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07.25.25 Security News Bites

AI is Great – But Is It Secure? MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers are the backbone of agentic AI. But researchers say that authentication is optional and nearly all of the nearly 2,000 MCP servers exposed to the Internet today do not require authentication or have access controls. What could possibly go wrong? To test […]

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FBI Says Thousands Involved in Ransomware, Swatting

The FBI released a warning yesterday about a loosely-organized cybercriminal organization called The Com. The Com launches cyberattacks to steal money and information. The FBI released 3 security bulletins about The Com, a group made up of English-speaking minors, but which has expanded to include THOUSANDS of people who commit a variety of crimes. The crimes include ransomware, […]

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Security News Bites for July 18, 2025

DOGE Staffer Leaked Private xAI API Key This does not appear to be malicious but both careless and of questionable judgement. Marko Elez, a special government employee who recently worked on systems at Treasury, Social Security and Homeland, published code to his GitHub. The code contained a private API key that exposed dozens of models […]

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A Billion Here (in Crypto Theft), a Billion There – After a While, it Adds Up

To quote a former senator, it does add up. this year it is adding up quickly. Blockchain analysis group Chainalysis says that hackers stole more than $2 billion in crypto in the first 6 months of 2025. $1.5 billion of that comes the hack of Bybit – by hackers connected to North Korea. That $2.17 […]

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