AryStinger botnet infected thousands of D-Link routers worldwide
A previously undocumented malware botnet named AryStinger has compromised more than 4,000 outdated routers to turn them into proxies for malicious traffic. [...]
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New Prinz Eugen ransomware prioritizes recent files for encryption
A new ransomware operation named 'Prinz Eugen' prioritizes recently modified files for encryption and leaves no ransom note on the system. [...]
Microsoft links Mastra AI supply chain attack to North Korean hackers
Microsoft has attributed a recent Mastra AI supply chain attack that compromised more than 140 npm packages to the North Korean hacking group Sapphire Sleet, also known as BlueNoroff. [...]
Hackers Exploit Gravity SMTP WordPress Plugin Bug to Expose API Keys
Threat actors are exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting Gravity SMTP, a WordPress plugin that's installed on about 100,000 sites. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-4020 (CVSS score: 5.3), is a medium-severity information disclosure flaw th…
French President Urges US to Share Cutting-Edge AI and Democracies to Cooperate on Regulation
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the world’s wealthy democracies to work together on regulating advanced AI systems. The post French President Urges US to Share Cutting-Edge AI and Democracies to Cooperate on Regulation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Klue OAuth breach victim list grows as Icarus hackers claim attack
Market intelligence platform Klue has publicly confirmed a recent security incident that allowed threat actors to steal OAuth tokens used to connect to customers' Salesforce environments, as the new "Icarus" extortion group publicly claims the attack. [...]
Hackers exploit info disclosure bug in Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin
Threat actors are exploiting an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Gravity SMTP, active on 100,000 sites. [...]
Unpatchable 'usbliter8' Exploit Breaks Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Boot Chain
Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published a working exploit, dubbed usbliter8, that achieves arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple's A12 and A13 chips. That code is burned into the silicon at manufacture. No software update can rea…
The Gentlemen RaaS Uses GentleKiller EDR Framework Targeting 400 Security Processes
The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers that it hands out to affiliates for impairing system defenses before deploying the encryptor. This mature por…
Texas govt data breach exposes over 3 million driver’s licenses
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) disclosed a data breach at its license system vendor that exposed personal information for more than three million individuals. [...]
AutoJack Attack Lets One Web Page Hijack AI Agent for Host Code Execution
Microsoft researchers have detailed an exploit chain, named AutoJack, that turns an AI browsing agent into a delivery vehicle for remote code execution. Steer the agent to load an attacker's web page, and that page's JavaScript can reach a privileged local ser…
In Other News: Apple Patches Beats Eavesdropping Flaw, DOT Closes Delta CrowdStrike Probe, AWS Continuum
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Android TV botnet Popa linked to Israeli firm, Velvet Ant maintained decade-long stealth, unpatched GCP Config Connector flaw enables takeover. The post In Other News: Apple Patches Beats Eavesd…
Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites
Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites. "With these actions we deprive cybercri…
CISA Warns Fortinet Customers as FortiBleed Hits 86,644 FortiGate Devices
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday urged Fortinet customers with FortiGate appliances to take steps to secure against ongoing malicious activity aimed at thousands of internet-accessible devices. The sweeping campaign,…
Every AI Agent Is an Identity. Most Organizations Don't Treat Them That Way
AI agents can access data, trigger workflows, deploy code, and interact with critical business systems, often with little oversight. Token Security breaks down why AI agents are becoming a new identity and governance challenge. [...]
Webinar: How attackers bypass MFA and how defenders can respond
Modern phishing attacks, including Device Code phishing, can undermine MFA protections and grant attackers access to corporate accounts without stealing passwords. This webinar explores how behavioral AI can help security teams detect compromised accounts fast…
From Assistive to Agentic: The AI Shift That's Redefining Threat Management
Introduction The average enterprise security team has 40 or more security tools, giving a lot of visibility into internal telemetry and asset data. But often, these tools are working in siloes, generating (overlapping) alerts and data. And yet, breach dwell ti…
Microsoft: June 2026 Windows updates break Recycle Bin prompts
Microsoft has confirmed a confusing Windows bug that causes different filenames to appear in the confirmation dialog when deleting a file from the Recycle Bin. [...]
