Security News Update for May 25, 2025

This week’s news includes:

• Student Makes Tool to Engage Social Media Users Using AI Bots
• Brian Krebs (Krebs On Security . Com) Hit with 6.3 Terabit per Second Attack
• Grocery Chain Kroger is Selling Enhanced Loyalty Program Data
• CMMC Q&A
• Are You More Like Marks & Spencer or Co-Op?
• Cyber Fraud and the False Claims Act
• Signal Updates Windows App to Block Microsoft Recall
• Terrorists Still Able to Buy Check Marks on Twitter
• Cybersecurity Firm Finds 660,000 Exposed Cloud Buckets with 200 Billion Leaking Files
• Dutch Government Passes Law to Criminalize Cyber Espionage
• The Ever Evolving Threat of the Russian-Speaking Criminal Underground
• HealthTech Provider Exposes 100+ Gigabytes of Customer Data
• Ohio’s Kettering Health Goes Back to #2 Pencils and Big Chief Tablets
• Facebook Leaks 1.2 Billion Records
• Trimble Cityworks Used to Manage Public Infrastructure Exploited
• Unprotected Database of Credentials Exposes Tens of Millions of Credentials
• Prez signs take it down act targeting explicit pix
• Macs infected with Silver Sparrow malware
• Qatar’s “Gift” is a security nightmare
• Security News for the week ending May 23rd, 2025: lazy passwords still prevail, good hackers earn over $1 million at Pwn2Own Berlin, foreign intelligence services recruit government workers fired by DOGE, FCC bars Chinese firms from testing electronics for US consumers and polymorphic phishing attacks flood inboxes.

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