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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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- Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startupby BrianKrebs on July 8, 2026 at 12:31 pm
A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day […]
- 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 […]
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- Jen Ellis: Connecting Cyber Community…by Ericka Chickowski on July 10, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Security Pro File: On the heels of her recent honors as a Member of the Order […]
- Cybercriminals Flock to Healthcare…by Robert Lemos on July 10, 2026 at 4:51 pm
While cyberattacks against hospitals and clinics grew modestly in the first […]
- Fresh ATM Crypto Software Bugs: Jackpot…by Nate Nelson on July 10, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Organizations, and possibly ATMs, are at risk of compromise, thanks to holes in […]
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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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- AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Yearsby Dell Cameron, Lily Hay Newman on July 11, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: The Pentagon is training amateurs to become part of its hacker army, a […]
- A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our…by Isabella Ward on July 9, 2026 at 1:55 pm
Companies will once again be allowed to scan citizens’ personal texts, […]
- Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebritiesby Noah Shachtman, Maddy Varner on July 9, 2026 at 10:00 am
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks […]
- Friday Squid Blogging: “Squidbleed” Vulnerabilityby Bruce Schneier on July 10, 2026 at 9:07 pm
In a rare combined cybersecurity/squid post, a twenty-nine-year-old squid proxy […]
- AI Surveillance and Social Progressby Bruce Schneier on July 10, 2026 at 11:02 am
In the near future, AI-powered surveillance systems will be able to track […]
- The Language of AI Could Change How Humans Speakby Bruce Schneier on July 9, 2026 at 11:00 am
Because of the way they are trained, large language models capture only a slice […]
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- Invited to a “job interview” with Netflix or OpenAI? Beware! Your Google…by Graham Cluley on July 9, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Have you received an email from a recruiter at Adobe, Netflix, or OpenAI […]
- Smashing Security podcast #475: JadePuffer – the AI that ran a ransomware…by Graham Cluley on July 8, 2026 at 11:19 pm
A 15-year-old boy asked a chatbot for help – and cancelled nearly 47,000 anime […]
- Two arrested over credit card phishing – as the Netherlands is named…by Graham Cluley on July 7, 2026 at 12:56 pm
Two young men have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of running a […]
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- ‘Ghostcommit’ hides prompt injection in images to fool AI agents, steal secretsby Ax Sharma on July 11, 2026 at 9:03 am
A PNG hiding a prompt injection could steal your repo’s secrets, researchers […]
- New U-Boot flaws could enable stealthy firmware attacksby Lawrence Abrams on July 10, 2026 at 9:59 pm
Six vulnerabilities in the widely used U-Boot bootloader have been discovered […]
- Ryuk ransomware member pleads guilty in the US, faces 15 years in prisonby Bill Toulas on July 10, 2026 at 5:46 pm
A 34-year-old Armenian man has pleaded guilty to hacking U.S. companies and […]
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- US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the…by Zack Whittaker on July 11, 2026 at 1:01 am
Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a […]
- Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it…by Dominic-Madori Davis on July 11, 2026 at 12:29 am
Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her […]
- Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlashby Lucas Ropek on July 10, 2026 at 11:55 pm
“Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control […]
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- Critical Zimbra Flaw Could Let Crafted Emails Run Malicious Code in User…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on July 11, 2026 at 6:45 am
Zimbra is urging customers to apply updates to address a critical security […]
- URGENT – Progress Tells ShareFile Customers to Shut Down Storage Zone…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Progress Software has told ShareFile customers to shut down the Windows servers […]
- Injective Labs GitHub Compromise Pushes Wallet-Key-Stealing npm Packagesby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2026 at 4:29 pm
Unknown threat actors compromised the Injective Labs SDK project’s GitHub […]
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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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- Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard diskby Dan Goodin on July 9, 2026 at 8:52 pm
The feud between NightmareEclipse and Microsoft shows no signs of resolving […]
- Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CAby Scharon Harding on July 9, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Broadcom accuses Allstate of dodging VMware audits.
- Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapesby Dan Goodin on July 8, 2026 at 7:01 pm
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
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).
















