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France arrests suspect tied to cyberattack on Interior Ministry

French authorities arrested a 22-year-old suspect on Tuesday for a cyberattack that targeted France’s Ministry of the Interior earlier this month.

In a statement issued by Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, officials said the suspected hacker was arrested on December 17, 2025, as part of an investigation into the attack.

“A person was arrested on December 17, 2025, as part of the investigation opened by the cybercrime unit of the Paris public prosecutor’s office, on charges including unauthorized access to an automated personal data processing system implemented by the State, committed by an organized group, following the cyberattack against the Ministry of the Interior,” reads the statement translated into English.

Amazon: Ongoing cryptomining campaign uses hacked AWS accounts

Amazon’s AWS GuardDuty security team is warning of an ongoing crypto-mining campaign that targets its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Elastic Container Service (ECS) using compromised credentials for Identity and Access Management (IAM).

The operation started on November 2nd and employed a persistence mechanism that extended mining operations and hindered incident responders.

The threat actor used a Docker Hub image that was created at the end of October and had more than 100,000 pulls.

WhatsApp device linking abused in account hijacking attacks

Threat actors are abusing the legitimate device-linking feature to hijack WhatsApp accounts via pairing codes in a campaign dubbed GhostPairing.

This type of attack does not require any authentication, as the victim is tricked into linking the attacker’s browser to a WhatsApp device.

By doing so, threat actors gain access to the full conversation history and shared media, and may leverage information to impersonate users or commit fraud.

Sonicwall warns of new SMA1000 zero-day exploited in attacks

SonicWall warned customers today to patch a vulnerability in the SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) that was chained in zero-day attacks to escalate privileges.

According to SonicWall, this medium-severity local privilege escalation security flaw (CVE-2025–40602) was reported by Clément Lecigne and Zander Work of the Google Threat Intelligence Group, and doesn’t affect SSL-VPN running on SonicWall firewalls.

“SonicWall PSIRT strongly advises users of the SMA1000 product to upgrade to the latest hotfix release version to address the vulnerability,” the company said in a Wednesday advisory.

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial neuron capable of mimicking different parts of the brain

Artificial neurons – tiny electronic circuits that replicate the way brain cells communicate – lie at the heart of neuromorphic computing, a field aiming to bring human-like intelligence to machines.

Despite rapid progress, today’s artificial neurons can only perform fixed tasks, each serving a narrow role. Thousands must be combined to replicate simple brain functions – a costly, energy-hungry process compared with the brain’s effortless adaptability.

Critical constituents and assembly principles of centriole biogenesis in human cells

The centriole is crucial for fundamental cellular processes in eukaryotes, including cell polarity, signalling and motility. This Review discusses recent insights into the molecular architecture of centrioles and the principles governing their assembly, with a focus on human cells.

Psychedelic Research Shows Promise for Neurological Conditions

Psychedelic research is entering a new era, offering hope for chronic pain, anxiety, hearing loss, and more.

Check out the latest findings here.

New studies show that psychedelics could unlock safer treatments for chronic pain, mood disorders, and even neuroprotection. Explore the latest breakthroughs.

TNF-α signaling mediates the dopaminergic effects of methamphetamine by stimulating dopamine transporters and L-type Ca2+ channels

An inflammatory cytokine in the brain can drive the addictive properties of methamphetamine by triggering the release of dopamine, according to new preclinical work in Science Signaling.

Dopamine release that underlies methamphetamine addiction is driven by the cytokine TNF-α

Three-Dimensional Hepatocyte Spheroids: Model for Assessing Chemotherapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Background: Three-dimensional cellular models provide a more comprehensive representation of in vivo cell properties, encompassing physiological characteristics and drug susceptibility. Methods: Primary hepatocytes were seeded in ultra-low attachment plates to form spheroids, with or without tumoral cells. Spheroid structure, cell proliferation, and apoptosis were analyzed using histological staining techniques. In addition, extracellular vesicles were isolated from conditioned media by differential ultracentrifugation. Spheroids were exposed to cytotoxic drugs, and both spheroid growth and cell death were measured by microscopic imaging and flow cytometry with vital staining, respectively. Results: Concerning spheroid structure, an active outer layer forms a boundary with the media, while the inner core comprises a mass of cell debris.

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