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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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- FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnetby BrianKrebs on July 2, 2026 at 7:27 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry […]
- Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trialby BrianKrebs on June 23, 2026 at 4:12 pm
Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges […]
- ‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firmby BrianKrebs on June 18, 2026 at 5:37 pm
For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has […]
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- Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between…by Robert Lemos on July 3, 2026 at 1:01 pm
Two new models from Chinese firms compete with top US mainstream and frontier […]
- Aussies Face Reduced Cybercrime Risk,…by Nate Nelson on July 2, 2026 at 11:01 pm
Improved institutional safeguards and stricter regulations have pushed the […]
- Apple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to…by Nate Nelson on July 2, 2026 at 7:31 pm
Expect more compressed patching cycles from Apple going forward, as attackers […]
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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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- Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Emailby Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman on July 4, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: Alleged Scattered Spider hacking member extradited, dozens of license […]
- EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their…by Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess on July 3, 2026 at 5:00 am
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament […]
- Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music…by Andy Greenberg on July 1, 2026 at 10:00 am
A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break […]
- Flock Cameras Can Surveil Cars Without License Platesby Bruce Schneier on July 3, 2026 at 11:15 am
This is from a 2024 company presentation: Officers can also tap into data […]
- Cybersecurity Mission Creep in the USby Bruce Schneier on July 2, 2026 at 11:11 am
Interesting paper: “Cybersecurity Mission Creep.” Abstract: Cybersecurity […]
- Papa Johns Surveillance-Based Advertisingby Bruce Schneier on July 1, 2026 at 10:53 am
Papa Johns is spying on people’s buying activities to predict when they are […]
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- The Gentlemen ransomware: what you need to knowby Graham Cluley on July 2, 2026 at 4:50 pm
Who Are The Gentlemen? Despite the impeccably polite name, there is nothing […]
- Smashing Security podcast #474: Polymarket can predict the future. So how did…by Graham Cluley on July 1, 2026 at 11:12 pm
Polymarket has built an entire business on predicting the future. So how did it […]
- Scammers race to cash in on Venezuelan earthquake disasterby Graham Cluley on June 30, 2026 at 9:04 pm
Scammers wasted no time exploiting Venezuela’s devastating earthquake, with […]
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- JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attackby Bill Toulas on July 4, 2026 at 2:16 pm
Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a […]
- NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut offby Ionut Ilascu on July 3, 2026 at 5:50 pm
A joint operation involving Google has disrupted NetNut, a residential proxy […]
- ARToken PhaaS exposes EvilTokens’ Microsoft 365 phishing toolkitby Lawrence Abrams on July 3, 2026 at 2:12 pm
A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform dubbed “ARToken” appears to […]
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- The only AI glossary you’ll need this yearby Natasha Lomas, Romain Dillet, Kyle Wiggers, Lucas Ropek on July 3, 2026 at 9:20 pm
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a […]
- The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best…by Lauren Forristal on July 3, 2026 at 6:43 pm
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available […]
- The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and moreby Ivan Mehta on July 3, 2026 at 6:28 pm
The gadget has three buttons, and it changes context based on what app you are […]
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- U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Caseby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on July 4, 2026 at 12:47 pm
A U.S. government entity paid about $1 million to keep stolen files from being […]
- North Korean Hackers Publish 108 Malicious Packages and Extensions in…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on July 4, 2026 at 11:17 am
The North Korean threat actors linked to the Contagious Interview campaign have […]
- Unpatched Flaws Disclosed in Filesystem Bundled Into Millions of Embedded…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on July 3, 2026 at 8:19 pm
Security firm runZero has disclosed seven vulnerabilities in FatFs, a small […]
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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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- Newly discovered PamStealer isn’t your typical macOS malwareby Dan Goodin on July 2, 2026 at 7:38 pm
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac […]
- T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuitby Scharon Harding on July 1, 2026 at 9:21 pm
T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
- New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad ideaby Dan Goodin on June 30, 2026 at 8:03 pm
Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden […]
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).

















