Days after publishing research on how advanced AI systems could amplify cyber operations in the wrong hands, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model for general use. “Releasing a model this capable comes with risks. Without safeguards, Fable 5’s capabilities in areas like cybersecurity could be misused to cause serious damage,” Anthropic wrote. The…
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Global Security News, Government & Policy
Attackers Weaponize RubyGems for Data Dead Drops
Threat actors are publishing RubyGems packages that include scrapers targeting public-facing UK government servers, but with no clear objective.
Global Security News
Inside an OPSEC Playbook: How Threat Actors Evade Detection
Threat actors are now publishing structured OPSEC playbooks to stay undetected. Flare reveals how these guides outline layered infrastructure, identity separation, and long-term evasion strategies. […]
Global Security News
Microsoft April Patch Tuesday Reveals 167 Vulnerabilities
GUEST OPINION: Microsoft is publishing 167 vulnerabilities on April 2026 Patch Tuesday.
AI, Global Security News, malware
N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust
The North Korea-linked persistent campaign known as Contagious Interview has spread its tentacles by publishing malicious packages targeting the Go, Rust, and PHP ecosystems. “The threat actor’s packages were designed to impersonate legitimate developer tooling […], while quietly functioning as malware loaders, extending Contagious Interview’s established playbook into a coordinated
Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Reveals 55 Vulnerabilities
Microsoft is publishing 55 vulnerabilities this February 2026 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft is aware of exploitation in the wild for six vulnerabilities, and notes public disclosure for three of those. Earlier in the month, Microsoft provided patches to address three browser vulnerabilities, which are not included in the Patch Tuesday count above.
AI, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data Breach, Security, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy
Substack data breach leaks users’ email addresses and phone numbers
Substack, a high-profile publishing platform widely used by academics, journalists, subject matter experts, and controversialists, has suffered a data breach affecting an unknown number of its creators and subscribers. According to emails sent out this week to some users, on February 3 the company “identified evidence” that a third party had exploited an unspecified weakness…