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Growing pessimism about online dating is leading some women to turn to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for companionship. According to a 2025 survey, about one in three young men (31%) and one in four young women (23%) have chatted with an AI romantic partner. While the idea of AI girlfriends has long dominated headlines, women’s

A severe token validation flaw in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) could have enabled attackers to impersonate any user—including Global Administrators—across any tenant. Cataloged as CVE-2025-55241 with the highest possible CVSS score of 10.0, Microsoft described the bug as a privilege escalation vulnerability within Entra ID. The company confirmed it was not exploited

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday to launch an investigation into Microsoft, urging regulators to hold the company accountable for what he described as repeated and severe cybersecurity failures. In his view, Microsoft’s lax security practices pose an ongoing threat to national security. In a September 10 letter to

Qantas has deducted $250,000 from Chief Executive Vanessa Hudson’s bonus after a cyberattack compromised the personal information of six million customers. While Hudson will still earn more than $6 million in total remuneration for the 2025 financial year, her short-term incentive was cut by 15%. The Qantas board applied the same reduction to the rest

Farmers Insurance announced late last week that a data breach exposed the personal details of more than one million people. The company, which provides coverage to about 10 million households nationwide and manages around 19 million policies, offers auto, property, life, business, and other forms of insurance. Farmers operates with a workforce of roughly 48,000

Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC), which serves areas in Tennessee and Kentucky, is still trying to recover from a ransomware attack that occurred on July 13, 2025. The attack was recently claimed by the Rhysida ransomware group. CRMC notified patients about the issue on its website, explaining that it first detected “unusual activity” on July

Palo Alto Networks is set to acquire Israeli identity security firm CyberArk in a deal valued at around $25 billion. Under the agreement, CyberArk shareholders will receive $45 in cash and 2.2005 shares of Palo Alto stock for each share they own. The transaction is expected to close during Palo Alto’s fiscal year 2026. Palo

The Everest ransomware group has allegedly breached Crumbl, the North American gourmet cookie franchise, and posted the company on its dark web leak site Wednesday. Alongside the post, the group shared two sample files that appear to originate from an internal employee database. “The leak of your internal company documents contains a huge variety of

A critical vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint has been actively exploited in the wild since at least July 7, 2025, according to research by Check Point. The initial wave of attacks targeted a major, unnamed Western government and escalated rapidly around July 18–19, spreading across the government, telecommunications, and software sectors in North America and Western