Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Fraud, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Significant Events: Unleash Protocol Hack and LastPass Breach Linked to Crypto Thefts Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • January 8, 2026 Image: Shutterstock In this latest weekly review by Information Security Media Group,…
UNAM Confirms Cyberattack Amidst Increased Targeting of Educational Institutions The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) has reported a cyberattack affecting five of its IT systems, detected and contained during the winter vacation period. The institution activated its security protocols…
Cisco Warns of Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in IOS and IOS XE Software Cisco has issued a warning regarding a significant vulnerability affecting its IOS Software and IOS XE Software, which could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary…
Security researchers have identified two distinct malware campaigns targeting systems through phishing strategies, one distributing both the Ursnif data-stealing trojan and GandCrab ransomware, while the other focuses solely on Ursnif. These threats originate from two separate cybercriminal groups but exhibit…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Undergoes Adjustments Following Cyber Vulnerability Exploit In a recent development, OpenAI has implemented critical changes to its AI language model, ChatGPT, to guard against a sophisticated exploitation known as ShadowLeak. The adjustments are aimed at limiting the model’s…
The saga surrounding Yahoo is far from over, as the company faces fresh scrutiny amidst a series of alarming revelations. Verizon, which had previously committed to acquiring Yahoo for $4.8 billion, is now requesting a substantial discount of $1 billion…
Cloud Security, Litigation, Security Operations Patent Board Ruling Invalidates Three Orca Patents, Resulting in Dismissal of Legal Disputes Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 7, 2026 In a significant development within the cloud security sector, Orca Security and Wiz have mutually…
Palo Alto Networks has published its State of Cloud Security Report 2025, revealing a critical gap between the speed at which organizations can detect cyber threats and the length of time they require to effectively respond and recover. The findings…
A critical security vulnerability has been uncovered in OpenRefine, an open-source tool for data cleaning and transformation, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution on affected systems. The flaw, designated as CVE-2023-37476, holds a CVSS score of 7.8 and is categorized as…
Recent law enforcement efforts reveal that individuals who engaged with DDoS-for-hire services may now be facing serious repercussions. Following the takedown of the world-renowned DDoS-for-hire platform Webstresser.org in April 2018, authorities are now focusing on the clients who utilized this…
