This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Sep. 4, 2026 Black Hat Europe returns to the Excel in London with a four-day program, Dec. 7-10. The event w
As X expands into payments, users are receiving password-reset emails they didn’t request. Here’s what may be happening and how to stay safe.
AI is getting better at much of what security teams have long spent time on: analyzing information, identifying patterns, and providing technically sound recommendations quickly. As those capabilities
AWS CloudTrail logs contain the evidence you need when investigating suspicious activity in your AWS environment, but knowing which fields matter and how to interpret them can mean the difference betw
The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility. The post The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum en
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Sep. 3, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video Exaforce is trusted by next-gen startups to Fortune 500 and Global 20
I received the two emails below earlier in the month. They’re vaguely coherent. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that the corpus that AIs are training on contain data suggesting that I a
it’s the latest in a sequence of letters to feds from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on commercial VPNs. The post Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use appeared first on CyberScoop
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Sep. 2, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video Nev Schulman directed the popular 2010 documentary film "Catfish"
The FBI is investigating a possible breach of idscan.net linked to 153 million driver’s license scans for sale online.
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with
The ongoing social engineering threat, which dates back to late 2025, tricks victims into granting threat actors long-term access to their accounts. The post FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing c
Cyber resilience starts before a crisis. Gain practical insights from DART to strengthen readiness and response. The post Cybersecurity IR Workshop: The workshop you shouldn’t miss appeared first on M
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Sep. 1, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video When we were at Black Hat USA 2026 with Mastercard, Cybercrime M
More than 200 companies have now signed to an August 27 letter about improving cyber defenses in the age of AI. Buried in it are three metrics every one of them endorse under its own logo: coverage, c
The six-month program will be overseen by the Office of the National Cyber Director and Texas Cyber Command to “find out what works.” The post ‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private se
Healthcare company McKesson acknowledged a data breach. ShinyHunters claims to have stolen hundred of millions of records
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Aug. 31, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video In this episode of Inside Cybersecurity, Cylake founder an
Mandating ‘kill switches’ for AI agents would threaten the security of America’s critical infrastructure and undercut U.S. AI leadership. Congress must reject the AI Kill Switch Act. The post The AI K
A list of topics we covered in the week of August 24 to August 30 of 2026
