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⚠️ Cloudflare is investigating an outage that has produced widespread 500 internal server errors and impacted its Dashboard and API, disrupting access to numerous customer websites and platforms. The company first reported support portal availability issues and then an incident at 11:48 UTC affecting the Cloudflare Global Network, with multiple European nodes observed offline. Downdetector logged tens of thousands of reports, and Cloudflare says it is working to mitigate the incident; partial recovery has been reported for Access and WARP while remediation continues for application services.

📚 AWS Builder Center now hosts the Workshops Catalog, offering step-by-step, expert-authored tutorials that guide users through deploying and using AWS services in their own accounts. The catalog includes hundreds of workshops across categories like Machine Learning, Security, and Serverless, with filters for service, complexity (100–400), and duration. Content is localized to the Builder Center language preference and accessible with a free Builder ID for hands-on learning.

🔍 A coordinated action led by the European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) on 13 November 2025 resulted in the referral of thousands of extremist links found across gaming and gaming-adjacent platforms. Authorities from eight participating countries flagged 5,408 jihadist links, 1,070 violent right‑wing extremist items and 105 racist or xenophobic posts. Investigators noted illicit content on live streams, video libraries, forums and hybrid storefronts, and described how creators repurpose in-game footage with coded language and imagery to evade detection. The initiative aims to reduce public exposure and bolster cross-border cooperation.

⚠️ Microsoft is addressing a known issue that prevents users from installing Microsoft 365 desktop apps on Windows devices. The problem stems from misconfigured authentication components affecting versions 2508 (Build 19127.20358) and 2507 (Build 19029.20294). The team is reconfiguring the components and expects a full remediation later today. Microsoft tagged the outage as incident OP1186186 and is also investigating a related admin access issue tracked as MO1176905.

✨The 2025 Google Cloud Partner All‑stars honor individual partners advancing innovation and delivering measurable customer outcomes. This year introduces a new AI Innovation category that recognizes strategic leaders guiding enterprise-wide AI adoption and applying agentic AI to transform core processes and create new revenue streams. Recipients also demonstrate excellence across delivery, marketing, sales, and solutions engineering, reflecting technical rigor and long-term customer focus.

🤖 Bruce Schneier highlights three new online events in his Prompt||GTFO series: sessions #4, #5, and #6. These recordings showcase practical and innovative uses of AI in cybersecurity, spanning demonstrations, research discussions, and operational insights. Schneier recommends them as well worth watching for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers interested in AI's applications and risks. The events are available online for convenient viewing.

📅 Bruce Schneier lists his upcoming public and virtual speaking engagements through February 2026, including joint appearances with coauthor Nathan E. Sanders and solo presentations. Highlights include a talk on AI and Congress: Practical Steps to Govern and Prepare at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC (Nov 17, noon ET) and a campus presentation on Integrity and Trustworthy AI at North Hennepin Community College (Nov 21, 2:00 PM CT). Additional events are scheduled at the MIT Museum (Dec 1, 6:00 PM ET), a virtual City Lights event on Zoom (Dec 3, 6:00 PM PT), and a book signing at the Chicago Public Library (Feb 5, 2026). The schedule is maintained on his events page for updates and details.

🏆 The CIO100 and CSO30 ASEAN and Hong Kong Awards Gala on November 12, 2025 validated the region's maturing technology leadership, drawing winners and teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. With a record 243 nominations, the program highlighted artificial intelligence as the defining strategic imperative reshaping operations, innovation and security. Judges prioritized clear, measurable business impact, recognizing cybersecurity leaders and collaborative public–private initiatives. Headline sponsor was AWS.

🔒 Operation Endgame 3.0 targeted and dismantled infrastructure supporting three prominent malware families — Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and the Elysium botnet — in coordinated actions carried out between 10 and 13 November. Authorities disrupted or seized more than 1,025 servers and 20 domains, searched 11 locations across multiple countries and arrested a suspected VenomRAT operator in Greece. The initiative was led by Europol with Eurojust, national law enforcement partners and over 30 private cybersecurity organizations.

🛡️ Investigators disrupted the infrastructure for the Rhadamanthys credential stealer and targeted the VenomRAT remote‑access trojan as part of Operation Endgame. Authorities secured data linked to more than 650,000 victims and published it on information platforms so people can verify exposure. A suspect was arrested in Greece, 11 premises were searched and over $200 million in cryptocurrency assets were frozen.

