE…

After 23 years, the privacy plumber has finally arrived to clean up this mess A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136, released last Thursday to the Chrome beta channel.… READ MORE HERE…

PLUS: Qualcomm acquires Vietnamese AI outfit; China claims US hacked winter games; India’s browser challenge winner disputed; and more Asia In Brief  Asian nations and tech companies are trying to come to terms with the USA’s new universal import tariffs and additional “reciprocal tariffs”.… READ MORE HERE…