Threats · Sep 17, 2026
Coast Guard and FBI Secure Oil Tanker After Suspected Foreign Cyber Intrusion
U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Bureau of Investigation teams boarded a commercial oil tanker cruising the Gulf of Mexico…
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Vikas Thakur
Vikas covers DDoS attacks, botnet infrastructure, and network-layer threats. Hands-on experience with mitigation and traffic analysis, covers IoT botnets and infra-level attacks.
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Threats · Sep 16, 2026
Congress Passes GUARD Act to Bolster Local Police Against Senior Online Scams
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act on…
Threats · Sep 16, 2026
Ukraine Parliament Tightens Penalties for Fraud Call Centers After Prosecutor Bribery Scandal
Ukraine's parliament has approved a new legal package that significantly raises criminal penalties for participants in…
Threats · Sep 16, 2026
Axoflow Unveils AxoDetect, Integrating Real‑Time Detection with Low‑Cost Data Lake
Stamford‑based cybersecurity firm Axoflow announced the early‑access release of AxoDetect, a platform that moves…
Threats · Sep 16, 2026
Cyber Detection Leaders Turn to SE Labs’ PIVOT Program, Moving Away From MITRE Framework
Leading cyber‑threat detection vendors, among them CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Sophos, have announced their…
CVE & Exploits · Sep 16, 2026
Apple rolls out iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 with massive security patch addressing 126 flaws
Apple announced the availability of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, coupling the latest feature set with what the company…
CVE & Exploits · Sep 15, 2026
Utility Firm CenterPoint Energy Acknowledges Cyberattack Exposing Customer Data
CenterPoint Energy announced that it has been the target of a cyber intrusion that resulted in the unauthorized…
Malware · Sep 15, 2026
Iran‑linked malware leverages Telegram to monitor overseas activists and journalists
U.S., British and Dutch cybersecurity authorities have jointly disclosed a Windows‑based malware that they attribute to…
CVE & Exploits · Sep 15, 2026
Cisco alerts users to active exploitation of critical email gateway zero‑day
Cisco Systems warned Monday that a critical zero‑day flaw in its Secure Email Gateway product is being actively…
Phishing · Sep 15, 2026
Study Shows Majority of Deceptive Hires Secure Access Before Being Detected
A recent analysis released by Infosecurity Magazine reveals that most candidates who falsify their qualifications…
Malware · Sep 15, 2026
BambooToken Malware Exploits MQTT to Command Windows and Linux Systems
A newly uncovered malware framework dubbed BambooToken has been observed leveraging the lightweight Message Queuing…
Phishing · Sep 15, 2026
Two Black Axe Leaders Extradited to U.S. on Charges of Romance Scams and Business Email Fraud
Federal authorities announced Tuesday that two alleged leaders of the Nigerian criminal network known as Black Axe have…