When Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good last Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, the 37-year-old mother became one of at least 25 people killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting since 2015. In the days after Ross… Read More "Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity"
Jan 15, 2026The Hacker NewsData Security / Artificial Intelligence As AI copilots and assistants become embedded in daily work, security teams are still focused on protecting the models themselves. But recent incidents suggest the bigger risk lies elsewhere: in the… Read More "Model Security Is the Wrong Frame – The Real Risk Is Workflow Security"
Is your organization’s senior leadership vulnerable to a cyber-harpooning? Learn how to keep them safe. 09 Dec 2025 • , 5 min. read When a hedge fund manager opened up an innocuous Zoom meeting invite, he had little idea of… Read More "How whaling attacks target top executives"
Both cybercriminals and hacktivists have increased cyber-attacks against industrial technology environments, with vulnerability exploits in these systems almost doubling in 2025, according to Cyble. This according the Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs’ (CRIL) Annual Threat Landscape Report 2025, published on… Read More "Cyber Threat Actors Ramp Up Attacks on Industrial Environments"
Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.” The change in policy on Wednesday night follows global outrage at Grok being used to generate thousands… Read More "Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed"
Jan 15, 2026Ravie LakshmananPrompt Injection / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new attack method dubbed Reprompt that could allow bad actors to exfiltrate sensitive data from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like Microsoft Copilot in a single… Read More "Researchers Reveal Reprompt Attack Allowing Single-Click Data Exfiltration From Microsoft Copilot"
Interpreting the vast cybersecurity vendor landscape through the lens of industry analysts and testing authorities can immensely enhance your cyber-resilience. 10 Dec 2025 • , 7 min. read Skip to the next paragraph if your eyes glaze over at the… Read More "How to harness today’s diverse analyst and tester landscape to paint a security masterpiece"
There has been a significant rise in ransomware campaigns which do not rely on encryption as cybercriminal extortion groups shift their operations. An increasing number of cybercriminals are relying on data theft alone to extort ransom payments out of victims,… Read More "Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion"
Jan 15, 2026Ravie LakshmananWeb Security /Vulnerability A maximum-severity security flaw in a WordPress plugin called Modular DS has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Patchstack. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23550 (CVSS score: 10.0), has been described as… Read More "Critical WordPress Modular DS Plugin Flaw Actively Exploited to Gain Admin Access"
Tim Berghof, security evangelist at G DATA, confirmed to CSO that while this approach is technically just an extension of the “industry-standard” double extortion, it can have massive consequences. “Even if a complaint turns out to be unfounded, official investigations… Read More "Ransomware gangs extort victims by citing compliance violations"
