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Microsoft: Some Dell PCs shut down after recent Windows updates
Microsoft is blocking this month's Windows 11 security updates on some Dell devices because they are causing shutdowns and performance issues. [...]
US charges alleged operators of Russian bulletproof hosting service
U.S. federal prosecutors have unsealed charges against three Russian nationals, accusing them of providing bulletproof hosting (BPH) services to ransomware gangs that caused over $62 million in damages to victims worldwide. [...]
Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh Chrome 150, Firefox 152 Updates
Public exploit code targeting the Firefox flaws exists, but no in-the-wild exploitation has been observed. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh Chrome 150, Firefox 152 Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Two SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days Exploited, One Could Enable Admin Commands
SonicWall has warned of active exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities impacting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series appliances, one of which could be exploited to achieve arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-154…
SonicWall Issues Urgent SMA Patch Warning for Two Zero-Day Exploits
SonicWall SMA1000 zero-day vulnerabilities CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410 can be exploited for remote code execution. The post SonicWall Issues Urgent SMA Patch Warning for Two Zero-Day Exploits appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SonicWall warns of SMA1000 flaws exploited in zero-day attacks, patch now
SonicWall warns that threat actors have been exploiting two SMA1000 vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410, in zero-day attacks and urges customers to install the newly released security updates. [...]
Microsoft Patches Record 622 Flaws, Including Two Zero-Days Under Active Attack
Microsoft shipped its largest Patch Tuesday on record today, and two of the fixes close holes that attackers are already exploiting. The release covers 622 of Microsoft's own CVEs by its Security Update Guide count, more than triple June's previous high of aro…
Spanish Police take down €140 million cyber fraud ring, arrest four
The Spanish Police dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million ($160 million) from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. [...]
Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last mont…
Nearly 300 GitHub repos pose as legit software to push malware
A threat actor has published hundreds of fake GitHub repositories impersonating legitimate software and security projects to distribute infostealer malware. [...]
Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days
Two flaws in Active Directory and SharePoint Server have been exploited as zero-days, and a BitLocker bug was publicly disclosed. The post Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5099539 extended security update
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5099539 extended security update, which includes the July 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates for 570 vulnerabilities, along with additional security fixes. [...]
Synopsys Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims
The D1R cybercrime group claimed to have stolen valuable data from Synopsys and Bosch, threatening to leak it unless a ransom is paid. The post Synopsys Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SAP Patches CVSS 9.9 NetWeaver ABAP Flaw That Could Expose or Modify Data
SAP has rolled out updates to address multiple vulnerabilities as part of its July 2026 security updates, including a critical flaw in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44747 (CVSS score: 9.9), an out-of-bounds wr…
Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days
Today is Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes security updates for a record-breaking 570 flaws, including two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and one publicly disclosed. [...]
Windows 11 KB5101650 & KB5099414 cumulative updates released
Microsoft has released Windows 11's June 2026 Update for version 25H2, 24H2, and 23H2, bringing fixes for over 570 security issues. [...]
Researchers Say Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Rogue Extensions Trigger Gmail Reads
Any other browser extension that can run a script on claude.ai can still trigger Claude for Chrome tasks aimed at your Gmail, your latest Google Doc and its comments, and your Calendar. Both this and ClaudeBleed need a rogue extension that can already run a sc…
Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion Vulnerabilities
The ColdFusion security defects could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or elevate their privileges. The post Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
LabubaRAT Masquerades as NVIDIA Software to Control Windows Hosts
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Rust-based remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed LabubaRAT that masquerades as NVIDIA software to blend into target environments. "LabubaRAT creates a reusable foothold for hands-on activity," Bla…
Progress confirms ShareFile zero-day flaw behind Storage Zone shutdown
Progress Software has confirmed that a high-severity zero-day vulnerability is behind the emergency shutdown of ShareFile Storage Zone Controllers last week and has released security updates to patch the flaw. [...]
LastPass, Bitwarden users targeted with fake security alerts
LastPass is warning users about an ongoing phishing campaign that is using fake security notices to direct them to fraudulent websites. [...]
