CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang
Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software said the bug affects several of its remote access…
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic said it expects demand for Fable 5 to be very high and difficult…
Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers
This is Microsoft's second known breach over the past few weeks that has allowed…
WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order
WhatsApp said that it disrupted a new hacking campaign linked to NSO Group, a…
Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data
By applying the location data ban to both residents and visitors, the Massachusetts law…
Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far
If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern…
Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches
Bloomberg first reported on the lawsuit. IBM spokesperson Miki Carver declined to answer specific…
Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person
A ransomware gang has escalated its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake…
NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations
Anthropic has deployed around half-a-dozen engineers to the National Security Agency to help its…
Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app
But that still leaves my devices largely open to ads when I'm not on…
Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks
TechCrunch has seen examples of allegedly hacked handles featuring common forenames or names of…
The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far)
If we look back at the year of 2026 so far, it might be…
Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults
Password manager maker Dashlane says hackers have obtained at least a dozen encrypted vaults…
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed several users' accounts to get hacked.…
I designed cybersecurity content for a bank. I still almost got roped into two scams when job hunting.
Graphic artist Julius von Brunk said he learned about job scams when he worked…
Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
The researchers published the bugs on open source repositories GitHub (owned by Microsoft), and…
