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Recent cyber threats show a significant rise in supply chain attacks, with attackers exploiting GitHub issues to compromise 61 public repositories in under an hour. Impersonation tactics are increasingly used to extract sensitive credentials from organizations, targeting major AI firms like OpenAI and Meta. Cisco is facing challenges with multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its firewall software, leading to remote crashes and exploitation for malware deployment. Online scams have surged, overtaking phishing attempts, while significant data breaches, including the theft of 2.6 million records from Sony’s ISP, highlight the ongoing risks to personal information. Additionally, hacktivist groups are leaking sensitive government employee data, emphasizing the need for robust data protection measures.
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Defenders can’t use AI in the same way attackers can, but there’s much they can do to unlock the potential of agentic cyber defence.
It’s unclear if the attacks are part of previous campaigns against Rust, but the techniques used by the attackers match those used by North Korea.
The post Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft warned that the built-in File History backup feature in Windows may stop working on some systems after installing the September 2026 security updates. [...]
Born out of academia and raised in corporate IT departments, the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication protocol continues to be a staple in these organizations. However, it’s time for it to retire. With the rise of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in the late aughts, IT depa...
The cybersecurity firm believes the data breach was the result of the May 2026 TanStack supply chain attack.
The post CrowdSec Confirms Source Code Stolen in Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Scammers are posing as police officers and federal agents, threatening arrest unless victims pay up, the FBI warns. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) updated an alert it first issued in 2022, citing “losses totaling more than $1.6 billion” between January 2025 and July 2026. According...
Officials discussed setting up a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of AI incidents which could threaten national security.
Attackers are courting crate owners with plausible company profiles and booby-trapped recruitment calls
Microsoft Security Research published an interesting blog post "TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion" about a malware campaign. The aspect that I want to take a closer look at, is the fact that the threat actors used PNG files with steganography. I reached out t...
A BYD Shark 6 was remotely hacked, exposing vehicle controls, location tracking and cabin audio, raising serious connected-car security concerns. A journalist drove a BYD Shark 6 down a country road outside Canberra while a hacker sitting on the shoulder killed the headlights with a keystroke. That’...
Gyazo server flaw exploited to steal 23.6 million user records The cloud-based screenshot platform Gyazo, operated by Helpfeel, confirmed that attackers exploited a server vulnerability on September 11 to access its database and steal roughly 23.6 million user records, including names, emails, passw...
Hackers hacked the hackers as a feud between two cybercrime groups escalated, leaving ShinyHunters with the upper hand over rival Clop.
The hackers changed equipment settings, disabled remote access and alarms, and altered pumping cycles, officials said.Â
The post Colorado Water Utilities Hit by Cyberattacks Targeting OT Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.
We explore how AWS neutralizes exposed IAM credentials using managed policies, detailing GitHub secret scanning and CloudTrail monitoring strategies.
The post From Exposure to Lockdown: How AWS Neutralizes Compromised IAM Credentials through Managed Policies appeared first on Unit 42.
Siemba has announced automated testing for insecure direct object reference (IDOR) as part of its API Security Testing capability, which tests REST, GraphQL and SOAP APIs for the vulnerability classes most likely to expose customer data. A 200-endpoint API collection can be tested for IDOR in under...
Attackers could exploit the flaws to cause denial-of-service conditions, disclose memory, or modify memory.
The post Organizations Warned of 3 Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A breach at image-sharing service Gyazo on September 11 affected over 23 million customers
As AI opens new paths to company data while making familiar attacks faster and cheaper, SMBs need protection designed around the time and expertise available to operate it
Every identity-compromise runbook I have written, read or inherited has the same step near the top: revoke the tokens. Reset the password, kill the sessions, invalidate the refresh tokens, then go hunting. It is the right instinct. Against adversary-in-the-middle phishing, whe...
Following a major data breach, Revolut customers are being sent convincing phishing messages