US: Pentagon Suspends CMMC Phase II Requirements for Defense Contractors
The US Department of Defense announced the immediate suspension of the CMMC Phase II requirements until further review
You Don't Have to Run an Exploit to Know If You're Vulnerable
Many vulnerabilities cannot be safely validated with live exploits, either because no exploit exists or the affected systems are too critical to test. Picus explains how TTP chaining helps organizations determine exploitability by validating the attack techniq…
7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer
The flaws can be exploited for authentication bypass, remote code execution, privilege escalation, and directory traversal. The post 7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer appeared first on SecurityWeek.
RabbitMQ Flaws Could Leak OAuth Secrets and Expose Cross-Tenant Queue Metadata
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two access control-related flaws impacting the RabbitMQ message broker service that could allow attackers to leak OAuth client secrets, expose enterprise messaging infrastructure to takeover risks, and bypass…
Unpatched Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Extensions Read Gmail, Calendar
A ClaudeBleed-linked vulnerability reportedly persists across eight patches, exposing potentially sensitive data to other extensions. The post Unpatched Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Extensions Read Gmail, Calendar appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Human Risk Intelligence Is Part Of The Modern Cybersecurity Stack
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 14, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video “When high-trust individuals are compromised, the blast radius reaches well beyond them to their companies, partners, and networks,”…
Microsoft Entra ID gets passkeys default authentication starting September
Microsoft has announced that passkeys will become the default authentication method for the Entra ID enterprise identity service starting September 2026. [...]
New phishing kits target Microsoft 365 accounts, evade MFA
Two new phishing kits, Jalisco and OmegaLord, have been discovered in attacks targeting Microsoft 365 accounts, using techniques that defeat multi-factor authentication (MFA). [...]
11 Old Microsoft-Signed Linux UEFI Shims Could Let Attackers Bypass Secure Boot
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 11 old, Microsoft-signed, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications that could be abused to bypass Secure Boot on most systems using the modern firmware standard. "An attacker exploiting one of these vu…
New MacOS Malware Exploits Legitimate Developer ID to Pose as Apple Crash Reporter
Researchers at Jamf Threat Labs detail CrashStealer, which steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets and more
Study of 85 Crypto Wallet Extensions Finds Address Leaks and Cross-Site Tracking Risks
Researchers at KU Leuven tested 85 of the most popular crypto wallets that run as browser extensions and found that the wallets themselves leak enough to link and track the people using them. The way these wallets talk to websites and blockchain servers can ti…
SAP warns of critical flaws in NetWeaver and Commerce Cloud
SAP has addressed 16 vulnerabilities across multiple products as part of its July 2026 security updates, including three critical flaws in NetWeaver, Commerce Cloud, and AppRouter. [...]
How Pentera Turns AI Security Workflows into Validation Engines
AI security agents are starting to influence real security decisions. They summarize findings, prioritize remediation, recommend next steps, and help teams move faster. But most still rely on fragmented risk signals: scanner output, severity scores, threat int…
OAuth Client ID Spoofing Lets Attackers Validate Stolen Microsoft Entra Credentials
At least two distinct threat actors are weaponizing a novel evasion technique called OAuth client ID spoofing in cloud campaigns, while slipping past telemetry. The activity allows users to enumerate user accounts and validate stolen credentials in Microsoft E…
SAP Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in NetWeaver, Approuter, Commerce Cloud
The flaws could allow attackers to access and modify data, and cause system unavailability and request-response desynchronization. The post SAP Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in NetWeaver, Approuter, Commerce Cloud appeared first on SecurityWeek.
US, Allies Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Routers
Multiple state-sponsored APTs are compromising poorly secured devices across critical infrastructure sector networks. The post US, Allies Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft starts testing cleaner Windows Search without ads
Microsoft is now testing a cleaner and faster version of Windows Search that should prioritize relevant results over ads and promotional content. [...]
