Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it’s extending Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for an extra year by letting users either pay a small fee of $30 or by sync their PC settings to the cloud. The development comes ahead of the tech giant’s upcoming October 14, 2025, deadline, whenRead More »Microsoft Extends Windows 10 Security Updates for One Year with New Enrollment Options
The United States Embassy in India has announced that applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas should make their social media accounts public. The new guideline seeks to help officials verify the identity and eligibility of applicants under U.S. law. The U.S. Embassy said every visa application review isRead More »New U.S. Visa Rule Requires Applicants to Set Social Media Account Privacy to Public
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed two novel methods that can be used to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets. The methods take advantage of the design of various common mining topologies in order to shut down the mining process, Akamai said in a new report published today. “We developed two techniques by leveragingRead More »Researchers Find Way to Shut Down Cryptominer Campaigns Using Bad Shares and XMRogue
Siemens is working with Microsoft to address a Defender Antivirus problem that can lead to no malware alerts or plant disruptions. The post Siemens Notifies Customers of Microsoft Defender Antivirus Issue appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Unidentified threat actors have been observed targeting publicly exposed Microsoft Exchange servers to inject malicious code into the login pages that harvest their credentials. Positive Technologies, in a new analysis published last week, said it identified two different kinds of keylogger code written in JavaScript on the Outlook login pageRead More »Hackers Target Over 70 Microsoft Exchange Servers to Steal Credentials via Keyloggers
Aflac discovered suspicious activity on its United States network.
Scientists can manipulate air bubbles trapped in ice to encode messages.
I had the honor of hosting the first episode of the Xposure Podcast live from Xposure Summit 2025. And I couldn’t have asked for a better kickoff panel: three cybersecurity leaders who don’t just talk security, they live it. Let me introduce them. Alex Delay, CISO at IDB Bank, knowsRead More »Between Buzz and Reality: The CTEM Conversation We All Need
The future of secure digital engagement depends on continuous identity verification and proofing that can scale with risk. The post Identity Is the New Perimeter: Why Proofing and Verification Are Business Imperatives appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Palo Alto Networks has observed a spike in Prometei activity since March 2025, pointing to a resurgence of the botnet. The post Prometei Botnet Activity Spikes appeared first on SecurityWeek.
