U.S. companies brace for Israel-Iran cyber spillover
As Israel and Iran exchange airstrikes, cybersecurity experts are warning that a quieter, but still destructive, digital conflict is unfolding behind the scenes. Iran and Israel are home to some of the world’s most skilled hackers. Escalating tensions between the two could spill over into cyberspace, potentially disrupting critical infrastructure, commercial networks and global supply chains. U.S. cybersecurity organizations are urging businesses to remain on high alert for possible Iranian cyberattacks on domestic infrastructure.
Report Links Los Pollos and RichAds to Malware Traffic Operations
New research by Infoblox Threat Intel exposes a hidden alliance between major cybercrime groups like VexTrio and seemingly legitimate AdTech firms such as Los Pollos, Partners House, BroPush, and RichAds. Discover how malware, including DollyWay, shifted operations, revealing shared infrastructure and tactics.
Minnesota lawmaker’s alleged killer had list of data broker websites in car, FBI says
Police found a list of 11 data brokers in an SUV driven by the man who allegedly murdered a Minnesota state representative and her husband Saturday, court documents show. The list naming the data brokers includes notations about which sites are free to use and how much information they require to obtain detailed data about individuals being searched, according to an FBI affidavit filed Monday in Minnesota. Notebooks in the SUV contained the names of more than 45 Minnesota state and federal officials, including state Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was slain alongside her husband, the affidavit said.
Smart air fryers ordered to stop invading our digital privacy
In a confirmation that we’ve gone full Black Mirror, the UK’s privacy czar has wagged a finger at air fryer manufacturers and told them to stop playing with our data. New draft guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) targets not just air fryer vendors but manufacturers of any smart home products, ranging from smart lighting systems through to internet-connected refrigerators and connected toys. Collectively known as IoT (Internet of Things) devices, these connected objects have a nasty habit of collecting our data without us really understanding what they’re doing. It’s a problem with many of them, although late last year Which? magazine added air fryers to the list of offenders.
Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content
Former Cloudflare executive John Graham-Cumming recently announced that he launched a website, lowbackgroundsteel.ai, that treats pre-AI, human-created content like a precious commodity—a time capsule of organic creative expression from a time before machines joined the conversation. “The idea is to point to sources of text, images and video that were created prior to the explosion of AI-generated content,” Graham-Cumming wrote on his blog last week. The reason? To preserve what made non-AI media uniquely human.
DSIT to publish Cyber Growth Action Plan for UK
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced a review in advance of a Cyber Growth Action Plan to boost the UK’s cyber security industry. Its development is being led by independent experts at the University of Bristol and Imperial College London’s Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance, and it will examine the strengths of the UK’s cyber sector and provide a roadmap for its future growth. The review is looking into the supply and demand of cyber goods and services such as protective monitoring and encryption, to understand opportunities for growth. It will aim to spot new trends and potential areas to capitalise on, explore emerging technologies including AI and quantum, and identify opportunities to strengthen Britain’s competitive edge.
