An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
Even now that the data is secured, Margolis and Thacker argue that it raises questions about how many people inside companies that make AI toys…
Month: January 2026
Fake “Mac Cleaner” Campaign Uses Google Ads to Redirect Users to Malware
Cybercriminals are exploiting Google Search Ads to distribute malware through deceptive landing pages that impersonate Apple’s official website design. The malicious ads appear prominently in…
Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears
There is virtually nothing in the Metropolitan Police policy to constrain where it deploys live facial recognition (LFR), the High Court has heard during a…
New Microsoft Teams feature will let you report suspicious calls
Microsoft plans to introduce a call reporting feature in Teams by mid-March, allowing users to flag suspicious or unwanted calls as potential scams or phishing attempts.…
31.4 Tbps DDoS Attack Via Aisuru Botnet Breaks Internet With New World Record
The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet unleashed the largest publicly disclosed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in history, peaking at an unprecedented 31.4 terabits per second (Tbps). The massive…
Swarmer Tool Abuses Windows Registry to Evade Detection and Persist on Systems
Swarmer, a sophisticated tool designed to manipulate Windows registry hives while bypassing endpoint detection systems. The tool exploits legacy Windows infrastructure to achieve persistent access…
Google disrupts proxy network used by 550+ threat groups
Google has disrupted Ipidea, a massive residential proxy network consisting of user devices that are being used as the last-mile link in cyberattack chains. “In…
Skills key to successful AI adoption, says IBM
A shift in employee skills will be vital over the next five years to fully utilise artificial intelligence (AI), according to research by IBM. IBM’s…
Google targets IPIDEA in crackdown on global residential proxy networks
Google targets IPIDEA in crackdown on global residential proxy networks Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2026 Google disrupted IPIDEA, a major residential proxy network that enrolled…
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[tl;dr sec] #313 – MCP Security Hub, IDE-Shepherd, Plaid’s Security Pipeline as Code
Weird Al Last week, I saw something I never thought I would… We cut to the early 2000s, Clint is in high school. I loved…
Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack
The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched a new massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 31.4 Tbps and 200 million requests per second, setting a…
CISA Warns of FortiCloud SSO Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning about a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in multiple Fortinet products, actively exploited in…