A brute force attack is a trial-and-error hacking method where attackers repeatedly guess passwords or other login credentials until they find one that…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-29 21h : 12 posts
12 posts published in the last hour 18:31Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor 18:31Quarterly WordPress Threat Intelligence Report – Q2 2026 18:31French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven…
Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor
Russian state hackers known as Star Blizzard have been using fake event invitations to trick people into installing a backdoor on their Windows computers,…
Quarterly WordPress Threat Intelligence Report – Q2 2026
As the leader in WordPress security, Wordfence provides unparalleled security coverage that fully encompasses protection, active monitoring, detection,…
French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven Weeks
An attacker used stolen passwords of staff at France’s tax administration to take tax data on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses in June…
Crypto Scam Extensions Masquerade as High-Profile Investors
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Custom malware used in Citrix 0-day attacks targeting govt, banks, professional services
Two questions remain: who is abusing the CVEs? And why did Citrix take so long to disclose?
FBI and Dutch Police Arrested Alleged ShinyHunters Hackers Group Leader
FBI Director Kash Patel has announced the arrest of an alleged leader of ShinyHunters, the cyber-extortion group linked to attacks across the United…
Hackers Breach Polish Medical Software Firm Qbusoft, Expose Patient Data in Second Healthcare Attack in Weeks
A cyberattack on Polish healthcare software company Qbusoft has left patient records from its Medyc platform potentially in the hands of attackers, coming…
Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads, and Macs for this urgent security fix
Apple says the bug was used to attack “specific targeted individuals” running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple customers are still using.
Hackers Hide Malware Inside 7-Zip Installers Using a New Evasion Technique
Malware operators are hiding code inside the part of a 7-Zip installer that unpacks files. A seemingly ordinary installation can start while a concealed…
When to Use Stablecoins for Cross-Border Business Payments
Learn when stablecoins work for cross-border payments and how businesses can compare settlement speed, FX costs, fees and liquidity with traditional…
How US SOCs and MSSPs Can Use Threat Intelligence to Detect Phishing Infrastructure Earlier
Phishing remains one of the most persistent problems for security teams, as the challenge is no longer limited to identifying suspicious emails. Behind a…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-29 20h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 17:31FBI Acknowledges Major Breach Of Employee Data 17:31Salmon Introduces Execution Verification Infrastructure (EVI) for Securing AI Agents and Autonomous Systems 17:31DARPA Selects Xint to Use AI in Securing Military Messaging Apps 17:31New Spectre-v2…
FBI Acknowledges Major Breach Of Employee Data
Agency says ‘working around the clock’ to probe theft of data on thousands of current and former employees, as staff fear danger
Salmon Introduces Execution Verification Infrastructure (EVI) for Securing AI Agents and Autonomous Systems
San Francisco, USA, 29th September 2026, CyberNewswire Salmon Introduces Execution Verification Infrastructure (EVI) for Securing AI Agents and Autonomous…
DARPA Selects Xint to Use AI in Securing Military Messaging Apps
The AIxCC competition winner will analyze messaging app code and compiled binaries for vulnerabilities, with technology that could also help commercial…
New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses
A group of academics from VUSec and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna have disclosed details of a new Spectre CPU vulnerability variant that affects Just-In-Time…
PhantomRaven: An LLM-Generated Information Stealer Developed for Bug Bounty Hunting
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Dutch police arrest ShinyHunters hacker accused of planning two murders
Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of two people on his laptop.
New Spectre v2 Variant Exposes Intel, AMD, Arm CPUs to Data Leaks
Branch Target Reuse (BTR) is a new Spectre v2 attack targeting JIT compilers in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel
Two-week Europol task force identifies 18 sexually abused children worldwide
The Victim Identification Task Force brings together experts from across the globe to combat child sexual exploitation. During the VIDTF, specialists…
Hackers Use Hijacked University Emails to Scam Students, Pose as FBI Agent
Students, job seekers and university staff, watch out for fake job offers sent from legitimate university email accounts.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-29 19h : 20 posts
20 posts published in the last hour 16:31Copy, Paste, Compromised: How ClickFix Attacks Work and How CrowdStrike Stops Them 16:31CrowdStrike Extends Endpoint Security to Stop Software Supply Chain Attacks 16:31Beyond source code: A path to the keys to the kingdom…