CryptoBandits Malware Doubles as a Backdoor, Abuses Tor
CryptoBandits uses a local SOCKS5 proxy for traffic routing, blending data theft with remote code execution. The post CryptoBandits Malware Doubles as a Backdoor, Abuses Tor appeared first on SecurityWeek.
AWS Unveils 'Continuum,' an AI-Powered Vulnerability Management Platform
Working with frontier AI models, this new platform aims to help discovering, prioritizing, validating and remediating code vulnerabilities
FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised
The large-scale credential theft campaign hit roughly half of the internet-accessible Fortinet firewalls and VPNs. The post FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised appeared first on SecurityWeek.
CISA: Splunk Enterprise flaw actively exploited, patch by Sunday
CISA has urged U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems by Sunday against a critical Splunk Enterprise vulnerability that is being exploited in attacks. [...]
Forget Data Leakage: Shadow AI's Real Threat Is Access Control
The first wave of enterprise AI concern was straightforward. It was simply employees pasting sensitive data into public AI tools. Security teams responded with usage policies, domain blocks, and data loss prevention rules. That response made sense at the time.…
Operation Endgame Disrupts Malware Network Linked to Major Ransomware Gang
SocGholish malware has been removed from 15,000 sites associated with Evil Corp hackers
Cybersecurity Firms Impacted by Klue Supply Chain Attack
The hackers exfiltrated data from Salesforce instances of Klue customers, such as Huntress and Recorded Future. The post Cybersecurity Firms Impacted by Klue Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Salesforce Disables Klue App Integration After OAuth Token Abuse Exposes Customer Data
Salesforce has revealed that it disabled the Klue Battlecards app integration within its platform in response to a security incident impacting the competitive intelligence company on June 11, 2026. To that end, organizations will be unable to connect to Salesf…
Confidence Lacks in Threat Detection Across Non-Email Channels like Slack and Teams
Half of cybersecurity leaders lack confidence in detecting threats on Slack, Teams and other non-email platforms, despite growing attacker focus
NY man charged after harassing college student with AI-generated nudes
A New York man faces cyberstalking charges after allegedly sharing AI-generated nude images and fabricated racist messages using fake social media profiles to harass a Georgia college student. [...]
Cisco to Acquire WideField Security to Boost Splunk’s Agentic SOC
WideField will accelerate Agentic SOC capabilities by expanding the lens on threat investigation to include identity, credentials, sessions, and blast radius. The post Cisco to Acquire WideField Security to Boost Splunk’s Agentic SOC appeared first on Security…
CISA warns Fortinet users to secure devices after FortiBleed leak
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged Fortinet customers to secure their devices after nearly 74,000 firewall and VPN credentials were exposed in a data leak dubbed "FortiBleed." [...]
15,000 WordPress Websites Cleaned Up in SocGholish Botnet Takedown
Law enforcement and private partners took down 106 SocGholish C&C servers and domains as part of Operation Endgame. The post 15,000 WordPress Websites Cleaned Up in SocGholish Botnet Takedown appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Apple Patches Beats Studio Buds Flaw Letting Nearby Attackers Spy via Microphone
Apple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby hackers to eavesdrop on users. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20701 (CVSS score: 8.8), refers to a case of incorrect autho…
Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Days After Disclosure
CISA has given federal agencies only three days to patch CVE-2026-20253, which can be exploited for unauthenticated remote code execution. The post Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Days After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Gentlemen ransomware uses multiple EDR killers to disable defenses
The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers to help affiliates evade detection in attacks. [...]
Nintendo confirms data stolen in WebMD subsidiary cyberattack
Nintendo of America has confirmed to BleepingComputer that threat actors stole survey data from the third-party TinyPulse service used internally, but its systems were not compromised. [...]
‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm
For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass data-scraping efforts. This week, researchers from multiple securi…
F5 Patches Two Critical NGINX Open Source Flaws Enabling Remote Code Execution
F5 has released security updates to address two critical security flaws in NGINX Open Source that could be exploited to achieve code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-42530 (CVSS v4 score: 9.2) - A use-after-free vu…
Majority of Internet-Accessible REDCap Servers Outdated
These servers are regularly targeted by China-linked UNC6508 for initial access and backdoor deployment. The post Majority of Internet-Accessible REDCap Servers Outdated appeared first on SecurityWeek.
