Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-02-05 16:00 PST
- Spain's Ministry of Science shuts down systems after breach claims
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-05 13:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Spain’s Ministry of Science (Ministerio de Ciencia) announced a partial shutdown of its IT systems, affecting several citizen- and company-facing services. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spains-ministry-of-science-shuts-down-systems-after-breach-claims/ - Ransomware gang uses ISPsystem VMs for stealthy payload delivery
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-05 12:57 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Ransomware operators are hosting and delivering malicious payloads at scale by abusing virtual machines (VMs) provisioned by ISPsystem, a legitimate virtual infrastructure management provider. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-uses-ispsystem-vms-for-stealthy-payload-delivery/ - Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire
Graham Cluley • 2026-02-05 12:15 • www.bitdefender.com
He promised “the best security there is” to hundreds of thousands of drug buyers, while quietly making the kind of mistake that guaranteed a 30-year sentence. And maybe training police on cryptocurrency while running a running a vast Tor-hidden drug bazaar wasn’t such a good idea.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/incognito-market-admin-sentenced-30-years-105-million-dark-web-drug-empire - Microsoft to shut down Exchange Online EWS in April 2027
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-05 10:07 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft announced today that the Exchange Web Services (EWS) API for Exchange Online will be shut down in April 2027, after nearly 20 years. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-shut-down-exchange-web-services-in-cloud-in-2027/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
