DOJ Reveals Jeffrey Epstein Employed An Elite Hacker With Global Cyber Connections post, februari 3, 2026februari 4, 2026 Newly disclosed Department of Justice documents suggest that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have maintained a close relationship with a highly skilled and internationally connected hacker, according to statements made by a confidential informant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2017. The claims, contained in a heavily redacted… Continue Reading
How the KGB Discovered Computer Viruses post, februari 2, 2026februari 4, 2026 A 1989 internal memo warned the Soviet security apparatus about a new threat: malicious software that was spreading among users across the USSR and even within the KGB itself. In this post I will review an archival KGB document on computer viruses available through the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research… Continue Reading
Head of U.S. Cyber Defence Uploaded Sensitive Documents To ChatGPT post, januari 29, 2026januari 30, 2026 The acting director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Madhu Gottumukkala, has sparked a high-stakes internal security review after uploading sensitive government contracting documents into the public version of ChatGPT, potentially exposing material not meant for broader dissemination. While the documents were not classified, they were marked… Continue Reading
Belgian hospital AZ Monica shuts down servers after cyberattack post, januari 13, 2026januari 26, 2026 Belgian hospital AZ Monica was forced to shut down all servers, cancel scheduled procedures, and transfer critical patients earlier today due to a cyberattack. The hospital, which operates campuses in Antwerp and Deurne, disconnected all servers at 6:32 AM after its systems were hit. The cyberattack also forced the hospital… Continue Reading
Frankrijk onderzoekt vermoedelijke poging tot ‘cyberkaping’ veerboot post, december 17, 2025december 18, 2025 De Franse autoriteiten onderzoeken een vermoedelijke poging om op afstand de besturing van een veerboot over te nemen. Op een passagiersschip van de Italiaanse rederij GNV is malware, ongewenste software, aangetroffen. Het schip lag op dat moment afgemeerd in Sète, een havenstad in het zuiden van Frankrijk. De rederij zegt… Continue Reading
Amazon Exposes Years-Long GRU Cyber Campaign Targeting Energy and Cloud Infrastructure post, december 16, 2025december 17, 2025 Amazon’s threat intelligence team has disclosed details of a “years-long” Russian state-sponsored campaign that targeted Western critical infrastructure between 2021 and 2025. Targets of the campaign included energy sector organizations across Western nations, critical infrastructure providers in North America and Europe, and entities with cloud-hosted network infrastructure. The activity has been attributed… Continue Reading
Droomhuis in hartje Amsterdam massaal gedeeld op TikTok, maar advertentie blijkt valstrik: ’Dit is dubbele oplichting’ post, december 10, 2025december 11, 2025 Op TikTok worden woningzoekers massaal misleid. Voor een spotgoedkoop appartement in hartje Amsterdam betaal je 100 euro aan ’bezichtigingskosten’. Maar er zit nog een addertje onder het gras: oplichters vragen een waslijst aan persoonlijke documenten, die later misbruikt kunnen worden voor identiteitsfraude. „Dit is dubbele oplichting.” Continue Reading
Multiple London councils’ IT systems disrupted by cyberattack post, november 26, 2025december 1, 2025 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and the Westminster City Council (WCC) announced that they are experiencing service disruptions following a cybersecurity issue. Multiple systems have been impacted by the attack, including phone lines, which prompted the two councils to activate emergency plans to make sure that residents still receive… Continue Reading
Chinese State-Sponsored Threat Actors Used Anthropic’s Claude To Automate Global Cyberattacks post, november 14, 2025november 17, 2025 Anthropic has disclosed a large-scale cyber operation in which a China-aligned threat actor leveraged the Claude Code model to automate exploitation, credential harvesting, and data exfiltration across approximately 30 global targets. The incident represents one of the first documented cases in which an LLM with agentic capabilities was weaponized to… Continue Reading
FBI Takes Down BreachForums: A Notorious Cybercrime Marketplace Tied To Salesforce Data Extortion post, oktober 10, 2025oktober 13, 2025 In a concerted cross-border operation, law enforcement agencies from the United States and France have seized control of the clearnet domain breachforums, effectively bringing down another incarnation of the infamous cybercrime marketplace, BreachForums. The domain now carries a joint seizure notice from the the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and… Continue Reading