Google says Gemini won’t have ads, as ChatGPT prepares to add them
OpenAI recently started testing ads in ChatGPT in the United States if you use $8 Go subscription or a free account, but Google says it does…
Month: January 2026
OpenAI rolls out age prediction model on ChatGPT to detect your age
OpenAI is rolling out an age prediction model on ChatGPT to detect your age and apply possible safety-related restrictions to prevent misuse by teens. OpenAI…
Everest Ransomware Claims McDonalds India Breach Involving Customer Data – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
The notorious Everest ransomware group is claiming to have breached McDonald’s India, the Indian subsidiary of the American fast-food giant. The claim was published on…
ACF plugin bug gives hackers admin on 50,000 WordPress sites
A critical-severity vulnerability in the Advanced Custom Fields: Extended (ACF Extended) plugin for WordPress can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers to obtain administrative permissions.…
ACMA ponders exemptions from new outage register rules
The federal government may exempt some telcos from rules requiring them to maintain service outage registers, as ordered by communications minister Anika Wells late last…
PDFSIDER Malware – Exploitation of DLL Side-Loading for AV and EDR Evasion
PDFSIDER Malware – Exploitation of DLL Side-Loading for AV and EDR Evasion Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2026 Threat actors use PDFSIDER malware with social engineering…
AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models
Unverified and low quality data generated by artificial intelligence (AI) models – often known as AI slop – is forcing more security leaders to look…
UK weighs Australia-style social media ban
Britain is considering an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16, with prime minister Keir Starmer warning they risk being pulled into “a…
HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’ AI research
Four years ago, the Department of Justice announced it would no longer seek criminal charges against independent and third-party security researchers for “good faith” security…
New Spear Phishing Attack Leveraging Argentine Federal Court Rulings to Covert RAT for Remote Access
A sophisticated spear-phishing campaign has emerged targeting Argentina’s judicial sector, exploiting trust in legitimate court communications to deliver a dangerous Remote Access Trojan. The campaign…
Airlock Digital Announces Independent TEI Study Quantifying Measurable ROI & Security Impact
Atlanta, GA, United States, January 20th, 2026, CyberNewsWire Airlock Digital, a leader in proactive application control and endpoint security, announced the release of The Total Economic…
UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs
A wave of denial of service (DoS) attacks against UK organisations allegedly orchestrated by hacktivist Russian threat actors has prompted the National Cyber Security Centre…