China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months
A China-based threat group operating for almost two decades broke into the internal systems of Notepad++, an extremely popular open source-code editor, to spy on…
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Russian hackers exploit recently patched Microsoft Office bug in attacks
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) says that Russian hackers are exploiting CVE-2026-21509, a recently patched vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Office. On January 26, Microsoft…
Coordinated Cyberattacks Hit 30 Wind and Solar Farms Across Poland
On December 29, 2025, Poland experienced a significant escalation in coordinated cyberattacks targeting critical energy infrastructure. More than 30 wind and photovoltaic farms, a manufacturing…
Blacktown City Council trials AI for development applications
Sydney’s Blacktown City Council is piloting an artificial intelligence (AI) system which it hopes will make development applications faster and less convoluted, particularly for individual…
Answers to key questions about AI in IT security
The buzz around agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems, AI agents, autonomous security operations centres, and everything in between is louder than ever, sparking conversations across…
TPG Telecom fears for metro mobile as UOMO looms
TPG Telecom has warned that telecommunications users in metropolitan areas are at risk of being left worse off by Labor’s incoming universal outdoor mobile service…
Windows 11 Bug Hides Password Sign-in Option From the Lock Screen
Microsoft has acknowledged a strange user interface bug affecting specific Windows environments where the password sign-in option appears to vanish from the lock screen. The…
Phishing Scam Uses Clean Emails and PDFs to Steal Dropbox Logins – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
If you have ever received a boring email about a business contract or a ‘request order,’ you might have clicked it without thinking twice. But…
Researchers Find 341 Malicious ClawHub Skills Stealing Data from OpenClaw Users
A security audit of 2,857 skills on ClawHub has found 341 malicious skills across multiple campaigns, according to new findings from Koi Security, exposing users…
Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues
Questions raised during the latest audit committee meeting at Birmingham City Council show continued concerns among councillors that the project will fail to go live…
‘Moltbook’ social media site for AI agents had big security hole
A buzzy new social network where artificial intelligence-powered bots appear to swap code and gossip about their human owners had a major flaw that exposed…
Malicious MoltBot skills used to push password-stealing malware
More than 230 malicious packages for the personal AI assistant OpenClaw (formerly known as Moltbot and ClawdBot) have been published in less than a week on…