Inside a brand deal scam targeting YouTube creators
Social Media A plausible-sounding sponsorship offer could mask an attempt to compromise your Google account Christian Ali Bravo 07 Oct...
AndyC
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Alleged HAFNIUM Hacker Zhang Yu
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Alleged HAFNIUM Hacker Zhang Yu Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2026 The U.S. offers $10M...
Atlassian Vulnerability Comes Under Attack Hours After Details Go Public
Atlassian Vulnerability Comes Under Attack Hours After Details Go Public Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2026 Threat actors are exploiting CVE-2026-21589,...
How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators
How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators This essay was written with Seva Gunitsky, and originally appeared in Foreign Affairs. Two weeks after...
12 tricks for more efficient Android texting
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Wazza Phishkit Targets Banking, Government, and Manufacturing Across the US, EU, and Australia
Phishing kits are no longer limited to copying a familiar login page and waiting for a victim to enter credentials....
16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases
Ravie LakshmananOct 08, 2026Browser Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that...
U.S. Offers Up to $10 Million for Tips on Zhang Yu, Charged in HAFNIUM Hacks
Swati KhandelwalOct 08, 2026Cybercrime / Cyber Espionage The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading...
MonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt Data
Ravie LakshmananOct 08, 2026Cybercrime / Ransomware The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced charges against a 50-year-old U.S....
Tensorlake npm Package Compromised to Deliver Shai-Hulud Credential-Stealing Worm
Ravie LakshmananOct 08, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Cloud Security The npm package known as "tensorlake," a TypeScript software development kit (SDK)...
NT government recovers from lengthy network outage
Key points A territory-wide outage knocked out access to telecommunications and digital systems across key NT government departments and agencies...
New US air-to-air missiles will finally overthrow China’s range advantage
With a clutch of new long-range air-to-air missiles (LRAAMs) with ranges of 300 km or more, US forces could dramatically...
SonicWall Fixes Max Severity Pre-Auth Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances
SonicWall Fixes Max Severity Pre-Auth Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2026 SonicWall patched a CVSS 10 pre-auth...
CISA’s 17 Common Active Directory Compromise Techniques: A Sophos MDR Perspective
Active Directory defenses must combine identity fundamentals, telemetry, and rapid response as attackers reach the environment’s first breach attempt within...
CrowdStrike says China-based suspect used AI tools in South Korean bank hacks
The suspect behind recent cyberattacks targeting South Korea's financial sector may be a 26-year-old based in China's Guangdong province who...
