ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk
Published: September 4, 2026 19:23
Phishers find a new use for invisible Unicode tag characters
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Cybercrooks trawl Fishbrain to net password hashes
Published: September 3, 2026 12:45
Armed with password hashes and salts, attackers could already be kraken those creds
Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
Published: September 1, 2026 23:54
23-year-old botnet down
Another Artifactory CVE under attack by AI agents or humans
Published: September 1, 2026 21:07
Unauthenticated intruders can mint admin tokens, and exposed servers are already being hit
Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
Published: August 31, 2026 22:10
McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M
CRPx0 hacking service for dummies claims victim count more than quintupled
Published: August 27, 2026 21:24
It's 'built to be operated by a human with no technical background'
More than 100 water systems were hit in July cyberattacks
Published: August 26, 2026 19:04
'These are test runs for a larger-scale attack'
Boston Scientific discloses 'global disruption' in ongoing cyberattack
Published: August 26, 2026 15:44
No timeline to restore IT systems as probe remains ongoing
Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a UK power plant
Published: August 24, 2026 16:59
No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg
Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia's Zoom) if you're using it
Published: August 21, 2026 16:29
Ukrainian hacktivists exploiting the bugs, but TrueConf's reach stretches well beyond home turf
Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials
Published: August 21, 2026 14:57
Malicious updates turned routine builds into a delivery system for infostealer malware
Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists
Published: August 20, 2026 14:27
Because apparently even ransomware gangs can't trust the people they do business with