Dimensionality Reduction for Cyberattack Classification: A Comparative Evaluation of PCA and Linear Predictive Coding

High-dimensional feature representations are widely used in machine learning-based cyberattack detection systems. However, they increase computational complexity and may hinder deployment in resource-constrained environments. In this paper, we investigate feature compression techniques for...

Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do

It's not just you. Scammers, hackers, and other cybercriminals are complaining about “AI shit” flooding platforms where they discuss cyberattacks and other illegal activity...

S3CDM: A Secret-Sharing-Scheme-Based Cyberattack Detection Model and Its Simulation Implementation

We design and develop a secret-sharing-scheme-based cyberattack detection modelS3CDMthat can detect unauthorized or illegal activities especially insider attacks and protect sensitive information within complex network infrastructures of large organizations. The model splits a secret among a grou...

Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck

Plus: The FBI admits it’s buying phone data to track Americans, Iranian hackers disrupt medical care at Maryland hospitals, and more...

Apps, APIs, and DDoS 2026: The Industrialization of Cyberattack Campaigns

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ShinyHunters Claims Odido NL and Ben.nl Breach as Company Confirms Cyberattack

ShinyHunters claims 21 million records stolen in Odido NL and Ben.nl data breach as telecom company confirms cyberattack impacting customer contact system data...

Op Bizarre Bazaar: New LLMjacking Campaign Targets Unprotected Models

Pillar Security Research has discovered Operation Bizarre Bazaar, a massive cyberattack campaign led by a hacker known as Hecker. Between December 2025 and January 2026, over 35,000 sessions were recorded targeting AI systems to steal compute power and resell access via silver.inc...

Large Language Models for Detecting Cyberattacks on Smart Grid Protective Relays

This paper presents a large language model LLM-based framework for detecting cyberattacks on transformer current differential relays TCDRs, which, if undetected, may trigger false tripping of critical transformers. The proposed approach adapts and fine-tunes compact LLMs such as DistilBERT to...

Denmark Accuses Russia of Conducting Two Cyberattacks

News: The Danish Defence Intelligence Service DDIS announced on Thursday that Moscow was behind a cyber-attack on a Danish water utility in 2024 and a series of distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks on Danish websites in the lead-up to the municipal and regional council elections in November...

Adios 2025, you won’t be missed

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. For us in America, we're in the holiday doldrums and things slow and/or shut down until the new year. At Cisco, we shut down the last week of the year to reset and recharge, and I've grown to be quite fond of it. I've worked plenty o...

France Arrests 22 Year Old After Hack of Interior Ministry Systems

France confirms a cyberattack on its Interior Ministry as a 22-year-old is arrested. Hacker claims access to police, tax, and criminal record systems...

SoundCloud Hit by Cyberattack, Breach Affects 20% of its Users

SoundCloud confirms a breach affecting an estimated 20% of users, resulting in stolen email addresses. The company is dealing with follow-up DoS attacks by unnamed attackers while media reports allege involvement of ShinyHunters...

Millions at risk after nationwide CodeRED alert system outage and data breach

A nationwide cyberattack against the OnSolve CodeRED emergency notifications system has prompted cities and counties across the US to warn residents and advise them to change their passwords. CodeRED is used by local governments to deliver fast, targeted alerts during severe weather, evacuations,...

AI as Cyberattacker

From Anthropic: In mid-September 2025, we detected suspicious activity that later investigation determined to be a highly sophisticated espionage campaign. The attackers used AI’s “agentic” capabilities to an unprecedented degree­--using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyberattacks...

The Dark Side of Flexibility: How Aggregated Cyberattacks Threaten the Power Grid

Flexible energy resources are increasingly becoming common in smart grids. These resources are typically managed and controlled by aggregators that coordinate many resources to provide flexibility services. However, these aggregators and flexible energy resources are vulnerable, which could allow...

Viasat and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. A year ago, fresh off a layoff, I never would have guessed I'd be spending Halloween weekend bouncing between conversations about space policy, satellite hacking, and wedding plans. That's exactly what happened when my space analyst...

MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems

China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency NSA of carrying out a "premeditated" cyber attack targeting the National Time Service Center NTSC, as it described the U.S. as a "hacker empire" and the "greatest source of chaos in cyberspace." The Ministry of State Security MSS, in a...

The importance of hardening customer support tools against cyberattacks

The Deputy CISO blog series is whereMicrosoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers CISOs share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, you will get practical advice, tactics to start and stop deploying, forward-looking commentary on where the...

WestJet Confirms Passenger IDs and Passports Stolen in Cyberattack

WestJet confirms a data breach starting June 13, 2025, stole passport/ID and personal data. Credit cards and passwords are safe. The airline offers 24 months of free identity monitoring, including $1M insurance...

Harrods Data Breach: 430,000 Customer Records Stolen Via Third-Party Attack

Luxury retailer Harrods confirms 430,000 customer records names, contacts were stolen from a third-party provider in the latest UK retail cyberattack wave...