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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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- 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 […]
- LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Appsby BrianKrebs on July 22, 2026 at 1:10 am
The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend […]
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- The Coordination Gap: How Attackers Are…by Arielle Waldman on August 6, 2026 at 9:42 pm
The fight against cybercrime continues because threat actors have adapted their […]
- Researcher Claims Control of ChatGPT…by Alexander Culafi on August 6, 2026 at 8:38 pm
A researcher demonstrated a proof-of-concept attack chain that provided […]
- From Bobmojis to Bobbleheads: How the…by Arielle Waldman on August 6, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Former chief security officers of the Democratic National Committee explain […]
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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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- Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kidsby Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Yulia Almazova on August 6, 2026 at 9:35 pm
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using […]
- OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their…by Lily Hay Newman on August 6, 2026 at 12:15 am
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about […]
- OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contactsby Matt Burgess on August 5, 2026 at 11:30 pm
Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI […]
- 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 […]
- 7MS #731: CARTP – Cloud Red Team Tactics for Attacking and Defending Azure…by Brian Johnson on July 17, 2026 at 12:17 pm
Hey friends! Fair warning: today’s episode is a bit of an emotional […]
- Adversarial Clothing Designed to Fool Facial Recognition Systemsby Bruce Schneier on August 6, 2026 at 11:04 am
There are many companies manufacturing adversarial clothing designed to […]
- Vulnerabilities in Car Anti-Theft Deviceby Bruce Schneier on August 5, 2026 at 9:42 am
This is disturbing: …a team of security researchers at UC San Diego, who […]
- Iran Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systemsby Bruce Schneier on August 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Attribution is preliminary, and so far it seems no real damage. And it seems […]
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- 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 […]
- Fake IRS letters target cryptocurrency holdersby Graham Cluley on August 4, 2026 at 9:02 am
Do you hold cryptocurrency? Have you received a letter telling you that you […]
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- ClickFix attack pushes macOS infostealer for crypto theft attacksby Ionut Ilascu on August 6, 2026 at 10:37 pm
A Go-based malware delivered in ClickFix attacks targeting macOS users is […]
- Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion groupby Lawrence Abrams on August 6, 2026 at 8:07 pm
A recent wave of cyberattacks targeting hedge funds, private-equity firms, and […]
- Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accountsby Lawrence Abrams on August 6, 2026 at 6:14 pm
Switzerland’s federal IT office says hackers exploited vulnerabilities to […]
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- Your table awaits: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to be seen by thousands by TechCrunch Events on August 6, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. […]
- Vogue just gave another nod of approval to the tech worldby Dominic-Madori Davis on August 6, 2026 at 9:24 pm
Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year — perhaps another indication […]
- Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until tomorrowby TechCrunch Events on August 6, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, […]
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- New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hostsby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 6, 2026 at 5:58 pm
Zapscape, a new Linux kernel vulnerability, could allow an attacker with kernel […]
- Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.8 CVSS Score Bugsby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 6, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security […]
- New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 6, 2026 at 4:17 pm
An unprivileged Linux program can time a hardware interrupt to land in the gap […]
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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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- Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard…by Dan Goodin on August 5, 2026 at 10:35 pm
Baseboard management controllers from the world’s biggest manufacturers are a […]
- Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companiesby Dan Goodin on July 31, 2026 at 8:39 pm
Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.
- Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackersby Dan Goodin on July 30, 2026 at 8:57 pm
Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation […]
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).






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