Lock ’em down interview AI agents represent the new insider threat to companies in 2026, according to Palo Alto Networks Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore, and this poses several challenges to executives tasked with securing the expected surge in…
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Bitfinex crypto thief who was serving five years thanks Trump for early release
Netflix documentary part 2 in the works? Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released after…
Cybercrook claims to be selling infrastructure info about three major US utilities
For the bargain price of 6.5 bitcoin A cybercrook claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm whose clients include major US utilities, and is selling what they claim to be about 139 GB of engineering data…
Brit lands invite-only Aussie visa after uncovering vuln in government systems
Jacob Riggs is set to swap London for Sydney some time in the next year A British security researcher has secured Australia’s strictest, invite-only visa after discovering a critical vulnerability in a government system.… This article has been indexed from…
LockBit takedown architect gets New Year award from King Charles
Gavin Webb orchestrated Operation Cronos as it pulled off the legendary disruption sting A senior British crimefighter has been awarded one of the country’s highest tributes for public service for his role in the 2024 LockBit ransomware takedown.… This article…
Cisco XDR in 30: Turning Security Signals Into Confident Action
How network-led Cisco XDR helps teams see threats clearly and respond faster Sponsored Post Security teams are being asked to do more with less, while the environments they protect continue to grow in size and complexity. Alerts arrive from dozens…
European Space Agency hit again as cybercrims claim 200 GB data up for sale
As in past incidents, ESA says the impact was limited to external systems The European Space Agency has suffered yet another security incident and, in keeping with past practice, says the impact is limited. Meanwhile, miscreants boast that they’ve made…
Hong Kong’s newest anti-scam technology is over-the-counter banking
Funds in ‘Money Safe’ accounts are only available when customers appear for face-to-face verification Hong Kong’s banks have a new weapon against scams: Accounts that require customers to visit a branch to access their funds.… This article has been indexed…
Cybersecurity pros admit to moonlighting as ransomware scum
Pair became ALPHV affiliates to prey on US-based clients A ransomware negotiator and a security incident response manager have admitted to running ransomware attacks.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Cybersecurity pros…
New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party
Zohran Mamdani appears not to understand that smartphones can be used for evil New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has invited the city’s residents to join him at a block party to celebrate his inauguration but told attendees not to bring…
An early end to the holidays: ‘Heartbleed of MongoDB’ is now under active exploit
You didn’t think you’d get to enjoy your time off without a major cybersecurity incident, did you? A high-severity MongoDB Server vulnerability, for which proofs of concept emerged over Christmas week, is now under active exploitation, according to the US…
Korean telco failed at femtocell security, exposed customers to snooping and fraud
One cert, in plaintext, on thousands of devices, led to what looks like years of crime South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has found that local carrier Korea Telecom (KT) deployed thousands of badly secured femtocells, leading to an…
Indian cops cuff ex-Coinbase rep over selling customer info to crims
There’s more where that came from, CEO says Rogue insiders suspected of taking bribes to hand over Coinbase customer records to criminals are beginning to face justice, according to CEO Brian Armstrong.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Crims disconnect Wired subscribers from their privacy, publish deets online
Extortion group Lovely claims to have stolen 40 million pieces of info from publisher Conde Nast A criminal group is beating Conde Nast over the head for not responding sooner to its extortion attempt by posting stolen subscribers’ email and…
Europe’s cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age
Countries that banded together to challenge Boeing in the air try to do the same to AWS, Microsoft, and Google on the ground Feature More than half a century ago, a consortium of European aerospace businesses from the UK, France,…
Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence
Former staffer of Korean e-tailer Coupang accessed 33 million records but may have done less damage than feared Korean e-tailer Coupang claims a former employee has admitted to improperly accessing data describing 33 million of its customers, but says the…
Death, torture, and amputation: How cybercrime shook the world in 2025
The human harms of cyberattacks piled up this year, and violence expected to increase The knock-on, and often unintentional, impacts of a cyberattack are so rarely discussed. As an industry, the focus is almost always placed on the economic damage:…
From AI to analog, cybersecurity tabletop exercises look a little different this year
Practice makes perfect It’s the most wonderful time of the year … for corporate security bosses to run tabletop exercises, simulating a hypothetical cyberattack or other emergency, running through incident processes, and practicing responses to ensure preparedness if when a…
From video games to cyber defense: If you don’t think like a hacker, you won’t win
In supercharged AI race, defenders need to keep up interview According to Remedio CEO Tal Kollender, the only way to beat the bad guys hacking into corporate networks is to “think like a hacker,” and because not everyone is a…
Pen testers accused of ‘blackmail’ after reporting Eurostar chatbot flaws
AI goes off the rails … because of shoddy guardrails Researchers at Pen Test Partners found four flaws in Eurostar’s public AI chatbot that, among other security issues, could allow an attacker to inject malicious HTML content or trick the…