What it is and how to protect yourself
09
Jan
2026

What it is and how to protect yourself

Reusing passwords may feel like a harmless shortcut – until a single breach opens the door to multiple accounts 08…

SUBCO's SMAP on track for May go-live
09
Jan
2026

SUBCO’s SMAP on track for May go-live

Cable builder SUBCO’s new 400Tbps Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) inter-capital undersea fibre link will be ready for service in May this year….

Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure
09
Jan
2026

Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure

Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026 Chinese-speaking attackers used a hacked SonicWall VPN…

Grok
09
Jan
2026

xAI teases major Grok upgrade, hints at Grok Code CLI

Elon Musk-backed xAI has been missing in action for a while now, but today, Musk teased a major upgrade for…

New China-linked hackers breach telcos using edge device exploits
09
Jan
2026

New China-linked hackers breach telcos using edge device exploits

A sophisticated threat actor that uses Linux-based malware to target telecommunications providers has recently broadened its operations to include organizations…

Gmail
09
Jan
2026

Gmail’s new AI Inbox uses Gemini, but Google says it won’t train AI on user emails

Google says it’s rolling out a new feature called ‘AI Inbox,’ which summarizes all your emails, but the company promises…

Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets? – Krebs on Security
09
Jan
2026

Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets? – Krebs on Security

Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf has infected more than two million devices…

How Attackers Hide Processes by Abusing Kernel Patch Protection
09
Jan
2026

How Attackers Hide Processes by Abusing Kernel Patch Protection

Security researchers have identified a sophisticated technique that allows attackers to hide malicious processes from Windows Task Manager and system…

Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell
09
Jan
2026

Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell

Talha Tariq and his colleagues at Vercel, the company that maintains Next.js, endured many sleep-deprived nights and weekends when React2Shell…

FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs
09
Jan
2026

FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs

The North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Kimsuki is using malicious QR codes in spearphishing campaigns that target U.S. organizations, the Federal…

China Breached Email Systems Used by U.S. Congressional Staff
09
Jan
2026

China Breached Email Systems Used by U.S. Congressional Staff

Beijing dismissed accusations of Chinese involvement in a significant cyberattack against United States congressional staff email systems on Thursday, characterizing…

Texas court blocks Samsung from collecting smart TV viewing data
09
Jan
2026

Texas court blocks Samsung from tracking TV viewing, then vacates order

  Update Jan. 6, 2026, 1:49 PM ET: After publishing this story, Samsung told BleepingComputer that the Texas court vacated the…