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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several critical threats and trends. Microsoft has issued a significant Patch Tuesday update, addressing 1,094 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw in Outlook that could expose hashed NTLM credentials. Additionally, hackers are actively exploiting high-severity vulnerabilities in Cisco BroadWorks and Openwave systems, emphasizing the urgency for organizations to patch these flaws. New AI-related threats are emerging, with Microsoft researchers demonstrating how hidden backdoors can be implanted in AI models. Meanwhile, a new tool advertised by hackers claims to maintain Gmail access post-password resets, raising concerns over credential security. Lastly, the SANS Institute reports that incidents in operational technology (OT) environments are on the rise, with one-third of industrial organizations affected.
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A critical command injection issue in Fortinet FortiSIEM has been disclosed along with public exploit code, and researchers claim attackers could have been remotely achieving unauthenticated root access to the SIEM platform for nearly three years. The flaw belongs to a class o...
Redmond says cheap virtual desktops powered a global wave of phishing and fraud Microsoft has taken its cybercrime fight to the UK in its first major civil action outside the US, moving to shut down RedVDS, a virtual desktop service used to power phishing and fraud at global scale.…
Palo Alto Networks addressed a flaw impacting GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, for which a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit exists. Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0227 (CVSS score: 7.7), affecting GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, for which a proof-of-...
Cold milk poured over 'spicy mode,' but it might not be enough to escape a huge fine Ofcom is continuing with its investigation into X, despite the social media platform saying it will block Grok from digitally undressing people.…
DDoS-ers are striking a website linked to a data breach at the Department of Homeland Security
It’s 2026, yet many SOCs are still operating the way they did years ago, using tools and processes designed for a very different threat landscape. Given the growth in volumes and complexity of cyber threats, outdated practices no longer fully support analysts’ needs, staggering investigations and in...
Cisco Talos is closely tracking UAT-8837, a threat actor we assess with medium confidence is a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor.
[This is a Guest Diary by Matthew Presnal, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program]
Hackers stole patients’ personal, treatment, and health insurance information from the hospital’s IT systems.
The post Central Maine Healthcare Data Breach Impacts 145,000 Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Amazon has made the AWS European Sovereign Cloud generally available to customers across the European Union, backed by a €7.8 billion investment. According to AWS, the funding will support infrastructure buildout, staffing, and long-term operations, and is expected to drive regional economic activit...
USN-7916-1 fixed a vulnerability in python-apt. The update had a
PEP 440 incompatible version. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Julian Andres Klode discovered that python-apt incorrectly handled
deb822 configuration files. An attacker...
The FTC has finalized an order with General Motors, settling charges that it collected and sold the location and driving data of millions of drivers without consent. [...]
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has taken a "coordinated legal action" in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt a cybercrime subscription service called RedVDS that has allegedly fueled millions in fraud losses.
The effort, per the tech giant, is part of a broader law enforcement effort in colla...
Designed for long-term access, the framework targets cloud and container environments with loaders, implants, and rootkits.
The post VoidLink Linux Malware Framework Targets Cloud Environments appeared first on SecurityWeek.
EU-only ops, German subsidiaries, and a pinky promise your data won't end up in Uncle Sam's hands Amid continued trade and geopolitical volatility between Europe and the US, Amazon Web Services is making its European Sovereign Cloud generally available today and plans to expand so-called Dedicated L...
Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs blocked over 550 C2 servers tied to the AISURU/Kimwolf botnet used for DDoS attacks and proxy abuse. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs disrupted over 550 command-and-control servers linked to the AISURU and Kimwolf botnet, a major network used for DDoS attacks and proxy abuse. Acting...
Bitwarden revealed continued product innovation and ecosystem maturity to advance identity security capabilities for users and enterprises. Bitwarden introduced enterprise credential risk insights and guided remediation through Bitwarden Access Intelligence, expanded passkey interoperability across...
A new Arcjet SDK lets Python teams embed bot protection, rate limiting, and abuse prevention directly into application code.
The post Arcjet Python SDK Sinks Teeth Into Application-Layer Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Only a dozen new advisories have been published this Patch Tuesday by industrial giants.Â
The post ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Aveva, Phoenix Contact appeared first on SecurityWeek.
F5 has unveiled general availability of F5 AI Guardrails and F5 AI Red Team, two solutions that secure mission-critical enterprise AI systems. With these releases, F5 is providing a comprehensive end-to-end lifecycle approach to AI runtime security, including enhanced ability to connect and protect...