Big tech is being taken to task by lawmakers across the world. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Accused of exposing children to harm, and using and abusing millions of people's data, legislation is being brought in to regulate platforms like Facebook and Google.

Pangu Lab has identified what it claims is a sophisticated backdoor that was used by the NSA to subvert highly targeted Linux systems around the world for more than a decade.

I'm not sure if it would be enough for me to switch bank accounts, but I have something of a sneaking respect for the Bank of Zambia. As Bleeping Computer reports, Zambia's central bank fell foul of a ransomware attack orchestrated by the Hive ransomware gang earlier this month.

An anonymous crypto user transferred small amounts of ether from a sanctioned address to stars and prominent crypto figures on Tuesday.

Wormhole and other blockchains, has been exploited - with 120,000 Ethereum (ETH) worth around $325 million Portal, a DeFi bridge between Solana stolen. This makes it the fourth largest crypto theft of all time, and the second biggest from a DeFi service.

Our country cannot function without a diligent free press that provides the American people with the access to information and education they need to hold their elected officials accountable. Indeed, to limit that ability is a far greater threat to national security than anything leaked by Chelsea Manning or published by Julian Assange.

A vulnerability in a widely used logging library has become a full-blown security meltdown, affecting digital systems across the internet. Hackers are already attempting to exploit it, but even as fixes emerge, researchers warn that the flaw could have serious repercussions worldwide.