Every time a major botnet is dismantled, the cybersecurity community celebrates—and rightly so. These operations are technically complex, require international cooperation, and make life considerably harder for cybercriminals. The problem …
LLMjacking Attack Uses Leaked AWS IAM Key to Steal Paid AI Model Access
A newly documented cloud intrusion shows how quickly attackers can turn a single leaked AWS credential into a revenue stream by hijacking access to premium AI models, a technique researchers …
Fewer attacks, more force: Link11’s European Cyber Report finds new DDoS records for the first half of 2026
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 3rd, 2026, CyberNewswire Super-botnets and hijacked cloud servers drive new bandwidth and packet-rate records as international law-enforcement pressure pushes attack counts down Link11 has released …
OpenAI Investigates Elevated Errors Affecting ChatGPT and Codex Services
OpenAI has reported an ongoing service incident involving elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex, with the company confirming that it is investigating degraded performance affecting the two platforms. The issue …
Phantom Deal Hackers Impersonate Executives and Use Fake NDAs to Steal Corporate Wire Transfers
Cybercriminals are using fake acquisition deals to steer employees toward large wire transfers. The campaign, called Phantom Deal, begins with a believable WhatsApp message from someone appearing to be a …
Hackers Weaponize ScreenConnect to Spread Worm-Like Malware Across Windows Systems
Hackers are turning rogue remote-support installations into a tool that can spread malicious code between Windows computers. The activity stands out because an infected remote-access client can pass staged payloads …
Chaotic Eclipse Claims Avast Antivirus 0-Day Vulnerability – PoC Released
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse has claimed to have discovered a zero-day privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting Avast Antivirus and released a public proof-of-concept repository named PrettyPrague. The researcher behind the project, using the …
Claude AI Faces Outage Impacting Mythos 5.1, Fable 5.1, and Opus 5
Anthropic’s Claude AI experienced a partial outage on September 3, 2026, disrupting requests across several Claude models and affecting developers, enterprise users, and individuals relying on the platform for coding, …
Hackers Use QR Codes in Phishing Emails to Steal Login Credentials
Hackers are putting QR codes in phishing emails to steal login credentials. Known as quishing, the method hides a dangerous web address inside a square and persuades recipients to scan …
153 Million Driver’s License Scans Surface on Dark Web as FBI Opens Investigation
A dark web identity theft service known as Nexus has reportedly offered scans of more than 153 million driver’s licenses from people in the United States and Canada. The FBI’s …