Lidl Notifies Customers of Third-Party Data Breach
Supermarket giant Lidl has revealed details of a supplier breach impacting customer data
Valarian Raises $50 Million for Sovereign Infrastructure Control Layer
UK-based cybersecurity firm Valarian has raised a total of $70 million for its ACRA technology. The post Valarian Raises $50 Million for Sovereign Infrastructure Control Layer appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Grok Build Uploaded Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Read
xAI's Grok Build coding CLI was uploading entire Git repositories, full commit history and all, to a Google Cloud Storage bucket run by xAI, not just the files a coding task needed. A researcher publishing as cereblab, testing version 0.2.93, captured one of t…
Five Charged in “Russian Coms” Fraud Platform Case
Five UK residents have been charged in relation to supplying Russian Coms fraud devices and apps
U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors' and other cybercriminals' malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans. The…
148 npm Packages Disguised as Student Proxies Turned Browsers Into a DDoS Botnet
A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research from JFrog. The packages did not go after the developers who might ins…
Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity
Attackers whose methods line up with the data-extortion group ShinyHunters have spent the past year walking into corporate Salesforce environments without exploiting a single flaw in the platform. The way in has been the trust the organization had already exte…
CrashStealer macOS Malware Uses Notarized Dropper to Pass Gatekeeper Checks
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new macOS information stealer called CrashStealer that's capable of harvesting sensitive data from compromised systems. Unlike other information stealers that are built on AppleScript droppers or Objective-C-based wrapp…
Google and Microsoft Pull ModHeader With 1.6 Million Installs After Dormant Collector Found
Google and Microsoft have pulled ModHeader, a popular header-editing extension with roughly 1.6 million installs across Chrome and Edge, after researchers found a hidden browsing-history collector built into its official store version. The collector was dorman…
Open Directory Exposes Three Evilginx Phishing Operators
Misconfigured server exposed three phishing operators running Evilginx forks to bypass MFA
⚡ Weekly Recap: ShareFile Threat, Citrix Bleed 2 Ransomware, AI Coding Attacks, and More
Somewhere right now, a security tool is quietly finding bugs faster than any human can fix them. That's supposed to be the good news. The catch is that the attackers have the same tools, pointed the other way, and they don't file tickets. That's the shape of t…
Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials -- including AWS Govcloud keys -- in a public GitHub repository for almost six months before…
Pakistani Police Systems Hit by Chinese and Indian Espionage
Chinese and Indian spies converged on the same Balochistan police force, SentinelLabs found
New MemGhost Attack Plants Persistent False Memories in AI Agents Through One Email
Give an AI assistant a memory and access to your inbox, and you hand an attacker a way to rewrite what it thinks it knows about you. A single email can trick that agent into saving a false "fact" about the user, hide the change, and quietly steer its answers i…
Forg365 PhaaS Targets Microsoft 365 with Device Code and AitM Session Theft
A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation called Forg365 is using a combination of device code phishing, adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) tactics, antibot evasion, artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted lure creation, and post-compromise mailbox operations ta…
Novel OAuth Client ID Spoofing Technique Targets Cloud Environments
New research reveals cyber-attackers can spoof OAuth Client IDs in Microsoft Entra ID, creating a stealthy path into cloud environments
Cyber Risk Oversight in the AI Era: How Resilient is Your Enterprise?
