07 Jan

HackerOne ‘ghosted’ me for months over $8,500 bug bounty, says researcher

Last fall, Jakub Ciolek reported two denial-of-service bugs in Argo CD, a popular Kubernetes controller, via HackerOne’s Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program. Both were assigned

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06 Jan

Brightspeed investigates breach as crims post stolen data for sale

Internet service provider Brightspeed confirmed that it’s investigating criminals’ claims that they stole more than a million customers’ records and have listed them for sale

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06 Jan

Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe’s hotels to con staff into running malware

Russia-linked hackers are sneaking malware into European hotels and other hospitality outfits by tricking staff into installing it themselves through fake Windows Blue Screen of

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06 Jan

Crypto wallet shop Ledger confirms customer data lifted in Global-e snafu

Blockchain security biz Ledger says customer information was accessed in a breach at its ecommerce payment partner Global-e, and is warning that other brands using

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06 Jan

UK injects just £210M into cyber plan to stop Whitehall getting pwnd

The UK today launches its Government Cyber Action Plan, committing £210 million ($282 million) to strengthen defenses across digital public services and hold itself to

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06 Jan

Students bag extended Christmas break after cyber hit on school IT

Students at a school in Warwickshire, England, have scored an extended Christmas break after a cyberattack crippled its IT systems, forcing classrooms to close and

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06 Jan

One criminal, 50 hacked organizations, and all because MFA wasn’t turned on

If you don’t say “yes way” to MFA, the consequences can be disastrous. Sensitive data belonging to about 50 global enterprises is listed for sale

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05 Jan

Congrats, cybercrims: You just fell into a honeypot

Resecurity offered its “congratulations” to the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters cybercrime crew for falling into its threat intel team’s honeypot – resulting in a subpoena being

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05 Jan

Playing Koi: Palo Alto isn’t saying if it will buy security start-up

Palo Alto Networks is on shopping spree. The company is reportedly considering a $400 million purchase of Israeli cybersecurity start up Koi, which raised $48

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05 Jan

Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching

Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3. The company hasn’t

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05 Jan

New Zealand orders review into ManageMyHealth cyberattack

New Zealand health minister Simeon Brown has ordered a review into the cyberattack at ManageMyHealth, which threatens the data of hundreds of thousands of Kiwis.

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04 Jan

Trump admin sends heart emoji to commercial spyware makers with lifted Predator sanctions

infosec in brief The Trump administration has cleared a trio of individuals sanctioned by the Biden administration for involvement with the Intellexa spyware consortium behind

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04 Jan

Palo Alto Networks security-intel boss calls AI agents 2026’s biggest insider threat

interview AI agents represent the new insider threat to companies in 2026, according to Palo Alto Networks Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore, and this

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02 Jan

Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to

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02 Jan

Cybercrook claims to be selling infrastructure info about three major US utilities

A cybercrook claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm whose clients include major US utilities, and is selling what they claim

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02 Jan

Brit lands invite-only Aussie visa after uncovering vuln in government systems

A British security researcher has secured Australia’s strictest, invite-only visa after discovering a critical vulnerability in a government system. The Australian government invited Jacob Riggs

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02 Jan

LockBit takedown architect gets New Year award from King Charles

A senior British crimefighter has been awarded one of the country’s highest tributes for public service for his role in the 2024 LockBit ransomware takedown.

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02 Jan

Cisco XDR in 30: Turning Security Signals Into Confident Action

Sponsored Post Security teams are being asked to do more with less, while the environments they protect continue to grow in size and complexity. Alerts

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