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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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- Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holesby BrianKrebs on August 11, 2026 at 9:28 pm
Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security […]
- Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortionsby BrianKrebs on August 6, 2026 at 5:00 pm
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential […]
- Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stickby BrianKrebs on July 30, 2026 at 4:49 pm
Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of […]
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- Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Deluge…by Jai Vijayan on August 11, 2026 at 9:42 pm
Security experts say prioritization should be the main focus for the August […]
- Gunra Ransomware Gang Exploits Fortinet…by Rob Wright on August 11, 2026 at 9:16 pm
The ransomware-as-a-service operation is finding success against critical […]
- ‘GhostJacking’ Exposes Identity…by Jai Vijayan on August 10, 2026 at 9:54 pm
New research shows how attackers can use security alerts and blocked events to […]
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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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- A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Callby Lily Hay Newman on August 11, 2026 at 12:37 pm
Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a […]
- Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealedby Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra on August 8, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks […]
- Sensitive Info Goes Into ‘No Reply’ Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It Allby Matt Burgess on August 8, 2026 at 10:00 am
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and […]
- 7MS #734: Insight Reconby Brian Johnson on August 7, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Hey friends! Today’s episode is a two-parter: some security stuff up front, […]
- 7MS #733: Tales of Pentest Pwnage – Part 87by Brian Johnson on July 31, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Hey friends! Today’s episode comes to you from a parking lot in the rain, […]
- 7MS #732: Tales of Pentest Pwnage – Part 86by Brian Johnson on July 24, 2026 at 12:07 pm
Hey friends! Welcome back to another Tales of Pentest Pwnage — my favorite […]
- AI Genie in the Wildby Bruce Schneier on August 11, 2026 at 3:55 pm
When I give talks about AI genies, I use this sort of example as a […]
- AI for Military Supportby Bruce Schneier on August 11, 2026 at 11:18 am
Interesting empirical research: “Black Box Warfare: Human Judgment and […]
- Python Now Has a Post-Quantum Encryption Libraryby Bruce Schneier on August 10, 2026 at 11:02 am
This is good: Post-quantum cryptography is now one pip-install away for the […]
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- Beware cut-price AI services that read your every wordby Graham Cluley on August 7, 2026 at 3:33 pm
f someone offered you 90% off the official price to access Claude, the powerful […]
- Apple’s bug bounty program is drowning in so much AI slop, it is in danger of…by Graham Cluley on August 6, 2026 at 10:26 am
Apple has imposed strict new submission limits on its bug bounty portal after […]
- Smashing Security podcast #479: How a fake police officer nearly stole…by Graham Cluley on August 5, 2026 at 11:10 pm
Graham gets a phone call from the police. Well, someone who sounds convincingly […]
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- Black Hat USA 2026: Field Report and Cybersecurity Findingsby Stevin on August 10, 2026 at 7:32 pm
Cyber Defense Magazine Black Hat USA 2026 Las Vegas, Nevada | August 2–6, […]
- Dystopian Warning from Renowned Cyber Threat Researcherby Stevin on August 10, 2026 at 5:22 pm
In the decade I spent working at cybersecurity giants like Fortinet and Check […]
- Security Theatre: Busy Metrics in the SOC are a Great Show, but Terrible Defenseby Stevin on August 10, 2026 at 5:09 pm
Unfortunately, many security professionals still consider noisy SOC metrics the […]
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- Google says Chrome cuts 7 billion unwanted Android notifications a day to…by Mayank Parmar on August 12, 2026 at 1:15 am
Google says Chrome’s anti-abuse systems reduced unwanted notifications on […]
- DeadLock ransomware uses blockchain to resist infrastructure takedownby Bill Toulas on August 11, 2026 at 10:15 pm
The DeadLock ransomware operation is using a decentralized infrastructure that […]
- Sandworm hackers target IT pros with trojanized WireGuard VPN clientby Bill Toulas on August 11, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Hackers associated with the Russian threat group Sandworm have been targeting […]
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- India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demandby Jagmeet Singh on August 12, 2026 at 4:30 am
Yulu aims to have a fleet of 200,000 bikes in the next two years and faster […]
- Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’…by Dominic-Madori Davis on August 11, 2026 at 9:39 pm
Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is […]
- Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its…by Jagmeet Singh on August 11, 2026 at 9:39 pm
The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India […]
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- SAP Commerce Cloud Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Arbitrary…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 12, 2026 at 7:31 am
SAP has released patches to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting […]
- ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 12, 2026 at 6:41 am
The security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE […]
- Cisco ASA and FTD Flaw Exploited in the Wild Can Trigger Remote DoSby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 12, 2026 at 6:15 am
Cisco has warned that a new vulnerability impacting Secure Firewall Adaptive […]
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- 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.
- Bissa Scanner Exposed: AI-Assisted Mass Exploitation and Credential Harvestingby editor on April 22, 2026 at 2:51 pm
Key Takeaways We identified an exposed server that provided unusual visibility into a large-scale, multi-victim exploitation and collection operation. Artifacts on the host showed that Claude Code and OpenClaw were embedded in the operator’s day-to-day workflow, supporting troubleshooting, orchestration, and refinement of the collection pipeline. This AI-assisted workflow resulted in the modular platform Bissa scanner The post Bissa Scanner Exposed: AI-Assisted Mass Exploitation and Credential Harvesting appeared first on The DFIR Report.
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- DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flightby Cyrus Farivar on August 12, 2026 at 12:08 am
FBI Atlanta confirms it’s looking into the incident, no arrests made.
- Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeoversby Dan Goodin on August 11, 2026 at 8:59 pm
Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account […]
- New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn’t know about passkeysby Dan Goodin on August 11, 2026 at 11:30 am
Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.
Websec Cybersecurity Blog Expert insights, trends, research findings, and best practices from Websec security team to help you strengthen your organization’s security posture.
- 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).




















