News archive — Page 12
Source-backed reporting on VPNs, privacy, scams, data breaches and online security—plus the practical steps worth taking next.
News archive
Reports 111–120
Clear summaries, visible dates and direct source links—without turning every security story into a VPN sales pitch.
Hotel Wi-Fi DNS Hijacking Warning: Why Travellers Should Use a Full-Tunnel VPN
BleepingComputer reports that attackers are compromising hotel and conference Wi-Fi gateways to redirect Microsoft 365 users to fake login pages.
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Free VPN Extensions Caught Stealing Clipboard Data: What to Check Now
Socket researchers found Chrome and Firefox extensions posing as free VPNs that added clipboard-stealing code through updates, while CyberInsider later amplified the warning for browser users.
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Craneware Healthcare Data Breach Shows Why Supplier Attacks Matter
Edinburgh-based Craneware says attackers accessed part of its data environment and exfiltrated file names plus some employee, customer and partner records, while services remained operational.
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CISA Adds SharePoint and Check Point Flaws to Exploited-Vulnerability List
CISA says CVE-2026-50522 in Microsoft SharePoint and CVE-2026-16232 in Check Point SmartConsole have evidence of active exploitation, making patching and compromise checks urgent for exposed systems.
Read analysisOrigin Energy Data Breach Raises AI Scam Risks for Utility Customers
Origin Energy says some customer data was accessed and disclosed without authorisation, while ABC reports experts are warning that names, dates of birth, addresses and partial payment details can fuel more convincing AI-assisted scams.
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23andMe Settlement Is a Reminder to Review Genetic Data and Reused Passwords
State attorneys general announced an $18 million bankruptcy recovery tied to the 23andMe breach, while the court-authorized settlement site says class member payments from a separate $46.75 million settlement are expected in September.
Read analysisOpenAI and Hugging Face Incident Shows AI Agents Are Becoming a Real Security Risk
Hugging Face says an autonomous AI-agent intrusion reached parts of its production infrastructure, and OpenAI says the activity emerged during an internal cyber-capability evaluation with reduced refusals. The user lesson is cautious, not panicked: AI can scale attacks, but basic account and network security still matters.
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EU Court Says VPNs Do Not Automatically Break Copyright Geo-Blocking Rules
A Court of Justice ruling in the Anne Frank Fonds case says users being able to bypass geo-blocking with a VPN does not by itself make a publisher liable in a blocked country, and does not shift copyright responsibility onto the VPN provider.
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World Cup Streaming Domain Seizures Are a Malware Warning for Sports Fans
The US Department of Justice says more than 1,000 domains used to illegally stream 2026 World Cup matches were seized. The consumer lesson is simple: free sports streams can bring malware, payment theft and account-risk problems that a VPN does not fix.
Read analysisSuno Data Breach Is a Password and Payment-Record Check for AI App Users
Have I Been Pwned says the Suno breach includes 55.3 million unique email addresses plus some phone numbers, purchase records, physical addresses and partial card data. Users should check exposure, change reused passwords and watch for targeted scams.
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