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Today's cybersecurity landscape reveals several critical trends and threats. AI tools are increasingly being leveraged by SOC teams to enhance efficiency, but concerns arise over diminished skill development opportunities. A recent incident highlighted that AI coding agents inadvertently leaked 13,000 internal company screenshots to public GitHub repositories, raising serious data security questions. On the threat front, attackers are exploiting new vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler, actively deploying malware through phishing tactics, and leveraging AI features to distribute trojans. Additionally, the Pentagon suffered a significant data breach affecting millions, underscoring vulnerabilities in sensitive government databases. Overall, confidence in basic cyber skills remains low among UK businesses, indicating a pressing need for improved cybersecurity training and awareness.
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Researchers uncovered 222 GitHub repositories spreading malware through fake Go packages, delivering loaders, stealers, RATs, and cryptominers. Socket’s security research team started with the investigation of a single malicious Go module: github[.]com/kaleidora/dnsub-scanning-tool, which presented...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle shared page
fragments during socket buffer operations, collectively known as Dirty
Frag. A logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem and in the
RxRPC networking subsystem when processing paged fragments. A local
attacker could...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that a logic flaw existed in the XFRM ESP-in-TCP
subsystem in the Linux kernel when handling socket buffer fragments. This
flaw is known as Fragnesia. A local attacker could use this to escalate
privileges, or possibly escape a container. (CVE-2026-43503)
Several security issues w...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that the Linux kernel algif_aead module did not properly
handle in-place cryptographic operations. This flaw is known as Copy Fail.
A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges, or possibly escape
a container. (CVE-2026-31431)
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- RISC-V architecture;
- Cryptographic API;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- IOMMU subsystem;
- Network drivers;
- ST...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem...
Microsoft has said the volume of Windows security updates is set to grow as it uses AI to find new bugs
A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to nearly six years for secretly helping BlackCat extort victims while betraying his clients. A U.S. court sentenced former ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino, 41, to 70 months in prison for conspiring with the BlackCat ransomware gang. While negotiatin...
NHS Forth Valley is the latest health board to bungle basic email data protection principles
The backdoor’s destructive capabilities include a standalone wiper, ransomware encryption, and a multi-pass wiping command.
The post GigaWiper Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Anyone who deals with phishing messages caught by basic security filters knows that most phishing samples tend to blend into one another, since only a small set of techniques and approaches keeps reappearing in them. That is precisely why it is worth pausing on the occasional message that does somet...
Security leaders have made strong progress in visibility. Most organizations can now identify vulnerabilities across their applications, dependencies and development pipelines with far more consistency than in the past. Yet a fundamental imbalance remains: Vulnerabilities are...
Security firm Coinspect has disclosed a crypto wallet flaw it calls Ill Bloom, and attackers are already using it. The flaw is in how some wallet software generated its recovery phrase, the words that control the money. When that phrase is made with weak randomness, an attacker can work it out and t...
NHS tells staff they could face prison for “inappropriate” access to patients’ medical records
Microsoft is warning defenders about a new backdoor that blurs the line between espionage malware and wipers.
In a technical analysis published on Thursday, Microsoft Threat Intelligence detailed GigaWiper, a Golang-based implant first observed in October 2025 intrusions th...