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Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals several significant threats and trends. The newly identified "sshole" vulnerability (CVE-2026-123158) is leading to an uptick in exploitation attempts, particularly observed through honeypot data. Additionally, a major data breach at Japanese manufacturer Iris Ohyama has compromised the personal information of approximately 7.7 million customers. On the malware front, an unknown advanced persistent threat (APT) is utilizing NetamLoader to target Windows 10 systems. In a notable incident, attackers exploited a third-party service provider to steal up to $133 million from French Bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. Meanwhile, law enforcement has arrested three suspects linked to the DataSuckers hacking group, which previously targeted Dodo Pizza. The evolving role of AI in cybersecurity continues to be highlighted as companies seek to bolster defenses against these increasing threats.
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Researchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks
Microsoft has introduced a series of security tools and capabilities focused on AI-driven vulnerability discovery, AI agents, and AI models. The updates include a multi-agent vulnerability discovery system, new controls for managing and securing AI agents, data protection capabilities, and tools des...
A two-week penetration test can leave roughly 345 days of real-world exposure unvalidated. Sprocket Security explores why continuous testing is becoming critical as attack surfaces constantly change. [...]
From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled DNS name decompression.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Twisted to consume
excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled cross-origin redirects
in ProxyManager. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2026-44431)
It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled decompression of
specially crafted responses. A remote atta...
Russia’s FSB claims foreign intelligence planted malware on senior officials’ phones to intercept calls and activate cameras. No technical evidence, no country named. On June 2, 2026, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) published a statement claiming it had uncovered and documented a large-scale...
Redis has patched a use-after-free in its blocking-client code that lets an authenticated user run arbitrary OS commands on the machine hosting the database. The flaw was found by an autonomous AI tool built to hunt bugs in large codebases.
Tracked as CVE-2026-23479, the flaw was introduced in Red...
Enterprise applications often still use complex standards like SOAP for web services. The big advantage of SOAP is its tight and extensive standards, which enable interoperability across an enterprise governed by web services. The disadvantage of SOAP: First, while it is de facto usually used over H...
It was discovered that libwww-perl incorrectly handled redirects. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information by
causing Authorization headers to be sent to a different host.
Inaugural Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Award Winner Impresses Panel with Ability Help Prioritize Vulnerabilities in AI era
Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.
Several security issues were fixed in nginx.
Research by:Â Alexey Bukhteyev Key Takeaways Introduction When we search Google for a popular piece of software, we usually click the first result, sometimes without even looking at the rest, because official project sites tend to rank highest and appear near the top of the results. After landing on...
Threat actors are exploiting vulnerable Kirki and Burst Statistics deployments to elevate privileges and take over websites.
The post Kirki, Burst Statistics WordPress Plugin Flaws in Attackers’ Crosshairs appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The AI Risk Quadrant evaluates AI agents based on three factors: how vulnerable they are to compromise, the potential impact of a breach, and the strength of their security defenses.
The post Security of 100 AI Agents Tested and Ranked – What You Need to Know appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New operating systems prioritize usability, a reality which threat actors use to exploit security gaps. Every misconfiguration creates an opportunity for compromise, and lean teams struggle in their security management efforts to harden hundreds or thousands of endpoints. CIS SecureSuite Membership...
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a one-click attack via Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) that makes it possible to steal a user's GitHub token.
"Just by clicking a link, it's possible for an attacker to steal a GitHub token that can read and write to your repos, including private ones...
The attackers had access to a senior executive’s email account for 150 days and exfiltrated data for months.
The post Hackers Target Global Stock Exchange in Espionage Operation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Researchers at the University of Toronto, the Vector Institute, and the University of Cambridge have built and tested a proof-of-concept AI-driven worm that does not operate on a fixed list of exploits. Instead, it analyzes each target it encounters, reasons about how to attack it, and creates a str...