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OPM Seeks Monthly Medical Records on 8M Federal Workers With Little Justification
The Office of Personnel Management quietly published a notice in December requiring health insurers to hand over detailed, identifiable medical records - includ
Russia's APT28 Hits Ukraine and NATO with New PRISMEX Malware
Russia-linked threat group APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or Forest Blizzard) has been observed deploying a previously undocumented malware strain dubbed PRISM
Russia's Forest Blizzard Harvests Credentials en Masse Through Compromised SOHO Routers
The Russian state-backed threat group Forest Blizzard (also tracked as APT28 or Fancy Bear) has been exploiting compromised small office/home office (SOHO) rout
Schneier: AI-Driven 'Instant Software' Will Reshape the Attack-Defense Arms Race
Bruce Schneier sketches a near-future where AI writes disposable, on-demand applications alongside traditional software, and where the same models that generate
150-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Found with Squid Lodged in Throat
A newly described fossil from the Jurassic period captures a fish mid-choke on a belemnite rostrum - the mineralized internal shell of an extinct cephalopod rel
Autonomous AI Agents Are Creating Attack Surfaces Faster Than Security Can Follow
A new class of autonomous AI agents - typified by OpenClaw, an open-source tool that proactively manages email, executes code, browses the web, and integrates w
Exchange Online Mailbox Outage Drags Into Fourth Week Despite Microsoft's Fix Claims
Microsoft prematurely closed a three-week-old Exchange Online incident (EX1256020) on April 1, only to reopen it under a new tracking ID (EX1268771) after affec
Iran-Linked Handala Hackers Wipe 200K Stryker Devices via Microsoft Intune
A MOIS-affiliated hacktivist group called Handala claimed a destructive wiper attack against medical device giant Stryker, forcing the company to send home over
LinkedIn Fingerprints 6,000+ Chrome Extensions, Builds Device Profiles on Users
LinkedIn injects a randomized-filename JavaScript file into user sessions that probes for over 6,236 Chrome extensions by attempting to fetch static resources t
Microsoft March 2026 Patch Tuesday: 77 Fixes, AI-Discovered CVE Marks New Era
Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 77 vulnerabilities with no active zero-days, but several patches warrant urgent attention. A publicly disclosed S
Qilin Ransomware Hits German Left Party, Claims Political Motive
The Qilin ransomware group breached Die Linke, a German democratic socialist party with 64 Bundestag seats and 123,000 members, exfiltrating internal organizati
Ransomware's Multi-Extortion Evolution Hits Healthcare and Finance Hard
Ransomware has moved well beyond simple file encryption. The double-extortion model-exfiltrate data first, then encrypt-renders backup-only defenses obsolete, s