04 Feb

AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say

A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an

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04 Feb

Critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug under attack

Attackers are exploiting a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug – less than a week after the vendor disclosed and fixed the 9.8-rated flaw. That’s

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04 Feb

Nitrogen ransomware is so broken even the crooks can’t unlock your files

Cybersecurity experts usually advise victims against paying ransomware crooks, but that advice goes double for those who have been targeted by the Nitrogen group. There’s

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04 Feb

Universal £7,500 payout offered to PSNI staff over major data breach

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) employees who had their details exposed in a significant 2023 data breach will each receive £7,500 ($10,279) as part

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04 Feb

OfferUp scammers are out in force: Here’s what you should know

The mobile marketplace app has a growing number of users, but not all of them are genuine. Watch out for these common scams. Phil Muncaster

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04 Feb

Clouds rush to deliver OpenClaw-as-a-service offerings

If you’re brave enough to want to run the demonstrably insecure AI assistant OpenClaw, several clouds have already started offering it as a service. OpenClaw,

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03 Feb

AI agents can’t yet pull off fully autonomous cyberattacks – but they are already very helpful to crims

AI agents and other systems can’t yet conduct cyberattacks fully on their own – but they can help criminals in many stages of the attack

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03 Feb

Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void

Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native’s Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild

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03 Feb

CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders

On 59 occasions throughout 2025, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) silently tweaked vulnerability notices to reflect their use by ransomware crooks. Experts

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03 Feb

Polish cops bail 20-year-old bedroom botnet operator

Polish authorities have cuffed a 20-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out DDoS attacks. The Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) claims the unnamed individual

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03 Feb

X marks the raid: French cops swoop on Musk’s Paris ops

French police raided Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris this morning as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers. The

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03 Feb

Microsoft finally sends TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to the cloud retirement home

Today is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new minimum. The change

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03 Feb

DIY AI bot farm OpenClaw is a security ‘dumpster fire’

OpenClaw, the AI-powered personal assistant users interact with via messaging apps and sometimes entrust with their credentials to various online services, has prompted a wave

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03 Feb

British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases

Britain’s defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently making

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02 Feb

Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor

Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in

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02 Feb

StopICE hacked to send alarming text messages, admins accuse border patrol agent of sabotage

ICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning

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02 Feb

Russia-linked APT28 attackers already abusing new Microsoft Office zero-day

Russia-linked attackers are already exploiting Microsoft’s latest Office zero-day, with Ukraine’s national cyber defense team warning that the same bug is being used to target

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02 Feb

McDonald’s is not lovin’ your bigmac, happymeal, and mcnuggets passwords

Change Your Password Day took place over the weekend, and in case you doubt the need to improve this most basic element of cybersecurity hygiene,

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