Conpet has confirmed a cyberattack that disrupted IT systems and web services, while stating that OT, SCADA, and pipeline transport operations were not impacted.

The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility, alleging large-scale data theft. The incident reinforces a recurring pattern: ransomware groups targeting IT environments in energy and utility sectors, potentially setting the stage for follow-on pressure through data leaks rather than operational sabotage.

💬 What controls actually matter most in IT–OT separation during ransomware incidents?

🔔 Follow @technadu for continuous critical infrastructure threat coverage

#Ransomware #OTSecurity #SCADA #CriticalInfrastructure #EnergySector #ThreatIntelligence #TechNadu #InfoSecCommunity

Operation Bizarre Bazaar documents systematic abuse of exposed LLM and MCP infrastructure with commercial monetization.

The campaign demonstrates how AI endpoints without authentication, rate limits, or proper exposure controls can enable compute theft, data access, and potential lateral movement.

AI infrastructure security is increasingly inseparable from traditional cloud and app security.

What controls are most effective in your environment?

Source: https://www.pillar.security/blog/operation-bizarre-bazaar-first-attributed-llmjacking-campaign-with-commercial-marketplace-monetization

Follow TechNadu for objective infosec research coverage.

#AIsecurity #LLM #MCP #CloudDefense #ThreatResearch #InfosecCommunity

MicroWorld Technologies confirms an update infrastructure access incident affecting a regional eScan server on Jan 20.

Unauthorized modification of an update component led to endpoint behavior changes, while core product code remained unaffected. Infrastructure was isolated, credentials rotated, and remediation updates issued.

What controls are most effective against update-path compromise?

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/escan-confirms-update-server-breached-to-push-malicious-update/

Follow @technadu for objective infosec coverage.

#SupplyChainSecurity #EndpointSecurity #ThreatAnalysis #UpdateIntegrity #InfosecCommunity

A recently deployed mobile digital forensics vehicle highlights a shift toward faster, field-based evidence acquisition in fraud and cyber-enabled crime cases.

By enabling immediate device triage and data extraction, the approach may reduce delays between seizure and analysis, while raising important considerations around chain of custody, tooling standardization, and forensic integrity.

Follow @technadu for neutral coverage at the intersection of cybersecurity, forensics, and public-sector technology.

Source: https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/behind-the-shades/2026/01/atlanta-field-offices-forensic-dart-truck-puts-bullseye-child

#DigitalForensics #CyberInvestigations #IncidentResponse #GovTech #EvidenceHandling #InfoSecCommunity #SecurityOperations

Can you believe it? BSidesCharm is hitting double digits! 🔟✨

We are gearing up for our 10th Anniversary on April 25-26, 2026, and we want YOU to be a part of the history. We’re looking for hands-on, interactive villages to help us celebrate a decade of community-driven security in Baltimore.

The clock is ticking—submissions are due by January 31st! ⏰

Help us make Year 10 legendary! 🦀💻 https://bsidescharm.org/cfv/

#BSidesCharm #10YearsOfCharm #CyberSecurity #InfosecCommunity

I had an epiphany recently: the knowledge I’ve collected over decades shouldn’t live behind a paywall.
Limiting access to cybersecurity knowledge makes all of us less secure.

So I’m sharing what I know. I’ll be documenting projects, lessons learned, failures, and successes to help others make better security decisions.
#InfoSec #SecurityMindset #InfosecCommunity

Sedgwick has confirmed a cybersecurity incident affecting its government services subsidiary. The company reports that the event was contained to an isolated file transfer system, with no impact on claims management servers or broader enterprise networks.

External incident response specialists were engaged, authorities notified, and customer communications initiated.

This case reinforces best practices around segmentation, containment, and coordinated response in public-sector-adjacent environments.

Source: https://therecord.media/sedgwick-cyber-incident-ransomware

What controls do you see as most effective in preventing lateral movement during incidents?
Share insights and follow @technadu for practitioner-focused cybersecurity coverage.

#IncidentResponse #CyberSecurity #ThreatManagement #DataSecurity #InfoSecCommunity

Identity Theft Awareness Week (January 26–30, 2026) underscores how identity theft remains a persistent risk across financial, healthcare, and government systems.

While often viewed as a consumer issue, identity theft also reflects broader challenges in data protection, authentication, and user education.

What role should security professionals play in extending identity awareness beyond compliance requirements?

Source: https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/12/planning-2026-add-identity-theft-awareness-week-your-calendar?utm_source=govdelivery

Share your insights and follow @technadu for objective cybersecurity and privacy coverage.

