As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support
It’s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government’s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year.…
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Russian Hacker Alliance Launches Large-Scale Cyberattack Targeting Denmark
A pro-Russian hacker alliance calling itself “Russian Legion” has issued direct threats against Denmark, warning of large-scale cyberattacks linked to the country’s planned military support…
New GlassWorm attack targets macOS via compromised OpenVSX extensions
A new GlassWorm malware attack through compromised OpenVSX extensions focuses on stealing passwords, crypto-wallet data, and developer credentials and configurations from macOS systems. The threat actor…
Over 21,000 OpenClaw AI Instances Leak Personal Configuration Data
The open-source AI assistant OpenClaw experienced explosive growth, expanding from approximately 1,000 active instances to over 21,000 in just seven days. Created by Austrian developer…
MoltBot Skills exploited to distribute 400+ malware packages in days
MoltBot Skills exploited to distribute 400+ malware packages in days Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2026 Over 400 malicious OpenClaw packages were uploaded in days, using…
DynoWiper Malware Targets Energy Firms in Destructive Data-Wiping Attacks
A new data-wiping malware dubbed DynoWiper, deployed against an energy company in Poland in late December 2025. The malware’s tactics, techniques, and procedures closely mirror…
Popular text editor Notepad++ was hacked to drop malware
Notepad++, a free open source text and code editor for the Windows operating system, suffered an “infrastructure-level compromise” last year by threat actors seeking to…
Panera Bread breach affected 5.1 Million accounts, HIBP Confirms
Panera Bread breach affected 5.1 Million accounts, HIBP Confirms Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2026 Have I Been Pwned says Panera Bread ’s breach affected 5.1…
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…
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…