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GEORGIA POWER DATA BREACH EXPOSES CUSTOMER INFORMATION IN 400,000 SOUTHERN COMPANY ACCOUNTS

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Georgia Power has disclosed a data breach involving its online customer portal that affected approximately 400,000 customer accounts associated with parent company Southern Company. Around 300,000 of those accounts belonged to Georgia Power customers. The utility said an unauthorized third party accessed personal information, including names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and the last […]

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INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DISMANTLES KILLSEC RANSOMWARE GROUP LINKED TO NEARLY 1,000 ATTACKS

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AUTHORITIES ARREST THREE SUSPECTS AND SEIZE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE An international law-enforcement operation has dismantled infrastructure belonging to the KillSec ransomware group, which authorities link to almost 1,000 attacks worldwide. Eurojust announced the results of Operation KillSwitch on October 1, 2026. Authorities arrested three suspects, searched eight properties and seized five servers, multiple domains and at

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FBI ASSUMES ALL EMPLOYEES MAY BE AFFECTED BY SHINYHUNTERS DATA BREACH

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The FBI is treating every employee as potentially affected by a breach linked to the ShinyHunters hacking group, according to an internal memo reported by Reuters. The full scope of the breach remains under investigation, so that precaution does not mean the FBI has confirmed that every employee’s records were stolen. reuters.com Reuters reviewed leaked

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KITEWORKS URGES PRECAUTIONARY SERVER SHUTDOWN AFTER CYBERATTACK WARNING

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Kiteworks has advised customers to temporarily shut down their systems after receiving credible intelligence from federal authorities that a threat actor may attempt to target some Kiteworks systems. In a September 25 advisory, the secure file sharing company recommended a nine-hour precautionary shutdown window over the weekend, based on each customer’s local time zone. Which

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WORDPRESS COMMENT2SHELL FLAW COULD LET ATTACKERS TURN COMMENTS INTO SERVER ATTACKS

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A newly patched WordPress core vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to plant malicious code through the platform’s comment system, potentially putting vulnerable websites at risk of server compromise. The security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-93485 and nicknamed “Comment2Shell,” affects the way WordPress processes and displays certain HTML inside comments. An attacker could submit a specially

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SMART GLASSES SPARK PRIVACY CONCERNS AS PARIS INVESTIGATES SECRET RECORDINGS

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Paris prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation following complaints that smart glasses were allegedly used to secretly record women in public. The investigation comes as wearable cameras become increasingly common and raises new questions about privacy, consent, and how easily everyday technology can be used to capture unsuspecting people. According to Reuters, authorities have launched

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ORACLE CUTS MORE JOBS AS AI AND DATA CENTER INVESTMENTS GROW

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Oracle has begun another round of layoffs, informing an undisclosed number of employees that their positions were being eliminated as part of a broader organizational restructuring. According to emails reviewed by Business Insider, affected U.S. employees were offered four weeks of base salary plus an additional week for every year of service. Oracle has not

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HACKERS HIJACK HBO MAX REDDIT ACCOUNT TO SPREAD CLICKFIX MALWARE

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Hackers reportedly compromised HBO Max’s verified Reddit account and used it to distribute malicious advertisements designed to infect Windows and macOS devices with information-stealing malware. Researchers from Hudson Rock and ADAMnetworks said the hijacked u/hbomax account launched 108 malicious ads over roughly 48 hours. The campaign relied on a social engineering technique known as ClickFix.

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TAP-TO-PAY SCAM: HOW THIEVES ADD STOLEN CARDS TO APPLE WALLET

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Cybercriminals are exploiting tap-to-pay technology by stealing credit card details and attempting to add the cards to Apple Wallet or other mobile wallets. They may obtain card information through phishing messages, fake bank calls, data breaches, skimming devices, or compromised payment systems. Adding a stolen card usually requires an authentication code. Scammers may impersonate a

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SHINYHUNTERS CLAIMS FLORIDA DMV DATA BREACH

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The ShinyHunters cybercrime group claims it breached Florida’s motor vehicle agency and is threatening to release stolen information unless officials respond by September 11, 2026. The group added a “State of Florida DMV” entry to its dark web leak site and reportedly published a sample record allegedly taken from Florida’s Driver and Vehicle Information Database

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