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 13, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Larry Clinton is the President and CEO of the Internet Security Alliance. Since 2001, ISA strives to promote the recognition of cyberse…
Progress Software Warns of "External Security Threat" to ShareFile
Progress Software, the provider of the popular file-sharing and data storage solutions, has urged customers to shut down the server hosting their Storage Zone Controller
Meta Files Patent for AI That Can Listen All Day and Track How You're Feeling
Meta has filed a patent application for an AI that listens to your voice throughout the day, works out how it thinks you are feeling from the way you sound, and keeps a timestamped log of every read. Each read gets pinned to the moment it happened: the time, y…
Thinking Fast and Slow in the SOC: The Case for Combining Autonomous AI with Analyst Copilots
A few days ago, I was sitting with the CISO of a Fortune 50 company, walking through how his security team was thinking about AI agents in the SOC. Smart team. Serious program. They had already connected Claude to a few detection tools and were seeing real val…
Attacker Uses Suspected AI-Generated PowerShell Script to Map Active Directory
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an intrusion in which an unknown threat actor leveraged a vibe-coded PowerShell script for Active Directory (AD) enumeration. "The script looked for the Domain Controller (DC) and mapped users, computers, and domains, bef…
Russian State Hackers Target Vulnerable Routers Worldwide, Joint Advisory Warns
Cybersecurity agencies from 12 countries have warned that Russian state-backed hackers are actively targeting vulnerable routers using weak SNMP credentials
Hacker Extradited from Ukraine Pleads Guilty to Ryuk Ransomware Charges
An Armenian man has pleaded guilty to his role in the infamous Ryuk ransomware operation
Australian Cyber Agency Warns of Global CMS Exploitation Campaign
Australian Cyber Security Centre warns CMS users of mass scanning and exploitation campaign
Misconfigured Server Reveals Three Evilginx Phishing Operations Targeting Microsoft 365
An attacker running a live Microsoft 365 phishing operation left a Python web server listening on a public port with directory listing switched on. The command that did it: python3 -m http.server 8080, was still sitting in the readable .bash_history. From that…
iCagenda and Balbooa Forms Joomla Flaws Reportedly Exploited as Zero-Days
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two maximum-severity security flaws impacting iCagenda and Balbooa extensions for Joomla to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of zero-day exploitation…
Compromised jscrambler 8.14.0 npm Release Drops Rust Infostealer During Install
The jscrambler npm package was compromised, and simply installing its 8.14.0 release runs an infostealer on your machine. Published on July 11, 2026, the malicious version carries a preinstall hook that drops and executes a native binary, one build each for Wi…
Hackers Weaponize Balochistan Police Portal in Multi-Group Espionage Campaigns
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of sustained cyber espionage activity against several Pakistani law enforcement organizations undertaken by suspected China- and India-aligned threat actors between February 2024 and April 2026. "At Balochistan…
Critical Zimbra Flaw Could Let Crafted Emails Run Malicious Code in User Sessions
Zimbra is urging customers to apply updates to address a critical security vulnerability impacting the Classic Web Client that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has been described as a case of stored cross-site scripting (XSS) that co…
URGENT - Progress Tells ShareFile Customers to Shut Down Storage Zone Controllers Over Security Threat
Progress Software has told ShareFile customers to shut down the Windows servers running their Storage Zone Controllers, confirming to The Hacker News that it is responding to a "credible external security threat." The company has temporarily disabled access to…
Injective Labs GitHub Compromise Pushes Wallet-Key-Stealing npm Packages
Unknown threat actors compromised the Injective Labs SDK project's GitHub repository and leveraged it to publish a malicious package on the npm registry to steal cryptocurrency wallet private keys and mnemonic seed phrases. The compromised version, @injectivel…
CISA Details Incident Response to Exposed AWS GovCloud Keys
CISA reveals how it responded after sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials and internal data were exposed in a public GitHub repository
Six New U-Boot Flaws Could Let Malicious Images Crash Devices or Run Code at Boot
Researchers at firmware security firm Binarly have found six new flaws in U-Boot, the small program that starts up hardware as varied as home routers, smart cameras, and the management chips inside data-center servers. Four of the bugs can crash a device. The…
Microsoft Warns New 'GigaWiper' Malware Combines Espionage and Destructive Capabilities
