OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks
OpenAI said on Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a “breach of trust,” defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of…
Year: 2026
Germany Arrests Suspected Qilin Ransomware Leader After Japan Detention
Germany Arrests Suspected Qilin Ransomware Leader After Japan Detention Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2026 Japan helped extradite a Russian suspect linked to Qilin ransomware to…
Ransomware consultant said he would decrypt data, is accused of paying ransoms instead
MonsterCloud claimed to offer an alternative to paying the ransom. Its website said that, thanks to its decryption techniques, “our team specializes in helping businesses…
Wiz enhances real-time threat detection and response capabilities to stop threats from becoming incidents
Organizations are innovating in the cloud faster than ever before. Cloud builders are racing to adopt cloud technologies from Kubernetes to GenAI to drive new…
Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks
Hackers are abusing legitimate Bing search-result redirects as click URLs in Google search ads to direct users to fake Claude installers that deliver ClickFix attacks.…
AnyDesk Linux Flaw Lets Remote Attackers Execute Code as Root Without Authentication
A working proof-of-concept for a serious AnyDesk Linux vulnerability that can let remote attackers run commands as root without authentication or user approval. The issue,…
When everything looks normal: why context, not more alerts, is the next frontier for security operations
Security awareness has long relied on teaching people to spot the obvious warning signs. Steve Povolny, Vice President of AI Strategy & Security Research at…
CastleStealer Malware Bypasses Chromium ABE and Adds Remote Command Execution Capabilities
CastleStealer, a C# information stealer first publicly identified in April 2026, has expanded its capabilities beyond credential theft. New samples analyzed by Flashpoint bypass Chromium…
MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi Accused of Defrauding Ransomware Victims
The DOJ accuses MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi of secretly paying ransomware gangs for decryption keys while charging victims hefty recovery fees. Zohar Pinhasi, owner of…
Anthropic offers free AI security scans to open-source maintainers
Anthropic’s OSS Scanner is a new, free service that uses the company’s strongest AI models to find security vulnerabilities in open-source software. Maintainers who opt…
FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack
Swati KhandelwalOct 09, 2026Cybercrime / Data Breach The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in…
NCSC and pals call out company that backed Chinese state hackers
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has joined its Five Eyes partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, and counterpart cyber agencies…