Ethereum Foundation forms post-quantum security team, adds $1 million research prize

Zack Abrams / theblock - The Foundation announced a $1 million Poseidon Prize to harden a key cryptographic function, adding to the $1 million Proximity Prize announced last year.

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Sandworm hackers linked to failed wiper attack on Poland’s energy systems

Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - A cyberattack targeting Poland's power grid in late December 2025 has been linked to the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm, which attempted to deploy a new destructive data-wiping malware dubbed DynoWiper during the attack.. [...]

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1Password introduces built-in phishing protection

Ian Barker / betanews - Phishing attacks come from all kinds of angles and AI is making them harder than ever to spot as you can no longer rely on the old giveaways like poor grammar. What’s more it only needs a momentary lapse of judgment to fall victim and give away key detail…

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Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming ‘silly ones’ The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the project’s bug bounty program after maintainers struggled to assess a flood of AI-generated contrib…

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Multiple vulnerabilities found in Anthropic’s Git MCP server

Erik van Klinken / techzine - Anthropic created the Model Context Protocol. Security was not necessarily a key focus in order to accelerate adoption. However, it now appears that Anthropic’s own Git MCP server has been vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities. This is despite the fact t…

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Security Flaw Resurfaces in Anthropic’s New Claude Cowork Tool Days After Launch

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic has launched Cowork with a known data exfiltration vulnerability that researchers reported in October 2025 but remained unpatched for the January 13 release.The post Security Flaw Resurfaces in Anthropic’s New Claude Cowork Tool Days After Launc…

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He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?

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Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair are vulnerable to new hack

Dean Daley / mobilesyrup - A group of researchers have learned about some faults within Google’s Fast Pair technology. Fast Pair allows users to connect with Bluetooth devices on Android and ChromeOS with a single tap. The researchers, from Belgium’s KU Leuven University, learned t…

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Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Last week, Nicholas Moore, 24, a resident of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court's electronic document filing system. At the time, there were no deta…

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Sony, Anker, and other headphones have a serious Google Fast Pair security vulnerability

Andrew Liszewski / theverge - Several Bluetooth audio devices from companies like Sony, Anker, and Nothing are susceptible to a new flaw that can allow attackers to listen in on conversations or track devices that use Google's Find Hub network, as reported by Wired. Researchers from K…

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RondoDox botnet exploits HPE OneView vulnerability on a massive scale

Berry Zwets / techzine - Check Point Research has identified a coordinated attack campaign targeting CVE-2025-37164, a critical vulnerability in HPE OneView. The RondoDox botnet is escalating from early reconnaissance to large-scale, automated attacks. Check Point has already blo…

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London’s Cyb3r Operations raises €4.6 million led by Octopus Ventures to tackle third-party cyber risk

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - London-based cybersecurity startup Cyb3r Operations has today announced that it has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) to help organisations tackle third-party cyber risk. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs. With…

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depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security

Clinton / ventureburn - depthfirst Expands Its AI Security Platform With New Capital depthfirst has secured $40 million in a Series A round. The raise was led by Accel. Other investors include Alt Capital,The post depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security app…

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NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - NetBird,an open-source network security platform built on product-led adoption, hasclosed a $10 million Series A round led by Pace Capital, with participationfrom Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and ...

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Fintech Firm Betterment Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Send Fake $10,000 Crypto Scam Messages

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread…

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Instagram denies data breach: So whats up with those sketchy change password emails?

mashable - Instagram said there wasn't a data breach, but the company did fix a bug that led to an external actor sending password reset emails.

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Torq Raises $140M Series D Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Torq, a NYC-based agentic AI security operations provider, raised $140M in Series D funding, at $1.2 Billion valuation. The round was led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from all existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capi…

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Zepo Intelligence secures $15M to safeguard workspaces from AI risks

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Zepo Intelligence, the company redefining human-centric security, hasclosed a $15 million seed funding round, with participation from Kibo Ventures,eCAPITAL, and TIN Capital.Traditional cybersecurity ...

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UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence

Connor Jones / theregister - Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation ANALYSIS From May's cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.…

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CrowdStrike to enhance AI-era identity security with SGNL acquisition

Swagath Bandhakavi / techmonitor - CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire SGNL, a California-based firm focused on continuous identity security solutions, in a cash and stock deal.

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