🇪🇺 Google Cloud has formed a new European Advisory Board to provide strategic counsel on regulatory, product, and market priorities and to help customers navigate complex European requirements. The board unites leaders from technology, finance, retail, and public service, chaired by Jim Snabe, and includes Stefan Heidenreich, Nigel Hinshelwood, Christophe Cuvillier and Tim Radford (joining Jan 2026). The group will meet periodically to guide Europe-first product development, policy engagement, and sustainability efforts, reinforcing Google Cloud’s commitment to regional expertise and customer-focused innovation.

🃏 The Department of Justice has indicted 31 people for using altered shuffling machines and other covert devices to rig high-stakes poker games. The modified shuffling machines read every card and relayed which player would win to off-site conspirators, who then communicated via cellphone to a table “Quarterback” who signaled accomplices. Victims lost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and conspirators also used a chip-tray analyzer, an x-ray table, and special contact lenses or eyeglasses to read cards.

🔍 Authorities across three continents executed coordinated raids and arrests in a probe that uncovered an organized fraud network accused of using stolen credit‑card data to create over 19 million fake subscriptions and siphon more than €300 million. Investigators say suspects exploited vulnerabilities at multiple payment service providers, operated hundreds of sham websites offering porn, dating and streaming services, and used small recurring charges with opaque descriptions to avoid detection. The operation, named Operation Chargeback, was halted in 2021 and is the focus of ongoing international legal assistance.

🔍 Cloudflare researchers revisited historic telemetry to assess reports that Turkmenistan experienced an unprecedented easing of IP address blocking in mid‑2024 and may have been testing a new firewall. Using Radar metrics, they observed a clear surge in HTTP requests beginning in mid‑June, alongside shifts in TCP reset and timeout patterns. These connection anomalies manifested at different stages of the TCP lifecycle across multiple autonomous systems, and while the data cannot provide attribution, the observed patterns are consistent with large‑scale filtering or firewall testing.

🔒 As October 2025 concludes, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe reviews the month’s most significant cybersecurity developments and what they mean for defenders. He highlights that Windows 10 reached end of support on October 14 and outlines practical options for affected users and organizations. He also warns about info‑stealing malware spread through TikTok videos posing as free activation guides and summarizes Microsoft’s report that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are increasingly using AI in cyberattacks — alongside China’s accusation of an NSA operation targeting its National Time Service Center.

🔒 The Eclipse Foundation said it revoked a small number of Open VSX access tokens after Wiz reported several VS Code extensions had inadvertently exposed credentials in public repositories. The exposures were attributed to developer error, not an Open VSX infrastructure compromise. Open VSX introduced an ovsxp_ token prefix, removed flagged extensions, reduced default token lifetimes, and plans automated scans to bolster supply‑chain defenses.

🧭 Successful cross-industry moves for CISOs require reframing technical experience as demonstrable business impact. Executives often assume security leaders are industry‑locked, but practitioners such as Marc Ashworth and Tim Youngblood show that a background in consulting, active participation in ISACs, and strong risk‑management fundamentals translate across sectors. Recruiters advise emphasizing measurable outcomes, targeting structurally similar industries, and leveraging client relationships to bridge credibility gaps. Avoid being pigeonholed by clearly linking past achievements to the goals of the prospective organization.

🎧 In episode 441 Graham Cluley and guest Danny Palmer discuss an alleged poker scam that reportedly involved basketball players working with organised crime to cheat high‑stakes games using hacked shufflers, covert cameras and an X‑ray card table. Researchers also uncovered that an FIA driver portal could be probed to expose personal details of Formula 1 stars. The hosts close with Graham’s “Pick of the Week,” a surreal CAPTCHA browser game, and a lighter cultural segment.

⚠️ Microsoft is experiencing a global DNS outage that began about an hour ago, causing widespread access problems to Azure and Microsoft 365 services. Customers worldwide report they cannot log into corporate networks or reach portals including Azure, Intune, and the Exchange admin center, and some report the Azure Front Door CDN is also unavailable. Microsoft attributes the interruptions to DNS failures, warns of intermittent request failures and latency, and is reviewing telemetry while working on mitigation; it recommends programmatic access (PowerShell/CLI) when portals are unreachable.

🎧 In episode 74 of The AI Fix, hosts Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley survey recent AI developments including Amazon’s experimental delivery glasses, Channel 4’s AI presenter, and reports of LLM “brain rot.” They examine practical security risks — such as malicious browser extensions spoofing AI sidebars and AI browsers being tricked into purchases — alongside wider societal debates. The episode also highlights public calls to pause work on super-intelligence and explores what AGI really means.