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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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- ‘GhostJacking’ Exposes Identity…by Jai Vijayan on August 10, 2026 at 9:54 pm
New research shows how attackers can use security alerts and blocked events to […]
- Multistate Water System Attacks Widen,…by Alexander Culafi on August 10, 2026 at 9:34 pm
Attacks targeting water systems just keep flowing across a dozen states, […]
- Metabase SQL Zero-Day Attacks Could…by Rob Wright on August 10, 2026 at 9:02 pm
The maximum-severity vulnerability, which still has no CVE, allows malicious, […]
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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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- Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealedby Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra on August 8, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks […]
- Sensitive Info Goes Into ‘No Reply’ Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It Allby Matt Burgess on August 8, 2026 at 10:00 am
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and […]
- 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 […]
- 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, […]
- 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 […]
- Python Now Has a Post-Quantum Encryption Libraryby Bruce Schneier on August 10, 2026 at 11:02 am
This is good: Post-quantum cryptography is now one pip-install away for the […]
- Friday Squid Blogging: Arctic Bobtail Squid Videoby Bruce Schneier on August 7, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Nice video of the Arctic bobtail squid. As usual, you can also use this squid […]
- ICE Is Buying Access to Credit Card Recordsby Bruce Schneier on August 7, 2026 at 10:26 am
Through data brokers, ICE is buying the information you provided to open a […]
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- Beware cut-price AI services that read your every wordby Graham Cluley on August 7, 2026 at 3:33 pm
f someone offered you 90% off the official price to access Claude, the powerful […]
- 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 […]
Cyber Defense Magazine InfoSec Knowledge is Power
- 4 Steps for Making Sure Domain Impersonation Takedown Requests Don’t Get…by News team on August 8, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Brand impersonation is one of the fastest growing threats facing […]
- 7 Reasons Organizations Are Simplifying Endpoints To Improve Securityby News team on August 7, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Endpoint security strategy is changing alongside the modern workspace itself. […]
- Why Your Security Maturity Score Is Lying to Youby News team on August 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Picture a quarterly board meeting. The CISO walks in with a polished slide. […]
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- Hackers breached a small Polish energy plant via private APN last yearby Bill Toulas on August 10, 2026 at 11:07 pm
Hackers breached a heat-and-power plant facility in Poland, which supplies […]
- BdThemes plugins supply-chain hack creates rogue WordPress adminsby Bill Toulas on August 10, 2026 at 9:12 pm
A threat actor compromised the upstream infrastructure of BdThemes, a […]
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT 5.6 Cyber, but it’s only for approved usersby Mayank Parmar on August 10, 2026 at 7:24 pm
OpenAI has developed a new model called “GPT 5.6 Cyber,” designed for […]
TechCrunch Startup and Technology News
- OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offerby Tim Fernholz on August 11, 2026 at 12:03 am
San Francisco’s housing market is in trouble again.
- As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber modelby Lucas Ropek on August 10, 2026 at 11:56 pm
OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling […]
- Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports teamby Dominic-Madori Davis on August 10, 2026 at 11:16 pm
Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the […]
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- Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 10, 2026 at 5:29 pm
AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security […]
- China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 10, 2026 at 4:38 pm
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor […]
- ⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 10, 2026 at 3:00 pm
A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal […]
The DFIR Report Actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence
- 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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