> TODAY'S SUMMARY (103 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals several key threats and trends. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continue to face significant risks of client data leaks due to common oversights, such as password reuse. A jailbroken AI agent has executed a two-week attack on a European telecom, highlighting the evolving nature of AI-assisted cyber threats. Notably, a recent supply chain attack compromised tens of thousands of GitHub repositories, showcasing vulnerabilities in software development ecosystems. Additionally, hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in refrigeration controllers and NAS devices, leading to potential service disruptions and data breaches. In a concerning trend, deepfake technology is being utilized in scams, with three individuals indicted for using AI to impersonate CEOs and defraud companies out of $129 million.
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More than 100 malicious extensions in the official Chrome Web Store are attempting to steal Google OAuth2 Bearer tokens, deploy backdoors, and carry out ad fraud. [...]
Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in imagemagick, a software suite used for editing and manipulating digital images, which could lead to symlink races, information leaks, denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution. For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these prob...
Overview of patch tuesday release from Microsoft for April 2026.
The vendor disclosed one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint that allows attackers to view information and make changes to disclosed information.
The post Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record appeared first on CyberScoop.
Security teams are stretched thin. Alerts never stop, attackers move faster, and expectations for uptime and resilience keep rising. For many IT and security leaders, Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has become less of a “nice to have” and more of a practical way to stay a...
The new N-able and Futurum Report reveals how AI is reshaping cyber resilience as it accelerates both business innovation and adversarial tradecraft. Attackers are scaling their operations with unprecedented speed, leveraging automation to bypass traditional defenses. For IT s...
tar-rs could be made to modify permissions on arbitrary directories.
USN-8138-1 fixed a vulnerability in tar-rs. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that tar-rs incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking
a tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
a specia...
OpenAI says its safeguards “sufficiently reduce cyber risk” for now, while GPT-5.4-Cyber is a new cybersecurity-focused model.
The acting CISO said that AI is reshaping how the service measures and tracks cyber compliance, moving it from a box-checking exercise to something nimbler and more substantive.
The post Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance appeared first on CyberScoop.
rustc could be made to modify permissions on arbitrary directories.
The researchers said the ransomware operation has been ongoing since 2020 and is associated with a strain of malware that enforces execution constraints based on system locale and external IP geolocation.
New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multi-step infiltration challenge.
Author, Creator & Presenter: Mika Ayenson, Threat Research & Detection Engineer At Elastic
Our thanks to [un]prompted for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s outstanding [un]prompted 2026 AI Security Practitioner content on the Organizations' YouTube Channel.
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The UK designated Xinbi Guarantee as an enabler of crypto scammers and human trafficking weeks ago. Telegram is still hosting it in plain sight.
Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner.
Experts say this is the second-largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday ever based on CVE count.
The post Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A breach at Basic-Fit exposed data of 1M members, including names, birth dates and bank details after unauthorized access. Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest gym chain, has disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million members. Hackers gained unauthorized access to the company systems and stole person...
In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them.
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5082200 extended security update to fix the April 2026 Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-days. [...]