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- ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tipsby Caroline Haskins, Makena Kelly on January 28, 2026 at 9:40 pm
ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.
- Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition Appby Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron on January 28, 2026 at 8:17 pm
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
- 6 Best VPN Services (2026), Tested and Reviewedby Jacob Roach on January 28, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
- Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforceby Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess on January 27, 2026 at 11:00 am
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
- He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Aliveby Andy Greenberg on January 27, 2026 at 11:00 am
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
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- Survey of 100+ Energy Systems Reveals Critical OT Cybersecurity Gapsby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on January 29, 2026 at 11:55 am
A study by OMICRON has revealed widespread cybersecurity gaps in the operational technology (OT) networks of substations, power plants, and control centers worldwide. Drawing on data from more than 100 installations, the analysis highlights recurring technical, organizational, and functional issues that leave critical energy infrastructure vulnerable to cyber threats. The findings are based on
- 3 Decisions CISOs Need to Make to Prevent Downtime Risk in 2026by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on January 29, 2026 at 10:30 am
Beyond the direct impact of cyberattacks, enterprises suffer from a secondary but potentially even more costly risk: operational downtime, any amount of which translates into very real damage. That’s why for CISOs, it’s key to prioritize decisions that reduce dwell time and protect their company from risk. Three strategic steps you can take this year for better results: 1. Focus on today’s
- SolarWinds Fixes Four Critical Web Help Desk Flaws With Unauthenticated RCE and Auth Bypassby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on January 29, 2026 at 9:00 am
SolarWinds has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, including four critical vulnerabilities that could result in authentication bypass and remote code execution (RCE). The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2025-40536 (CVSS score: 8.1) – A security control bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated
- Google Disrupts IPIDEA — One of the World’s Largest Residential Proxy Networksby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on January 29, 2026 at 7:16 am
Google on Wednesday announced that it worked together with other partners to disrupt IPIDEA, which it described as one of the largest residential proxy networks in the world. To that end, the company said it took legal action to take down dozens of domains used to control devices and proxy traffic through them. As of writing, IPIDEA’s website (“www.ipidea.io”) is no longer accessible. It
- Fake Moltbot AI Coding Assistant on VS Code Marketplace Drops Malwareby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on January 28, 2026 at 5:46 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, but stealthily drops a malicious payload on compromised hosts. The extension, named “ClawdBot Agent – AI Coding Assistant” (“clawdbot.clawdbot-agent”)










