Sweden's data privacy regulator, IMY, has imposed a $183,000 (SEK 1.8 million) fine on IT systems provider Miljödata for inadequate security measures leading to a breach in August 2025 affecting 2.2 million people. [...]
A Chinese-speaking threat actor has been exploiting vulnerabilities in ZyXEL GS1900 Smart Managed Switches and WordPress to steal sensitive data from 996 devices and more than 18,500 records stored in backend databases. [...]
Microsoft said Tuesday that it led an industry-wide disruption of a subscription-based scam platform that used an AI chatbot to compromise 12,000 Microsoft accounts over a few-month span. Named EvilTokens, the platform was introduced over a Telegram channel in February and charged an initial $1,500 fee and …
The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached FBI systems using a new Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability, gaining access to internal services and stealing sensitive data on employees and job applicants. [...]
A new Windows malware named ClosedQuorum uses Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Mistral AI models to autonomously determine the actions to take during post-compromise stages of an attack. [...]
Shadow IT can leave security teams unaware of unmanaged endpoints, unauthorized software, and other assets that fall outside existing monitoring. Wazuh explains how endpoint inventory, agentless monitoring, and centralized analysis can help organizations identify and reduce these visibility gaps. [...]
Check Point Software released emergency hotfixes to address a critical Security Management Server vulnerability that could let attackers run arbitrary scripts. [...]
The EvilTokens platform that compromised more than 12,000 Microsoft accounts at over 10,000 organizations has been disrupted in an effort led by Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). [...]
Tomorrow's webinar examines real Google Workspace breaches involving social engineering and malicious OAuth applications, from initial access through the critical first hours of incident response. Learn which security controls and response decisions can make the greatest difference. [...]
D-Link warned customers of a maximum-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-86296) with public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code and no patch, affecting legacy DIR-822A dual-band Wi-Fi routers. [...]
Over the weekend, security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri (also known as Nightmare Eclipse) released another Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit that blocks antivirus updates. [...]
Attackers are now actively exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel GS1900 series switches, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). [...]
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant Muse, claiming it is “built from the ground up for privacy and security.” A zero-day vulnerability that gives locally run apps and terminal commands complete control of the agent …
Ecommerce platform BigCommerce has alerted multiple merchants to data breaches after attackers compromised credentials for third-party Ribon applications and used them to inject malicious scripts into online stores. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting three Linux kernel vulnerabilities, one of them rated critical. [...]
Technical details and a proof-of-concept exploit have been published for a new WordPress cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability dubbed 'Click2Shell' that affects the platform's Core component. [...]
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million ($463M) for multiple GDPR violations related to processing users' location data. [...]
The FBI's CJIS Security Policy v6.1 strengthens requirements around encryption and vulnerability scanning while continuing the shift toward more continuous security assessment. Specops explains what changed and how agencies can address password, MFA, and identity requirements as they prepare for upcoming audits. [...]
Microsoft has reminded admins to migrate Entra ID users to phishing-resistant authentication methods to avoid sign-in disruptions after it retires SMS first-factor sign-in starting in February 2027. [...]
An ongoing npm malware campaign involving the 'indexed-btree' package shows how threat actors bypass supply chain defenses by hiding malicious code in a package's normal runtime behavior rather than in installation scripts. [...]
Researchers escaped OpenAI's Codex sandbox two ways, one running commands on a developer's machine from its most locked-down mode. OpenAI has patched both. [...]
Before two of its alleged members were arrested and charged in Australia last month, the hacker group known as TeamPCP carried out a hacking spree unlike any other in history. It tainted hundreds of open-source programs with its malware, stole developer accounts to perpetuate that software supply-chain hacking, and …
BragJack, a proof-of-concept attack from Forever Security's Gal Weizman, hijacks the AI assistants in Chrome, Edge, Opera Neon, Perplexity Comet, and Claude in Chrome using one malicious extension. The Prompt Forcing technique earned over $20,000 in bounties and two CVEs. [...]
A joint law enforcement advisory warns that the North Korean hacking group WaterPlum compromised at least 30,000 devices worldwide from December 2025 through July 2026 and transferred more than $10.7 million in stolen cryptocurrency to North Korea. [...]
The ShinyHunters extortion gang breached the Clop (aka Cl0p) ransomware operation's data leak site, defacing the Tor site and allegedly stealing server data and the private keys for its onion service. [...]