AI-Powered Deepfake Scams Are A Pain In The Wallet
03
Feb
2026

What is Autonomous Penetration Testing and How Does it Work?

Everything you always wanted to know about penetration testing but were afraid to ask can be found in a widely popular blog post…

03
Feb
2026

Notepad++ supply chain attack: Researchers reveal details, IoCs, targets

Rapid7 researchers have attributed the recent hijacking of the Notepad++ update mechanism to Lotus Blossom (aka Billbug), a Chinese state-sponsored…

VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges
03
Feb
2026

VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges

Organisations using vSphere 8 have until October 2027 to migrate to vSphere 9 before product support ends, with additional costs…

X (formerly known as Twitter)
03
Feb
2026

French prosecutors raid X offices, summon Musk over Grok deepfakes

French prosecutors have raided X’s offices in Paris on Tuesday as part of a criminal investigation into the platform’s Grok…

Microsoft to Disable NTLM by Default as a Step Towards More Secure Authentication
03
Feb
2026

Microsoft to Disable NTLM by Default as a Step Towards More Secure Authentication

The transition away from NTLM (New Technology LAN Manager), a legacy authentication protocol that has existed in Windows for over…

Hikvision Wireless AP Flaw Could Let Attackers Run Arbitrary Commands
03
Feb
2026

Hikvision Wireless AP Flaw Could Let Attackers Run Arbitrary Commands

Hikvision has disclosed a high-severity command execution vulnerability affecting multiple wireless access point models, potentially allowing authenticated attackers to execute…

Everest Ransomware Claims 90GB Data Theft Involving Legacy Polycom Systems
03
Feb
2026

Everest Ransomware Claims 90GB Data Theft Involving Legacy Polycom Systems – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More

The Everest ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a data breach involving systems linked to Polycom, a legacy enterprise communications…

03
Feb
2026

OpenAI releases Codex macOS app for agent-based software development

OpenAI has launched the new Codex app for macOS, a dedicated workspace for managing multiple AI coding agents in parallel….

location tracking
03
Feb
2026

Apple’s new iOS setting addresses a hidden layer of location tracking

Most iPhone owners have hopefully learned to manage app permissions by now, including allowing location access. But there’s another layer…

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation
03
Feb
2026

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

The UK is beginning 2026 with big artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, but without a clear approach to the data that…

APT28 exploits Microsoft Office flaw in Operation Neusploit
03
Feb
2026

APT28 exploits Microsoft Office flaw in Operation Neusploit

APT28 exploits Microsoft Office flaw in Operation Neusploit Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2026 Russia-linked APT28 is behind Operation Neusploit, exploiting…

Introducing Detectify Internal Scanning for internal vulnerability scanning behind the firewall
03
Feb
2026

Introducing Detectify Internal Scanning for internal vulnerability scanning behind the firewall

TL;DR We’re launching Internal Scanning, bringing our proprietary security engines, research-led crawling and fuzzing engine for internal vulnerability scanning behind…