USB worm spreads crypto-stealing malware via Windows shortcut files
Threat actors targeting cryptocurrency wallets have been distributing clipboard-stealing malware with self-spreading capabilities and using the Tor network to conceal communication. [...]
Orphaned AI Agents: How to Find Hidden Access Risks Inside Your Network
If an autonomous AI agent interacts with your company's core intellectual property today, can your security team instantly name the person who authorized it? For most enterprises, the answer is a simple no. The rush to adopt internal AI tools has left a massiv…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Claude Chat Abuse, NastyC2 npm Packages, Device-Code Phishing + 25 More Stories
The internet did not break this week. It got used exactly as designed, which is worse. Searches were siphoned through shady browser add-ons. AI chat links turned into malware delivery paths. macOS attacks ran in memory and left almost nothing behind. Cloud age…
Fake GitHub Stars and AI Videos Mask a Crypto Clipper
A Rust crypto clipper hides behind fake GitHub stars and AI-narrated YouTube videos
ICO Cautions Healthcare Worker After Princess of Wales Incident
Hospital insider escapes criminal prosecution after attempting to sell royal’s medical records
Microsoft Details Windows Clipper Malware Campaign Using USB LNK Worm and Tor-Based C2
Microsoft has disclosed details of a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper campaign codenamed CryptoBandits that has targeted users since February 2026 with clipboard-intercepting malware with self-spreading capabilities and using the Tor anonymity network to h…
INC Ransomware Emerges as Major RaaS Threat in 2026 with 830+ Victims Since 2023
Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of INC from an nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation to one of the most prolific cybercrime groups in 2026, claiming no less than 830 victims since August 2023. "The disruption of LockBit and the…
The Scripts on Your Checkout Page Are Now a PCI DSS Problem
An independent PCI assessor tested Reflectiz against the new PCI DSS rules. Here is the verdict: See the full QSA assessment here → When a customer types their card number into your checkout, their browser is running far more than your code. Analytics tags, a…
DragonForce Hackers Abuse Microsoft Teams Relays to Hide Backdoor.Turn C2 Traffic
Threat actors associated with the DragonForce ransomware have been observed using a custom Go-based remote access trojan (RAT) called Backdoor.Turn to conceal command-and-control (C2) traffic inside Microsoft Teams relay infrastructure. According to findings f…
Accenture to Acquire Majority Stake in Dragos, All of runZero, NetRise in $4.1 Billion OT Cybersecurity Push
The deal values industrial cybersecurity giant Dragos at $3.25 billion, and runZero and NetRise will operate under Dragos. The post Accenture to Acquire Majority Stake in Dragos, All of runZero, NetRise in $4.1 Billion OT Cybersecurity Push appeared first on S…
Cybercriminals Are Worried About AI Taking Their Jobs Too
Analysis of chatter on underground forums by Sophos finds that hackers fear AI could take work away from them
LATAM Infrastructure Hit by Fortinet and Ivanti Exploits
CloudSEK maps Operation Escaneo, a campaign hitting Latin American infrastructure via perimeter bugs
Hostile States Behind 75% of Cyber-Attacks on UK Critical Infrastructure, NCSC Warns
Richard Horne, the NCSC CEO, said three-quarters of cyber-attacks targeting UK critical infrastructure came from nation-state actors
Cybercrime Surges in APAC as Digitalization Takes Hold
Interpol claims cybercrime accounts for third of crime in over half of Asia and South Pacific countries
Crypto Clipper Campaign Abuses Fake Reviews, AI Narrators, and VirusTotal Comments
An unknown threat actor has been observed leveraging paid or promoted posts on legitimate news websites to drum up buzz for their warez, according to new findings from Check Point Research. The threat actor also has at their disposal a dedicated WordPress phis…
Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day, Says Patch is in Development
Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), with the tech giant describing it as a priv…
Junior Hacker Used Tailscale and OpenSSH to Keep Access After His C2 Went Offline
A French-speaking attacker broke into a small French automotive business, planted a keylogger, and stole banking and email credentials. Ordinary stuff, until one move near the end. Before his command-and-control server went dark, he installed OpenSSH and Tails…
North Korean Hiring Fraud Runs on AI and US Laptop Farms
Nisos infiltrated a North Korean IT-worker fraud cell running on AI interviews and a US laptop farm
Adversarial Exposure Validation Turns Security Visibility into Confident Prioritization
For security teams, the findings never stop, but confidence in knowing which ones matter is becoming harder to maintain. The problem is no longer visibility. It's validation. Security teams must decide which findings warrant action while operating under consta…