A new multi-purpose backdoor allows cyber threat actors to conduct both quiet espionage activity and destructive wiping operations
Laser Attack Resets Tangem Wallet Passwords on Cards That Can't Be Patched
Researchers at Ledger's Donjon security team have shown that a precisely timed laser pulse, aimed at the chip inside a Tangem crypto wallet card, can reset the card's password to anything the attacker picks. No old password. No backup card. Once it is reset, w…
Researcher Details WhatsApp-to-Host Attack Chain Using Three OpenClaw Flaws
Details have emerged about three now-patched security flaws in the OpenClaw personal artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that, if successfully exploited, could enable credential theft, privilege escalation, and arbitrary code execution on the host. A brief…
Anthropic and OpenAI Security Tools Could Fuel Cyber-Attacks, Researchers Warn
Researchers at the AI Now Institute developed a proof-of-concept exploit showing common AI tools used for security could backfire
New MODBEACON RAT Uses gRPC Streaming for Encrypted C2 Traffic
The China-linked cybercrime group known as Silver Fox has been attributed to a new Rust-based remote access trojan (RAR) called MODBEACON. Chinese cybersecurity company QiAnXin said that while the threat cluster may appear like a low-sophistication, high-activ…
New Ransomware Exploits Malicious Driver to Remove Cybersecurity Protections
GodDamn ransomware uses remote desktop application to secretly move around networks and drop the malicious PoisonX kernel driver
Step Into The Business Hall At Black Hat USA 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 10, 2026 – Watch the video The Cybercrime Magazine media team will step into the Business Hall at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas Aug. 2-4 and experience the future of cyber…
Unpatched XRING Flaw in XQUIC Lets Remote Clients Crash HTTP/3 Servers
A single wrong variable on one line in XQUIC, Alibaba's QUIC and HTTP/3 library, lets any remote client crash the server with a short burst of completely legal traffic. There is no patch. FoxIO researcher Sébastien Féry disclosed the flaw on July 8 and nicknam…
Exposed Hacker Server Reveals WP-SHELLSTORM Backdooring Thousands of WordPress Sites
A cybercrime crew left one of its own servers wide open on the internet for three weeks, and it exposed the operation's inner workings: the hacking tools, the activity logs, and target lists naming more than 1.4 million websites. Far fewer were actually broken…
Study of 281 Free Android VPN Apps Finds Traffic Leaks, Unencrypted Data, and Tracking
Researchers ran 281 of the most popular free VPN apps on the Google Play Store through a new testing system and found that many fail at the basics people install a VPN for, i.e., keeping their traffic private and secure. The apps flagged with at least one prob…
Hackers Use Fake Microsoft Entra Passkey Enrollment to Gain Microsoft 365 Access
A threat actor has been targeting organizations spanning multiple sectors with voice-based fake security requests that prompt Microsoft 365 users to enroll a new Entra passkey with an aim to carry out data extortion attacks. The threat actor, tracked by Okta u…
Microsoft Warns of Increase in Number of Security Updates
Microsoft has said the volume of Windows security updates is set to grow as it uses AI to find new bugs
Attackers Exploit 'Ill Bloom' Vulnerability to Drain Over $5 Million From Cryptocurrency Wallets
Security firm Coinspect has disclosed a crypto wallet flaw it calls Ill Bloom, and attackers are already using it. The flaw is in how some wallet software generated its recovery phrase, the words that control the money. When that phrase is made with weak rando…
NHS Warns Staff Over Unauthorized Access to Patient Data
NHS tells staff they could face prison for “inappropriate” access to patients’ medical records
Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks
A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring with the now-defunct BlackCat ransomware operators to extort multiple victims and working with two other cybe…
Dormant GitHub Accounts Help Attackers Blend In While Mapping Corporate Orgs
Datadog Security Labs is warning of "several overlapping campaigns" that are systematically enumerating corporate GitHub organizations, repositories, and user accounts through the GitHub API. "Operators rely on automated scraping tooling with custom or legitim…
New GigaWiper Windows Backdoor Bundles Disk Wiping, Fake Ransomware, and Spyware
Microsoft has taken apart a destructive Windows backdoor it calls GigaWiper. What stands out is how it is built: not one tool but three older destructive programs bolted into one, offered as commands the operator can choose from. Each is a different way to bre…
npm 12 Disables Install Scripts by Default to Reduce Supply Chain Risk
GitHub has officially announced the release of npm version 12 with install scripts disabled by default, along with deprecating granular access tokens (GATs) designed to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). The Microsoft-owned subsidiary noted that the follo…
ThreatsDay: Cloud Bucket Hijacking, Windows LPE Chain, Global Fraud Bust + 17 More Stories
