Author: HackWatchit

Can decentralized AI beat cloud lock-in? 0G’s “Solana for AI” aims to deliver fast data, cheaper storage, and trustless compute for real-time ML.Read All

Vendor Pay Express, an affiliate of 1st Commercial Credit, has launched a digital platform for B2B transactions that provides faster payments to suppliers and interest-free credit lines to buyers. With this new digital supplier payment platform, suppliers receive accelerated payments by accepting what the company describes as a small discount from the invoice amount, while buyers maintain their negotiated net terms and get access to an unsecured line of credit solely for vendor payments, the company said in a Friday (Aug. 22) press release. The Vendor Pay Express offering is based only on the buyer’s creditworthiness and credit insurability, according…

Phishing isn’t what it used to be. It’s no longer fake emails with bad grammar and sketchy links. With AI, modern phishing attacks have become slicker, more convincing, and dangerously well-timed. They can perfectly mimic a CEO or investor’s tone. They can even hijack real email threads or fake trusted login pages. And one wrong click can mean catastrophic damage to your brand, data, and customer trust. That’s why playing defense isn’t enough anymore. Preemptive cybersecurity, as the phrase suggests, is all about stopping phishing before it starts. Instead of waiting for damage to show up, this strategy proactively hunts…

Several factors could lead to Total VPN not working with Hulu, like outdated software, location mismatches, blocked IPs, or leaks that reveal your real region. Understanding the causes can help you fix the issue and get back to streaming your favorite shows. This guide covers why Total VPN may get blocked by Hulu, how to fix common issues, and which alternative VPNs unlock the platform reliably. You’ll also find quick answers to common questions about Hulu’s VPN detection, among others. Why is Total VPN not working with Hulu? Running into the dreaded “Hulu is not available in your region, or…

Operation Serengeti 2.0: INTERPOL nabs 1,209 cybercriminals in Africa, seizes $97M Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2025 INTERPOL arrested 1,209 cybercriminals in 18 African nations seizing $97.4M, and dismantling 11,432 malicious infrastructures. INTERPOL announced the result of the second phase of ongoing law enforcement Operation Serengeti (June to August 2025) that led to 1,209 arrests across 18 nations in Africa. The authorities are aiding 88,000 victims, seizing $97.4M, and dismantling 11,432 cybercrime infrastructures. Operation Serengeti 2.0 (Jun–Aug 2025) united 18 African nations and the UK to fight ransomware, online scams, and BEC. Operation Serengeti 2.0, part of the African Joint Operation…

It’s not unusual for law enforcement agencies to offer substantial rewards for information which might lead to the identification, arrest, and conviction of cybercriminals.For instance, we have seen a US $10 million reward for suspected LockBit ransomware mastermind Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a $2.5 million bounty offered for the arrest of a key person suspected of involvement with the Angler Exploit Kit, and a $10 million reward offered for information about the Russian military hackers implicated in the NotPetya attack, amongst many other examples.So it probably didn’t seem so strange that an array of cybersecurity news outlets announced last week that…

Ohio Medical Alliance exposed a medical marijuana patient database containing 957,000 records, including SSNs, IDs, health files, and sensitive internal notes. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler identified two unprotected, misconfigured databases containing nearly one million records linked to Ohio Medical Alliance LLC, a company better known under its brand name Ohio Marijuana Card. Fowler, who reported the exposure to Website Planet, found that the databases were left open without encryption or password protection, allowing anyone with an internet connection to access names, Social Security numbers (SSN), dates of birth, home addresses, and high-resolution images of driver’s licenses. The files also contained…

In its recently released 2025 Threat Hunting Report, Crowdstrike pointed out an interesting trend: a 136% surge in cloud intrusions. A good chunk of this surge is due to “China-nexus adversaries”, Murky Panda (aka Silk Typhoon) among them. Murky Panda’s modus operandi The group has been active since at least 2023, and is primarily focused on breaching government, technology, academia, legal, and professional services entities in North America and stealing sensitive information from them. The group is known for: Leveraging n-day and zero-day vulnerabilities in internet-facing appliances for initial access (e.g., CVE-2023-3519, affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, and CVE-2025-3928,…

A new report from the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that while the Department, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, has acted on some previously identified cybersecurity weaknesses, significant gaps remain. Of 63 recommendations from prior audits and evaluations, the OIG report identified that only 19 were closed, leaving 44 still open. In addition, the OIG issued 79 new recommendations during the fiscal year covering various aspects of DOE’s unclassified cybersecurity program. “The weaknesses identified occurred for a variety of reasons. For instance, findings at some Department sites had occurred due to vulnerability management processes that…