Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland (2026-10-09 05:41 UTC)
Kurz: The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest has concluded, with hackers collecting $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day flaws. […]
FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure (2026-10-08 21:42 UTC)
Kurz: The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached critical infrastructure and other organizations worldwide. [..…
Ransomware attack disrupts Japan’s IDCF Cloud used by govt clients (2026-10-08 20:09 UTC)
Kurz: IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country. […]
FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions (2026-10-09 06:39 UTC)
Kurz: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced the disruption of malicious tools used by a China-linked advanced persistent threat group known as Flax Typhoon. To that end, the agencies seized …
FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails (2026-10-08 18:32 UTC)
Kurz: Hackers tied to a Chinese cybersecurity company stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions in Southeast Asia, the FBI and agencies in 6 other countries said on October…
ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories (2026-10-08 17:58 UTC)
Kurz: The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure i…