Bill Toulas
Author Bio
Bill Toulas is a tech writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications, covering open-source, Linux, malware, data breach incidents, and hacks.
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Police dismantles investment fraud ring stealing €10 million
The Spanish police have dismantled a large-scale investment fraud operation based in the country, which has caused cumulative damages exceeding €10 million ($11.8M).
- July 03, 2025
- 01:53 PM
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Grafana releases critical security update for Image Renderer plugin
Grafana Labs has addressed four Chromium vulnerabilities in critical security updates for the Grafana Image Renderer plugin and Synthetic Monitoring Agent.
- July 03, 2025
- 12:16 PM
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IdeaLab confirms data stolen in ransomware attack last year
IdeaLab is notifying individuals impacted by a data breach incident last October when hackers accessed sensitive information.
- July 03, 2025
- 11:14 AM
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NimDoor crypto-theft macOS malware revives itself when killed
North Korean state-backed hackers have been using a new family of macOS malware called NimDoor in a campaign that targets web3 and cryptocurrency organizations.
- July 02, 2025
- 03:36 PM
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Spain arrests hackers who targeted politicians and journalists
The Spanish police have arrested two individuals in the province of Las Palmas for their alleged involvement in cybercriminal activity, including data theft from the country's government.
- July 02, 2025
- 01:30 PM
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Forminator plugin flaw exposes WordPress sites to takeover attacks
The Forminator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion flaw that could enable full site takeover attacks.
- July 02, 2025
- 11:38 AM
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Dozens of fake wallet add-ons flood Firefox store to drain crypto
More than 40 fake extensions in Firefox's official add-ons store are impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets from trusted providers to steal wallet credentials and sensitive data.
- July 02, 2025
- 09:16 AM
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Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub
Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license.
- July 01, 2025
- 03:11 PM
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Kelly Benefits says 2024 data breach impacts 550,000 customers
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (dba Kelly Benefits) is informing more than half a million people of a data breach that compromised their personal information.
- July 01, 2025
- 01:28 PM
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New FileFix attack runs JScript while bypassing Windows MoTW alerts
A new FileFix attack allows executing malicious scripts while bypassing the Mark of the Web (MoTW) protection in Windows by exploiting how browsers handle saved HTML webpages.
- July 01, 2025
- 12:37 PM
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US disrupts North Korean IT worker "laptop farm" scheme in 16 states
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced coordinated law enforcement actions against North Korean government's fund raising operations using remote IT workers.
- July 01, 2025
- 09:56 AM
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Germany asks Google, Apple to remove DeepSeek AI from app stores
The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection has formally requested Google and Apple to remove the DeepSeek AI application from the application stores due to GDPR violations.
- June 30, 2025
- 02:03 PM
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Switzerland says government data stolen in ransomware attack
The government in Switzerland is informing that sensitive information from various federal offices has been impacted by a ransomware attack at the third-party organization Radix.
- June 30, 2025
- 11:39 AM
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Hikvision Canada ordered to cease operations over security risks
The Canadian government has ordered Hikvision's subsidiary in the country to cease all operations following a review that determined them to pose a national security risk.
- June 30, 2025
- 10:11 AM
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Europol helps disrupt $540 million crypto investment fraud ring
Spanish authorities have arrested five individuals in Madrid and the Canary Islands, suspected of laundering $540 million (€460 million) from illegal cryptocurrency investment schemes and defrauding more than 5,000 victims.
- June 30, 2025
- 09:20 AM
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