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Patent application made public

Is a Samsung smartwatch with an all-round display coming soon?

10. June, 2025 - 06:39

Smartwatches are now part of many people’s everyday lives. Originally designed as pedometers and sleep trackers, smart watches have long since developed into small health coaches and everyday helpers – with functions such as blood pressure measurement, emergency notifications and sports analysis.

Relatively young but increasingly active hacker group

Ransomware attack on Kettering Health: Interlock publishes data

05. June, 2025 - 09:08

The US healthcare organization Kettering Health continues to struggle with the consequences of a massive cyberattack.

Bounty placed on Russian developers

USA offers 10 million dollars for information on RedLine hackers

05. June, 2025 - 07:56

The US State Department has offered a reward of up to 10 million US dollars for information about hackers acting on behalf of foreign governments and linked to the RedLine malware.

Third zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in 2025

Google closes another critical security vulnerability in Chrome

04. June, 2025 - 09:42

Google has released an urgent security update for its Chrome browser. The reason for this is a newly exploited vulnerability that is already being actively used by attackers.

Operator Constellation Energy

Meta: Nuclear power deal for 20 years

04. June, 2025 - 06:50

The Facebook group Meta has become the next tech giant to secure nuclear power for its data centers. Meta will purchase the entire energy production of a nuclear power plant in the US state of Illinois for 20 years, the operator Constellation Energy announced.

Credential stuffing attack

North Face warns: Customer logins compromised by attack in April

04. June, 2025 - 06:46

The well-known outdoor brand The North Face, a subsidiary of the US company VF Corporation, has made public a cyber attack on its customer system.

Misuse of cloud infrastructures for cryptomining

Cryptojacking campaign abuses DevOps APIs with GitHub tools

03. June, 2025 - 07:59

Security researchers at Wiz have uncovered a new campaign called JINX-0132, in which publicly accessible DevOps systems such as Docker, Gitea, HashiCorp Consul and Nomad are specifically compromised in order to mine cryptocurrencies such as Monero.

Thousand reports

Spotify down: Thousands of users hit by major streaming outage

27. May, 2025 - 13:21

Music streaming giant Spotify experienced widespread disruptions today, leaving thousands of users across the United Kingdom and United States unable to access their favorite tracks and playlists.

Network speed of foreign online services throttled

Russia tightens measures against Western IT companies

27. May, 2025 - 09:09

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin wants to block the services of Western IT companies that have left Russia.

Higher than ever before

Bitcoin: record high of 109,500 US dollars

22. May, 2025 - 09:02

Bitcoin has climbed to a record high on hopes of an easing of crypto regulation in the US. The oldest and best-known digital currency rose to 109,500 US dollars on the Bitstamp trading platform, its highest level ever.