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Week in review: Notepad++ supply chain attack details and targets, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live view of reported cyber activity across the globe, pulling together open data feeds into a single interactive map. It visualizes indicators such as malware distribution, phishing activity, and attack traffic by geographic region. How state-sponsored attackers hijacked Notepad++ updates Suspected … More → The post Week in review: Notepad++ supply chain attack details and targets, Patch Tuesday forecast appeared first on Help Net Security.
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How COVID and H1N1 swept through U.S. cities in just weeks

New simulations reveal that both H1N1 and COVID-19 spread across U.S. cities in a matter of weeks, often before officials realized what was happening. Major travel hubs helped drive rapid nationwide transmission, with air travel playing a bigger role than daily commuting. Unpredictable transmission patterns made real-time forecasting especially difficult. The study highlights why early detection systems are critical for slowing future pandemics.
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State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal

German security authorities are warning that a likely state-backed hacking group is engaged in attempts at phishing senior political figures, military officials, diplomats, and investigative journalists across Germany and Europe via Signal. The authorities also noted that while these attacks are likely perpetrated by a state-controlled cyber actor, there’s nothing stopping non-state actors and financially motivated cybercriminals from using the same approach. The two approaches The attackers are approaching targets directly inside the messaging app … More → The post State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal appeared first on Help Net Security.
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A clever quantum trick brings practical quantum computers closer

Quantum computers struggle because their qubits are incredibly easy to disrupt, especially during calculations. A new experiment shows how to perform quantum operations while continuously fixing errors, rather than pausing protection to compute. The team used a method called lattice surgery to split a protected qubit into two entangled ones without losing control. This breakthrough moves quantum machines closer to scaling up into something truly powerful.
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Poland’s energy control systems were breached through exposed VPN access

On 29 December 2025, coordinated cyberattacks unfolded across Poland’s critical infrastructure, targeting energy and industrial organizations. The attackers struck numerous wind and solar farms, a private manufacturing company, and a heat and power (CHP) plant, but failed to negatively affect energy generation or distribution. Poland’s national computer emergency response team, CERT Polska, assessed that all of the incidents were carried out by the same threat actor and were purely destructive in nature. Analysts say the … More → The post Poland’s energy control systems were breached through exposed VPN access appeared first on Help Net Security.
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