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Today's cybersecurity news highlights several key threats and trends. The suspected member of the ShinyHunters group, known as "Rey," has been detained in Jordan, aiding the FBI in identifying other group members involved in digital extortion. Meanwhile, a new China-aligned cyber espionage group, TA419, has been targeting U.S. AI policy experts through credential phishing campaigns tied to Microsoft. This indicates a rising trend in nation-state actors focusing on critical technology sectors. Additionally, ongoing analysis of User Agent Strings in honeypot logs reveals continued interest in understanding attacker behaviors. These developments underscore the persistent threats from both cybercriminal groups and state-sponsored actors in the evolving cybersecurity landscape.
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A group of cybersecurity executives and experts is asking the Trump administration to lift its directive preventing the use of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models by foreign nationals.
The post Cybersecurity Executives Urge the Trump Administration to Ease Restrictions on Anthropic AI...
Cisco has revealed another Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability (CVE-2026-20262) that its Product Security Incident Response Team observed being exploited by attackers. But the associated security advisory also states that “the vulnerability was found during internal security testing”, raising the...
DragonForce ransomware used a custom malware named 'Backdoor.Turn' to hide command-and-control traffic inside Microsoft Teams relay infrastructure. [...]
Ruby could allow unintended access to network services.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeRDP.
Scammers behind cryptocurrency investment schemes are dispatching couriers to pick up cash from victims in person, the FBI warns. According to the agency, scammers usually approach victims through social media, text messages, or fake investment personas, luring them into cryptocurrency schemes that...
Unit 42 discovered a Vertex AI Python SDK vulnerability that allows remote code execution via bucket squatting. Read the article for more.
The post Pickle in the Middle – Hijacking Vertex AI Model Uploads for Cross-Tenant RCE appeared first on Unit 42.
Cisco has released fixes for a vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN Manager software after becoming aware of limited exploitation of the flaw, which could allow an authenticated attacker to create or overwrite files that may later be used to gain root privileges.
The vulner...
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two previously undocumented Windows variants of what was believed to be a Linux-only backdoor called SprySOCKS.
"The Windows variants discovered are internally marked as WIN_DRV and WIN_PLUS," ESET said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "Both come with...
Over two dozen organizations built a shared platform to triage vulnerabilities, fix them, and secure the software before patches arrive.
The post Tech Coalition ‘Athena’ Targets OSS Vulnerabilities Ahead of Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
USN-8349-1 introduced regressions in rsync.
Software supply chain visibility is becoming part of product security work as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) moves toward application in December 2027. ENISA’s SBOM Adoption State of Play 2026 shows organizations preparing for CRA obligations through SBOM tooling, automation, and changes to softw...
Attackers are now exploiting several critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet's FortiSandbox cyber threat detection platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. [...]
Windows variants for the SprySOCKS Linux malware have been used in attacks targeting government organizations in at least four countries. [...]
Zero trust is 15 years old, and like many teenagers, it can feel misunderstood and underappreciated.
The concept of zero trust was first defined by John Kindervag, a Forrester analyst at the time, as a strategy to replace the outmoded perimeter security model with a “never...
ESET researchers have discovered SprySOCKS for Windows, FishMonger’s backdoor weaponizing a kernel driver for advanced stealthiness
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst and LiteSpeed cPanel plugin flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco Catalyst and LiteSpeed cPanel plugin flaws to its Known Expl...
It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled memory under certain
circumstances, which could lead to an out-of-bounds heap write. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-45700)
In addition, this update fixes a regression intr...
When an e‑commerce “investment” platform promising high-yield returns began circulating in Ghana, thousands of people signed up to run online…
The post How Ghana’s EOCO and the UK NCA are Using Blockchain Analysis to Return $15 Million to Fraud Victims appeared first on Chainalysis.
Cyberattacks against hospitality, travel, and recreation organizations rose 24% year over year, reaching an average of 2,291 incidents per organization each week in May 2026, according to Check Point. (Source: Check Point) “The sector has more than doubled its attack volume since May 2023,” research...