ServiceNow has released patches for four security flaws impacting the ServiceNow AI Platform, three of them rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system and exploitable, in certain circumstances, by an unauthenticated attacker. The company said it deployed a security update to hosted...
North Korean (DPRK) remote workers are expanding their job searches beyond IT, according to Huntress. Recent investigations have identified suspected DPRK workers employed in sales and marketing and the medical profession. “DPRK workers present a unique detection challenge for...
OpenAI Urges Cyber Defense Against AI Threats OpenAI is calling for a global surge in cyber defense as AI-enabled attacks become more widespread and sophisticated. The call to action raises a practical question for defen
This essay was written with Kasra Rafi, and originally appeared in The Guardian. Earlier this month, about 40 top mathematicians gathered at OpenAI’s offices to discuss the future of their profession. The meeting was off-the-record, but if recent articles by mathematicians are...
Nearly 130 tech and cybersecurity companies back a collective call to boost cyber defenses as AI-enabled attacks grow more sophisticated. The post Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge appeared first on SecurityWeek.
VulnCheck has disclosed two previously undocumented factory implants in firmware for routers built by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics (ZBT), each of which gives an unauthenticated remote attacker the ability to run commands as root on affected devices. The implants, named SPEAK...
New research shows that country-of-origin labels can obscure an AI model’s upstream dependencies, inherited behaviors and potential security risks. The post Think You’ve Eliminated Chinese AI? Check the Model’s Lineage, Cisco Says appeared first on SecurityWeek.
ServiceNow released security patches for three new maximum-severity AI Platform vulnerabilities that can be exploited in code injection, SQL injection, and privilege escalation attacks. [...]
More than 1,000 organisations, 500,000 stolen credentials, and one self-propagating worm named after a Dune sandworm - two men now face charges over TeamPCP's global hacking spree. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
cPanel has released patches for a security flaw affecting domain parking and addon domain functionality in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM), which could allow code execution as the root user. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-65643, impacts all supported ...
PaperCut warns that a zero-day in NG and MF is being exploited. The company already release emergency patches to address it. PaperCut Software warns that attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day in its NG and MF print management products. The flaw has no CVE yet, and the c...
PaperCut warns that a zero-day in NG and MF is being exploited. The company already release emergency patches to address it. PaperCut Software warns that attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day in its NG and MF print management products. The flaw has no CVE yet, and the c...
Google introduced a batch of network security changes coming in Android 17, aimed at making it harder for network operators, snoops, and scammers to track what you do on your phone. “When you visit a website or use an app, even if the connection is encrypted by HTTPS, the doma...
Microsoft released the KB5120998 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 35 changes, including improvements to the Start menu, taskbar, and Windows search. [...]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Red Hat, Linux Kernel, Ajax.NET Professional, Microsoft SQL Server, and Citrix NetScaler flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) add...
A CVE identifier has not yet been assigned, but PaperCut is urging NG/MF users to install patches and implement mitigations. The post PaperCut Releases Emergency Patch for Exploited Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.
PaperCut has alerted customers that bad actors are actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks. The company has released an emergency patch for v25 and v26 to address the issue. It ...
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of campaigns targeting government and diplomatic organizations in Romania, Spain, and Türkiye between late September 2025 and early April 2026. These campaigns, per Recorded Future Insikt Group, have led to the deployment of a...
A cyberattack on Manchester Airports Group exposed data of 8.7 million customers across Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports. Manchester Airports Group disclosed that an unauthorised third party accessed customer data belonging to approximately 8.7 million people a...
Someone broke into the systems of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and walked away with a “quantity” of customer data from three UK airports, the company has confirmed. The post Manchester Airports Group breached, millions of customers’ data stolen appeared first on Help Net Se...
During my last FOR610 session, a student asked me if I had some statistics in mind about the compilers used to generate malicious PE files? A couple of months ago, I shared some stats about the trend in 64bits VS. 32bits malware[1]. Can we go a bit further? I (vibe-)coded a Py...
In this interview with Help Net Security, Prasad Tharippala, Field CISO at Versa, explains what organizations miss when they run open-weight models in house. He covers the hidden costs of GPU infrastructure, licensing review and staffing, and why hardening and incident respons...
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from A10 Networks, Abnormal AI, F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, ScienceLogic, Searchlight Cyber, SelectHub, ServiceNow, Snyk, Tanium, and Tufin. ServiceNow organizes autonomous security aroun...
New details about the July attack on Hugging Face reveal that hundreds of AI agents driven by OpenAI's internal IM1 model coordinated the compromise through an unauthorized message board. [...]
Dark Caracal targets Venezuela with GoCaracal, an upgraded Bandook toolkit and an Ethereum fallback for resilient C2 communications. Dark Caracal is back with new malware and the same hunting grounds. Arctic Wolf Labs researchers link a June 2026 intrusion against a communicat...
The Trump administration is banning the acquisition of foreign-made components used to manage electricity and power, alleging that “certain foreign actors are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities” in the technology.
OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May. The incident, the company said, took place during cyber...
Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team said the early waves of threats riding on agentic AI models have broken in the wild, and organizations are unprepared for what’s coming next. The post Unit 42 warns AI has shifted balance of power from defenders to attackers appeare...
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others say there’s a narrow “defenders’ window” to strengthen security before AI-powered attacks become more sophisticated. The post 100-plus companies call for ‘global surge’ in AI-powered cyber defense appeared first on CyberScoop.
In his first Threat Source newsletter, David Bianco explores the critical need for operational sovereignty in customizing AI guardrails to maintain the defender’s advantage.
This installment of the Reporters' Notebook video series discusses the topics that dominated the cybersecurity conference, such as AI's effects on vulnerability reporting and security research.
Elon Musk claimed he was aware of “literally zero” CSAM content created through Grok. A new lawsuit from thousands of real victims say the model was trained on their child abuse. The post Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabili...
PaperCut is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks. [...]
The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) disclosed that hackers breached its systems and stole customer data, including Wi-Fi sign-ups from Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports. [...]
This month’s updates provide new capabilities to help organizations gain insights into agent activity, expand security coverage across supported environments, and enhance security management across their environments. The post What’s new in Microsoft Security: August 202...
The appeals court sent the case back to the Helsinki District Court to be heard on its merits, although the three men, who had previously been detained in Finland, have since left the country.
Credit: Hacktron Vercel has released security patches for two critical-severity vulnerabilities in the Next.js web framework, both of which allow unauthenticated remote code execution, one exploitable via specially crafted AVIF image files and the other through a path traversa...
A fake login page. A fake security scan. A fake productivity app. Apparently, pretending to be useful is still one of the easier ways into a machine. The rest of the week gets stranger: botnets borrowing AI, command traffic hiding in public infrastructure, malicious tools wait...
Foreign intelligence services, particularly those from China and Russia, are increasingly behind cyberattacks on German companies, according to a new survey of the country’s private sector.
The two men face 14 charges combined. Private researchers traced one suspect through leaked passwords and a decade-old gaming profile. The post Two alleged TeamPCP members arrested and charged after months of software supply-chain chaos appeared first on CyberScoop.
The White House’s new executive order 14420 widens scrutiny of industrial control systems over cyber sabotage concerns. The post Trump Order Aims to Block Foreign Backdoors in US Power Grid Gear appeared first on SecurityWeek.
TeamPCP Arrests: Two Charged in Australia Over the Supply Chain Campaign That Hit 1,000+ Organizations On 26 August 2026, the Australian Federal Police charged two West Australian men over their alleged roles in a cyberc
Australian police charged two men linked to TeamPCP over malware hidden in open-source code that stole 500,000+ credentials from 1,000+ organizations. Australian police have charged two men from Western Australia over a global cybercrime operation that allegedly hid malicious ...
Threat research gives security teams insight into how attackers operate, while MDR turns that intelligence into faster detection and response. ESET explains how combining threat intelligence, continuous monitoring, and human expertise can help SMBs strengthen their defenses. [...
Google is introducing new network security protections in Android 17 to strengthen connection privacy, address cellular vulnerabilities, and protect the privacy of users' home networks. [...]
Two men from Western Australia have been charged after police allege they were part of TeamPCP, a cybercrime group that planted malicious code in open-source software, then used it to break into organizations around the world. The Australian Federal Police (AFP), working with ...
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in Amazon Kiro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, agentic integrated development environment (IDE), that could facilitate data exfiltration via prompt injection and Kiro Powers. The security flaw, which...
Australian authorities have arrested and charged two young men accused of belonging to TeamPCP, a hacking group linked to a string of far-reaching developer supply chain attacks. [...]
A spokesperson told The Yorkshire Post that roughly 8.7 million people were impacted, although they did not provide a date range. They added that in the “vast majority” of cases, the only information accessed was an email address.
Two men in Australia were charged Wednesday over their alleged membership in TeamPCP, the cybercrime group blamed for one of the most damaging hacking campaigns of the past year.
Australian and US authorities collaborated to identify and charge the alleged cybercriminals, who face many years in prison. The post Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google Workspace breaches can begin with social engineering or forgotten third-party integrations rather than sophisticated exploits. This webinar examines real-world breaches, what happens during the critical first hours, and the security controls that can make the greatest d...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed it experienced a cyberattack on a system containing investigation information, as a prolific ransomware gang claimed to have carried out the breach.
Medical technology company Boston Scientific suffered a cyberattack that disrupted its IT systems and caused a network outage, affecting global operations. Boston Scientific makes devices for minimally invasive procedures, including stents, catheters, pacemakers and defibrilla...
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, a timeout error, or a communication delay by sending a specially crafted UDP packet to the product. The following versions of Mitsubishi ...
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to read or write arbitrary local files, cause the application to issue outbound network requests, or intercept the connection to impersonate the trusted peer, complete the TLS handshake,...
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands or code remotely on affected systems. The following versions of All-Line Equipment Company Fuel-Boss are affected: Fuel-Boss V1 Standard >=| =| =| =| =| =| =|...