Illinois man charged with hacking Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos
U.S. prosecutors have charged an Illinois man with orchestrating a phishing operation that allowed him to hack the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women to…
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Beware of Fake WinRAR Website That Delivers Malware with WinRAR Installer
A newly discovered malware campaign is using fake WinRAR download sites to deliver the dangerous Winzipper malware directly to unsuspecting users. The attack emerged from…
European Commission opens consultation on EU digital ecosystems
The European Commission has opened a public call for evidence on European open digital ecosystems, a step toward a planned Communication that will examine the…
MPs and contractors urge UK government to U-turn on ‘manifestly unfair’ Loan Charge settlement terms
The UK government stands accused of “betraying” thousands of contractors who have settled their Loan Charge liabilities in full by agreeing to cut the amount…
FBI Warns of Kimsuky Actors Leverage Malicious QR Codes to Target U.S. Organizations
North Korean state‑sponsored group Kimsuky is running new spearphishing campaigns that abuse QR codes to compromise U.S. organizations. The FBI warns that think tanks, NGOs,…
Are we ready for ChatGPT Health?
How comfortable are you with sharing your medical history with an AI? I’m certainly not. OpenAI’s announcement about its new ChatGPT Health program prompted discussions…
Microsoft Defender’s Blocks Legitimate MAS Amid Fake Script Hunt
In a classic “Microsoft moment,” Windows Defender has started blocking the popular open-source Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool while targeting fake impostors, without verifying whether…
The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can’t)
Jan 09, 2026The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by…
Iran cuts Internet nationwide amid deadly protest crackdown
Iran cuts Internet nationwide amid deadly protest crackdown Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026 Iran shut down the internet as protests spread nationwide. Dozens were killed…
OWASP CRS Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Charset Validation
A critical vulnerability in the OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS) has been discovered that allows attackers to bypass important security protections designed to prevent charset-based…
$15 Billion Pig Butchering Scam Boss Chen Zhi Extradited to China – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Chinese state television CCTV has released footage showing Chen Zhi, the former chairman of the Cambodia-based multinational conglomerate Prince Group, being escorted off a plane…
Salesforce advocates AI fluency framework alongside customers
Salesforce has launched what it calls an “artificial intelligence (AI) fluency playbook”, advocating an approach to business AI usage that describes it as going beyond…