Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison

Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison

The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers. The post Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek.

OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks

OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks

The ChatGPT maker said the researchers “violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.” The post OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

In Other News: AI Used in Korean Bank Breaches, Poem-Guided Botnet, Empire Admin Gets 40 Years

In Other News: AI Used in Korean Bank Breaches, Poem-Guided Botnet, Empire Admin Gets 40 Years

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Tensorlake npm SDK compromised, Empire Market co-founder gets 40 years, exposed NVIDIA GPU monitors leak telemetry. The post In Other News: AI Used in Korean Bank Breaches, Poem-Guided Botnet, Empire Admin Gets 40 Years appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks

Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks

Hackers hijacked the .gh, .sl, and .as ccTLDs and obtained HTTPS certificates for several Google domains. The post Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

The flaws, CVE-2026-105133 and CVE-2026-105134, allow attackers to bypass authentication and inject OS commands. The post Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.