Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-01-30 12:00 PST
- Crypto wallets received a record $158 billion in illicit funds last year
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-30 10:49 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Illegal cryptocurrency flows hit a record $158 billion in 2025, reversing a three-year trend of declining amounts from $86B in 2021 to $64B in 2024. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crypto-wallets-received-a-record-158-billion-in-illicit-funds-last-year/ - Google Presentations Abused for Phishing, (Fri, Jan 30th)
SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-01-30 09:56 • isc.sans.eduCharlie, one of our readers, has forwarded an interesting phishing email. The email was sent to users of the Vivladi Webmail service. While not overly convincing, the email is likely sufficient to trick a non-empty group of users:
- Microsoft to disable NTLM by default in future Windows releases
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-30 09:08 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases due to security vulnerabilities that expose organizations to cyberattacks. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-disable-ntlm-by-default-in-future-windows-releases/ - Operation Switch Off dismantles major pirate TV streaming services
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-30 08:39 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The latest phase of the global law enforcement action resulted in seizing three industrial-scale illegal IPTV services. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/operation-switch-off-dismantles-major-pirate-tv-streaming-services/ - AIs Are Getting Better at Finding and Exploiting Security Vulnerabilities
Schneier on Security • 2026-01-30 07:35 • www.schneier.comFrom an Anthropic blog post:
In a recent evaluation of AI models’ cyber capabilities, current Claude models can now succeed at multistage attacks on networks with dozens of hosts using only standard, open-source tools, instead of the custom tools needed by previous generations. This illustrates how barriers to the use of AI in relatively autonomous cyber workflows are rapidly coming down, and highlights the importance of security fundamentals like promptly patching known vulnerabilities.
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- Microsoft fixes Outlook bug blocking access to encrypted emails
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-30 06:48 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that prevented Microsoft 365 customers from opening encrypted emails in classic Outlook after a recent update. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-outlook-bug-blocking-access-to-encrypted-emails/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
