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BridgePay Network Solutions, a major U.S. payment gateway provider, confirmed a ransomware attack caused a widespread outage, disrupting card processing for merchants nationwide. The outage began early on February 6, 2026, around 3:29 a.m. EST with degraded performance in systems like the Gateway.Itstgate.com virtual terminal, reporting, and API. By 5:48 a.m. EST, BridgePay posted its first status update, noting...

In October 2025, the publishing platform Substack suffered a data breach that was subsequently circulated more widely in February 2026. The breach exposed 663k account holder records containing email addresses along with publicly visible profile information from Substack accounts, such as publication names and bios. A subset of records also included phone numbers. - Read more

Palo Alto Networks says an Asian cyber espionage campaign breached 70 organizations in 37 countries, targeting government agencies and critical infrastructure. The post Asian Cyber Espionage Campaign Breached 37 Countries appeared first on TechRepublic. - Read more

Six more vulnerabilities have been discovered in the n8n workflow platform used for building LLM-powered agents to connect business processes. Four of the six are rated as critical, carrying CVSS severity scores of 9.4. “These vulnerabilities span multiple attack classes, from remote code execution and command injection to arbitrary file access and cross-site scripting, all...

Google Summer of Code 2026Our very own Jack Heysel has added some documentation which outlines the Metasploit Framework project ideas for GSoC 2026. For anyone interested in applying please see GSoC-How-To-Apply documentation, or reach out on slack to any of the following GSoC mentors on Slack via the Metasploit Slack: @jheysel, @zeroSteiner, @h00dieGladinetThis week Chocapikk has added some Gladinet CentreStack/Triofox exploitation capabilities. Adding two auxiliary modules...

Microsoft is rolling out native Sysmon support in Windows 11 Insider builds, giving security teams built-in system monitoring with optional activation. The post Microsoft Starts Testing Built-In Sysmon Monitoring in Windows 11 appeared first on TechRepublic. - Read more

DKnife is a Chinese made malware framework that targets Chinese-based users - Read more

Substack did not specify the number of users affected by the data breach - Read more

Michael suspects personal information he submitted to rent application platforms was leaked online. And analysis shows millions of documents may also be at riskGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMichael* has spent the past two months trying to get his digital identity back.The 47-year-old Victorian schoolteacher was in the process of moving to a new...

Infosecurity Europe 2026 will debut a new Cyber Startup Programme, featuring a dedicated show-floor zone for early-stage cybersecurity companies to showcase innovations, connect with investors and highlight emerging technologies - Read more