The Other Offense and Defense
From a security perspective, the Super Bowl isn’t a football game. It’s a live-fire exercise.For a few hours, one physical...
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.
Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries
Ravie LakshmananFeb 06, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Vulnerability Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM),...
Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach
Hacker claims theft of data from 700,000 Substack users; Company confirms breach Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026 Substack confirmed a...
Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire
A Taiwanese man who ran one of the world's largest dark web drugs marketplaces has been sentenced to 30 years...
U.S. Public Sector Under Siege
The convergence of digital transformation and evolving threat landscapes has placed US government agencies and educational institutions on the frontlines...
Chrome Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution, Browser Crashes
Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana Google has released a Chrome security update addressing two high-severity vulnerabilities that could allow...
Microsoft Overhauls Security Leadership as AI Expands Enterprise Attack Surface
Source: Valent Lau/Unsplash Microsoft just changed who gets blamed when things break. The tech giant is overhauling its security leadership,...
AI has taken over customer service – but companies could soon regret the shift
Many companies and organizations have in recent years cut back on the number of employees dedicated to support issues, believing...
Pro-Russian group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
Pro-Russian group Noname057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026 Italy stopped Russian-linked...
Orchid Security Adds Ability to Audit Behaviors by Identity
Orchid Security today added an ability to conduct audits to its platform that enables cybersecurity teams to track behaviors of...
Google Meet videoconferencing devices can now join Teams calls
The Teams interoperability adds to the range of video call apps that Google Meet users can access from a device,...
AISURU/Kimwolf Botnet Launches Record-Setting 31.4 Tbps DDoS Attack
Ravie LakshmananFeb 05, 2026Botnet / Network Security The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as AISURU/Kimwolf has been attributed to a...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Codespaces RCE, AsyncRAT C2, BYOVD Abuse, AI Cloud Intrusions & 15+ Stories
Ravie LakshmananFeb 05, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News This week didn’t produce one big headline. It produced many small signals —...
China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025
China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025 Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2026 China-linked hackers tracked as Amaranth-Dragon targeted...
The Compliance Convergence Challenge: Permission Sprawl and AI Regulations in Hybrid Environments
Enterprise security leaders face a compliance convergence challenge. As data defies borders and AI-generated information is increasingly able to access...
