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- Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Recordsby Nate Nelson on August 31, 2022 at 12:57 pm
2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble […]
- Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keyloggerby Nate Nelson on August 30, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, […]
- Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firmsby Nate Nelson on August 29, 2022 at 2:56 pm
Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a […]
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- Tech Firms Dismantle Botnet That Turned 1.3M TV Boxes Into Proxiesby BrianKrebs on November 3, 2026 at 2:24 am
Google said today it worked with industry partners to dismantle a botnet made […]
- Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Todayby BrianKrebs on October 21, 2026 at 3:26 pm
Expect to see quite a few websites serving “404” or “Page Not Found” errors […]
- Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Siteby BrianKrebs on October 19, 2026 at 1:48 pm
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that […]
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- One Compromised Laptop, Billions Lost:…by Jai Vijayan on November 2, 2026 at 10:27 pm
The record theft shows how weak system separation, inadequate controls, and […]
- Microsoft’s AI Risk Report Misses This…by Andrew Grotto on November 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm
The latest “Digital Defense Report” identifies government agencies as prime […]
- PapRAT Cyber-Espionage Campaign Leaves…by Elizabeth Montalbano on November 2, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Organizations in the region face growing cyberattacks from the known […]
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- 3 Years In: How Is AI Doing? SANS Weighs Inby Katrina Thompson on December 15, 2025 at 8:09 am
It’s no secret that AI is “here.” It’s been here for three years now, […]
- What Is Log Management and Why you Need itby Anirudh Chand on November 24, 2025 at 6:00 am
It is arguable that log management forms the basis of modern cybersecurity. […]
- What Did We Learn from the NCSC’s 2025 Annual Review?by Josh Breaker-Rolfe on November 21, 2025 at 11:47 am
Earlier this year, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released […]
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- Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of…by Dell Cameron on November 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm
The Capytistas, a secretive group claiming more than $1.2 million in backing, […]
- My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hellby Dhruv Mehrotra on November 2, 2026 at 11:00 am
I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for […]
- Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Featuresby Matt Burgess on November 2, 2026 at 10:00 am
WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language […]
- 7MS #746: Claude is Really Good at PowerPointby Brian Johnson on October 30, 2026 at 12:17 pm
Hey friends, today I’m sharing something that might be obvious, but really […]
- 7MS #745: Securing Your Family During and After a Disaster – Part 10by Brian Johnson on October 23, 2026 at 7:33 pm
This episode is a downer, but asks some important topics related to losing a […]
- 7MS #744: Using n8n to Automate the Security Dog Foodby Brian Johnson on October 17, 2026 at 12:07 am
Hey friends! Today I’m mashing two of our mini-series — eating the […]
- AIs Hacking the Lawby Bruce Schneier on November 3, 2026 at 12:01 pm
In both a 2021 essay and my 2022 book, A Hacker’s Mind, I talk about AIs […]
- AI Vulnerability Findingby Bruce Schneier on November 2, 2026 at 12:02 pm
A comment: 3% of ‘critical’ software security bugs, in all of recorded […]
- Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Off California Coastby Bruce Schneier on October 30, 2026 at 9:04 pm
Neat video: The sighting, announced September 2, marks the first time anyone […]
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- Hackers leak personnel data of 41,000+ Homeland Security staff, including ICE…by Graham Cluley on October 30, 2026 at 10:33 am
The US Department of Homeland Security has had the details of more than 41,000 […]
- BYOD cyberattack diverts ambulances and cancels classes at University of New…by Graham Cluley on October 29, 2026 at 5:01 pm
Ambulances were diverted, surgeries cancelled, and medical students sent home […]
- Smashing Security podcast #490: How Jared Kushner’s iPhone was allegedly…by Graham Cluley on October 29, 2026 at 12:16 am
Dutch spies, Russian hackers and Jared Kushner’s iPhone. It sounds like the […]
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- Google adds new $250,000 Cloud VRP reward for Root-in-Cloud bugsby Sergiu Gatlan on November 3, 2026 at 12:05 pm
Google has expanded its Cloud Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) with a new […]
- Harvard University data breach exposed info of 851,000 accountsby Sergiu Gatlan on November 3, 2026 at 10:53 am
Hackers who breached Harvard University’s Alumni Affairs and Development […]
- Chinese hackers use ARTEX AI in automated attacks against 200 orgsby Bill Toulas on November 2, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Chinese hackers used ARTEX, an open-source, multi-agent AI penetration-testing […]
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- Yvonne Bajela is bringing $17M in fresh capital to Europe’s startup sceneby Dominic-Madori Davis on November 3, 2026 at 8:01 am
Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early stage AI and fintech.
- Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin…by Sarah Perez on November 3, 2026 at 7:20 am
Now in beta: Apple’s new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what […]
- Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories…by Jagmeet Singh on November 3, 2026 at 3:30 am
Google’s Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.
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- Red Hat Patches 9.8-Rated Linux TCP RCE Flaw While Ubuntu Releases Fixes for…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 11:23 am
Fixed kernels for a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s IPv4 […]
- The 4 Elements of Exposure Prioritization and How to Operationalize Themby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 11:18 am
Your team is remediating more vulnerabilities than ever, yet your breach risk […]
- Russia-Aligned Gorbag Hackers Exploit WinRAR Flaw to Deploy Data-Stealing…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 11:00 am
A Russia-aligned threat actor known as Gorbag has been observed using simple […]
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- BengalSEO Part 1: Anatomy of the Operationby editor on August 24, 2026 at 2:28 pm
Key Takeaways The DFIR Report Offerings Check out our Products here and our Services here. Want a demo, more information on our services, pricing or just want to chat? Get in Touch Contact us today for pricing or a demo! Case Summary In March 2026, our team identified an SEO poisoning campaign leading to malware deployment The post BengalSEO Part 1: Anatomy of the Operation appeared first on The DFIR Report.
- From Bing Search to Ransomware: Bumblebee and AdaptixC2 Deliver Akiraby editor on June 29, 2026 at 1:07 pm
Key Takeaways This case was first reported to customers in a threat brief released in July 2025 and in a public flash alert in August 2025 in partnership with Swisscom B2B CSIRT, which observed another intrusion tied to the same campaign. This report contains data from both intrusions. We plan to release a DFIR Labs The post From Bing Search to Ransomware: Bumblebee and AdaptixC2 Deliver Akira appeared first on The DFIR Report.
- Flash Alert: EtherRat and TukTuk C2 End in The Gentleman Ransomwareby editor on May 11, 2026 at 2:05 pm
The EtherRAT malware family was first reported by Sysdig back in December 2025. At that time, the initial access vector was exploitation of CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell) targeting Linux servers. In March 2026, a Windows variant campaign was reported by Atos, with their investigation showing evidence of activity going back to the previous December. In April, we The post Flash Alert: EtherRat and TukTuk C2 End in The Gentleman Ransomware appeared first on The DFIR Report.
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- Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hoursby Dan Goodin on October 30, 2026 at 9:09 pm
It’s still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic’s verified Cursor […]
- Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earthby Dan Goodin on October 27, 2026 at 8:25 pm
Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot […]
- Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4by Dan Goodin on October 22, 2026 at 8:17 pm
Flubbed key signing “ceremony” allowed minting of web credentials for any site.
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- A Comparison Between the Real User ID and the Effective User ID is not Enough to Prevent Privilege Escalationby Websec Security Team on October 3, 2023 at 7:39 pm
In Unix-like systems, processes have a real and effective user ID determining their access permissions. While usually identical, they can differ in situations like when the setuid bit is activated in executables.
- Websec DevSecOps Webinarby Websec Security Team on August 29, 2022 at 12:00 am
Roberto Salgado and Kobalt.io’s Miki Fukushima are hosting a free webinar on September 20, 2022 covering why application security matters, the shift to developer-first security, and a practical roadmap for embedding security into DevSecOps.
- CVE-2022-21404: Another story of developers fixing vulnerabilities unknowingly because of CodeQLby Websec Security Team on May 19, 2022 at 6:18 pm
How CodeQL may help reduce false negatives within Open-Source projects. Taking a look into a deserialization vulnerability within Oracle Helidon (CVE-2022-21404).

















