Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-01-19 12:00 PST
- Google Gemini Prompt Injection Flaw Exposed Private Calendar Data via Malicious Invites
The Hacker News • 2026-01-19 09:21 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a security flaw that leverages indirect prompt injection targeting Google Gemini as a way to bypass authorization guardrails and use Google Calendar as a data extraction mechanism.
The vulnerability, Miggo Security’s Head of Research, Liad Eliyahu, said, made it possible to circumvent Google Calendar’s privacy controls by hiding a dormant
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/google-gemini-prompt-injection-flaw.html - UK govt. warns about ongoing Russian hacktivist group attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-19 09:20 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The U.K. government is warning of continued malicious activity from Russian-aligned hacktivist groups targeting critical infrastructure and local government organizations in the country in disruptive denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-govt-warns-about-ongoing-russian-hacktivist-group-attacks/ - Hacker admits to leaking stolen Supreme Court data on Instagram
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-19 08:04 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system and breaching accounts at the AmeriCorps U.S. federal agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-admits-to-leaking-stolen-supreme-court-data-on-instagram/ - Jordanian pleads guilty to selling access to 50 corporate networks
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-19 06:38 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A Jordanian man has pleaded guilty to operating as an “access broker” who sold access to the computer networks of at least 50 companies. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jordanian-pleads-guilty-to-selling-access-to-50-corporate-networks/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
