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Source-attributed reporting and analysis on cybersecurity, vulnerabilities, identity and digital defence.

100 articles · Original source dates

Identity & access30 Oct 2026

Passkeys Are Better Than Passwords. But They Are Not Enough.

For decades, passwords have been one of cybersecurity’s most persistent weaknesses. Users forget them, reuse them, share them, and surrender them to convincing phishing sites. Attackers steal credentials,…

SecurityWeek · 4 min read
Threats & incidents30 Oct 2026

Hacker leaks data on more than 40,000 Homeland Security employees

Personal details of thousands of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are now online after a hacker stole reams of data in a data breach that occurred earlier this year and nobody had disclosed.

Security Affairs · 4 min read
Vulnerabilities29 Oct 2026

Volt Typhoon Used Silent Train to Hide Zero-Day Attacks

Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs has spent three years tracking a covert network it calls Silent Train, which it ties to Volt Typhoon, the China-linked APT group. The cybersecurity firm says the network hid…

Security Affairs · 5 min read
Threats & incidents29 Oct 2026

ENGIE Data Breach Exposes Customer Details and Energy Contracts

French multinational energy company ENGIE warned customers in France that attackers accessed personal information through a sales tool used by some business partners. The exposed data includes contact details…

Security Affairs · 2 min read
Identity & access28 Oct 2026

Nobody Trusts the Security Questionnaire. We Rely on It Anyway.

Right now, people on security and GRC teams are spending their entire workday answering security questionnaires. At some companies it is a full-time role: a GRC analyst or compliance manager who arrives, opens…

SecurityWeek · 5 min read