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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several significant threats. Chainalysis reported a data breach resulting from an AI-driven cyberattack that exploited offensive agentic techniques. Meanwhile, the FBI attributed a massive $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist from Binance to North Korean hackers, known as TraderTraitor, prompting urgent calls for the crypto industry to bolster transaction monitoring. Ransomware continues to pose a threat, with Synology warning of increased C3RB3R attacks targeting NAS devices. Additionally, attackers impersonated IT support on Microsoft Teams to gain unauthorized access to company data, and a supply chain attack involved a malicious code extension that created reverse SSH tunnels. These incidents underscore the evolving tactics of cybercriminals, particularly the integration of AI in cyberattacks.
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Despite strict access controls, medical data from half a million UK Biobank volunteers ended up listed for sale on Alibaba.
The open web is slowly but surely filling up with âtrapsâ designed for LLM-powered AI agents. The technique, known as indirect prompt injection (IPI), involves hiding (more or less) covert instructions inside ordinary web pages, waiting for an AI agent to read them and carry out the authorâs command...
AI tools are not just creating new vulnerabilities, they are reviving old security failures, warned Jurgen Kutscher, VP of Mandiant Consulting
The AI Agent Authority Gap - From Ungoverned to Delegation
As discussed in our previous article, AI agents are exposing a structural gap in enterprise security, but the problem is often framed too narrowly.
The issue is not simply that agents are new actors. It is that agents are delegated actors. T...
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of malicious apps on the Apple App Store that impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets in an attempt to steal recovery phrases and private keys since at least fall 2025.
"Once launched, these apps redirect users to browser pages designed to look simi...
Trois failles de sécurité zero-day présentes dans Microsoft Defender sont désormais exploitées par les cybercriminels : BlueHammer, RedSun et UnDefend.
Le post Windows : trois exploits Microsoft Defender désormais exploités par les pirates a été publié sur IT-Connect.
Ailing scaling blamed by Windows-maker for unreadable missives Microsoft's update to harden Remote Desktop against phishing attacks has arrived. When users open a Remote Desktop (.rdp) file, they should now see a warning listing all requested connection settings - or they would if it was displaying...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
OpenAI's first security hire, Ari Herbert-Voss, thinks more automated bug finding will improve security without costing jobs Black Hat Asia Open source models can find bugs as effectively as Anthropic's Mythos, according to Ari Herbert-Voss, CEO of AI-powered security startup RunSybil and OpenAI's...
OpenAI's first security hire, Ari Herbert-Voss, thinks more automated bug finding will improve security without costing jobs
Microsoft says IT administrators can now uninstall the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant from enterprise devices using a new policy setting, which has become broadly available after the April 2026 Patch Tuesday. [...]
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The malware provides remote access and control of infected devices and maintains post-patching persistence.
The post US Federal Agencyâs Cisco Firewall Infected With âFirestarterâ Backdoor appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companiesâ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models.
The post Trump Administration Vows Crackdown on Chinese Companies âExploitingâ AI Models Made in US appeared first on SecurityWeek.
It was used to track a Dutch naval ship:
Dutch journalist Just Vervaart, working for regional media network Omroep Gelderland, followed the directions posted on the Dutch government website and mailed a postcard with a hidden tracker inside. Because of this, they were able to track the ship for abou...
UK could face âhacktivist attacks at scaleâ, says head of security agency The head of the UKâs National Cyber Security Centre warned that a conflict scenario could trigger large-scale hacktivist attacks with effects similar to major ransomware incidents, but without the option of paying to recover....
Several security issues were fixed in GStreamer Bad Plugins.
Learn how DANE authentication helps secure email in transit, why DNSSEC is essential, and where deployment can become operationally complex.
The post DANE Authentication for Enterprise Email Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.
China-linked threat actors have shifted from individually procured infrastructure to large-scale covert networks, botnets built from compromised routers and other edge devices, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns. To help organizations address this threat, the NCSC, together with the Cyb...
Suspected state-sponsored attackers are using a custom backdoor to persistently compromise Cisco security devices (firewalls), the US CISA and the UK National Cyber Security Centre warned on Thusday. âThe [Firestarter] malware (âŠ) is relevant for both Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices; how...