Cybersecurity News from Across the Internet
The Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog office has launched an audit of the agency’s privacy practices amid allegations that DHS and its components have used facial recognition tools and other technologies to collect data broadly and violate civil liberties. The audit, according to a Feb. 5 letter from DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari and published … Read More “DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM – CyberScoop” »
Flickr says a third-party email vendor flaw may have exposed user names, emails, IP data, and activity logs,… – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that’s operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019. The framework comprises seven Linux-based implants that are designed to perform deep packet inspection, manipulate traffic, and deliver malware via routers and edge devices. Its primary targets seem to – … Read More “China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery – The Hacker News” »
Bitdefender Labs reveals that 17% of OpenClaw AI skills analyzed in February 2026 are malicious. With over 160,000… – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to strengthen asset lifecycle management for edge network devices and remove those that no longer receive security updates from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) over the next 12 to 18 months. The agency said the move is to drive down … Read More “CISA Orders Removal of Unsupported Edge Devices to Reduce Federal Network Risk – The Hacker News” »
Michael suspects personal information he submitted to rent application platforms was leaked online. And analysis shows millions of documents may also be at risk Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Michael* has spent the past two months trying to get his digital identity back. The 47-year-old Victorian school teacher was … Read More “A Victorian school teacher was applying for ‘heaps of rentals’ online – then someone accessed his bank account – Data and computer security | The Guardian” »
A previously undocumented cyber espionage group operating from Asia broke into the networks of at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries over the past year, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. In addition, the hacking crew has been observed conducting active reconnaissance against government infrastructure associated with … Read More “Asian State-Backed Group TGR-STA-1030 Breaches 70 Government, Infrastructure Entities – The Hacker News” »
As you know, enterprise network security has undergone significant evolution over the past decade. Firewalls have become more intelligent, threat detection methods have advanced, and access controls are now more detailed. However (and it’s a big “however”), the increasing use of mobile devices in business operations necessitates network security measures that are specifically – Read … Read More “How Samsung Knox Helps Stop Your Network Security Breach – The Hacker News” »
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have been compromised to push malicious versions to facilitate wallet credential theft and remote code execution. The compromised versions of the two packages are listed below – @dydxprotocol/v4-client-js (npm) – 3.4.1, 1.22.1, 1.15.2, … Read More “Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware – The Hacker News” »
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries, including Ghostscript, OpenSC, and CGIF. Claude Opus 4.6, which was launched on Thursday, comes with improved coding skills, including code review and debugging capabilities, along – … Read More “Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries – The Hacker News” »
Substack confirms a breach after hacker accessed internal user records now circulating on crime forums, exposing emails, phone numbers, and account metadata. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
He promised “the best security there is” to hundreds of thousands of drug buyers, while quietly making the kind of mistake that guaranteed a 30-year sentence. And maybe training police on cryptocurrency while running a running a vast Tor-hidden drug bazaar wasn’t such a good idea. Read more in my article on the Hot for … Read More “Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire – GRAHAM CLULEY” »
The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as AISURU/Kimwolf has been attributed to a record-setting attack that peaked at 31.4 Terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted only 35 seconds. Cloudflare, which automatically detected and mitigated the activity, said it’s part of a growing number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks mounted by the botnet in the fourth … Read More “AISURU/Kimwolf Botnet Launches Record-Setting 31.4 Tbps DDoS Attack – The Hacker News” »
A Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency order published Thursday directs federal agencies to stop using “edge devices” like firewalls and routers that their manufacturers no longer support. It’s a stab at tackling one of the most persistent and difficult-to-manage avenues of attack for hackers, a vector that has factored into some of the most consequential … Read More “CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices – CyberScoop” »
A 23-year-old New York man allegedly affiliated with 764 was arrested and charged with receiving child sexual abuse material. Aaron Corey of Albany, N.Y., faces up to 20 years in prison for trafficking CSAM during a three-month period ending in December. Corey, also known as “Baggeth,” is accused of running multiple 764-related chats, seeking CSAM … Read More “Alleged 764 member arrested, charged with CSAM possession in New York – CyberScoop” »
In this excerpt of a TrendAI Research Services vulnerability report, Jonathan Lein and Simon Humbert of the TrendAI Research team detail a recently patched command injection vulnerability in the Arista NG Firewall. This bug was originally discovered by Gereon Huppertz and reported through the TrendAI Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) program. Successful exploitation could result in … Read More “CVE-2025-6978: Arbitrary Code Execution in the Arista NG Firewall – Zero Day Initiative – Blog” »
