Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-01-07 21:00 PST

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-01-07 21:00 PST

• ISC Stormcast For Thursday, January 8th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9758, (Thu, Jan 8th)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-01-07 18:00 • isc.sans.edu
  (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32610
• Smashing Security podcast #449: How to scam someone in seven days
  Graham Cluley • 2026-01-07 16:31 • grahamcluley.com
  Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology… and Taurus is their secret weapon.

  In episode 449 of “Smashing Security”, we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook – complete with scripts, personality “types”, corporate jargon, and a seven-day plan to get victims from hello to hand over the crypto.

  Then Lesley “hacks4pancakes” Carhart delivers a reality check on the dire cybersecurity jobs market for juniors: why entry-level roles are evaporating, how automated CV screening is chewing candidates up, and what hopeful newcomers (and weary veterans) can do about it.

  Pl…
  https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-449/

• Analysis using Gephi with DShield Sensor Data, (Wed, Jan 7th)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-01-07 16:13 • isc.sans.edu

  I'm always looking for new ways of manipulating the data captured by my DShield sensor [1]. This time I used Gephi [2] and Graphiz [3] a popular and powerful tool for visualizing and exploring relationships between nodes, to examine the relationship between the source IP, filename and which sensor got a copy of the file. I…
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32608

• OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models
  BleepingComputer • 2026-01-07 15:28 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
  OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health, which is a dedicated space for health conversations. Amidst privacy concerns, OpenAI said it won’t use your health data. […]
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-chatgpt-wont-use-your-health-information-to-train-its-models/
• New GoBruteforcer attack wave targets crypto, blockchain projects
  BleepingComputer • 2026-01-07 15:18 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
  A new wave of GoBruteforcer botnet malware attacks is targeting databases of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects on exposed servers believed to be configured using AI-generated examples. […]
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gobruteforcer-attack-wave-targets-crypto-blockchain-projects/

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.