Google Dismantles World’s Largest Residential Proxy Network
Google dismantled what is believed to be one of the world’s largest residential proxy networks, taking legal action to seize domains controlling IPIDEA’s infrastructure and…
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Critical Solarwinds Web Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution and Security Bypass
Multiple critical vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD), culminating in unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) via Java deserialization in CVE-2025-40551, were uncovered by Horizon3.ai…
A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs
In this Help Net Security video, Shebani Baweja, CISO for Consumer, Private, Wealth & Business Banking at Standard Chartered, explains how security leaders should think…
Google Disrupts IPIDEA — One of the World’s Largest Residential Proxy Networks
Google on Wednesday announced that it worked together with other partners to disrupt IPIDEA, which it described as one of the largest residential proxy networks…
Swarmer Tool Evading EDR With a Stealthy Modification on Windows Registry for Persistence
Praetorian Inc. has publicly released Swarmer, a tool enabling low-privilege attackers to achieve stealthy Windows registry persistence by sidestepping Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) monitoring.…
Open-source malware zeroes in on developer environments
Open source malware activity during 2025 concentrated on a single objective: executing code inside developer environments, according to Sonatype. The focus reflected a broader shift…
Acting CISA Chief Flagged for Uploading Sensitive Government Files Into ChatGPT
The acting head of the federal government’s top cyber defense agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning last summer after uploading sensitive government documents into a public version…
New Semantic Chaining Jailbreak Attack Bypasses Grok 4 and Gemini Nano Security Filters
Following the recent Echo Chamber Multi-Turn Jailbreak, NeuralTrust researchers have disclosed Semantic Chaining, a potent vulnerability in the safety mechanisms of multimodal AI models like…
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: January 2026
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. OpenAEV: Open-source adversarial exposure validation platform OpenAEV…
What motivates hackers and what makes them walk away
Most hackers spend more time learning, testing, and comparing notes than breaking into systems. The work often happens alone or in small groups, shaped by…
Network Attacks Outpace Malware in Australia
Australian businesses are now facing significantly more network-based attacks than traditional malware, according to WatchGuard Technologies’ Q4 2025 Threat Landscape Report, highlighting a marked shift…
Quantum batteries could supercharge the future of quantum computing
Researchers have unveiled a new approach to powering quantum computers using quantum batteries, a development that could significantly improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of…