Serverless Phishing Kit on GitHub Targets Mexican Banks
GitBait phishing kit abuses GitHub Pages and the SheetBest API to steal Mexican banking credentials
Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a "coordinated malware campaign" on the JetBrains Marketplace that has published no less than 15 malicious plugins capable of exfiltrating artificial intelligence (AI) provider keys. "Every plugin poses as an AI coding as…
Nir Zuk: Backstory of a Cybersecurity Legend
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 17, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video “I started my cybersecurity ‘career’ as one of the earlier virus developers in the world,” Nir Zuk, co-founder of Palo Alto Networks,…
Sensitive Enterprise Data Uploads to AI Models Double in a Year
The rise of AI-assistants and applications in the enterprise has seen a 93% increase in employees attempting to upload sensitive data, bringing security challenges
AI Threats and Alert Fatigue Challenge Cybersecurity Teams
Filigran survey at Infosecurity Europe 2026 reveals AI-powered attacks as the top concern, with false positives, alert fatigue and manual processes draining security teams
The Top 10 Attack Surface Exposures in 2026
Breaches don't always start with a zero-day. An exposed admin panel can get brute-forced, or credentials reused from a previous attack. But when a vulnerability does drop — like MongoBleed earlier this year, which let attackers pull credentials and session tok…
EU Security Experts to Support Ukrainian Organizations in Case of Cyber-Attacks
Ukraine has been added to the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, which provides incident response services against large-scale incidents
Fifteen JetBrains Marketplace Plugins Found Stealing API Keys
Aikido Security has discovered at least 15 IDE plugins on the JetBrains Marketplace
Staffing Is Top SOC Challenge Even as AI Proliferates, Says SANS
SANS Institute study finds few SOCs have built AI into defined workflows, despite widespread adoption
145 Mastra npm Packages Compromised via Hijacked Contributor Account
As many as 145 npm packages associated with the Mastra namespace ("@mastra/*"), a popular open-source JavaScript and TypeScript framework for building artificial intelligence (AI) applications, have been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack co…
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Joomla JCE Flaw Allowing PHP Code Execution
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Widget Factory Joomla Content Editor (JCE) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation…
Google Vertex AI SDK Flaw Let Attackers Hijack Model Uploads via Bucket Squatting
A flaw in the Google Cloud Vertex AI SDK for Python let an attacker with no access to a victim's project hijack the victim's machine learning model upload and run code inside Google's serving infrastructure. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which found and reported…
ClickFix Campaigns Expand Malware Delivery With New Loaders and Fake Update Lures
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged multiple ClickFix campaigns that deliver three malware loaders called BabaDeda Loader, Lorem Ipsum Loader, and Potemkin, per independent reports from Morphisec, BlueVoyant, and Huntress, respectively. Attacks involving Ba…
SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands From Linux to Windows
China-linked SprySOCKS backdoor gains stealthy Windows variants and 30-plus C2 commands
Rokarolla Trojan Combines Banking Fraud With Device Surveillance
Rokarolla Android trojan steals banking logins and spies on victims while blocking fraud alerts
New Rokarolla Android Malware Steals PINs, SMS Codes, and Crypto Wallet Funds
Security researchers at Zimperium's zLabs have documented a new Android banking trojan, Rokarolla, that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency apps and packs 137 remote commands. Together, they give an operator near-total control of an infected phone: it lifts…
Virtual Or Full-Time CISO: ROI Calculator On Security Leadership
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 16, 2026 – Read the full story from LinkedIn The 2026 CISO Report by Cybersecurity Ventures, published in partnership with Sophos, lays out numbers that explain why mid…
Over Two-Thirds of Security Pros Say Cyber Is Getting Harder
ISSA study finds most security professionals feel challenged by colleagues’ involvement in cyber
Survey: 94% of Incidents Involve Anonymized Infrastructure. Teams Are Still Reactive
Security teams have never had more IP data at their disposal. Every day, analysts ingest enrichment feeds, geolocation data, reputation scores, telemetry, and threat intelligence from a growing ecosystem of vendors and platforms. Yet despite this abundance of…
DragonForce Ransomware Exploited Microsoft Teams to Hide in Attack Against Major Company
Command and control traffic exploited a Teams visitor token to make malicious activity look legitimate to defenders