Most security mess starts as admin work. A link gets clicked. A tool gets trusted. A bucket name gets reused. A setting stays loose because nobody wants to touch it. This week is full of that kind of damage. Not loud. Not clever. Just small gaps doing big jobs…
Vibe-Coded Malware Caught in Active Directory Attack
Huntress found a threat actor using vibe-coded PowerShell to map an Active Directory network
When “Secure” Cameras Become Peep Shows: 1M+ Baby Monitors Left Families Exposed
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 9, 2026 – Listen to the podcast Strangers were watching your children sleep. For months, anyone with basic technical knowledge could access 1.1 million baby monitors an…
AI Attacks Move in Minutes. Join This Webinar on Building a Defense That Keeps Up
AI has changed how fast attacks move. Work that once took an attacker days now takes minutes. Using models like Mythos, attackers write tailored bait, pick targets, test what lands, and jump to the next host before your team clears the first alert. That is the…
75% CISOs Fear Executives Don’t Understand Cybersecurity Risks Employees Face
Survey of cybersecurity leaders by MetaCompliance finds that many feel boards are uninterested in ever-evolving cyber risks
Chinese-Funded Interpol Cybercrime Crackdown Leads to 5,800 Arrests
Operation First Light 2026, coordinated by Interpol and funded by the Chinese government, has led to 5,811 arrests
Summer of Clearinghouses
Everyone seems to have announced a clearinghouse over the past few weeks. We did too. Ours is called Athena, and the main thing that sets it apart is that it was already real and running when we announced it — built quietly months earlier, heads down, taking f…
GhostApproval Flaw Hits Six Major AI Coding Assistants
Wiz discovered GhostApproval, a symlink flaw in six major AI coding assistants that bypasses approval
GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the PoisonX kernel driver to neutralize security software as part of its defense evasion strategy. According to a new report published by the Threat Hunter Team from Sym…
New AI Security Charter Backed by Over 70 Cyber Firms
Over 70 cybersecurity organizations have signed the CREST AI Charter detailing responsible use of AI for security
Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges
Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft…
Cybercriminals Plant Malicious AI Agents in Open Source Tool Repositories
Cybersecurity researchers at ESET identify big rise in suspicious and malicious toolsets which put users at risk from cyber-attacks
Meta's New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images
Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it's enabled by default. "You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific…
Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It
Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker's code on your own machine instead. That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack it calls "Friendly Fire." It…
GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents
Researchers at Wiz found that a flaw in six popular AI coding assistants lets a booby-trapped code project quietly take control of a developer's computer. The assistant asks permission to edit one harmless-looking file, but the write lands on a sensitive one i…
RedWing Android Spyware Sold as a Service on Telegram
Zimperium found RedWing, an Android spyware sold as a service via Telegram to target banking apps
China-Linked APT Expands Proxy Network With New Malware
Cisco Talos said China-linked APT UAT-7810 is growing its proxy relay network with new malware
Silvia Semenzin: The Internet is Not a Safe Place for Women
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 8, 2026 – Listen to the podcast The Internet is often portrayed as a neutral space, open and even democratic, a place full of possibilities. But for many women, the web…
Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a…
Threat Actors Uses Agentic AI to Rapidly Compromise Cloud Target
Sygnia report details how agentic AI accelerated weeks-long attack to just 72 hours
New Malicious Campaign Delivers Vidar Infostealer and Monero Crypto Miner
Cyber threat actors are infecting victims with the Vidar stealer and the XMRig cryptocurrency miner in a new malicious campaign
NCSC Touts National Scale, AI-Powered “Cyber Shield” for Defense
The National Cyber Security Centre wants to work with AI partners to build a new “Cyber Shield” to defend the UK
The Hidden SecOps Bottleneck: Getting the Right Data In and the Right Actions Out
Because scaling security isn’t just about better detection—it’s about removing the friction around it – Mayuresh Ektare, Senior Vice President, Product Management San Jose, Calif. – Jul. 7, 2026 Every security team wants better outcomes. Faster detection. Fast…
Suspected Chinese Threat Group Targets Universities via Vulnerable Roundcube Servers
A suspected Chinese threat cluster is exploiting Roundcube vulnerabilities to compromise university networks in the US and Canada and harvest user credentials
