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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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- FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licensesby BrianKrebs on September 1, 2026 at 10:40 pm
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling […]
- Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australiaby BrianKrebs on August 27, 2026 at 11:04 am
Authorities in Australia have arrested two men believed to be members of […]
- 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 […]
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- [Virtual Event] What Every Enterprise…on November 12, 2026 at 4:00 pm
- [Virtual Event] Building a Secure AI…on October 8, 2026 at 3:00 pm
- Companies Have 6 Months to Prepare for…by Robert Lemos on September 4, 2026 at 3:57 pm
Frontier AI models have already demonstrated they can autonomously — and 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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- OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Websiteby Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Dhruv Mehrotra on September 5, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: Tens of millions of US and Canadian drivers’ licenses go up for sale on […]
- ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the…by Maddy Varner on September 4, 2026 at 10:30 am
Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a […]
- Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Todayby Lily Hay Newman on September 3, 2026 at 9:56 pm
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time […]
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- How a hole in Lenovo’s login system let hackers walk into 5,000 Dropbox…by Graham Cluley on September 7, 2026 at 10:30 am
If you ever linked your Dropbox account to a Lenovo ID – perhaps to make life […]
- Smashing Security podcast #483: This AI helps thieves steal your iPhoneby Graham Cluley on September 2, 2026 at 11:10 pm
You’ve had your iPhone stolen. A day later, you get a text from Apple saying […]
- Revolut scam wave steals £180,000 from Jersey residents in just four weeksby Graham Cluley on September 2, 2026 at 2:48 pm
If you live in Jersey and bank with Revolut, you should be on your guard […]
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- 220 million traveler records exposed in Vietnam-linked APIS leakby Ax Sharma on September 8, 2026 at 7:35 am
Exclusive: An exposed Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database […]
- Magento StyleSmuggler zero-day exploited to deploy Linux backdoorby Bill Toulas on September 7, 2026 at 4:50 pm
A zero-day vulnerability dubbed “StyleSmuggler” affecting all versions of […]
- BigBear Microsoft 365 phishing service bypassed MFA at 258 organizationsby Bill Toulas on September 7, 2026 at 3:39 pm
A phishing-as-a-service framework called BigBear 2.0 has been used to bypass […]
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- Eric Wu’s newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after…by Connie Loizos on September 8, 2026 at 2:16 am
Eric Wu, who built and ran Opendoor before stepping away in 2022, has had his […]
- Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably knowby Natasha Lomas, Romain Dillet, Kyle Wiggers, Lucas Ropek on September 7, 2026 at 7:24 pm
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a […]
- A secret new Elizabeth Holmes documentary stuns Tellurideby Connie Loizos on September 7, 2026 at 6:02 pm
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “You […]
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- Grindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle U.K. Claims Over HIV Status Data Sharingby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on September 8, 2026 at 7:00 am
Online dating app Grindr has opted to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to […]
- PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on September 7, 2026 at 6:12 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based […]
- Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on September 7, 2026 at 3:51 pm
Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion […]
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- BengalSEO Part 1: Anatomy of the Operationby editor on August 24, 2026 at 2:28 pm
Key Takeaways The DFIR Report Offerings Check out our Products here and our Services here. Want a demo, more information on our services, pricing or just want to chat? Get in Touch Contact us today for pricing or a demo! Case Summary In March 2026, our team identified an SEO poisoning campaign leading to malware deployment The post BengalSEO Part 1: Anatomy of the Operation appeared first on The DFIR Report.
- 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.
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- OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wikiby Dan Goodin on September 4, 2026 at 10:17 pm
In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a […]
- “Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBsby Scharon Harding on September 4, 2026 at 5:35 pm
Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.”
- Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammersby Dan Goodin on September 4, 2026 at 5:18 pm
A once-overlooked block of unicode that’s invisible to humans is gaining ever […]
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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