Bluesky Disrupted by Sophisticated DDoS Attack
Bluesky, the decentralized microblogging social media platform, reported service outages last week due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at its systems. The DDoS…
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Hackers Abuse QEMU for Defense Evasion
Threat actors have been abusing QEMU in campaigns leading to the deployment of ransomware and remote access tools, Sophos reports. A cross-platform open source machine…
Serial-to-IP Converter Flaws Expose OT and Healthcare Systems to Hacking
Serial-to-IP converters are affected by potentially serious vulnerabilities that can expose operational technology (OT), healthcare, and other types of systems to remote attacks. Serial-to-IP converters,…
British Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in the US
A British national has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to hack into the networks of dozens of companies and to stealing millions…
ZionSiphon Malware Targets ICS in Water Facilities
Researchers at Darktrace have discovered a new malware strain named ZionSiphon, which appears to target water treatment and desalination plants in Israel. ZionSiphon has many…
Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US
Two US nationals were jailed this week for their roles in North Korean IT worker schemes that caused millions in damages to US companies. The…
Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Organizations are warned that a recently patched vulnerability affecting Apache ActiveMQ Classic is being exploited in the wild. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-34197 and…
Tycoon 2FA Loses Phishing Kit Crown Amid Surge in Attacks
Threat actors have migrated to other phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms after Tycoon 2FA’s disruption and are reusing its tools, cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks says. Active since…
Lawmakers Gathered Quietly to Talk About AI. Angst and Fears of ‘Destruction’ Followed
A congressional subcommittee on Thursday held a roundtable discussion on the potential of artificial intelligence, which took a turn toward the existential as each lawmaker…
Another DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to Prison
Kamerin Stokes, a 23-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to prison for his role in a 2022 credential stuffing attack targeting the online betting…
White House Chief of Staff to Meet With Anthropic CEO Over Its New AI Technology
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to sound out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the artificial intelligence company’s new Mythos model, which has…
CoChat Launches AI Collaboration Platform to Combat Shadow AI
Shadow AI is by definition invisible to and uncontrolled by both the IT and security departments. Shadow IT is a long-standing security concern. Its primary…