Chainguard, JPMorgan, BNY Team Up to Secure Open Source from AI Threats
Athena is a new an industry coalition to fix the vulnerabilities frontier AI models find before attackers can exploit them
Attackers Exploit Three Fortinet FortiSandbox Flaws, One Patched Last Week
Bad actors are exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiSandbox, according to threat intelligence firm Defused Cyber. In a post shared on X, the company said it has observed exploitation of CVE-2026-39813, CVE-2026-39808, and CVE-2026-2508…
China-Linked SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands to Windows with Driver-Based Stealth
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two previously undocumented Windows variants of what was believed to be a Linux-only backdoor called SprySOCKS. "The Windows variants discovered are internally marked as WIN_DRV and WIN_PLUS," ESET said in a report shared…
FBI Warns Courier Cash Pickups Are Driving Crypto Scams
The FBI claims couriers are being used to circumvent bank transfers in crypto investment schemes
Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware
The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft (aka APT37) has been observed using spear-phishing messages impersonating Microsoft Account security notifications to deliver a new malware called NarwhalRAT. "The attack email contained a messa…
Cisco Releases Security Updates for Actively Exploited SD-WAN Manager Flaw
Cisco has released security updates for a medium-severity security flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20262, carries a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10.0. "A vulnerability in t…
CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the fixes by…
Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails
A China-linked espionage group hid inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks for more than a year, quietly stealing sensitive research and defense email. The way in was a backdoor on their REDCap research servers that stole login…
North Korean Hackers Are Turning Developer Tools Into Malware Delivery Channels
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two malicious cyber campaigns that exhibit similarities with a persistent North Korean threat cluster known as Contagious Interview (aka Famous Chollima, HexagonalRodent, and Void Dokkaebi). According to a report publishe…
Attackers Hijack Popular WordPress Plugins to Deploy Backdoors
Tampered OptinMonster and sister plugins plant hidden backdoors on 1.2 million WordPress sites
LiteLLM Vulnerability Chain Lets Low-Privilege Users Take Over AI Gateway Servers
A default low-privilege account on a LiteLLM proxy can climb to full admin and run code on the server by chaining three vulnerabilities, researchers at Obsidian Security disclosed LiteLLM is a widely deployed open-source AI gateway that brokers calls to more t…
Adriatic Port Cyber-Attack by Anubis Sparks Warning Over Maritime Security Risks
How the Anubis ransomware group stole and leaked an Italian Adriatic port authority's data
One-Click Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Steal Emails, Files, and MFA Codes
A single click on a trusted Microsoft link could have let an attacker pull emails, calendar details, and indexed files out of Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search. Researchers at Varonis Threat Labs chained three bugs into a one-click exfiltration path they…
⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, UniFi Exploits, macOS Stealers, VPN Flaw and More
Stuff broke again. Not in a movie way. An old tool was left exposed. An abandoned package was abused. A deprecated feature was still running in prod. This week is the same lesson in a new form: phishing kits are easier to rent, AI names are useful bait, old lo…
Cybercrime is Accelerating: Preparing the Next Wave of Cybersecurity Experts
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 15, 2026 – Read the full story from CMBlog By harnessing AI, cybercriminals are developing increasingly sophisticated techniques to commit their crimes, posing a growin…
The Onboarding Password Mistake That Creates Unnecessary Risk
Employee onboarding is a busy time for IT teams. New starters need devices, accounts, access permissions, and passwords, all delivered within a tight timeframe. That usually means sharing a temporary "first-day" password so employees can access systems for the…
152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions with 105K Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions that act as new tab live wallpaper add-ons to distribute a potentially unwanted program (PUP) family. The cluster spans 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and thre…
Cybersecurity Experts Urge US to Lift Ban on Anthropic's Frontier AI Models
Access to two Anthropic large language models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, has effectively been banned to any non-US nationals by the Trump administration
Popular WordPress Plugin Scripts Tampered to Plant Hidden Backdoors on Sites
