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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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.

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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.

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
31 Dec

European Space Agency hit again as cybercrims claim 200 GB data up for sale

The European Space Agency has suffered yet another security incident and, in keeping with past practice, says the impact is limited. Meanwhile, miscreants boast that

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31 Dec

Hong Kong’s newest anti-scam technology is over-the-counter banking

Hong Kong’s banks have a new weapon against scams: Accounts that require customers to visit a branch to access their funds. The territory’s Monetary Authority

Author rabih
31 Dec

Cybersecurity pros admit to moonlighting as ransomware scum

A ransomware negotiator and a security incident response manager have admitted to running ransomware attacks. Readers may recall the October 2025 indictments of Ryan Clifford

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31 Dec

New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party

New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not

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30 Dec

An early end to the holidays: ‘Heartbleed of MongoDB’ is now under active exploit

A high-severity MongoDB Server vulnerability, for which proofs of concept emerged over Christmas week, is now under active exploitation, according to the US Cybersecurity and

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