With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene, privileged…
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FBI Issues Emergency Alert as Ploutus Malware Drains U.S. ATMs Without Cards or Accounts
Ploutus malware is powering a new wave of “jackpotting” attacks that drain U.S. ATMs without needing a bank card, customer account, or bank authorization, prompting the FBI to issue an emergency FLASH alert to financial institutions nationwide. According to the…
Ex-Google engineers accused of helping themselves to chip security secrets
Feds say trio conspired to siphon processor and cryptography IP, allegedly routing some data overseas Two former Google engineers and a third alleged accomplice are facing federal charges after prosecutors accused them of swiping sensitive chip and security technology secrets…
What the Nike Breach Teaches Us About the Microsegmentation Imperative of Integrating with EDR
At 14:37 UTC on January 22, 2026, Nike appeared on WorldLeaks’ Tor-based leak site. The countdown timer showed 48 hours until 1.4 terabytes — 188,347 files — would be dumped onto the dark web for anyone to download. Included in…
Google cleans house, bans 80,000 developer accounts from the Play Store
Google prevented more than 1.75 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play and banned over 80,000 developer accounts that attempted to publish harmful apps in 2025. Developer verification, mandatory pre-review checks, and testing requirements in the Google Play…
FBI warns of surge in ATM Jackpotting, $20 Million lost in 2025
The FBI warns ATM jackpotting is rising nationwide, with over $20 million lost in 2025 and 1,900 incidents reported since 2020. The FBI has warned of a sharp rise in ATM jackpotting attacks across the U.S., with losses exceeding $20…
Attackers have 16-digit card numbers, expiry dates, but not names. Should org get £500k fine?
Appeals judge says yes in latest battle of ICO against a breached retail giant The UK’s data protection watchdog has scored a small win in a lengthy legal battle against a British retail group that lost millions of data records…
Man gets five years for aiding North Korean IT employment scam
Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, 29, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 5 years in prison for an identity theft scheme that enabled North Korean workers to secure fraudulent employment. He pleaded guilty in November 2025 to wire fraud conspiracy…
Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets
Attackers are weaponizing Facebook ads to distribute password-stealing malware masked as a Windows download. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets
Hackers Using OAuth Apps in Microsoft Entra ID to Establish Persistence
Hackers are increasingly abusing OAuth applications in Microsoft Entra ID to gain persistent access, blending in as normal “business integrations” while keeping access even after defenders reset passwords. Recent Wiz research and incident reporting show attackers using fake OAuth apps, deceptive consent…
Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical BeyondTrust Vulnerability to Deploy VShell and SparkRAT
A critical vulnerability in BeyondTrust’s remote support software is being actively exploited by hackers to deliver dangerous backdoors on compromised systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 and lets attackers run system commands with no…
PoC Released for Windows Notepad Vulnerability that Enables Malicious Command Execution
Microsoft has patched a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the modern Windows Notepad application, tracked as CVE-2026-20841, as part of its February 2026 Patch Tuesday release cycle. The flaw, rooted in command injection, was originally discovered by Cristian…
Chip Testing Giant Advantest Hit by Ransomware
The company is investigating whether any customer or employee data was stolen by hackers. The post Chip Testing Giant Advantest Hit by Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: Chip Testing…
Real-Time Risk Detection with Automated Vulnerability Assessment Tools
The global vulnerability landscape continues to expand rapidly, with thousands of new CVEs published every year. Thus, allowing hackers to weaponize newly disclosed flaws at an instant. Public reporting and threat intelligence analyses consistently show that exploitation often begins within…
LLM-Generated Passwords Expose Security Risks with Predictability and Weakness
LLM-generated passwords may look complex and “high entropy,” but new research shows they are highly predictable, frequently repeated, and far weaker than traditional cryptographic password generators. At the core of a secure password generator is a CSPRNG, which produces characters…
Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran
Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly committing trade secret theft from the search giant and other tech firms and transferring the information to unauthorized locations, including Iran. Samaneh Ghandali,…
FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of an increase in ATM jackpotting incidents across the country, leading to losses of more than $20 million in 2025. The agency said 1,900 ATM jackpotting incidents have been reported since…
PromptSpy abuses Gemini AI to gain persistent access on Android
PromptSpy is the first Android malware to abuse Google’s Gemini AI, enabling persistence and advanced spying features. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to exploit Google’s Gemini AI to maintain persistence. The malware can…
Red Card 2.0: INTERPOL busts scam networks across Africa, seizes millions
INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0 led to 651 arrests across 16 African countries and recovered over $4.3 million from online scams. INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card 2.0, a joint effort involving law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries, resulted in 651…
651 arrested, $4.3 million recovered in African cybercrime sweep
Operation Red Card 2.0, supported by INTERPOL and involving law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries, led to 651 arrests and the recovery of more than $4.3 million from online scams. In Nigeria police took down a fraud ring that…