SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment. Here are this week’s highlights: Predator spyware suppresses iOS camera and microphone indicators Predator spyware bypasses Apple’s recording indicators on iOS by installing a single hook to intercept and silently discard sensor activity updates before they trigger the orange or green…
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With the FIFA World Cup coming to the United States, Canada, and Mexico this year, cybersecurity experts are warning that the risks are rising from rapidly evolving threats such as drones and wireless surveillance.Wireless communications have grown in importance and criticality, with connections to security systems, operational technology (OT), and application connectivity all expanding dramatically over the past decade. One major application for wireless communications are drones, which have been used increasingly in conflict zones and pose potentially greater dangers for civilian populations.The concern is that threat actors will translate what they have learned to civilian settings, says Cordell Bennigson,…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’ve been tracking my sleep and recovery with the Oura ring for nearly five years now, and today I’ll share with you several of my favorite and most-overlooked features—including one feature you should turn off, and one feature you can use even if your subscription is expired. Turn off blood oxygen sensing to save batteryThe Oura ring uses significantly more battery with blood oxygen sensing turned on. It may make sense to use this feature if you have a specific health concern, but most of us don’t need it on…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 27, 2026Financial Crime / Social Engineering The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering. The confiscated funds were traced to cryptocurrency addresses used for the laundering of criminally derived proceeds stolen from victims of cryptocurrency investment scams, the department added. “Criminal actors and professional money launderers use cyber-enabled fraud schemes to swindle their victims and conceal their ill-gotten gains,” said HSI Charlotte Acting Special Agent in Charge Kyle D. Burns. “HSI special agents work diligently to trace…
Google published a new help document outlining how passkeys work in Google Ads — a timely move as advertisers face a rise in account hacks and phishing attempts. What’s happening. The new help page explains how passkeys function as a passwordless, phishing-resistant login method in Google Ads, and clarifies when they’re required — including for sensitive actions like user access changes and account linking updates. The documentation walks advertisers through device requirements, setup steps and security considerations. Why we care. Ad accounts are increasingly being targeted by attackers, with compromised logins leading to budget theft, campaign disruption and data loss.…
Honda is the most fuel-efficient automaker in the United States, according to the latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Automotive Trends Report. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of fuel economy and vehicle technology data across the U.S. light-duty vehicle market from 1975 through 2024, with preliminary 2025 data. Since 1975, the EPA has collected data on every new light-duty vehicle model sold in the U.S., either from testing conducted at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, or directly from manufacturers using official EPA test procedures. The vehicle with the best fuel economy when the…
Contemporary retail is powered by reliable online stores. Business contractors need uninterrupted services, and WooCommerce is known to deliver exceptional services to businesses of all sizes. With customers wanting near-flawless performance, error budgets and service-level agreements are the best tools for maintaining trust. Understanding these tools allows store owners to adopt the right perspective in terms of setting expectations. They can also make provisions for adverse events. Furthermore, choosing WooCommerce hosting safeguards them from potential disruptions and failures. Let’s decode this further in this post. Understanding Service-Level Agreements Service level agreements specify the minimum required performance standard for a service.…
Meta is stepping up the fight against scams on its platforms by filing multiple lawsuits targeting companies and individuals in Brazil, China, and Vietnam who used deceptive tactics to run scam ads. The company said it has taken technical enforcement actions in these cases, including suspending payment methods used in the scams, disabling accounts linked to those operations, and blocking domains associated with scam sites. Meta shared this information with industry partners so other platforms can block the same offenders. In Brazil, individuals and companies were accused of using altered images and voices of celebrities, as well as deepfakes of…
In 2011, NASA scientists met at the jet propulsion laboratory in California to do something very important: name the most and least scientifically plausible movies ever made, with the aim of nudging Hollywood towards doing a better job of depicting science. They decided that the most scientifically plausible movie ever made was Gattaca, the 1997 film about a future where gene editing had become commonplace. As for the least plausible, the choice was easy: 2012. Somewhat confusingly, 2012 came out in 2009; Sony really missed a branding opportunity there. It was about, simply, how the world would end in 2012…