#IdentityTheft #PrivacySecurity #DigitalIdentity #CyberAwareness #InfoSecCommunity #RiskManagement

Did you know a ticket includes free access to our after party?

Join us after the conference at Wandering Griffin Brewery & Restaurant from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM. Enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and non-alcoholic drinks, and networking with fellow attendees. There will also be a private bar to purchase alcoholic drinks. Make sure you RSVP and bring your conference badge to get in! There's no better time to buy a ticket!

🚀 BSidesDayton 2026 🚀
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidesdayton-tickets-1975315383486
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton–Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH
🎯 Theme: Going Offline – Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY
👥 Audience: Security professionals, researchers, students, hackers, makers, and anyone passionate about cybersecurity and hands-on learning.
⸻
📣 Call for Participation - Now Open!
Our Call for Papers and Call for Villages/Workshops are officially open.
Have a talk, hands-on session, or community activity to share?
Apply now on our website!
https://bsidesdayton.com/
⸻
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities
We are currently seeking sponsors for this year’s event.
Please reach out if your organization is interested.
#bsides #infosec #infosecurity #InfoSecCommunity #informationsecurity #informationsecurity #informationtechnology

Need to take a break from a debugging nightmare? Swing by BSidesDayton in May!

🚀 BSidesDayton 2026 🚀
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidesdayton-tickets-1975315383486
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton–Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH
🎯 Theme: Going Offline – Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY
👥 Audience: Security professionals, researchers, students, hackers, makers, and anyone passionate about cybersecurity and hands-on learning.
⸻
📣 Call for Participation - Now Open!
Our Call for Papers and Call for Villages/Workshops are officially open.
Have a talk, hands-on session, or community activity to share?
Apply now on our website!
https://bsidesdayton.com/
⸻
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities
We are currently seeking sponsors for this year’s event.
Please reach out if your organization is interested.
#bsides #infosec #infosecurity #InfoSecCommunity #informationsecurity #informationsecurity #informationtechnology

The last one was a little easy so we cracked up the difficulty a little. Are you able to decipher this secret code and figure out the hidden phrase?? Let us know in the comments if you figured it out!
🚀 BSidesDayton 2026 🚀
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidesdayton-tickets-1975315383486
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton–Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH
🎯 Theme: Going Offline – Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY
👥 Audience: Security professionals, researchers, students, hackers, makers, and anyone passionate about cybersecurity and hands-on learning.
⸻
📣 Call for Participation - Now Open!
Our Call for Papers and Call for Villages/Workshops are officially open.
Have a talk, hands-on session, or community activity to share?
Apply now on our website!
https://bsidesdayton.com/
⸻
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities
We are currently seeking sponsors for this year’s event.
Please reach out if your organization is interested.

#bsides #infosec #infosecurity #InfoSecCommunity #informationsecurity #informationsecurity #informationtechnology

🏠🔐 Your Smart Home Might Be Spying on You (And You Invited It In)
https://youtu.be/mCIGNYqPP2A #Cybersecurity #SmartHomeSecurity #PrivacyMatters #CyberAwareness #DigitalPrivacy #IoTSecurity #HomeNetworkSecurity #CyberHygiene #InfosecCommunity #DataProtection #SecureYourHome #DNS

Disconnect from the net for a day and learn how to take back your digital life.

🚀 BSidesDayton 2026 🚀
🎟️ Tickets -https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidesdayton-tickets-1975315383486
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton–Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH
🎯 Theme: Going Offline – Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY
👥 Audience: Security professionals, researchers, students, hackers, makers, and anyone passionate about cybersecurity and hands-on learning.
⸻
📣 Call for Participation - Now Open!
Our Call for Papers and Call for Villages/Workshops are officially open.
Have a talk, hands-on session, or community activity to share?
Apply now on our website!
https://bsidesdayton.com/
⸻
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities
We are currently seeking sponsors for this year’s event.
Please reach out if your organization is interested.
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📣 Call for Papers For BSidesDayton 2026 📣

https://bsidesdayton.com/submissions/

We’re now accepting talk submissions for our 2026 conference, and we’d love to hear from voices across the security and hacker communities. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher, a first-time speaker, or someone with a project the world needs to see, this is your chance to share it.

🎤 What We’re Looking For

Talk slots are available in 20-minute and 50-minute formats. Any solid security or hacking topic is welcome, but sessions that align with this year’s theme, Going Offline: Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY, will especially stand out.

