Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of this decade's defining technologies. From healthcare and finance to manufacturing and education, organizations increasingly rely on AI to automate repetitive tasks, uncover patterns hidden within large datasets, and support faster...
Google tracks three Russia-linked espionage clusters using phishing and legitimate authentication tools to target researchers, diplomats and defense staff. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group tracked three separate suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage clusters. All three foc...
Microsoft has patched a maximum-severity vulnerability in the Entra ID identity and access management (IAM) platform that has been exploited in attacks. [...]
FTP Banners: The New Dead Drop Resolver Delivering Novel RATs STRU found threat actors using FTP banners as Dead Drop Resolvers - legitimate services or protocols abused to host C2 addresses and commands, so the stager n
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) says a cybersecurity incident exposed the personal information of some current and former employees and job applicants, stemming from a flaw in third-party software. Clinical systems and patient records were not affected. (264) [...
Cisco has published another round of security updates for Crosswork platforms and Secure Workload Software as part of a continued comprehensive internal security review. Four of the security vulnerabilities affect Crosswork Data Gateway, Crosswork Network Controller, and Cross...
GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 is now under active exploitation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete public projects. WatchTowr researchers warn of active exploitation of critical GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score of 9.4). This week, GitLab pushed out an em...
GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 is now under active exploitation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete public projects. WatchTowr researchers warn of active exploitation of critical GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score of 9.4). This week, GitLab pushed out an em...
The AI Security Institute has a new report of AI systems engaging in “unsanctioned behavior”—what I have been calling “genie behavior—while being tested on their cybersecurity capabilities. The incident stemmed from a single evaluation where agents were given a task of solving...
Hackers pushed a poisoned arrayref version that added a dependency to fetch a malicious payload from a remote server. The post Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
CERT Polska confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-73570, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Zimbra Collaboration Suite patched on July 20. CERT Polska, Poland’s national computer emergency response team, confirmed this week that threat actors are actively exploiting a criti...
Two industry surveys released this week by Kiteworks and CyberSheath paint a consistent picture of the defense industrial base. The post Contractors’ CMMC Confidence Rises as Ability to Prove It Falls Behind appeared first on SecurityWeek.
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds TrueConf Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (...
Most of the fixes resolve code execution, privilege escalation, and information disclosure vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft Rolls Out 22 Fresh Security Patches appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Citrix has patched two vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, including a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-19490, and is urging customers to upgrade affected appliances as soon as possible. “We strongly recommend that customers review th...
The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting the bugs to deploy the PhantomCore malware. The post CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited TrueConf Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cl0p claims over 40 organizations fell victim to attacks exploiting a PTC Windchill and FlexPLM vulnerability. Cl0p is using a familiar strategy again: exploit one flaw in enterprise software to attack many companies, then publish the victims’ names if they refuse to pay. The ...
GitLab has announced updates that give enterprises more control as they scale agentic software development. GitLab Dedicated customers, who already run their most sensitive software delivery workloads on GitLab, can now run GitLab Duo Agent Platform inside that same single ten...
A newly disclosed security flaw in GitLab has come under active exploitation within days of public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score: 9.4), a case of code injection that allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify ...
Microsoft on Thursday warned of a maximum-severity security flaw in Entra ID that it said has been exploited in the wild, but noted that no customer action is required. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-69836 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of remote code execution impactin...
A phrase on a suspicious website turned into an investigation of phantom banks built to support scams, according to new research from Allure Security. Molly DeQuattro, the company’s VP of Operations, was reviewing a domain that resembled the brand of one of its financial servi...
Enterprises believe they are prepared for the security challenges posed by quantum computing, but gaps in ownership, testing and visibility could complicate their transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), according to new research from Axiad. Who owns PQC migration? (Sour...
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, and Tufin. NETSCOUT expands Adaptive DDoS Protection with outbound attack mitigation NETSCOUT has announced an extension of its Adaptive DDoS Protection (...
In every MFA rollout, there will come a time where you think you are closing in on "done", and some automation to list what&#;x26;#;39;s left would be handy. Something quicker than scrolling through the web interface through thousands of accounts ... This is that method. Also,...
One thing that folks never seem to do after "going to the CLOOOOUUUUD" is to look at their logs, logs that they would have checked daily when things were on premise. One log that really bears looking at is the log of successful and failed logins. the call for that is:
Enterprise cybersecurity expert Jake Williams joins the Dark Reading News Desk to explain why he decided to release his new agentic AI framework in the wake of the OpenAI attacks on Hugging Face.
