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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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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Cloudflare open-sources Orange Meets with End-to-End encryption
Cloudflare has implemented end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to its video calling app Orange Meets and open-sourced the solution for transparency.
- June 29, 2025
- 10:11 AM
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Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy
Let's Encrypt has announced it will no longer notify users about imminent certificate expirations via email due to high costs, privacy concerns, and unnecessary complexities.
- June 28, 2025
- 10:09 AM
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Russia’s throttling of Cloudflare makes sites inaccessible
Starting June 9, 2025, Russian internet service providers (ISPs) have begun throttling access to websites and services protected by Cloudflare, an American internet giant.
- June 27, 2025
- 11:47 AM
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Citrix Bleed 2 flaw now believed to be exploited in attacks
A critical NetScaler ADC and Gateway vulnerability dubbed "Citrix Bleed 2" (CVE-2025-5777) is now likely exploited in attacks, according to cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest, seeing an increase in suspicious sessions on Citrix devices.
- June 27, 2025
- 10:18 AM
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FTC approves $126 million in Fortnite refunds over ‘dark patterns’
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved $126,000,000 in refunds to be sent to 969,173 Fortnite players as part of a settlement over allegations that Epic Games tricked users into making unwanted purchases.
- June 26, 2025
- 04:27 PM
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Brother printer bug in 689 models exposes default admin passwords
A total of 689 printer models from Brother, along with 53 other models from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta, come with a default administrator password that remote attackers can generate. Even worse, there is no way to fix the flaw via firmware in existing printers.
- June 26, 2025
- 02:10 PM
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Ex-student charged over hacking university for cheap parking, data breaches
New South Wales police in Australia have arrested a 27-year-old former Western Sydney University (WSU) student for allegedly hacking into the University's systems on multiple occasions, starting with a scheme to obtain cheaper parking.
- June 26, 2025
- 12:24 PM
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