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Chinese spies impersonate White House, Anthropic figures to phish AI policy experts

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Chinese spies impersonate White House, Anthropic figures to phish AI policy experts 2026-10-02 at 13:21 By Sinisa Markovic A China-aligned espionage group has been posing as a former White House official and a prominent economist to get into the cloud accounts of AI policy experts in the US, Proofpoint have found. The group, which the […]

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Suspected state-sponsored hackers exploited NetScaler zero-day since early September (CVE-2026-88772)

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Suspected state-sponsored hackers exploited NetScaler zero-day since early September (CVE-2026-88772) 2026-09-30 at 15:33 By Zeljka Zorz “Advanced and suspected state-sponsored threat actors” are likely to be behind the initial targeted intrusions that leveraged CVE-2026-88772, one of the two recently disclosed NetScaler vulnerabilities that have been exploited as zero-days, says Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal. Mandiant and […]

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Former US Air Force members behind million-dollar BEC scheme head to prison

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Former US Air Force members behind million-dollar BEC scheme head to prison 2026-09-30 at 10:42 By Sinisa Markovic Two men who ran BEC and phishing campaigns against US businesses while serving in the Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison. According to public documents and evidence presented at sentencing, […]

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Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts

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Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts 2026-09-28 at 11:45 By Sinisa Markovic A former U.S. Army soldier who was part of a group that stole data from telecom companies, including AT&T, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was part of the group that […]

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OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website

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OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website 2026-09-24 at 15:53 By Zeljka Zorz Before the Hugging Face and RubyGems hacks, autonomous OpenAI agents attempted to hack into three other websites, including an Australian government public health website, independent research lab Transluce revealed on Wednesday. “Notably, the tasks the agents were trying to […]

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Americans’ views on data centers have turned more negative

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Americans’ views on data centers have turned more negative 2026-09-24 at 01:15 By Anamarija Pogorelec American attitudes toward data centers have turned noticeably more negative over the course of 2026, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. 54% of U.S. adults now say data centers are mostly bad for the environment, up from 39% […]

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80,000 relay servers help users in China slip past U.S. AI region bans

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80,000 relay servers help users in China slip past U.S. AI region bans 2026-09-23 at 16:57 By Sinisa Markovic More than 80,000 relay servers are helping users in China bypass geographic restrictions on leading U.S. AI models, according to Team Cymru. “What we have uncovered is an entire ecosystem designed explicitly to break the frontier […]

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$245 million in stolen crypto funded racketeering crew’s lavish lifestyle

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$245 million in stolen crypto funded racketeering crew’s lavish lifestyle 2026-09-09 at 15:11 By Sinisa Markovic A 22-year-old man built his fortune by breaking into strangers’ digital wallets, then spent it on nightclub tabs, private jets, and a fleet of cars worth millions. Malone Lam, a Singapore citizen, pleaded guilty this week in a Washington […]

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Thomson Reuters reveals breach that exposed U.S. and Canadian court records

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Thomson Reuters reveals breach that exposed U.S. and Canadian court records 2026-09-03 at 16:50 By Zeljka Zorz Thomson Reuters has disclosed a data breach affecting C-Track, a court case management platform operated by its subsidiaries, exposing court records and sensitive personal information across courts in at least 12 US states, the US Virgin Islands, and […]

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Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers

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Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers 2026-09-03 at 13:43 By Sinisa Markovic A Russian national accused of using fake accounts on a freelance employment platform to spread malware to approximately 80,000 users has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California. Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, faces charges of conspiracy, transmission of […]

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FBI takes down China-linked hacking network behind attacks on NASA, DOJ and U.S. Senate

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FBI takes down China-linked hacking network behind attacks on NASA, DOJ and U.S. Senate 2026-08-27 at 10:19 By Sinisa Markovic The Justice Department and FBI have seized domains tied to two hacking tools built and run by a Chinese state-sponsored group, cutting off access to malware that had been used against U.S. government agencies for […]

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CISA’s logging guidance works beyond government

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CISA’s logging guidance works beyond government 2026-08-24 at 13:56 By Zeljka Zorz The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) wants federal agencies to (re)shape their logging strategy around one question: when an attack hits, can you actually use the logs you’ve collected to catch it and reconstruct what happened afterward? The Logging Reference Architecture […]

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Cyberattack forces UT San Antonio to delay start of fall semester

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Cyberattack forces UT San Antonio to delay start of fall semester 2026-08-19 at 10:29 By Sinisa Markovic The University of Texas at San Antonio pushed back the start of its fall semester by three days after a cyberattack targeted its academic network over the weekend. Classes that were due to begin on Wednesday, August 19 […]

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Banks look for fraud signals in customer behavior

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Banks look for fraud signals in customer behavior 2026-08-19 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Banks are dealing with more fraud in which customers authorize payments after being manipulated by criminals. ThreatMark’s Fraud Readiness Benchmark 2026 describes a banking environment where social engineering, reimbursement requirements and growing case volumes are changing fraud operations. Social engineering moves […]

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White House authorizes private US companies to hack foreign criminal networks

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White House authorizes private US companies to hack foreign criminal networks 2026-08-13 at 17:31 By Sinisa Markovic President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on August 12 allowing vetted private companies to run offensive cyber operations against foreign threat actors, under the control and oversight of the US government. The post White House authorizes […]

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US fuel gauge exposure fell by more than half in three months

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US fuel gauge exposure fell by more than half in three months 2026-08-07 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Every month for the better part of a year, about 4,800 US internet addresses answered a query in the protocol that fuel tank gauges speak. In June the number was 2,354. The count fell across April, May, […]

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Coordinated cyberattack hits more than 30 Minnesota water utilities

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Coordinated cyberattack hits more than 30 Minnesota water utilities 2026-07-30 at 11:59 By Sinisa Markovic A coordinated cyberattack on July 26 and 27 hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across Minnesota, prompting an immediate response from Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) to contain the threat. MNIT confirmed the attack in […]

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Coca-Cola confirms hackers stole data in Fairlife ransomware attack

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Coca-Cola confirms hackers stole data in Fairlife ransomware attack 2026-07-28 at 12:01 By Sinisa Markovic Coca-Cola has confirmed that the ransomware attack on its dairy subsidiary Fairlife involved the theft of company data, weeks after the incident temporarily halted production at its US facilities. Fairlife is a Coca-Cola-owned dairy brand that makes ultra-filtered milk and […]

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US seizes over 1,000 domains used for illegal World Cup 2026 streams

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US seizes over 1,000 domains used for illegal World Cup 2026 streams 2026-07-22 at 13:51 By Sinisa Markovic The US Department of Justice has seized more than 1,000 internet domains that streamed FIFA World Cup 2026 matches without a license. The domain seizure notice (Source: US Department of Justice) The seizures came in three waves […]

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Ransomware attack halts Coca-Cola’s Fairlife US milk production

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Ransomware attack halts Coca-Cola’s Fairlife US milk production 2026-07-17 at 11:04 By Sinisa Markovic A ransomware attack has stopped milk production at Fairlife, the Coca-Cola dairy brand known for its high-protein milk, protein shakes, and nutrition drinks. Coca-Cola disclosed the incident on July 16, 2026, in a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and […]

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