Latest news as of 5/6/2026, 12:13:38 AM
Dark Reading
Ask the Expert: Organizations need to close the ownership vacuum, establish durable security controls, and ensure printers are protected as rigorously as other endpoints.
The Hacker News
January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the well-known investment firm Hillhouse Capital, bringing ZAST.AI's total funding close to $10 million. This marks a recognition from leading capital markets of a new solution: ending the era of high false positive rates in security tools and making every alert
The Hacker News
SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance. The incident took place on January 29, 2026, when a mail server that was not updated to the latest version was compromised, the company's Chief Commercial Officer, Derek Curtis, said. "Prior to the breach, we had approximately 30 servers/VMs
The Register
HR outsourcer Conduent confirms intruders accessed benefits-related records tied to US personnel Nearly 17,000 Volvo employees had their personal data exposed after cybercriminals breached Conduent, an outsourcing giant that handles workforce benefits and back-office services.…
The Register
Troops fitted with new comms kit as part of Project ASGARD British soldiers are to get an array of AI-ready kit that should mean they don't have to wait to see the "whites of their eyes" before pulling the trigger.…
The Hacker News
The Netherlands' Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) and the Council for the Judiciary confirmed both agencies (Rvdr) have disclosed that their systems were impacted by cyber attacks that exploited the recently disclosed security flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), according to a notice sent to the country's parliament on Friday. "On January 29, the National Cyber Security Center (
Bleeping Computer
A dual Chinese and St. Kitts and Nevis national was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment scheme (also known as pig butchering or romance baiting) that defrauded victims of more than $73 million. [...]
The Hacker News
Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting FortiClientEMS that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21643, has a CVSS rating of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiClientEMS may
Have I Been Pwned
In February 2026, the online gaming community suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 1k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and chat logs. Following the breach, Toy Battles self-submitted the data to Have I Been Pwned. Toy Battles
Have I Been Pwned
In January 2026, . The breach exposed 5.6k unique email addresses along with names, dates of birth and places of birth. ANPS self-submitted the data to HIBP and advised the incident was traced back to a legacy system and did not impact health data, financial information or passwords. a data breach impacting the French non-profit Association Nationale des Premiers Secours (ANPS) was posted to a hacking forum