AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) has simplified session token size limits, giving you more room for your session policies and session tags. STS has replaced the packed policy size and the overall session token size limits with a single token size limit of 4,096 bytes. STS now reports session token size in API responses, [...]
September Patch Tuesday part 2? [...]
Acronis disclosed a high-severity Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability in its backup plugin for cPanel, WebHost Manager (WHM), and Plesk that may be exploited in the wild. [...]
Malicious versions of the Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin for WordPress have been distributed to more than 200 customers after a threat actor compromised the maintainer's website and pushed updates that created a hidden user account. [...]
Security firm Infoblox shines light on malicious infrastructure lurking beneath illegal gambling sites [...]
Your consumer identity and access management (CIAM) system is the foundation of your customer experience. It’s how users sign in, access services, and engage with your applications. As your business scales across geographies, ensuring authentication is always available becomes a core architectural requirement. However, building multi-Region authentication has …
'Enemies of the regime' on notice [...]
Google Cloud session management provides flexible options for setting up session controls based on your organization’s security policy needs. To help you improve your security posture and mitigate credential theft and account takeover (ATO) risks, we have rolled out a 16-hour default session length for Google Cloud customers …
CenterPoint Energy disclosed a breach compromising some customers' personal information after an attacker leaked data allegedly stolen from the utility company. [...]
Attackers already exploiting the critical flaw, and Cisco warns they may be able to cover their tracks once they're in [...]
The principle of least privilege is straightforward to articulate but challenging to maintain at scale. When teams first deploy applications to AWS, they often grant broader permissions than strictly necessary; it’s faster to get things working, and the plan is always to tighten permissions later. But later rarely …
A previously unknown malware framework called BambooToken, active since at least 2023, is now using the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol to communicate with Windows and Linux systems. [...]
SPONSORED FEATURE: DigiCert wants to hand every agent a passport, complete with an expiry date and a named human owner [...]
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor. [...]
AI is shrinking the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation, leaving defenders less time to wait for patches or public exploits. Picus Security explains how exploitability validation, security control testing, and autonomous pentesting can help teams close exposure gaps before attackers arrive. [...]
The man allegedly wrote the code that powered the Lockergoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim operations [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned security teams that ransomware gangs have now joined ongoing attacks exploiting a critical VMware vCenter vulnerability patched in July. [...]
This essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such as individual wiretaps or pen register/trap and trace orders—to mass surveillance techniques—such as tapping …
Really interesting story about Harvest, a specialized code breaking computer built in the 1960s by IBM for the NSA. [...]
Five alleged leaders of the Black Axe cybercrime syndicate, known for its involvement in global-scale cyber-enabled financial fraud, have been extradited to the United States to face wire fraud and money laundering charges. [...]
Cisco warned customers to patch a critical Secure Email Gateway zero-day security flaw that threat actors have been exploiting in attacks. [...]
Beijing’s response is to ‘firmly grasp technological sovereignty’ and broad regulations [...]
Part of a 'massive 48-hour malvertising blitz' targeting macOS and Windows machines with malware [...]
Japan's Digital Agency has discovered a data breach that may have exposed around 246,000 record rows containing personal information of government employees. [...]
Homebrew package manager version 7.0.0 has been released with a built-in vulnerability scanner, stronger security controls, and the full release of its native BrewUI graphical interface. [...]
A browser extension called Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot, available in the official Chrome and Firefox stores, sends users' Twitch OAuth session tokens to a commercial bot service. [...]
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking online (via Zoom) at a League of Women Voters event on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 5 PM ET. I’m speaking at CanSecWest 2026 in Vancouver, Canada. The conference runs September …
Hackers compromised HBO Max's official Reddit account and used it to push malicious ads that launched ClickFix attacks to infect Windows and macOS devices with information-stealing malware. [...]
Attackers would need physical access to the server to pull off the DDR5 trick [...]
Ruby are you ok? Ruby are you ok? Are you ok Ruby? [...]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce the publication of the AWS Security Reference Architecture (AWS SRA) Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) Deep Dive. This new guide extends the core AWS SRA to provide prescriptive, architecture-level guidance for organizations that store, process, or transmit cardholder …
A mass-scanning campaign targeting internet-exposed Vite development servers is attempting to steal cloud credentials and configurations from AWS and Azure deployments. [...]
Last week, Anthropic released a long and detailed document describing current misuses of their Claude models. I’m still reading it, but I wanted to flag this: We identified a cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen running three weapons development programs: a guided rocket that used a …
CISA confirms active exploitation as watchTowr spots miscreants probing internet-facing servers [...]
Patch automation can help IT teams keep pace with growing update volumes, but deploying faster also means bad updates can spread faster. Action1 explains how update rings, predefined success criteria, and human oversight can make automated patching faster without sacrificing control. [...]
Attackers can combine social engineering with malicious OAuth applications to gain access to Google Workspace data without relying solely on stolen passwords. This webinar examines two attacks to show how these breaches unfold and which security controls can help stop them. [...]
Once a month, Microsoft pushes a security update to all Windows users. Tomorrow’s is a new record : Microsoft’s patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold. It was only two months …
Passkeys promise fewer phishing headaches – and £600 a day off Whitehall's SMS bill [...]
Fintech company Revolut has disclosed a data breach after sharing data from an undisclosed number of customers with a threat actor impersonating a government agency. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are now exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability in attacks. [...]
Threat actors linked to a China-aligned espionage group are exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-51990) in Tencent's Sogou Input Method for Windows to deploy the GrayRabbit backdoor. [...]
RIP, you won't be mourned [...]
The Dutch Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC) is warning of imminent exploitation of two critical flaws in Check Point VPN tracked as CVE-2026-85102 and CVE-2026-85103. [...]
Smells awful : But an estimated 30 to 50 tons of dead squid remain inside the boat’s catch tank, where they have been decomposing for days. “That is nasty. I wouldn’t want to do that,” said commercial fisherman Dick Ogg of the Bodega Bay Fishermen’s Marketing Association …
Anthropic says multiple threat groups, including the financially motivated and state-sponsored espionage groups linked to Russia and China, tried to abuse its Claude AI model for malicious purposes. [...]
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has confirmed that its DAVID driver database suffered a data breach, saying the attackers gained access using credentials belonging to a police department employee. [...]
Last month, I gave a talk at DEF CON on AI hacking: what happens when AIs become hackers. It’s a combination of the potentialities I raised in my 2022 book A Hacker’s Mind and the lessons we’re learning from current AI models engaging in hacking behavior …
If you're waiting for a sign to upgrade to a fixed version: this is it [...]
Microsoft says threat actors linked to ShinyHunters, Helix, and other extortion gangs are using passkey and single sign-on-themed social engineering attacks to compromise corporate Microsoft accounts and steal data from Microsoft 365 services. [...]
Threat actors are exploiting critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory to bypass authentication, gain administrative privileges, and deploy a Rust backdoor on vulnerable self-hosted servers. [...]