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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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- 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 […]
- 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 […]
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- Ransomware Hits Colombian Justice…by Robert Lemos on August 12, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Attackers continue to target critical infrastructure and government-linked […]
- Walmart Leaders Transform Security…by Richard Thurston on August 12, 2026 at 12:41 pm
The big-box giant has scaled its defenses by encouraging trust and innovation. […]
- Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Deluge…by Jai Vijayan on August 11, 2026 at 9:42 pm
Security experts say prioritization should be the main focus for the August […]
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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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- This Coin-Sized Device Can Hack a Boeing 737by Andy Greenberg on August 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Security researchers found that in less than 60 seconds, they could open […]
- ‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Cargo Thefts Have Turned Violent in Pursuit…by Paresh Dave, Aarian Marshall on August 12, 2026 at 10:00 am
Experts allege that two recent incidents in California show the extreme lengths […]
- A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Callby Lily Hay Newman on August 11, 2026 at 12:37 pm
Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a […]
- Prompt Injections for Defenseby Bruce Schneier on August 12, 2026 at 9:56 am
This seems to work: Researchers from Tracebit on Monday said they found that […]
- AI Genie in the Wildby Bruce Schneier on August 11, 2026 at 3:55 pm
When I give talks about AI genies, I use this sort of example as a […]
- AI for Military Supportby Bruce Schneier on August 11, 2026 at 11:18 am
Interesting empirical research: “Black Box Warfare: Human Judgment and […]
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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 […]
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- Plug and Pwn attack uses fake USB devices for Windows SYSTEM accessby Lawrence Abrams on August 12, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Security researchers have disclosed new “Plug and Pwn” attacks that abuse the […]
- Lazarus hackers exploited Windows zero-day to target defense firmsby Bill Toulas on August 12, 2026 at 3:38 pm
North Korean hackers have been exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability […]
- FBI: Hackers target online accounts to steal nude photosby Sergiu Gatlan on August 12, 2026 at 2:15 pm
The FBI warns that cybercriminals are targeting adults’ and children’s social […]
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- Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texasby Tim De Chant on August 12, 2026 at 4:18 pm
Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the […]
- Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the gridby Tim De Chant on August 12, 2026 at 4:18 pm
Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 […]
- Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400Mby Julie Bort on August 12, 2026 at 4:04 pm
This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate […]
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- 737 Chrome VPN Extensions Caught Routing Traffic Through Proxies. Check If You…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 12, 2026 at 2:09 pm
A massive set of 737 free VPN and proxy extensions have been found to mainly […]
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Google API Flaw Let Weaker AI Models Decode Stronger…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 12, 2026 at 11:47 am
A newly disclosed flaw in the way OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google carried hidden […]
- Enterprise Defenses Recovered at the Edge and Collapsed Insideby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 12, 2026 at 11:41 am
Enterprise defenses are tuned to catch the attacks that make noise. This year’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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- DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flightby Cyrus Farivar on August 12, 2026 at 12:08 am
FBI Atlanta confirms it’s looking into the incident, no arrests made.
- Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeoversby Dan Goodin on August 11, 2026 at 8:59 pm
Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account […]
- New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn’t know about passkeysby Dan Goodin on August 11, 2026 at 11:30 am
Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.
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- 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).
















