Hawaii Cybersecurity Journal

"Weekly Recap:  AI automation exploits, Telecom espionage." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 12 January 2026, 2220 UTC. Content and Source:  "The Hacker News."   ⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Automation Exploits, Telecom Espionage, Prompt Poaching & More - kh6jrm@gmail.com - Gmail URL--https://thehackernews.com. Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). Read this full edition on the website This week made one thing clear: small oversights can spiral fast. Tools meant to save time and reduce friction turned into easy entry points once basic safeguards were ignored. Attackers didn’t need novel tricks. They used what was already exposed and moved in without resistance. Scale amplified the damage. A single weak configuration rippled out to millions. A repeatable flaw worked ...

"MuddyWater launches RustyWater RAT via spear-phishing across Middle East sectors." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 11 January 2026, 1431 UTC. Content and Source:  "The Hacker News." URL-- https://thehackernews.com/ Please check URL or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors  Jan 10, 2026 Cyber Espionage / Malware The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater . "The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular post-comp...