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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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- How an Emerging Industrial Protocol…by Ericka Chickowski on August 21, 2026 at 8:24 pm
New research shows how attacks against some unprotected TSN protocols could […]
- OWASP Flags Top AI Skill Risks in New…by Robert Lemos on August 21, 2026 at 5:36 pm
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project has a brand-new top 10 security […]
- Calling on Cyber Pros to Help Defend…by Darshan Tiwari on August 21, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Government agencies with smaller budgets need support — and here’s how you […]
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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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- Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Paymentsby Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman on August 22, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, […]
- China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US…by Brian Barrett, Andy Greenberg on August 20, 2026 at 8:03 pm
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war […]
- Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Facesby Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess on August 19, 2026 at 10:00 am
The people-search tool ClarityCheck says its reverse image search service is […]
- 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, […]
- Friday Squid Blogging: Neon Flying Squidby Bruce Schneier on August 21, 2026 at 9:07 pm
The neon flying squid can fly in formation. The shoal of about 100 squid rose […]
- AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Codeby Bruce Schneier on August 21, 2026 at 4:51 pm
This sort of research is both exciting and terrifying: The two models in […]
- More Incidents of AIs Going Rogue in Cybersecurity Challengesby Bruce Schneier on August 21, 2026 at 9:42 am
The AI Security Institute has a new report of AI systems engaging in […]
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- The Cyber Resilience Imperative: Why CISOs Must Shift from Prevention to…by News team on August 23, 2026 at 1:00 pm
For decades, cybersecurity strategies have been built around a single […]
- Rethinking Cyber Readiness In Our Current Threat Landscapeby News team on August 22, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Cybersecurity leaders are dealing with a threat landscape where disruption […]
- AvePoint: Industry Highlights from Black Hat 2026by Stevin on August 21, 2026 at 8:18 pm
Most organizations think they’ve solved the data sensitivity problem. […]
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- ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Playby Bill Toulas on August 23, 2026 at 2:23 pm
The ToxicPanda Android malware has evolved with new malicious functionality, […]
- Hackers infect Android car head units with proxy botnet malwareby Bill Toulas on August 22, 2026 at 2:14 pm
A supply-chain attack targeting Android-based car head units is using a […]
- Named Pipes Under Attack: Securing Windows Interprocess Communicationby Sponsored by ThreatLocker on August 22, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Windows named pipes provide fast interprocess communication, but weak access […]
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- Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicatedby Amanda Silberling on August 23, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to […]
- Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s…by Jagmeet Singh on August 23, 2026 at 3:00 am
Flipkart’s quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million […]
- Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructorsby Anthony Ha on August 22, 2026 at 9:46 pm
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches […]
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- TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuitby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 22, 2026 at 2:32 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday that ByteDance-owned […]
- 14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 21, 2026 at 6:53 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of trojanized npm packages that […]
- Microsoft Defender’s Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 21, 2026 at 3:52 pm
Check Point Research has disclosed a technique that uses Microsoft Defender’s […]
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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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- 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 […]
- Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encryptedby Dan Goodin on August 20, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Cryptographic Context Injection is only the latest way to break an LLM safety […]
- Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hackedby Dan Goodin on August 18, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a […]
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).




















