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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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- Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Outby BrianKrebs on August 14, 2026 at 11:24 am
It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the […]
- 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 […]
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- Dark Caracal Adds New Malware to Cyber…by Jai Vijayan on August 26, 2026 at 9:33 pm
GoCaracal is a new modular malware framework that broadens Dark Caracal’s […]
- Red Flags That Expose Fake North Korean…by Alexander Culafi on August 26, 2026 at 7:21 pm
North Korean operatives posing as IT workers are improving their tactics, but […]
- Android Malware Hijacks Update System…by Rob Wright on August 26, 2026 at 5:33 pm
Threat actors behind a notorious click-fraud botnet have set their sights on […]
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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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- What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hackby Maxwell Zeff, Lily Hay Newman on August 26, 2026 at 7:16 pm
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI […]
- FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and…by Andy Greenberg on August 26, 2026 at 5:57 pm
China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, […]
- The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informantsby Aura Bogado on August 25, 2026 at 11:00 am
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal […]
- 7MS #736: Securing Your Family During and After a Disaster – Part 9by Brian Johnson on August 21, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Hey friends! Today’s another slice of our Securing Your Family During and […]
- 7MS #735: Baby’s First Cloudflare Tunnelby Brian Johnson on August 14, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Hey friends! Today’s episode has a new-to-me toy up front and some podcast […]
- 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, […]
- Spyware for Babiesby Bruce Schneier on August 26, 2026 at 12:05 pm
The New York Times has a long article (alt link) on surveillance systems aimed […]
- Black Hat State of Security Vendorsby Bruce Schneier on August 25, 2026 at 10:54 am
Andy Ellis has a roundup of the security vendors at Black Hat this year. Key […]
- Criminal Deception in Silicon Valleyby Bruce Schneier on August 24, 2026 at 10:38 am
Interesting paper: Abstract: With entrepreneurial fraud cases on the rise, we […]
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- Smashing Security podcast #482: This hacker leaked GTA 6 – and launched their…by Graham Cluley on August 26, 2026 at 11:10 pm
A hacker calling themselves “CYBERLEEK” has been leaking gameplay footage from […]
- Malicious Firefox add-ons caught stealing cryptowallet seed phrases and browser…by Graham Cluley on August 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there’s a risk that […]
- Gunra ransomware: what you need to knowby Graham Cluley on August 24, 2026 at 12:52 pm
The ransomware gang Gunra has been creating havoc – exploiting unpatched VPNs […]
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- Shrinking Patch Windows, Quantum Risk And Rogue AI Agents: The Three Threats…by News team on August 26, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Security teams are entering a period where many of the assumptions that shaped […]
- WhatsApp Introduces Multi-Passkey and Complex 2FA Upgrades by Stevin on August 26, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Cross-Platform Passkey Integration Meta revealed a major security upgrade for […]
- Enterprise NAC Migration Done Right: Zero-Trust Principles For Large-Scale…by News team on August 25, 2026 at 1:00 pm
The Migration Nobody Plans For — Until It’s Too Late Most enterprise […]
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- Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuationby Lucas Ropek on August 27, 2026 at 12:24 am
The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of […]
- Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over ‘surging demand’by Rebecca Bellan, Kirsten Korosec on August 26, 2026 at 11:47 pm
Amazon is adding another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to its data centers over […]
- Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age-verification tech that doesn’t…by Amanda Silberling on August 26, 2026 at 10:47 pm
The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification […]
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- FBI Disrupts China-Linked QTFY Infrastructure Used to Steal Data From U.S….by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 26, 2026 at 4:42 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the disruption of […]
- Nimbus Manticore Expands Toolset With TWOSTROKE-Like Backdoor and SSH Tunnelerby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 26, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered additional infrastructure and […]
- NovaCookies Campaigns Abuse Genuine Docusign Notifications to Steal Microsoft…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 26, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new […]
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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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- AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive…by Scharon Harding on August 26, 2026 at 9:25 pm
Report shows Meta’s challenges replacing people with AI agents.
- Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handedby Dan Goodin on August 24, 2026 at 7:19 pm
Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.
- Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uberby Rafe Rosner Uddin and Michael Taffe, Financial Times on August 21, 2026 at 1:11 pm
Alphabet-owned company is seeking to persuade US regulators to clear a path for […]
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).




















