New BlackFile extortion group linked to surge of vishing attacks
A new financially motivated hacking group tracked as BlackFile has been linked to a wave of data theft and extortion attacks against retail and hospitality…
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GPT‑5.5 Bio Bug Bounty to Strengthen Advanced AI Capabilities
OpenAI has announced a new Bio Bug Bounty program for GPT-5.5 as part of its efforts to improve safety controls for advanced AI systems and…
Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos
As researchers and practitioners debate the impact that new AI models will have on cybersecurity, Mozilla said on Tuesday it used early access to Anthropic’s…
Hackers Exploit Pastebin PowerShell Script to Hijack Telegram Sessions
Hackers are experimenting with a new Telegram‑focused session stealer that hides in a Pastebin‑hosted PowerShell script posing as a Windows telemetry update, giving defenders a…
Fake CAPTCHA Pages Exploit Clicks to Send Costly International Texts
Network security firm Infoblox has disclosed details on a long-running fraud operation that has been quietly draining bank accounts since at least June 2020. This…
New Cisco firewall malware can only be killed by pulling the plug
Suspected state-sponsored attackers are using a custom backdoor to persistently compromise Cisco security devices (firewalls), the US CISA and the UK National Cyber Security Centre…
Researchers Uncover Pre-Stuxnet ‘fast16’ Malware Targeting Engineering Software
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Lua-based malware created years before the notorious Stuxnet worm that aimed to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program by destroying uranium…
Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said government should end an outsourcing contract with Capita in its troubled civil service pension after it…
China-Linked APT GopherWhisper Abuses Legitimate Services in Government Attacks
A newly uncovered APT is relying on legitimate services for command-and-control (C&C) communication and data exfiltration, ESET warns. Tracked as GopherWhisper (PDF) and active since…
The calm before the ransomware storm: What you see is not all there is
A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability 24 Apr 2026 • , 5 min. read…
Google drafts AI agents to secure systems against AI hackers
Wiz, AI-BOMs, and securing the AI development sprawl Google has expanded its Wiz portfolio to tackle the chaos of AI development and multi-cloud risk. Wiz…
Orienting Intelligence Requirements to the Small Business Space
The discipline of intelligence, particularly in the context of cyber operations, features a number of formal concepts and processes that may appear distracting or irrelevant…