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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-16

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-16 Chinese spies used Maduro’s capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies Published: 2026-01-16 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/chinese_spies_used_maduros_capture/ What’s next for Venezuela? Click on the file and see What policy wonk wouldn’t want to click on an attachment promising to unveil US plans for Venezuela? Chinese cyberspies used […]

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-15

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-15 France fines telcos €42M for sub-par security prior to 24M customer breach Published: 2026-01-15 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/14/france_fines_free_free_mobile/ Three major GDPR violations, including a lack of basic security controls, lead to hefty dent in profits The French data protection regulator, CNIL, today issued a collective €42 million ($48.9 million)

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-14

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-14 Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam Published: 2026-01-14 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/13/avcheck_arrest/ 33-year-old was under surveillance for some time before returning home from the UAE Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform – a service used by cybercrims that Operation

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-13

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-13 ‘Violence-as-a-service’ suspect arrested in Iraq, extradition underway Published: 2026-01-13 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/violence_as_a_service_arrest/ Gang members ‘systematically exploited children and young people,’ cops say A 21-year-old Swedish man accused of being a key organizer of violence-as-a-service linked to the Foxtrot criminal network, which police say has recruited and exploited minors,

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-12

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-12 Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak Published: 2026-01-12 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/infosec_news_in_brief/ PLUS: Veeam patches critical vuln; Crims bribing dark web insiders; UK school takedown; And more infosec in brief  Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-11

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-11 UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence Published: 2026-01-11 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/10/csr_bill_analysis/ Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation ANALYSIS  From May’s cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-10

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-10 Putinswap: France trades alleged ransomware crook for conflict researcher Published: 2026-01-10 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/alleged_russian_ransom_payment_negotiator/ Basketball player accused of aiding cybercrime gang extradition blocked in exchange for Swiss NGO consultant France has released an alleged ransomware crook wanted by the US in exchange for a conflict researcher imprisoned in

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-09

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-09 Ransomware attacks kept climbing in 2025 as gangs refused to stay dead Published: 2026-01-09 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/ransomware_2025_emsisoft/ Cop wins hit crime infrastructure, not the people behind it If 2025 was meant to be the year ransomware started dying, nobody appears to have told the attackers.… Tags: ransomware CISA

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-08

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-08 ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open Published: 2026-01-08 01:00 UTC Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/european_space_agency_breach_criminal_probe/ Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency exclusive  The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another

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Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-07

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Daily Cyber Incidents Digest — 2026-01-07 OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.2 “Codex-Max” for some users Published: 2026-01-07 01:00 UTC Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-rolling-out-gpt-52-codex-max-for-some-users/ OpenAI is testing a new model for Codex called “GPT-5.2-Codex-Max,” and it’s already rolling out to users with a subscription. […] Tags: cybersecurity This post was generated automatically from public sources. Verify directly with linked

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