Microsoft details 3 Python Infostealers hitting macOS users via fake AI tools, Google ads, and Terminal tricks to steal passwords and crypto, then erase traces. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Crypto scams are surging worldwide, from pig butchering to fake trading platforms and deepfakes, draining victims while fraud teams struggle to keep up. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Godent has announced the launch of its scanner-as-a-service program for European DSOs, combining free intraoral scanners with a fully integrated digital lab infrastructure to modernize dental workflows. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Compromised home routers in 30+ countries had DNS traffic redirected, sending users to malicious sites while normal browsing appeared unaffected. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Threat hunters have disclosed details of a new, stealthy malware campaign dubbed DEAD#VAX that employs a mix of “disciplined tradecraft and clever abuse of legitimate system features” to bypass traditional detection mechanisms and deploy a remote access trojan (RAT) known as AsyncRAT. “The attack leverages IPFS-hosted VHD files, extreme script obfuscation, runtime decryption, and in-memory … Read More “DEAD#VAX Malware Campaign Deploys AsyncRAT via IPFS-Hosted VHD Phishing Files – The Hacker News” »
This week didn’t produce one big headline. It produced many small signals — the kind that quietly shape what attacks will look like next. Researchers tracked intrusions that start in ordinary places: developer workflows, remote tools, cloud access, identity paths, and even routine user actions. Nothing looked dramatic on the surface. That’s the point. Entry … Read More “ThreatsDay Bulletin: Codespaces RCE, AsyncRAT C2, BYOVD Abuse, AI Cloud Intrusions & 15+ Stories – The Hacker News” »
The elusive Iranian threat group known as Infy (aka Prince of Persia) has evolved its tactics as part of efforts to hide its tracks, even as it readied new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure coinciding with the end of the widespread internet blackout the regime imposed at the start of the month. “The threat actor stopped maintaining … Read More “Infy Hackers Resume Operations with New C2 Servers After Iran Internet Blackout Ends – The Hacker News” »
Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks, boards of directors are now requiring their organizations to take greater responsibility for the risks posed by enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems pose after a series of high-profile cyberattacks. The Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), incident in Sept. 2025 illustrates the severe consequences of such attacks. The cyberattack forced JLR … Read More “Why boards should be obsessed with their most ‘boring’ systems – CyberScoop” »
Today’s “AI everywhere” reality is woven into everyday workflows across the enterprise, embedded in SaaS platforms, browsers, copilots, extensions, and a rapidly expanding universe of shadow tools that appear faster than security teams can track. Yet most organizations still rely on legacy controls that operate far away from where AI interactions actually occur. The result … Read More “The Buyer’s Guide to AI Usage Control – The Hacker News” »
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active web traffic hijacking campaign that has targeted NGINX installations and management panels like Baota (BT) in an attempt to route it through the attacker’s infrastructure. Datadog Security Labs said it observed threat actors associated with the recent React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) exploitation using malicious NGINX – … Read More “Malicious NGINX Configurations Enable Large-Scale Web Traffic Hijacking Campaign – The Hacker News” »
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active web traffic hijacking campaign that has targeted NGINX installations and management panels like Baota (BT) in an attempt to route it through the attacker’s infrastructure. Datadog Security Labs said it observed threat actors associated with the recent React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) exploitation using malicious NGINX – … Read More “Malicious NGINX Configurations Enable Large-Scale Web Traffic Hijacking Campaign – The Hacker News” »
A new, critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in the execution of arbitrary system commands. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-25049 (CVSS score: 9.4), is the result of inadequate sanitization that bypasses safeguards put in place to address CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), another critical … Read More “Critical n8n Flaw CVE-2026-25049 Enables System Command Execution via Malicious Workflows – The Hacker News” »
A new, critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in the execution of arbitrary system commands. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-25049 (CVSS score: 9.4), is the result of inadequate sanitization that bypasses safeguards put in place to address CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), another critical … Read More “Critical n8n Flaw CVE-2026-25049 Enables System Command Execution via Malicious Workflows – The Hacker News” »
Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about – especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a few biographical breadcrumbs do the heavy lifting. Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors, and we learn how trust – once cracked – can be almost impossible to fully … Read More “Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well – GRAHAM CLULEY” »
Red teaming has undergone a radical evolution. Modern organizations can no longer rely solely on human creativity or… – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Microsoft on Wednesday said it built a lightweight scanner that it said can detect backdoors in open-weight large language models (LLMs) and improve the overall trust in artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The tech giant’s AI Security team said the scanner leverages three observable signals that can be used to reliably flag the presence of backdoors … Read More “Microsoft Develops Scanner to Detect Backdoors in Open-Weight Large Language Models – The Hacker News” »
