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Cybrfunk was created on January 17, 2021 with the intent of making reliable cyber security news and threat intelligence more accessible to the public. With this in mind, we aim to provide a central hub for all of the best cyber security news and threat intelligence. In an ever changing landscape we hope to make your trip a little easier and safer.
Latest Articles:
Barracuda warns of critical flaws allowing root access to devices
Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks warned customers to patch two vulnerabilities that can let attackers run commands with root privileges.
Gartner Predicts SOCs Will Have 50% More Engineers Than Analysts by 2028
Gartner predicts that security operations centers will have 50% more engineers than analysts by 2028 as AI agents take over routine alert handling. Prophet Security…
Frontline Education Data Breach Impacts Over 1.3 Million
Hackers exploited a flaw in third-party software and stole the personal information of school district staff and students.
CrowdStrike Reportedly Paying $495 Million for AI Security Firms Fiddler, Dreadnode
The acquisitions will add AI agent observability and automated AI security testing capabilities to the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
UK school estate hit by 3AM ransomware in suspected AI-assisted attack
A 3AM ransomware affiliate targeted a school estate in the UK and successfully encrypted around 37 of nearly 50 machines reached from an unmanaged host.
3AM Affiliate Embraces AI-Like Loops in European School Attack
Evidence suggests a model may have generated and revised commands during the ransom gang's breach, though researchers stopped short of claiming full automation.
Russia dismantles infrastructure of VasyGrek cybercrime group, detains three suspects
Russia's Interior Ministry said Monday that police had dismantled the group's infrastructure and identified its suspected members following an investigation conducted with assistance from cybersecurity…
Russia-linked cyber spies target Ukraine’s war crimes investigations, military aid routes
The hackers use relatively simple malware to steal sensitive documents, login credentials and other information from Ukrainian organizations, particularly those near the front line and…
Police seizes over 100 servers in investment scam crackdown
European law enforcement authorities arrested seven suspects and seized more than 100 servers in a joint action targeting an unnamed company suspected of providing fraudulent…
Android’s November 2026 Updates Patch Over 200 Vulnerabilities
The most severe is a critical flaw in Framework leading to remote code execution without user interaction.
Critical Node-RED Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Multiple attacks from the same IP address attempted to deploy various payloads, including a Linux bot and webshells.
AIs Hacking the Law
In both a 2021 essay and my 2022 book, A Hacker’s Mind, I talk about AIs finding vulnerabilities and exploits—hacking—the legal system. Here’s some demonstrations…
CISA’s new strategy runs into America’s blind trust problem
Persistent credentials and forgotten software approvals leave essential operational networks vulnerable under CISA’s latest cybersecurity roadmap.
Harvard University data breach exposed info of 851,000 accounts
Hackers who breached Harvard University's Alumni Affairs and Development systems in November 2025 stole data linked to more than 850,000 unique email addresses, according to…
NATO’s Crossed Swords Exercise Brings AI Agents Into Cyber Operations Training
The NATO CCDCOE exercise in Estonia introduces AI agents and OpenAI Daybreak into joint cyber and kinetic operations training.