Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack

A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the Linux-based operating system.

Error in Medicare database exposes US healthcare providers Social Security numbers – Trump administration directory designed to modernize Medicare encounters another setback

A Trump administration directory designed to help seniors find healthcare inadvertently exposed Social Security numbers.

‘Zombie Tech continues to haunt UK networks’: Decade-old vulnerabilities fuel 67 million attacks, exposing outdated, insecure systems across organisations nationwide

UK organisations still run decade-old vulnerable systems as attackers exploit them relentlessly, driving millions of attacks and increasing successful breaches nationwide.

‘Nearly two-thirds of spam came from US-based infrastructure’: Your free Gmail account could be helping criminals send 46% of all commercial spam while wearing down employees with email fatigue

Attackers exploit trusted email platforms, user fatigue, and legitimate infrastructure to bypass defenses, making phishing attacks more effective and harder to detect.

Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.

After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too

OpenAI will begin rolling out it cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only “to critical cyber defenders” at first.

OpenAI now lets you lock your ChatGPT account with a hardware key. Here is why it thinks you should.
OpenAI now lets you lock your ChatGPT account with a hardware key. Here is why it thinks you should.

OpenAI has released a security feature for ChatGPT accounts that treats them the way banks treat online banking: hardware keys, no passwords, no email recovery, and no help from customer support if you lose access. The feature, called Advanced Account …

‘PIN and data remain encrypted at rest’: This unhackable offline device is quietly solving a problem most companies don’t realize is about to cost them everything

Apricorn’s 32TB encrypted drive removes the host computer from security processes, reducing software-based attack exposure while introducing new physical access considerations.

OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts

OpenAI is rolling out Advanced Account Security for people concerned that their ChatGPT or Codex accounts could be potential targets of phishing attacks.