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The Canvas Breach Exposes the Hidden Scale of Education Platforms

Two intrusions into Instructure’s Canvas platform show why a shared education service needs tenant-level visibility, tested fallbacks and careful treatment of attacker claims. Instructure detected unauthorised activity in Canvas on 29 April. On 7 May, the same actor obtained access…

The Vercel Incident Turns AI OAuth Apps into a Security-Control Question

Vercel’s April incident began with a compromised third-party AI application and ended inside internal systems. OAuth consent deserves the same scrutiny as a privileged integration. Vercel disclosed that an attacker gained unauthorised access to certain internal systems after compromising Context.ai,…

Internet-Facing PLCs Turn Routine Exposure into Physical Risk

Update: The UK NCSC now reports limited real-world disruption Updated 29 August 2026: The UK National Cyber Security Centre says it has seen increased targeting of operational technology across multiple sectors globally, including the United Kingdom. The activity involves several…

The FBI Breach Shows Why Investigative Metadata Is High-Value Data

A breach of an FBI system used for court-authorised surveillance is a reminder that “metadata” can reveal operations, targets and methods even when message content remains untouched. The FBI has acknowledged suspicious activity involving an unclassified internal system used to…

A Compromised Trivy Update Led to a European Commission Cloud Breach

The European Commission used a compromised version of a trusted security scanner. The resulting breach shows that build tools can become credential-harvesting infrastructure inside the systems they are meant to protect. CERT-EU published its investigation into a European Commission cloud…