> TODAY'S SUMMARY (122 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several significant threats and vulnerabilities. Active exploitation of the critical F5 BIG-IP APM zero-day (CVE-2026-94127) allows unauthenticated remote code execution, prompting urgent updates from the vendor. Similarly, a newly identified WordPress vulnerability (CVE-2026-87902) has transitioned from probing to exploitation, enabling file writing and command execution. On another front, malicious AI agents have been implicated in large-scale phishing campaigns, compromising over 600,000 credit cards. Additionally, Check Point warns of active exploitation of a remote code execution flaw in its Security Gateway VPN. In the U.S., many federal agencies are falling short in complying with CISA's cloud security directives, increasing their risk of attack. Lastly, the cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims to have breached the FBI, demanding a retraction of a report detailing their activities.
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Jacob Ginsberg discusses end-to-end encryption which has gone mainstream, with Whatsapp and Viber both adding it to their users’ communications,
In the year since we started this bi-monthly meetup, we’ve been thrilled by the community that it has attracted. We’ve had some excellent presentations on pragmatic security research, shared our aspirations and annoyances with our work, and made some new friends. It’s a wonderful foundation for an e...
Queen’s Speech referenced ambitious projects
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OpLGBT involves DDoS on the state and governor websites over the notorious "bathroom bill."
A fresh leak of user names and passwords stemming from the 2012 breach shows a forensics failure.
If you follow the recommendations in the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), you will expose your organization to more risk, not less. The report’s most glaring flaw is the assertion that the TLS FREAK vulnerability is among the ‘Top 10’ most exploited on the Internet. No experien...
Targeted attack campaign mainly focused on separatists
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Latest report to Congress warns of growing threat from Beijing
New body would comprise board members, risk managers and CISOs
Nulled.IO's registered users who share, sell and buy leaked content, stolen credentials, nulled software and software cracks are now exposed.
UK businesses actually are facing fewer security breaches than the global average (70% compared to 73%).
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Adult site takes positive steps to reduce vulnerabilities
Cautionary tale for firms which don’t invest enough upfront in cybersecurity