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Today's cybersecurity updates highlight an increase in ransomware attacks, particularly targeting healthcare and educational institutions. Phishing campaigns continue to evolve, with attackers using sophisticated social engineering tactics to bypass traditional security measures. Additionally, vulnerabilities in popular software applications are being actively exploited, emphasizing the need for timely patch management. The rise of supply chain attacks remains a significant concern, as threat actors target third-party vendors to gain access to larger networks. Organizations are urged to enhance their incident response plans and user training to mitigate these growing threats.
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A fake TradingView AI agent site leads to malware that can take over your browser, steal your accounts and financial data, and open the door to further attacks.
The U.S. Defense Department is crafting a new cyber strategy that will better align with the Trump administration’s plans to more aggressively combat digital adversaries, a senior official told the House Armed Services Committee.
Maik Schaefer discovered that a TOCTOU race condition in PackageKit (a package management service over a DBus interface) could result in local privilege escalation. For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.6-5+deb12u1.
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a new Efficiency Mode for Microsoft Teams for systems with limited CPU and memory resources to improve app responsiveness. [...]
A group of unauthorized users reportedly has gained access to Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos Preview AI frontier model despite the AI vendor’s efforts to keep it out of public hands by limiting the organizations that can use it. Bloomberg reported that the unnamed group had tried multiple...
Apple Intelligence flaw kept stolen tokens reusable on another device Researchers say Apple Intelligence’s token design let attackers steal and replay credentials across devices, turning what should have been device-bound access into reusable bearer tokens. The reported impact goes beyond token thef...
Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the malware targets recovery mechanisms, overwrites drives, and systematically deletes files.
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Along with a bunch of new services to make sure those same agents don't cause chaos Google Cloud chief operating officer Francis deSouza has summed up his company's security strategy du jour as follows: "You need to use AI to fight AI."…
Every secure API draws a line between code and data. HTTP separates headers from bodies. SQL has prepared statements. Even email distinguishes the envelope from the message. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard for connecting AI agents to external services, inherits that gap f...
SilentGlass, a plug-and-play device, actively blocks any unexpected or malicious HDMI and Display Port connections.
A security researcher claims Claude Desktop installed spyware on his Mac. We examine the findings.
The exploitation of the command injection vulnerability started one year after public disclosure and PoC exploit code publication.
The post Mirai Botnet Targets Flaw in Discontinued D-Link Routers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
As I have been preparing slides for my coming talk at foss-north on April 28, 2026 I figured I could take the opportunity and share a glimpse of the current reality here on my blog. The high quality chaos era, as I call it. No more AI slop I complained and I complained about the … Continue reading H...
Cyber crooks are abusing a trojanized Android payment application to steal near field communication (NFC) data and PINs, enabling cloning of payment cards and draining victim accounts.
According to ESET researchers, a new variant of the NGate malware has been infused into t...
Researcher says the missing piece is a governance-driven intelligence layer that turns SBOM and VEX data into explainable security decisions.
The post Are SBOMs Failing? Supply Chain Attacks Rise as Security Teams Struggle With SBOM Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Gov admits 'incident' as forum sellers boast of fresh haul covering up to a third of the population France's National Agency for "Secure" Documents is explaining a potential data spill just as crooks online claim they've nicked a third of the country's ID information.…
Progress Software has fixed a slew of high-severity vulnerabilities in MOVEit WAF and LoadMaster, including a flaw (CVE-2026-21876) that may allow attackers to bypass firewall detection. MOVEit WAF (web application firewall) is designed to protect Progress’s managed file transfer platform MOVEit Tra...
All the flaws could have also been found by an elite human researcher, according to Mozilla.
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Judges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current human rights laws London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has survived a legal challenge that attempted to curb its rollout of live facial recognition (LFR) technology across the capital.…
Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, spoofing, information disclosure or privilege escalation. For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 140.10.0esr-1...