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Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-02-04 21:00 PST

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-02-04 21:00 PST

  • ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 5th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9796, (Thu, Feb 5th)
    SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-02-04 18:10 • 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/32684
  • Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well
    Graham Cluley • 2026-02-04 16:30 • grahamcluley.com
    Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about – especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a few biographical breadcrumbs do the heavy lifting.

    Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors, and we learn how trust – once cracked – can be almost impossible to fully restore.

    Elsewhere, the spotlight turns to insider threat in the age of AI, after a senior US cybersecurity official uploads sensitive government material into the public version of ChatGPT. Oops.

    All this, and much more, in ep…
    https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-453/

  • Hackers compromise NGINX servers to redirect user traffic
    BleepingComputer • 2026-02-04 15:26 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
    A threat actor is compromising NGINX servers in a campaign that hijacks user traffic and reroutes it through the attacker’s backend infrastructure. […]
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-compromise-nginx-servers-to-redirect-user-traffic/

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

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