The Rust Project has deleted malicious versions of three widely used Rust crates from crates.io after a compromised maintainer account published releases that added a typosquatted dependency whose build script downloaded and executed a remote payload during compilation. The af...
Three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters have been observed leveraging legitimate authentication flows to single out individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments, and think tanks across Europe, as well as academia and think tanks ...
In this video, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, including some scary airplane security risks and the US government's newest "hack back" strategy.
Kyle Spitze led an offshoot of the violent extremist collective and victimized dozens of girls, coercing them to degrade themselves under threats of doxing and swatting. The post Early 764 member sentenced to 77 years, longest prison term to date for a nihilistic violent extre...
Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric’s Mobile Threat Intelligence team has identified a new Android malware, dubbed Manic, which has been active in the wild since at least Fe...
In this week's newsletter, new author Mick Baccio introduces himself and explores the operational and security implications of the new White House memorandum regarding private sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations.
Hackers compromised the maintainer account behind the widely used Rust crate arrayref to introduce malware that executed on developers' systems during compilation. [...]
OpenAI presented details of its AI’s model’s cyberattack on Hugging Face at Black Hat last week. Simon Willison details the timeline. It’s really interesting to read through—and really impressive cyberoffense work.
The popular "Passportal" password manager, favored by MSPs and SMBs, remains risky even after its patch, thanks to its cloud-based design. Should these products stay away from the cloud entirely?
NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA warn of active AI-assisted attacks against Siemens S7 PLCs across US critical infrastructure sectors. Five U.S. federal agencies issued a joint advisory this week warning of an active hacking campaign against Siemens S7 Series programmable logic co...
In a letter on Wednesday, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) criticized the company for having “knowingly withheld a critical safety measure for millions of American users."
Law enforcement training is not keeping pace with the volume and rapid evolution of cybercrimes, though officers really only need to learn the basics, but focus and budgets hinder progress.
A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something trusted doing exactly what it was allowed to do. Signed drivers get turned against defenses. Legitimate apps help malware blend in. A weak header check opens a path to code execution. Elsewhere, exposed systems, old bugs, odd ...
The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an "active threat" targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated exploit scripts. The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to conduc...
The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act has won a big House vote and could be on the fast track in the Senate — and supporters say it could help fight cybercrime. The post Retail theft bill spurs ‘very large and very dangerous’ surveillance fears appeared first on CyberScoop.
Exploitation of the Zimbra Collaboration vulnerability CVE-2026-73570 has been observed by Poland’s CERT Polska. The post Hackers Target Zimbra Servers in Active Exploitation Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A critical vulnerability in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin could allow attackers to upload executable files for remote code execution on the server. [...]
Adversa AI has disclosed an attack technique that it says can cause xAI's Grok chatbot to send a user's name, approximate location, subscription tier, and the prompts from the ongoing conversation to an attacker-controlled server after the user asks it to summarize an ordinary...
We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it. The post Surveillance – Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask appeared first on SecurityWeek.
AI is making phishing attacks more personalized, convincing, and difficult for traditional email filters to detect. Kaseya explains how MSPs can monitor identity, email, and endpoint activity to detect and contain attacks that make it past the inbox. [...]
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in isolated-vm, a popular open-source sandbox with more than 2,900 stars and 190 forks on GitHub, that could allow attackers to escape the confines of the isolated environment. The vulnerability ("GHSA-864f-rcv7...
Citrix has released updates to address two security flaws impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway deployments, including a critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability. According to the cloud computing and virtualization technology company, the issues affect cus...
The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and economic security. The post The push to designate AI as the next critical infrastructure sector appeared first on CyberScoop.
A now-patched security flaw impacting Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to the Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska). The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-73570 (CVSS score: 8.9), which refers to a case of...
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Windows IKE CVE-2026-33824 Added to CISA KEV Windows IKE CVE-2026-33824 is now in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, giving defenders a short deadline to verify patching and exposure. CISA added the Windows
Operation CameraSwarm targeted Dahua cameras across multiple countries, focusing on Russian and CIS telecom netblocks. The post Threat Actor Hacks 14,000 IP Cameras in Ukraine and Russia appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The flaws could be exploited to execute arbitrary code, access sensitive information, and elevate privileges. The post Atlassian, Splunk Patch Dozens of Critical, High-Severity Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Citrix has warned customers to immediately secure their systems against two vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler Gateway secure remote access solutions and NetScaler ADC networking appliances. [...]
The critical-severity flaw allows attackers to send HTTP requests to internal endpoints and extract sensitive information. The post MLflow Vulnerability Exploited for Cloud Credential Theft appeared first on SecurityWeek.