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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical trends and threats. Vanderbilt University is recovering from a cyberattack, with claims of stolen data yet to be confirmed. The Qilin ransomware group has reportedly targeted over 365 organizations in recent months, emphasizing the growing threat of ransomware affiliates. A significant number of vulnerabilities were addressed in Microsoft's November Patch Tuesday, including a zero-day flaw in Outlook that is actively exploited. Furthermore, recent reports indicate that hackers are leveraging AI tools for credential theft and impersonation fraud, raising concerns about the security of AI systems. Lastly, vulnerabilities in Cisco BroadWorks and Openwave systems are being actively exploited despite available patches, illustrating the ongoing challenge of timely vulnerability management.
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Python package LiteLLM compromised with credential-stealing malware linked to TeamPCP threat group
UK organisations encouraged to take immediate action to mitigate two recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway.
In September 2025, Anthropic disclosed that a state-sponsored threat actor used an AI coding agent to execute an autonomous cyber espionage campaign against 30 global targets. The AI handled 80-90% of tactical operations on its own, performing reconnaissance, writing exploit code, and attempting lat...
The hackers compromised GitHub Action tags, then shifted to NPM, Docker Hub, VS Code, and PyPI, and teamed with Lapsus$.
The post From Trivy to Broad OSS Compromise: TeamPCP Hits Docker Hub, VS Code, PyPI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said a Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison for managing a botnet that was used to launch ransomware attacks against U.S. companies.
Ilya Angelov, 40, of Tolyatti, Russia, was also fined $100,000. Angelov, who went by the online aliases "mil...
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The post Why AI Is Increasing Demand for Software Engineers (Not Replacing Them) appeared first on ISHIR | Custom AI Software...
A slew of supply chain attacks against popular open source tools and packages appears to have been orchestrated by TeamPCP, a cybercriminal group that rose to prominence in late 2025. The latest victim of the group is BerryAI’s popular LiteLLM library, a unified interface that makes it easier for ap...
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an active device code phishing campaign that's targeting Microsoft 365 identities across more than 340 organizations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany.
The activity, per Huntress, was first spotted on February 19, 2026, with s...
The FCC will ban new foreign-made routers in the U.S. over security risks, unless approved by DHS or defense authorities. The U.S. FCC announced a ban on importing new foreign-made consumer routers, citing unacceptable cyber and national security risks. The decision, backed by Executive Branch asses...
Akamai has introduced Akamai Brand Guardian, an evolution of Brand Protector that uses AI to identify and manage brand impersonation at scale. Scammers are exploiting the widespread availability of generative AI to deploy sophisticated fake websites and digital identities in seconds, making it nearl...
TP-Link has patched several vulnerabilities in its Archer NX router series, including a critical-severity flaw that may allow attackers to bypass authentication and upload new firmware. [...]
PyPI is warning of possible credential theft from AI applications and developer pipelines after two malicious versions of the widely used Python middleware for large language models, LiteLLM, were briefly published.
“Anyone who has installed and run the project should assum...
This is the first installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings.
A new generation of protesters, raised on social media and often fluent in the tools of digital dissent, has taken to the streets in recent months and years. In Bangladesh, Iran, Togo,...
Njordium Cyber Group has launched its new AI Fraud Detection Module, a self-learning AI engine integrated into the recently released Vendor Management System (VMS). The module instantly detects and neutralises fake invoices, phantom services or products, and inflated pricing. Fully transparent and c...
Sen. Ron Wyden is warning us of an abuse of Section 702:
Wyden took to the Senate floor to deliver a lengthy speech, ostensibly about the since approved (with support of many Democrats) nomination of Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA. Wyden was protesting that nomination, but in the context of Rudd being...
Expel has warned of malicious Chrome extensions stealing users’ AI conversations
We’re releasing a new Claude plugin for developing and auditing code that implements dimensional analysis, a technique we explored in our most recent blog post. Most LLM-based security skills ask the model to find bugs. Our new dimensional-analysis plugin for Claude Code takes a different approach:...
Organizations rely on MFA to enforce identity checks before granting access to systems and services. Microsoft has made external MFA generally available in Microsoft Entra ID, expanding support for third-party identity providers. Configure external MFA in Microsoft Entra ID (Source: Microsoft) Exter...
A man has pleaded guilty to defrauding online music streaming platforms out of more than US $8 million, after creating hundreds of thousands of songs with AI, and then using bots to play them billions of times.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The identity and access management (IAM) market has shifted its focus from traditional “login and MFA” mechanisms toward treating identity as a security control plane.
Buyers are prioritizing phishing-resistant authentication, including passkeys, and the management of non-h...