An attacker tampered with trusted JavaScript files used by WordPress sites running PushEngage, OptinMonster, and TrustPulse, turning those files into a way to break into the sites. When a site administrator was logged in as the file loaded, the code created an…
UK Government Finds 400+ Vulnerabilities in AI Hackathons
Government departments find hundreds of vulnerabilities after testing frontier models
Maine Takes Breach Reporting Portal Offline After Fake Entries
The Office of the Maine Attorney General has suspended its breach reporting portal
Sniper Dz Scams Target MENA Users via Fake Facebook Offers and Browser Alerts
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of fraudulent activity targeting users across the Middle East and North Africa by employing various fraudulent Facebook accounts impersonating politicians, public figures, and trusted organizations. "These accou…
Palo Alto Warns of Active Exploitation of PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN Flaw
Palo Alto Networks has revealed that it has observed "active exploitation" of a recently disclosed PAN-OS vulnerability by an unknown threat actor to obtain unauthorized access to GlobalProtect portals. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS scor…
Critical Splunk Enterprise Flaw Lets Attackers Run Code Without Authentication
Splunk has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in Splunk Enterprise that could be exploited to conduct unauthenticated file operations and even remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20253, is rated 9.8 on the C…
U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals
Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, whether inside or…
Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit
Attackers took over more than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) this week and rewrote their build scripts to install a credential stealer on any machine that built them. The malware is a Rust binary built to harvest developer secrets. When it land…
Google Sues Chinese Smishing Network Accused of Using Gemini AI in Phishing
Google on Friday said it's pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) agent to send phishing text messages targeting Americans. The network is said to be behind the development and m…
China-Linked Hackers Backdoored Linux Login Software to Hide for Nearly a Decade
Instead of hiding on the laptops and servers defenders watch most closely, a China-nexus group spent close to a decade hidden inside the Linux login system itself. Sygnia, which tracks the group as Velvet Ant, says it backdoored the PAM and OpenSSH components…
Ransomware Payment Crypto Laundering Platform Taken Out by FBI and Europol
Domain of dark web money laundering platform AudiA6 seized and suspects arrested in joint operation by the FBI, Europol and others
GitHub to Update npm to Thwart Software Supply Chain Attacks
NPM, part of GitHub, announced a new version of the npm package manager with several security improvements, including disabling install scripts
Code Girls: The Secret Heroes Of World War II
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 12, 2026 – Watch the YouTube Short During World War II, some of America’s most powerful weapons weren’t bombs or guns. They were women sitting in secret rooms breaking…
Agentjacking Attack Tricks AI Coding Agents Into Running Malicious Code
Cybersecurity researchers have described what they say is a new class of attack that can trick artificial intelligence (AI) coding agents into running arbitrary code on developer machines. Called Agentjacking by Tenet Security, the attack can be triggered by m…
Over 80% of Sports Organizations Targeted by Hackers in the Last Year
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off, a new Darktrace report warns that sports teams and bodies are a major target for cyber criminals
CISA Orders Agencies to Patch by Risk, Not Severity
New CISA directive tells federal agencies to patch by real-world risk, not CVSS severity scores
Cybercriminals Use Fake AI Guides and Dev Tools to Spread AsyncRAT Malware
Fake AI guides hide a multi-stage chain that drops AsyncRAT, with signs of AI-assisted coding
Parents: How To Help Your College Students Avoid Roommate Scams
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 11, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Media outlets and cybersecurity industry experts have been warning for the past several years about a persistent scheme that targets co…
Most Cybersecurity Teams Struggle to Find Time for Training on New Cyber Threats
Organizations are aware of the challenges that new technologies like AI bring: but cybersecurity staff struggle to make time for the required training during working hours
Interpol Dismantles SniperDz Phishing-as-a-Service Platform
New revelations by Group-IB expose the full scale of the decade-old SniperDz phishing operation
Extortion-Only Attacks Increase, With Data Theft Dominating Ransomware Claims
