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This week's cybersecurity updates highlight several key threats and trends. A vulnerability in the abandoned updater for Popcorn Time (CVE-2026-30612) has been neutralized after potentially exposing millions of PCs to SYSTEM-level code execution. The rise of AI in open-source projects has introduced concerns, with a survey indicating that maintainers are overwhelmed by low-quality AI contributions, leading to an r/opensource ban on AI projects. Additionally, forgotten AI agents pose risks by retaining access to sensitive company data, with 76% of them still holding credentials. Fraud involving synthetic identities has surged, exposing U.S. lenders to $2.4 billion in losses. Meanwhile, efforts to secure DNS against quantum decryption attacks are accelerating, reflecting an ongoing commitment to future-proofing cybersecurity measures.
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Session 14C: Vulnerability Detection
Authors, Creators & Presenters: (Except Where Noted - The Following Authors Are From The Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences) Fangming Gu, Qingli Guo, Jie Lu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Qing...
Overview Iranian‑aligned cyber actors pose an elevated near‑term risk due to their history of espionage, credential theft, disruptive attacks, and high‑visibility “hacktivist” and disinformation operations, often targeting U.S. and allied interests through phishing, exploitation of exposed systems,...
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
The deal awaits final shareholder and regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.
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It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) says it has resumed normal operations, nine days after a ransomware attack blocked access to electronic medical records and took down many of its IT systems. [...]
Several security issues were fixed in PostgreSQL.
Originally published on the Hacker News here. A new 2026 market intelligence study of 128 enterprise security decision-makers (available here) reveals a stark divide forming […]
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The post The CTEM D...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- SMB network file system;
(CVE-2025-22037, CVE-2025-37899)
Blind spots in complex cloud environments allow identity-based attacks to achieve the same outcome as complex malware or zero-day exploits. Sophistication need not apply.
The post Attackers are using your network against you, according to Cloudflare appeared first on CyberScoop.
LastPass warns of a phishing campaign using fake security alerts about unauthorized access or password changes to steal users’ master passwords. LastPass has warned users about a new phishing campaign using fake security alerts that claim unauthorized access or master password changes. The emails, w...
NSS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
A routine RDP brute-force alert led to unusual credential hunting and a geo-distributed VPN-linked infrastructure. Huntress Labs explains how one compromised login unraveled a suspected ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem tied to initial access brokers. [...]
A Belgian national, De Ceukelaire’ did not set out to be a hacker. Like many hackers he was born with the potential to become one and only gradually realized he is one.
The post Hacker Conversations: Inti De Ceukelaire, Raging Against the Machine Creatively appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Increased attempts to compromise surveillance cameras linked to Iran during Middle East conflict
Cloudflare is introducing Attack Signature Detection and Full-Transaction Detection to provide continuous, high-fidelity security insights without the manual tuning of traditional WAFs. By correlating request payloads with server responses, we can now identify successful exploits and data exfiltrati...
How did OpenClaw become botnet infrastructure so quickly? DataDome analyzes the hijacked AI agents scraping sites at scale and how we detect them.
The post How Threat Actors Turned OpenClaw Into a Scraping Botnet appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Software security has reached an inflection point as AI development tools increase the volume and velocity of software releases, while AI is also powering the next generation of threat actors driving attack volume and sophistication to new heights. For security teams, this is not just acceleration –...