How to OTel: A blueprint for OpenTelemetry adoption
Moving toward open standards and OpenTelemetry is crucial for modern observability. From vendor agnosticism to improved context and easier instrumentation, OTel future-proofs your observability for cloud applications. - Read more
BridgePay Payment Gateway Hit by Ransomware, Causing Nationwide Outages
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...
Substack – 663,121 breached accounts
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
Asian Cyber Espionage Campaign Breached 37 Countries
Palo Alto Networks says an Asian cyber espionage campaign breached 70 organizations in 37 countries, targeting government agencies and critical infrastructure.
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Six more vulnerabilities found in n8n automation platform
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...
Metasploit Wrap-Up 02/06/2026
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 Starts Testing Built-In Sysmon Monitoring in Windows 11
Microsoft is rolling out native Sysmon support in Windows 11 Insider builds, giving security teams built-in system monitoring with optional activation.
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Chinese-Made Malware Kit Targets Chinese-Based Routers and Edge Devices
DKnife is a Chinese made malware framework that targets Chinese-based users - Read more
Substack Confirms Data Breach, “Limited User Data” Compromised
Substack did not specify the number of users affected by the data breach - Read more