Threat actors affiliated with China have been attributed to a fresh set of cyber espionage campaigns targeting government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia throughout 2025. Check Point Research is tracking the previously undocumented activity cluster under the moniker Amaranth-Dragon, which it said shares links to the APT 41 ecosystem. Targeted countries include Cambodia, … Read More “China-Linked Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Flaw in Espionage Campaigns – The Hacker News” »
A new spy campaign by Mustang Panda uses fake US diplomatic briefings to target government officials. Discover how this silent surveillance operation works. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Washington, DC, 4th February 2026, CyberNewsWire – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Researchers recently tracked a high-speed cloud attack where an intruder gained full admin access in just eight minutes. Discover how AI automation and a simple storage error led to a major security breach. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
An innovative approach to discovering, analyzing, and governing identity usage beyond traditional IAM controls. The Challenge: Identity Lives Outside the Identity Stack Identity and access management tools were built to govern users and directories. Modern enterprises run on applications. Over time, identity logic has moved into application code, APIs, service accounts, and custom authentication – … Read More “Orchid Security Introduces Continuous Identity Observability for Enterprise Applications – The Hacker News” »
Many incident response failures do not come from a lack of tools, intelligence, or technical skills. They come from what happens immediately after detection, when pressure is high, and information is incomplete. I have seen IR teams recover from sophisticated intrusions with limited telemetry. I have also seen teams lose control of investigations they should … Read More “The First 90 Seconds: How Early Decisions Shape Incident Response Investigations – The Hacker News” »
ANY.RUN experts report a surge in phishing campaigns abusing trusted cloud and CDN platforms to bypass security controls and target enterprise users. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Microsoft has warned that information-stealing attacks are “rapidly expanding” beyond Windows to target Apple macOS environments by leveraging cross-platform languages like Python and abusing trusted platforms for distribution at scale. The tech giant’s Defender Security Research Team said it observed macOS-targeted infostealer campaigns using social engineering techniques such as ClickFix since – Read More – … Read More “Microsoft Warns Python Infostealers Target macOS via Fake Ads and Installers – The Hacker News” »
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, flagging it as actively exploited in attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40551 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a untrusted data deserialization vulnerability that could pave the way for … Read More “CISA Adds Actively Exploited SolarWinds Web Help Desk RCE to KEV Catalog – The Hacker News” »
The Eclipse Foundation, which maintains the Open VSX Registry, has announced plans to enforce security checks before Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions are published to the open-source repository to combat supply chain threats. The move marks a shift from a reactive to a proactive approach to ensure that malicious extensions don’t end up … Read More “Eclipse Foundation Mandates Pre-Publish Security Checks for Open VSX Extensions – The Hacker News” »
Alisa Viejo, United States, 4th February 2026, CyberNewsWire – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
More than a year after national security officials revealed that Chinese hackers had systematically infiltrated U.S. telecommunications networks, the top Senate Democrat on the committee overseeing the industry is calling for hearings with executives from the nation’s biggest telecom companies. In a public letter released Tuesday, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., called for the CEOs of … Read More “Cantwell claims telecoms blocked release of Salt Typhoon report – CyberScoop” »
A revised government-industry council devoted to critical infrastructure protection could be set up to have broader and more specific discussions on things like cybersecurity and threats to hardware and software that monitor and control industrial processes, known as operational technology (OT). A top official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Nick Andersen, said … Read More “What’s next for DHS’s forthcoming replacement critical infrastructure protection panel, AI information sharing – CyberScoop” »
Attackers are again focusing on a familiar target in the network edge space, actively exploiting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti software that allows administrators to set mobile device and application controls. The vulnerabilities — CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340 — each carry a CVSS rating of 9.8 and allow unauthenticated users to execute code remotely in … Read More “Ivanti’s EPMM is under active attack, thanks to two critical zero-days – CyberScoop” »
A new campaign by the Russian-linked group APT28, called Op Neusploit, exploits a Microsoft Office flaw to steal emails for remote control of devices in Ukraine, Slovakia, and Romania. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw impacting Ask Gordon, an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant built into Docker Desktop and the Docker Command-Line Interface (CLI), that could be exploited to execute code and exfiltrate sensitive data. The critical vulnerability has been codenamed DockerDash by cybersecurity company Noma Labs. It was addressed by … Read More “Docker Fixes Critical Ask Gordon AI Flaw Allowing Code Execution via Image Metadata – The Hacker News” »
The Trump administration needs help from industry to reduce the cybersecurity regulatory burden and to back important cyber legislation on Capitol Hill, among other areas, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday. “You know your regulatory scheme better than I do: Where there’s friction, where there’s frustration with information sharing, what sort of information is … Read More “Sean Cairncross’ cybersecurity agenda: less regulation, more cooperation – CyberScoop” »
Moltbook is a new social platform where AI agents post and interact while humans observe, raising questions about autonomy, security, and agent behavior. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
