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Resecurity denies ShinyHunters breach claim, says attackers hit synthetic honeypot
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (365+ words) UPDATED 19:09 EST / JANUARY 04 2026 Cyberdefense firm Resecurity Inc. has denied a claim from infamous hacking group ShinyHunters that it had been hacked, instead saying that the attackers were fooled by a deliberately deployed honeypot filled with synthetic data. According to Bleeping…...
Cisco may be in talks to acquire Axonius, which denies discussions
15+ hour, 6+ min ago (450+ words) UPDATED 18:35 EST / JANUARY 04 2026 Cisco Systems Inc. is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity asset management startup'Axonius Inc. According to Ctech by Calcalist, the price Cisco is looking to pay for Axonius is $2 billion. However, a deal is not a…...
Palo Alto Networks reportedly explores $400M acquisition of Koi Security
15+ hour, 43+ min ago (381+ words) UPDATED 17:58 EST / JANUARY 04 2026 Palo Alto Networks Inc. is reportedly in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi Security Inc. for an estimated $400 million. Koi was founded in 2024 by alumni of the Israeli Defense Force's elite Unit 8200, including CEO Amit Assaraf,…...
New Shai Hulud 3.0 malware variant raises fresh supply chain security concerns
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (409+ words) UPDATED 18:34 EST / DECEMBER 30 2025 A newly discovered third variant of the Shai Hulud malware is raising fresh concerns about the security of the open-source software supply chain, as researchers are warning that the latest version shows increased sophistication and improved stealth…...
Former US cybersecurity professionals plead guilty to BlackCat/ALPHV attacks
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (250+ words) UPDATED 17:55 EST / DECEMBER 30 2025 Two former American cybersecurity professionals have pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in carrying out ransomware attacks using the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat malware, the very type of threat they were employed to defend against. According…...
Millions of Wired user records leaked in claimed Condé Nast breach
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (345+ words) UPDATED 18:30 EST / DECEMBER 29 2025 A hacker claims to have leaked a database containing millions of user records tied to Cond" Nast Inc.s Wired magazine, as the data appeared on the Breach Stars cybercrime forum and quickly spread across other underground…...
OpenAI hiring senior preparedness lead as AI safety scrutiny grows
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (404+ words) UPDATED 18:33 EST / DECEMBER 28 2025 OpenAI Group PBC is looking to hire a head of preparedness, a senior safety role tasked with anticipating potential harms from the company's artificial intelligence models and guiding how those risks are mitigated as capabilities advance. According…...
Ubisoft takes Rainbow Six Siege offline after breach floods player accounts with billions of credits
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (312+ words) UPDATED 18:00 EST / DECEMBER 28 2025 Video game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment SA has been forced to take its popular multiplayer game "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege" offline following a breach that manipulated core gameplay systems and injected massive amounts of value into player…...
Critical ‘LangGrinch’ vulnerability in langchain-core puts AI agent secrets at risk
1+ week, 3+ day ago (440+ words) UPDATED 17:41 EST / DECEMBER 25 2025 The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68664 and dubbed "LangGrinch" has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System score of 9.3. The vulnerability can allow attackers to exfiltrate sensitive secrets from affected systems and could potentially escalate to remote code execution under…...
Researchers say Eurostar accused them of blackmail over AI chatbot flaw disclosure
1+ week, 4+ day ago (572+ words) UPDATED 18:40 EST / DECEMBER 24 2025 Eurostar International Ltd., the operator of the Eurostar trains that cross the English Channel, has been accused of mishandling the responsible disclosure of security flaws in its customer-facing artificial intelligence chatbot after security researchers were allegedly told…...