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CloudSEK’s new report uncovers how Chinese cyber syndicates are laundering over $600 million annually in India. Learn about the shadow banking empire using fake apps, mule accounts, and illegal payment gateways that threaten India’s financial security. CloudSEK has exposed a large-scale illegal financial operation in India, allegedly run by Chinese cyber syndicates, that’s laundering over $580 million (₹5,000 crores) annually. This shadow banking empire uses illegal payment gateways, fake mobile apps, and a network of mule accounts to move dirty money, posing a significant threat to India’s financial and national security. Illegal Payment Gateway (Source: CloudSEK) How the Scheme Operates…

Overview just optical illusions or mind-bending puzzles. They can also be logical, causing initial observations to fall apart upon closer investigation. In data science, paradoxes arise when we take numbers at face value, without looking into the context behind them. One can have the sharpest visuals and still walk away with the wrong story.  In this article, we discuss three logical paradoxes that serve as cautionary tales for anyone who interprets data too quickly, without applying context. We explore how paradoxes arise in Data Science & Business Intelligence (BI) use cases and then extend the insights to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)…

Update 7/20/25: Added examples of some of the breached organizations below. A critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint, tracked as CVE-2025-53770, has been actively exploited since at least July 18th, with no patch available and at least 85 servers already compromised worldwide. In May, Viettel Cyber Security researchers chained two Microsoft SharePoint flaws, CVE-2025-49706 and CVE-2025-49704, in a “ToolShell” attack demonstrated at Pwn2Own Berlin to achieve remote code execution. While Microsoft patched both ToolShell flaws as part of the July Patch Tuesday, it is now warning that a variant of  CVE-2025-49706, tracked as CVE-2025-53770, is being actively exploited in the wild against…

Claims of physical consequences are often exaggerated. In one recent case, dozens of precautionary IT shutdowns were reported as “attacks with physical consequences,” even though investigators found no manipulation of control functions or damage to safety systems. Many so‑called subject‑matter experts amplify dramatic incident claims that trace back to a single, unverified source. These stories frequently bypass rigorous validation and are echoed across news articles, vendor white papers, conference talks, and social‑media threads—hardening into “common knowledge” without ever meeting basic evidentiary thresholds. 1982 | Trans‑Siberian pipeline explosion This tale originates from a 2004 book by former U.S. National Security Council…

Attackers are exploiting a zero-day variant (CVE-2025-53770) of a SharePoint remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-49706) that Microsoft patched earlier this month, the company has confirmed on Saturday. CVE-2025-53770 is being leveraged to place a backdoor on vulnerable on-premises SharePoint Servers and to grab the systems’ security keys, allowing the attackers full takeover of the machines. There is currently no patch available to plug this security hole, but Microsoft says that customers running on-premises SharePoint Servers can stop attackers from exploiting the vulnerability by configuring Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) integration in SharePoint and deploying Defender AV on all SharePoint servers. “AMSI…

1Password this week announced it has added a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to the Trelica governance platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications it acquired earlier this year. In addition, the MCP Server for Trelica by 1Password is also being made available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) agents that just.. The post 1Password Adds MCP Server to Trelica Governance Platform appeared first on Security Boulevard.

In brief Streaming giant Netflix has revealed that it used generative AI for a VFX sequence in its show “The Eternaut.” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos called generative AI “an incredible opportunity to make films and series better, not just cheaper.” There is widespread concern among film industry professionals over the threat posed by AI to their jobs. Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time.AI-powered tools were deployed during the production of “The Eternaut,” an Argentinian drama that shows the aftermath of a toxic snowfall that’s killed millions of people.On an earnings call,…

In this Help Net Security video, Andy Ulrich, CISO at Vonage, explains how silent authentication offers a smarter, seamless solution to the security and productivity challenges of BYOD. He breaks down how it works, why it matters, and how businesses can boost both user experience and compliance without compromising protection. Read more:

Singapore warns China-linked group UNC3886 targets its critical infrastructure Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2025 Singapore says China-linked group UNC3886 targeted its critical infrastructure by hacking routers and security devices. Singapore accused China-linked APT group UNC3886 of targeting its critical infrastructure. UNC3886 is a sophisticated China-linked cyber espionage group that targets network devices and virtualization technologies using zero-day exploits. Its primary focus is on defense, technology, and telecommunications sectors in the US and Asia. In 2023, the APT group targeted multiple government organizations using the Fortinet zero-day CVE-2022-41328 to deploy custom backdoors. In March 2025, the group carried out a campaign targeting Juniper Networks’…