Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-01-31 12:00 PST
- U.S. convicts ex-Google engineer for sending AI tech data to China
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-31 09:33 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A U.S. federal jury has convicted Linwei Ding, a former software engineer at Google, for stealing AI supercomputer data from his employer and secretly sharing it with Chinese tech firms. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-convicts-ex-google-engineer-for-sending-ai-tech-data-to-china/ - Cloud storage payment scam floods inboxes with fake renewals
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-31 08:21 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Over the past few months, a large-scale cloud storage subscription scam campaign has been targeting users worldwide with repeated emails falsely warning recipients that their photos, files, and accounts are about to be blocked or deleted due to an alleged payment failure. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloud-storage-payment-scam-floods-inboxes-with-fake-renewals/ - Mandiant details how ShinyHunters abuse SSO to steal cloud data
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-31 07:02 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Mandiant says a wave of recent ShinyHunters SaaS data-theft attacks is being fueled by targeted voice phishing (vishing) attacks and company-branded phishing sites that steal single sign-on (SSO) credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mandiant-details-how-shinyhunters-abuse-sso-to-steal-cloud-data/ - Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-31 06:27 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A researcher has released detailed evidence showing some Instagram private accounts exposed photo links to unauthenticated visitors. The issue was later fixed, but Meta closed the report as not applicable and did not respond to multiple requests for comment. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-reveals-evidence-of-private-instagram-profiles-leaking-photos/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
