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Today's cyber news highlights several key threats and trends. Hackers are increasingly targeting AI systems, as demonstrated by a recent incident where credentials were stolen, leading to $740,000 in unauthorized compute usage for a cloud provider. Microsoft researchers revealed vulnerabilities in AI models, showing that attackers can create backdoors by manipulating just a few neurons. Additionally, recent updates for Slackware address critical security issues, including remote code execution and memory errors in their httpd and Git packages. The ongoing risk of vehicle hacking is underscored by a podcast discussing how attackers can gain control over car systems. As cyber threats evolve, organizations must prioritize robust security measures against these emerging vulnerabilities.
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Server-side request forgery (ssrf) in Azure MCP Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Cwe is not in rca categories in Microsoft Authenticator allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave all federal civilian agencies until Thursday to patch CVE-2025-26399 — a critical vulnerability impacting the popular SolarWinds Web Help Desk.
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Improper authentication in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Inference protection is a preventive approach to LLM privacy that stops sensitive data from ever reaching AI models. Learn how de-identification enables secure, compliant AI workflows with unstructured text.
The post Inference protection for LLMs: Keeping sensitive data out of AI workflows appeared...
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
[CVE-2026-26030](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26030) is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability that has been identified in Microsoft Semantic Kernel Python SDK, specifically within the InMemoryVectorStore filter functionality. GitHub created this CVE on their behalf. GitHub created this...
An attack campaign targeting HR departments and job recruiters has been stealthily compromising systems, Aryaka researchers have discovered. By avoiding analysis environments and leveraging a specialized module designed to kill antivirus and endpoint detection software, the Russian-speaking attacker...
External initialization of trusted variables or data stores in Azure Entra ID allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Microsoft is changing the default behavior in Windows Autopatch so that hotpatch security updates are enabled automatically for eligible devices managed through Microsoft Intune or the Microsoft Graph API starting with the May 2026 Windows security update. Windows Autopatch is a Microsoft-managed se...
Russian-speaking attackers lure HR staff into downloading ISO files that disable defenses A Russian-speaking cyber criminal is targeting corporate HR teams with fake CVs that quietly install malware which can disable security tools before stealing data from infected machines.…
Thanks to GenAI, cyberattacks are coming faster and harder than ever before. The IC3 consortium at MIT Sloan warns that: “AI is being used regularly in cyberattacks to create malware, phishing campaigns, and deepfake-driven social engineering, such as fake customer service calls. Large language mode...
Codex Security, formerly Aardvark, has found hundreds of critical vulnerabilities in tested software in the past month.
The post OpenAI Rolls Out Codex Security Vulnerability Scanner appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Phishers are targeting AWS accounts holders with fake email security alerts and redirecting them to a high-fidelity clone of the AWS Management Console sign-in page, Datadog researchers have warned. The cloned AWS phishing page (Source: Datadog Security Labs) The campaign has been running since the...
Armadin uses AI-powered red teaming to find and exploit weaknesses in the same way that attackers attack them.
The post Kevin Mandia’s Armadin Launches With $190 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.
DataDome analyzed Kimwolf botnet traffic targeting businesses. See how residential proxies fuel credential stuffing, web scraping, and fraud attacks.
The post Inside Kimwolf Traffic: How Residential Proxies Fuel Credential Stuffing, Web Scraping, & Fraud appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed nine cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio that could have permitted attackers to run arbitrary SQL queries on victims' databases and exfiltrate sensitive data within organizations' Google Cloud environments.
The shortcomings have been collecti...
Stolen credentials often remain active long before a breach. See how identity persistence drives initial access risk.
The post Before the Breach: Identity Persistence Through Stolen Credentials appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Coverage claims without context are one of the most persistent sources of confusion in security tooling. This post breaks down four myths behind ATT&CK coverage claims and offers a more useful framework for thinking about ATT&CK coverage in practice.
The post What Does MITRE ATT&CK Cover...