Extortion-only attacks are increasing as data theft drives most ransomware claims, with many organizations unable to stop stolen data from being exposed
New “Agentjacking” Attacks Could Hijack AI Coding Agents
Tenet Security researchers reveal how new “agentjacking” attacks could trick coding agents into executing arbitrary code
Fake Software Tutorials on TikTok Spread Vidar Stealer
Threat actors push fake free-software tutorials on TikTok and Instagram to spread Vidar stealer
New SilabRAT Trojan Hijacks Sessions to Steal Crypto
MaaS trojan SilabRAT uses HVNC and browser cloning to hijack sessions and steal crypto
Cybersecurity Software Fails to Detect Fifth of Brower-Based Phishing Attacks
Menlo Security research warns that as enterprise applications become increasingly browser based, traditional cybersecurity tools leave them vulnerable to cyber threats
Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strategy that promises affiliates 90 percent of any ransom paid by…
New Book: Cybersecurity for Accounting and Business
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 10, 2026 – Read the book Cybersecurity for Accounting and Business, a new book co-authored by Nancy Bagranoff, Professor at University of Richmond, and Scott R. Boss, A…
New Fable 5 Is a "Mythos-Class" LLM Available to All, Anthropic Announces
Anthropic unveils Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5, a restricted-access frontier AI model and guardrailed version for everyone to use
Over a Quarter of Identity Crime Victims Hit by Multiple Incidents, ITRC Data Shows
Nearly 26% of identity crime victims faced multiple incidents in the past year, as ITRC warns of a growing "multi-layered crisis"
Microsoft Fixes 200 CVEs in June Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has patched 200 vulnerabilities including three zero-days
A Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday for June 2026
Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company's monthly Patch Tuesday cycle. Nearly three dozen of those bugs earned Microsoft's…
75% of Firms Deploy Vulnerable Code Amid Pressure on CISOs, Report Finds
Checkmarx report warns that business pressure is among the reason security leaders let security compliance slip
AI Coding Adoption Hits 97% but Governance Lags Behind
Most dev teams use AI coding assistants but only 30% have full governance in place
Critical phpBB Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack Any Account with One Request
Critical phpBB authentication bypass lets attackers hijack any account with one request
2026 CISO Compensation Data: Salaries, Bonuses, Equity
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 9, 2026 – Read the report The 2026 CISO Report from Cybersecurity Ventures in partnership with Sophos examines the latest compensation data for CISOs. According to Glas…
Google Releases Patch for Chrome Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
The flaw, CVE-2026-11645, can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page
Check Point Warns Critical Auth Bypass Bug Exploited in the Wild
Check Point says a critical vulnerability in its Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access solutions has been exploited by Qilin
Infosecurity Europe: Why JLR’s CISO Enforced In-Person Password Resets Following Cyber-Attack
Speaking at Infosecurity Europe, Ashish Shrestha, former CISO at Jaguar Land Rover revealed why he wanted over 30,000 employees to change their passwords in the immediate aftermath of the incident
WhatsApp Discovers NSO Group-Linked Spearphishing Attempts
Meta’s WhatsApp demands contempt ruling after users report NSO Group-linked phishing
North Korean Hackers Use Fake Coding Tasks to Steal Crypto
North Korean actor UNK_DeadDrop targeted developers with fake coding tasks to steal crypto
OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Account Security Controls
OpenAI brings Lockdown Mode and Active Sessions to ChatGPT to curb prompt injection data theft
WireBadger Malicious Cable Detector For Penetration Testers And Red Teams
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jun. 8, 2026 – WireBadger production information USB technology was designed for convenience and universal compatibility. When a cable or device connects, computers and mobi…
Infosecurity Europe: Prompt Injection Remains Unsolved, OWASP Researcher Warns
At Infosecurity Europe 2026, OWASP’s Ariel Fogel warned that prompt injection remains an “unresolved problem” within generative AI architecture
Two-Thirds of Open Source Community Unaware of Cyber Resilience Act
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Infosecurity Europe: How DSIT Protects Thousands of UK Orgs from Cyber Vulnerabilities
The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology details how a combination of hands-on human advice and technology systems keeps government agencies safe
Meta AI Bug Exposes Over 20,000 Instagram Accounts
Meta confirms an AI tool vulnerability led to unauthorized access to Instagram accounts after a failure in email verification during password reset
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