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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:
SecTor 2026 Reveals a Rapidly Shifting Cybersecurity Landscape
The event closed in Toronto last week, with experts sharing critical perspectives on emerging risks, drawing record attendance and marking 22% growth.
AI-Powered Espionage Campaign Targets Government Linux Infrastructure
Our analysis an AI-powered espionage campaign targeting government Linux infrastructure with custom malware, web shells, and advanced credential theft.
F-Secure Launches Victim-First Scam Encyclopedia Covering 50+ Types of Consumer Fraud
Built from decades of threat intelligence research, the new resource explains scams from the victims' perspective and tracks emerging forms of cyber crime.
Proofpoint to buy Varonis for $6.3 billion
The deal pairs the email security giant's massive threat intelligence with Varonis' visibility into corporate data, as both companies race to secure the AI agents…
Federal bankruptcy courts dealing with outages after contractor cyberattack
The incident, which involved a government contractor, has halted all production of bankruptcy notices.
AI Slop Isn’t Just for Social Media; It’s Ruining Cyberattacks, Too
Don't buy the hype! AI has been dumbing down cyberattacks, and serious threat actors are barely touching it.
Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud servers
Threat actors are exploiting a critical command execution flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-110447, in the Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server app (richdocumentscode) for Nextcloud.
Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls
Google announced new AI-powered defenses against scam messages and call-forwarding abuse on Android, currently rolling out to eligible devices.
The next election influence campaign will target your AI chatbot
Someone is seeding the internet with hyperlocal content about political races. Researchers say it’s designed to train AI chatbots to favor candidates across a broad…
Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims' internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network.
The Q3 Vulnerability Pulse: Discovery ≠ Exploitation
Is the cybersecurity world really facing a "Bugmageddon?" Thor breaks down the latest CVE and KEV trends in the latest Threat Source newsletter.
Context Is King in the Fight Against Modern Cyberattacks
Contextual defense helps security teams connect the signals, anticipate what comes next, and stop threats before they escalate.
Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges
A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that impersonated two popular helper tools, yay and paru.
Measuring Human Cryptanalysis Effort
Matthew Green has a new site that tries to estimate the number of cryptanalyst-hours that have been spent analyzing different public-key algorithms: Abstract: We estimate…
Vulnerability Management Isn’t About the Score — It’s About How It Applies to You
Organizations need to move away from vendor-assigned, theoretical scores toward real exploit data specific to their environments.