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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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- 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 […]
- Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flawsby BrianKrebs on July 14, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security […]
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- Smoke#Screen RMM Takeover Gambit…by Elizabeth Montalbano on August 4, 2026 at 6:37 pm
The attacks use diverse social engineering lures and rotating payloads to […]
- AI Notetaker Lets Hackers Spy on…by Nate Nelson on August 4, 2026 at 1:00 pm
A Google Firebase misconfiguration lets users of tl;dv, an AI meeting tool, […]
- Device Code Phishing Up 1,500% in 2026;…by Nate Nelson on August 4, 2026 at 7:00 am
Newer social engineering techniques help attackers ignore entrenched security […]
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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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- Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenalby Noah Shachtman on August 4, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Facing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a […]
- ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young…by Dhruv Mehrotra on August 3, 2026 at 10:00 am
Internal documents show ICE’s DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second […]
- 8 Best Password Managers (2026), Tested and Reviewedby Scott Gilbertson on August 2, 2026 at 11:30 am
Keep your logins locked down with our favorite password management apps for PC, […]
- 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 […]
- 7MS #731: CARTP – Cloud Red Team Tactics for Attacking and Defending Azure…by Brian Johnson on July 17, 2026 at 12:17 pm
Hey friends! Fair warning: today’s episode is a bit of an emotional […]
- Iran Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systemsby Bruce Schneier on August 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Attribution is preliminary, and so far it seems no real damage. And it seems […]
- Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Googleby Bruce Schneier on August 4, 2026 at 10:13 am
And it’s personal information (alternate link): The exposed data includes an […]
- More on the OpenAI Agent’s Attack on Hugging Faceby Bruce Schneier on August 3, 2026 at 5:02 pm
Hugging Face has published a detailed timeline of the attack. From the […]
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- Fake IRS letters target cryptocurrency holdersby Graham Cluley on August 4, 2026 at 9:02 am
Do you hold cryptocurrency? Have you received a letter telling you that you […]
- The $5 million threat: AI Is supercharging phishing attacksby Graham Cluley on July 31, 2026 at 11:43 am
According to the newly-published study, phishing and social engineering are […]
- North Korea’s elite hackers turned on their own government – and got caughtby Graham Cluley on July 30, 2026 at 9:17 am
For years, North Korea’s state-trained hackers have been one of the world’s […]
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- New XCSSET variant targets macOS devs via compromised Xcode projectsby Bill Toulas on August 4, 2026 at 7:03 pm
A new version of the XCSSET malware is targeting thousands of macOS users […]
- 77 Open VSX extensions found harvesting developer infoby Lawrence Abrams on August 4, 2026 at 6:50 pm
77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace impersonated legitimate developer […]
- Massive ChainDrop npm supply-chain attack infects hundreds of packagesby Bill Toulas on August 4, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Self-propagating malware named ‘ChainDrop’ has compromised more than 1,300 […]
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- Meet Wrinkles, an AI app that uncovers the hidden stories of the places around…by Aisha Malik on August 4, 2026 at 7:34 pm
Wrinkles, available on both iOS and Android, essentially acts as an AI-powered […]
- Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed,…by Julie Bort on August 4, 2026 at 7:28 pm
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over […]
- Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyoneby Kirsten Korosec on August 4, 2026 at 5:31 pm
Waymo has dropped the waitlist for its robotaxi service in Dallas, the latest […]
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- Greatness PhaaS Adds Device Code Phishing to Bypass MFA and Steal Tokensby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 4, 2026 at 5:27 pm
The commercial phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit known as Greatness has […]
- Keyv-Linked npm Worm Poisons Hundreds of Packages, Plants Claude Code and VS…by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 4, 2026 at 1:30 pm
A credential-stealing npm worm that first appeared in [email protected] spread beyond […]
- Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Install ScreenConnect for Persistent Remote Accessby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on August 4, 2026 at 1:11 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active, multi-wave […]
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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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- 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 […]
- Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commissionby Dan Goodin on July 29, 2026 at 10:07 pm
HAWK withstood years of testing that had yet to uncover a fatal weakness found […]
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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