UK government’s back and forth on planning
03
Feb
2026

UK government’s back and forth on planning

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 3 February 2026 Datacentre indecision: UK government’s back and forth on…

UK ICO
03
Feb
2026

UK privacy watchdog probes Grok over AI-generated sexual images

The United Kingdom’s data protection authority launched a formal investigation into X and its Irish subsidiary over reports that the…

PDFly Variant Uses Custom PyInstaller Modification, Forcing Analysts to Reverse-Engineer Decryption
03
Feb
2026

PDFly Variant Uses Custom PyInstaller Modification, Forcing Analysts to Reverse-Engineer Decryption

A new variant of the PDFly malware has emerged with advanced techniques that challenge traditional analysis methods. The malware uses…

Critical Flaws in KiloView Devices Enable Complete Admin Takeover
03
Feb
2026

Critical Flaws in KiloView Devices Enable Complete Admin Takeover

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of KiloView Encoder Series devices,…

Meet Moltbook, the Social Platform Where AI Agents Talk and Humans Watch
03
Feb
2026

Meet Moltbook, the Social Platform Where AI Agents Talk and Humans Watch – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More

A strange new corner of the internet has emerged that looks like Reddit, but with a twist: humans are strictly…

03
Feb
2026

Download: Tines Voice of Security 2026 report

Security teams everywhere are adopting AI. Yet manual work persists, workloads are rising, and burnout continues to climb. To understand…

Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?
03
Feb
2026

Why the UK needs to rethink the Investigatory Powers Act and allow intercept evidence in court

The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016), now 10 years’ old, is seriously out of date. It provides the main…

French Authorities Raid X Office Following Cybercrime Allegations
03
Feb
2026

French Authorities Raid X Office Following Cybercrime Allegations

French authorities raided the Paris headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X today, escalating a year-old cybercrime probe into…

APT28 Exploits Active Microsoft Office Zero-Day to Deliver Malware
03
Feb
2026

APT28 Exploits Active Microsoft Office Zero-Day to Deliver Malware

The Russia-linked advanced persistent threat group APT28 has been observed actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office to deliver…

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…