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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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- N-able Bug Exposes Password Vault…by Nate Nelson on August 20, 2026 at 5:39 pm
The popular “Passportal” password manager, favored by MSPs and SMBs, remains […]
- Pakistan’s Transparent Tribe Refreshes…by Nate Nelson on August 20, 2026 at 2:59 pm
A nation-state threat actor is picking on immature organizations run by the […]
- ‘Grandoreiro’ Malware Resurfaces With…by Jai Vijayan on August 20, 2026 at 1:30 pm
The banking Trojan, post-law enforcement takedown, is sprucing itself up with […]
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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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- 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 […]
- Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Codeby Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron on August 19, 2026 at 9:00 am
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED […]
- OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogueby Maxwell Zeff on August 18, 2026 at 6:33 pm
The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” […]
- Detailed Timeline of OpenAI’s Cyberattack on Hugging Faceby Bruce Schneier on August 20, 2026 at 5:44 pm
OpenAI presented details of its AI’s model’s cyberattack on Hugging Face at […]
- Police Are Hiding Their Use of Flock Surveillance Camerasby Bruce Schneier on August 20, 2026 at 9:48 am
A usage policy for Flock license plate reader cameras tells police not to talk […]
- ICE Collecting DNA Samplesby Bruce Schneier on August 19, 2026 at 10:46 am
ICE collected nearly a million DNA samples last year.
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- Smashing Security podcast #481: Never say this to a robot dogby Graham Cluley on August 19, 2026 at 11:10 pm
At Black Hat this month, a group of security researchers took a $9,000 robot […]
- Prison for data analyst who tried to extort $2.5 million from his employerby Graham Cluley on August 19, 2026 at 7:26 am
When Cameron Curry discovered that his contract as a data analyst wasn’t going […]
- An “invisible” car? Researcher uses machine learning to hide vehicles from…by Graham Cluley on August 17, 2026 at 2:10 pm
A cybersecurity expert has demonstrated how computer-generated patterns can […]
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- Black Hat Rewind: Most Creative Booths Part 1by Stevin on August 19, 2026 at 2:12 pm
Exhibitor booths are a major part of the Black Hat experience, giving companies […]
- Attackers Are Moving At Machine Speed. Federal Remediation Still Isn’t.by News team on August 19, 2026 at 1:00 pm
As AI accelerates the scale, sophistication, and speed of cyberattacks, the […]
- Dangerous Apple Bug Lets Images Execute Malicious Codeby Stevin on August 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm
The Vulnerability Apple fixed a major security vulnerability in their image […]
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- Critical Elementor Pro bug exposes WordPress sites to RCE attacksby Bill Toulas on August 20, 2026 at 2:39 pm
A critical vulnerability in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin could allow […]
- How MSPs can catch phishing attacks email filters missby Sponsored by Kaseya on August 20, 2026 at 2:01 pm
AI is making phishing attacks more personalized, convincing, and difficult for […]
- Citrix urges admins to patch new NetScaler flaws as soon as possibleby Sergiu Gatlan on August 20, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Citrix has warned customers to immediately secure their systems against two […]
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- Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to usersby Russell Brandom on August 20, 2026 at 5:32 pm
Affected users told TechCrunch say they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the […]
- The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know by TechCrunch Events on August 20, 2026 at 5:27 pm
Year after year, investors who’ve explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and […]
- A third of web pages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI…by Sarah Perez on August 20, 2026 at 5:18 pm
ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.
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- AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 20, 2026 at 4:59 pm
The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an “active threat” targeting […]
- New Cryptographic Context Injection Attack Could Let Web Pages Steal Grok Chat…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 20, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Adversa AI has disclosed an attack technique that it says can cause xAI’s Grok […]
- Isolated-vm Flaw Lets Sandboxed JavaScript Escape to Host for Potential RCEby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 20, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in […]
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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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- 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 […]
- Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceXby Rafe Rosner-Uddin on August 17, 2026 at 2:22 pm
Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its […]
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).




















