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Pro-Israel Predatory Sparrow Group steals $90m in crypto from Iranian exchange Nobitex

Two articles crossed my path recently. First, a discussion of all the video Waymo has from outside its cars: in this case related to the LA protests. Second, a discussion of all the video Tesla has from inside its cars.

Lots of things are collecting lots of video of lots of other things. How and under what rules that video is used and reused will be a continuing source of debate.

Two critical Linux flaws allow unprivileged users to gain root access, affecting major distributions

Barracuda observed a big spike in spam emails generated using AI tools, making up the majority detected in April 2025

ClickFix techniques are enabling threat actors to bypass defenses using tools like MSHTA, says ReliaQuest

Upgraded GodFather banking malware now uses on-device virtualization to hijack apps, enabling real-time fraud

The new Cyber Growth Action Plan aims to support the UK’s cyber industry, including the development of innovative new technologies and startups

Payment processor Paddle has agreed to settle with the FTC over allegations related to tech support scams

The group positions itself “not just as a ransomware group, but as a full-service cybercrime platform”, according to Cybereason

The variations seem to be endless. Here’s a fake ghostwriting scam that seems to be making boatloads of money.

This is a big story about scams being run from Texas and Pakistan estimated to run into tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars, viciously defrauding Americans with false hopes of publishing bestseller books (a scam you’d not think many people would fall for but is surprisingly huge). In January, three people were charged with defrauding elderly authors across the United States of almost $44 million ­by “convincing the victims that publishers and filmmakers wanted to turn their books into blockbusters.”