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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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The hackers trick victims into accessing GitHub or GitLab repositories that are opened using Visual Studio Code.
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The Rust project updated crates.io to include a Security tab on individual crate pages. The tab shows security advisories drawn from the RustSec database and lists which versions of a crate may have known issues. This change gives developers a way to view advisory information before selecting a crat...
Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.…
OpenAI is rolling out age prediction on ChatGPT consumer plans to help determine whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18. Age prediction builds on protections already in place. ChatGPT relies on an age prediction model that evaluates behavioral and account level signals. These include...
Sophisticated malware previously thought to be the work of a well-resourced cyber-crime group was built by one person - with the aid of AI tools
Threat actors behind the long-running Contagious Interview campaign were seen expanding from traditional social-engineering lures to the abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as an execution and persistence mechanism.
According to new findings from Jamf Threat Lab...
Researchers showed how prompt injection hidden in a calendar invite can bypass privacy controls and turn an AI assistant into a data-leaking accomplice.
Minister unwraps ambassadors of the Software Security Code of Practice Britain's digital economy minister has sent forth a raft of companies as "ambassadors" to help organizations across the land embrace the UK's Software Security Code of Practice.…
By integrating identity threat detection with MFA, organizations can protect sensitive data, maintain operational continuity, and reduce risk exposure.
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Several security issues were fixed in iperf3.
Chinese electronic manufacturer and Apple partner Luxshare Precision Industry has allegedly been breached by affiliates of the RansomHub ransomware-as-a-service outfit. Luxshare is one of the primary assemblers of Apple’s wireless earbuds, iPhones, and Vision Pro devices, as well as a producer of co...
Security researchers have hacked the Tesla Infotainment System and earned $516,500 after exploiting 37 zero-days on the first day of the Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 competition. [...]
The EU’s Cybersecurity Act 2.0 will aim to address some of the challenges of the current CSA, including the slow rollout of certification schemes
The Embedded Systems Threat Matrix (ESTM) aims to help organizations protect critical embedded systems.Â
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No matter how many times we say it, the idea comes back again and again. Hopefully, this letter will hold back the tide for at least a while longer.
Executive summary: Scientists have understood for many years that internet voting is insecure and that there is no known or foreseeable technology that...
Une faille importante (CVE-2026-23745) a été découverte dans node-tar, une bibliothèque populaire pour Node.js. Voici les risques et les mesures de correction.
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API cybersecurity will be a ping pong ball, battered between the rackets of AI-assisted attackers and AI-assisted defenders.
The post Cyber Insights 2026: API Security – Harder to Secure, Impossible to Ignore appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Every managed security provider is chasing the same problem in 2026 — too many alerts, too few analysts, and clients demanding “CISO-level protection” at SMB budgets.
The truth? Most MSSPs are running harder, not smarter. And it’s breaking their margins. That’s where the quiet revolution is happenin...
Impacting Anthropic’s official MCP server, the vulnerabilities can be exploited through prompt injections.
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With the WhisperPair attack, a stranger can pair their device with your headphones to keep tabs on your location.