Category: CYBER SECURITY

Cloudflare says it mitigated more than 800 network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exceeding 1 Tbps during the second quarter of 2026, marking a dramatic increase in extremely large attacks compared with the previous quarter.

Mozilla has rotated the GPG signing key used for certain Firefox and Thunderbird releases after an unencrypted copy of the previous key was accidentally committed to a private GitHub repository.

The FBI is investigating how a North Korean national was hired to work remotely for a U.S. federal government agency, according to a report from Federal News Network.

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Several WordPress plugins from BdThemes have been caught in a supply-chain attack that allowed attackers to create hidden administrator accounts and install backdoors on websites without modifying the plugin files themselves.

A North Korean-linked hacking group is developing its own artificial intelligence tools to make cyberattacks more automated, analyse stolen information and create more convincing phishing campaigns, according to South Korean cybersecurity company Genians.

New research has revealed a series of webmail security techniques that can allow malicious email content to escape the boundaries of a message and interfere with the webmail interface itself.

WordPress has released a security update fixing a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in its login page that affects every version of the content management system.

Researchers say the Chinese-linked LightSpy spyware has expanded worldwide with new capabilities to steal data and remotely wipe compromised devices.

Google says hackers are using voice phishing to breach major financial firms, steal sensitive data, and demand multimillion-dollar ransoms.

OpenAI has dismantled a coordinated scam operation based in Cambodia that used ChatGPT to support a wide range of online fraud, including investment scams, romance scams, gambling schemes, and fake law enforcement impersonation campaigns.

Google has confirmed that a software bug—not actual malware—was responsible for a wave of Blogger websites being incorrectly flagged for violating its "Malware and Similar Malicious Content" policy, causing hundreds of legitimate blogs to be locked or temporarily removed.

A cybersecurity researcher has uncovered a publicly accessible database containing more than 102,000 sensitive records that appear to be linked to Brazil's Health Surveillance Information System (SISVISA), potentially exposing personal information, government documents, and regulatory records.

cPanel has patched a critical privilege escalation flaw that could let authenticated users gain root database access on vulnerable servers.

Security researchers have uncovered a set of post-compromise attack techniques that allow malware running on a Windows computer to access passkey-protected accounts without requiring a fingerprint, PIN, or any visible authentication prompt.

Microsoft has linked a global cyber-espionage campaign targeting hotel and conference center Wi-Fi networks to the Russian state-backed hacking group Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29.

A cyberattack targeting the U.K.'s Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has exposed the contact information of more than 100,000 police officers, criminal justice professionals, and government partners, according to an official statement and reports.

A firmware flaw in older versions of the Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallet has been linked to a series of large cryptocurrency thefts that may have resulted in losses of up to 1,367.05 BTC, worth around $88.6 million, according to new findings from Galaxy Research.

Adobe has released important security updates to fix several critical vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) and Adobe Bridge.

Google says its artificial intelligence tools are dramatically changing how security vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed, revealing that the company patched more flaws in Chrome over the past month than it did during the previous two years combined.