Scattered Spider’s Structure More Like a Cybercrime Collective Than a Unified Gang
Group-IB analysis argued Scattered Spider is a decentralized collective of independent clusters
The Canvas Hack: Who, What, Where, When, and Why
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 7, 2026 – Listen to the podcast EdTech company Instructure confirmed a massive data breach this past spring. The ShinyHunters group claimed responsibility, alleging tha…
UK Government Launches Cyber Resilience Pledge, Claiming 60+ Signatories
More than 60 organizations, including M&S, Microsoft UK and Vodafone, have signed the UK government's Cyber Resilience Pledge, a new initiative aimed at boosting cyber security and resilience across British businesses
Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Adobe ColdFusion Flaw
Threat actors are exploiting an Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability which has a CVSS score of 10.0
Phishing Attacks Targeted Facebook Users With Fake Verification Offer
Attacks also used a compromised chatbot in campaign to steal sensitive information from Business Users
New Iran-Nexus Hacking Group Targets Israel Government and IT Sectors
Check Point researchers have identified a new cyber adversary targeting Israeli government and IT businesses, tracked as ‘Cavern Manticore’
Indirect Prompt Injection in Web Content Targets AI Agents
Zscaler found sites hiding prompt-injection text to manipulate AI agents into crypto payments
Opera GX Flaw Let Sites Auto-Install Mods to Steal Data
Opera GX flaw let sites automatically install mods to steal data from other pages, now patched
The Next Step In Cybersecurity: Prevent Risks Before They Reach Production
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 6, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video “One of the biggest misconceptions in cybersecurity is that seeing a problem means you’re protected,” Ariel Litmanovich, co-founder an…
NCA Issues Warning to Parents As Shared Child Photos Exploited by AI Tools
IWF and NCA warn that growing numbers of images and videos are being manipulated into sexual abuse material
Researchers Claim First Fully Agentic Ransomware: JadePuffer
Researchers have revealed JadePuffer, the first agentic AI-powered ransomware campaign, highlighting how autonomous agents can automate cyber-attacks
Qilin Dominates Ransomware Market Amid Growing Cybercrime Consolidation
The ransomware landscape is reconsolidating around major players, with Qilin emerging as the leading RaaS operation, researchers say
Warning Over “Industrialized” Cyber-Attacks After Ransomware Gang Partners With TeamPCP
Researchers warn that collaboration could lead to “unprecedented” ransomware attacks, as FBI also issues warning
FBI, Google Take Down NetNut Proxy Network Used by Cyber Threat Actors
The NetNut proxy network and the ‘Popa’ botnet are known to have infected devices with variants of Mirai DDoS botnets
FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy service operated by the publicly-traded Israeli company Alarum Technologies [NASDAQ: ALAR].…
Why Social Engineering Attacks Are Successful… And How To Protect Against Them
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 1, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video For years, social engineering has been the most common and effective attack vector in cybersecurity, according to Doppel, developers o…
Researcher Behind 'Exploitarium' Explains Release of Undisclosed Zero-Day Exploits
Infosecurity spoke with the researcher who dumped over 30 proof-of-concept exploits without disclosing the vulnerabilities first
Cybercriminals Pose as Interpol in Phishing Emails to Infect Victims With Ransomware
Bitdefender researchers warned of curious ransomware campaign which has targeted businesses around the world
NCSC Shares Tips on How to Make a Pen Tester’s Job Harder
The NCSC has shared best practice advice from pen testers which could help improve system resilience
Alleged Scattered Spider Member Extradited to US
A teenager accused of hacking as part of Scattered Spider has been arrested
Fileless Malware Abuses Google Blogspot to Deploy Infostealer in Memory
Securonix said the Veil#Drop campaign abuses Google Blogspot to deliver PureLog Stealer in memory
Brazilian Banking Trojan Ousaban Targets Spain and Portugal
FortiGuard says the Brazilian banking trojan Ousaban is targeting Spain and Portugal via phishing
Black Hat USA 2026 For CISOs And Security Leaders
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 1, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video “Black Hat USA 2026 is where CISOs come to gain the intelligence and insights that inform the toughest decisions they make,” says Suzy…
Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Are Back with New Security Guardrails
The new classifier in Fable 5 blocks the jailbreak technique that prompted the US export controls “in over 99% of cases”
Microsoft Accelerates Quantum-Safe Push with New Timeline
Microsoft has brought forward its timelines for transitioning to post-quantum cryptography (PQC)
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