Collaborate Disseminate
Phillip Sitter and William Morris report and update on a case in Iowa where security researchers were arrested — for doing what they had been hired to do. Add this to any list of legal threats researchers face. Dallas County is paying $600,000 to… Continue reading IA: Dallas County to pay $600,000 to security testers arrested in 2019
The New York Times lists other reasons a company lays off people. (“It didn’t meet financial targets. It overhired. Tariffs, or the loss of a big client, rocked it…”)
“But lately, many companies are highlighting a new factor: artificial intelligenc… Continue reading Is AI Really Taking Jobs? Or Are Employers Just ‘AI-Washing’ Normal Layoffs?
“Dissent Doe,” DataBreaches.net admin@databreaches.net Zack Whittaker, this.weekinsecurity.com this@weekinsecurity.com February 2026. [Download .pdf version] Key takeaways Three-quarters of respondents in a pilot survey of journalists and s… Continue reading Under Pressure: Exploring the effect of legal and criminal threats on security researchers and journalists
Collaborating online means communication, file sharing, and task management. Here are the tools to stay connected with teammates without sacrificing personal boundaries. Continue reading The best online collaboration software of 2026: Expert tested
So Zack Whittaker (of TechCrunch and this week in security fame) and I were chatting about some of the many threats we’ve had to deal with over the years — threats of litigation, criminal charges, and threats by criminals all leapt immedia… Continue reading Threats: Results of a pilot survey on threats, and a new category on DataBreaches.net
Although generally described as a document format, PDFs have ballooned from a Postscript-lite format into a mutant featuring XML and JavaScript support, basically turning what once was a fairly simple …read more Continue reading Running DOOM and Super Mario 64 Inside a PDF File
Security leaders share how artificial intelligence is changing malware, ransomware, and identity-led intrusions, and how defenses must evolve.
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Of 3,100 unprotected MongoDB instances, half remain compromised, most of them by a single threat actor.
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The next major Windows Server and Windows releases will have the deprecated authentication protocol disabled by default.
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Windows is shifting to a more secure authentication approach, moving away from New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) and toward stronger, Kerberos-based options. NTLM has been part of Windows for decades and continues to appear in some environments, partic… Continue reading Microsoft sets a path to switch off NTLM across Windows