Here are a few areas we’re excited to see explored:

- Cryptography and secure communication techniques
- Privacy, anonymity, pseudonymity
- Secure operating systems and desktop hardening
- Embedded, IoT, and hardware hacking
- Mobile security across OS, apps, and baseband
- Application security and software exploitation
- Network attacks, red/blue team tactics, and pentesting
- DFIR, threat hunting, and incident analysis
- Community insights, hacker culture, and industry perspectives
- New tool demos or research drops
- Creative problem-solving and “hack-all-the-things” ingenuity

If your idea doesn’t fit neatly into a category, send it anyway! Off-beat, experimental, and niche talks are often our favorites.

🔒 A Quick Note

We don’t accept talks centered around selling a product or service. Bring us technical, educational, and hands-on content.

👉 Submit your proposal on our website: https://bsidesdayton.com/submissions/

Calls for papers closes March 20, 2026.

🚀 BSidesDayton 2026 🚀
🎟️ Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidesdayton-tickets-1975315383486
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton–Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH
🎯 Theme: Going Offline – Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY
👥 Audience: Security professionals, researchers, students, hackers, makers, and anyone passionate about cybersecurity and hands-on learning.

#bsides #infosec #infosecurity #InfoSecCommunity #informationsecurity #informationsecurity #informationtechnology

Are you able to decipher this secret code and figure out the hidden phrase?? Let us know in the comments if you figured it out!

🚀 BSidesDayton 2026 🚀

🎟️ Tickets -
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidesdayton-tickets-1975315383486
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton–Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH
🎺 Our Call for Papers are open!

https://bsidesdayton.com/

#bsides #infosec #infosecurity #InfoSecCommunity #informationsecurity #informationtechnology

Black Friday has officially landed at the Village. 🖤💀

From TODAY, 26–30 November, enjoy:
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(Yes, the codes stack!!)

If you’ve been eyeing a hoodie, tee, or anything AppSkeletor inspired, now’s the time.
Shop the sale → https://shop.appsecvillage.com/collections/all

#appsecvillage #blackfriday #cybermonday #infoseccommunity

DefCamp 2025, you were so awesome! ⚡️

Another year, another incredible edition in the books. We are so proud to have been part of this event once again and to see the community showing up in full force in Bucharest.

Huge kudos to the organizers for pulling off such a great gathering. It was a blast seeing so many familiar faces and meeting so many new people who share our passion for breaking things (for the right reasons).

A few highlights from our team:

🎤 The talks: It was a big year for our research team on stage!

Our Founder & CEO, Adrian Furtuna, explored how LLMs are changing the game in "VIBE Pentesting" (enhancing the human hacker, not replacing them!).

Our Offensive Security Research Lead, Matei "CVE Jesus" Bădănoiu, took us deep into the "Nightmare Factory," breaking down the process behind the 15 fresh 0-days the team found this year.

📺 Missed them live? Don't worry, we'll be sharing the recordings on our YouTube channel soon, so keep an eye out!

👕 The swag: We knew our new merch was cool, but that line?! Seeing so many of you waiting to grab a Pentest-Tools.com T-shirt was a massive compliment. We hope you wear them while you hunt your next bug.

We’re already looking forward to the next one!

#DefCamp2025 #OffensiveSecurity #InfosecCommunity #Cybersecurity #Pentesting

While security people often complain about vendors ghosting them (especially when submitting vulnerabilities), I have to say I've had the same experience with security people.

I contacted @phrack and @TheDFIRReport multiple times and I never got a reply.

So before complaining about others, we should also practice what we preach...

#infoseccommunity

The Pentest-Tools.com team hit ⁨Black Hat USA 2025 in Las Vegas with the same mindset we bring to our product:

stay sharp, stay human, and *always* dig deeper.

From inspiring keynotes (such as Mikko Hypponen's!) to hands-on chats with fellow #offensivesecurity folks, Black Hat reminded us why we love this community as much as we do!

Behind every scan, every finding, and every report there’s a REAL person working hard to protect something they care about.

💬 If we didn’t get the chance to meet this time, drop us a message or see you at DEF CON! 🤘

#BHUSA #cybersecurity #infoseccommunity

✈️ Hacker Summer Camp!
I’ll be in Vegas during Black Hat week and attending DEFCON 33. Always a great time to connect, learn, and explore the latest in the infosec world!!

If you’ll be around and want to meet up, talk shop, or just hang out — hit me up! Would love to connect. 👾
#HackerSummerCamp #BlackHat2025 #DEFCON33 #infoseccommunity