In 2025, state-sponsored hackers from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran intensified cyberattacks on critical infrastructure worldwide, posing severe risks to national security and democracies. China’s “Volt Typhoon” campaign and Russia’s surge in attacks against Ukraine exemplify this threat. Nations are enhancing defenses through strategies like AI anomaly detection and cross-border intelligence sharing, as cyber warfare increasingly defines modern conflicts.

Android users bombarded with unskippable ads
Security experts have found a wide-ranging ad fraud network named Kaleidoscope that targets Android users and delivers unsolicited ads. Unlike some other scams, Kaleidoscope operates