SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news roundup for July 4, 2025 provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories.

EL CHAPO’S ruthless cartel used a hacker to break into Mexico City’s CCTV system and track down FBI informants — before ...

In 2018, a hacker hired by the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel run by the infamous kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán spied on the ...

Social engineering is the art of persuasion. Mostly, this is a good thing. Misused, it can have disastrous effects.

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing student records and causing ...

Personal information about Columbia University students and applicants — including whether they were accepted or rejected by ...

Microsoft revised its Bug Bounty Program rules to include researchers as young as 13. Dylan became the youngest person ever ...

Hacker exploits flaw in Resupply DeFi protocol to steal $9.6 million by manipulating cvcrvUSD price and triggering zero ...

Cybersecurity experts say the Qantas data breach bears the hallmarks of the aggressive Scattered Spider hacker group that is ...

A British man has been charged in the US over allegedly leading a global hacking scheme which caused more than 25 million ...