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BleepingComputer Security 10m ago

Hacker used ARTEX AI and Claude agents to target South Korean banks

The cyberattacks that shook the South Korean financial sector earlier this month were launched by a Chinese hacker using the ARTEX AI penetration testing suite and Claude agents. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1h ago

Criminal IP Introduces AITEM as the Next Evolution of Attack Surface Management

Traditional attack surface management helps organizations discover exposed assets, but visibility alone is not enough to address threats. Criminal IP introduces AITEM, an AI-powered approach that connects exposure discovery with investigation, risk prioritization, and response. [...

The Hacker News 3h ago

The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn't

In environments studied for the 2026 State of Agent Security Report, roughly 1,280 third-party products now embed AI. About 282 of them sit behind single sign-on. The other thousand are invisible to identity infrastructure by default, not because anyone hid them, but because an i...

The Hacker News 5h ago

Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws

Anthropic on Friday said it's cutting off live internet access for all its internal evaluations following the discovery of new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior and targeted real websites. The AI company said it identified f...

Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 14h ago

FBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sou...

Yesterday
BleepingComputer Security 17h ago

Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks

Hackers are abusing legitimate Bing search-result redirects as click URLs in Google search ads to direct users to fake Claude installers that deliver ClickFix attacks. [...]

The Hacker News 19h ago

Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing credential-theft campaign that has compromised two high-profile open-source maintainer accounts to push a malicious workflow into over 340 repositories. "Using the account of Takashi Kitao, author of the 18,400-star ...

The Hacker News 20h ago

FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack

The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a post on X. ShinyHunters is the extortion group that said in September it had breached the FBI's jobs portal and stolen sensitive data on almost al...

BleepingComputer Security 21h ago

Unpatched AhsayCBS flaws exploited to deploy webshells, mine crypto

Threat actors are exploiting one critical and one medium-severity vulnerability still unpatched in the AhsayCBS backup management platform to deploy webshells and cryptocurrency miners. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 21h ago

FBI arrests another suspected ShinyHunters hacker after agency breach

The FBI has arrested another suspected member of the ShinyHunters extortion group believed to be involved in the recent breach of FBI systems, Director Kash Patel announced Friday. [...]

The Hacker News 21h ago

P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unseen variant of the DarkSword iOS exploit kit called P7 DarkSword. "Compared with the variants we usually observe, P7 reduces its on-device footprint, adds on-device keychain and crypto-wallet theft, and adds two...

BleepingComputer Security 22h ago

Germany arrests alleged core Qilin ransomware member after extradition

Germany has arrested a Russian national suspected of being a leading member of the Qilin ransomware group following extradition from Japan earlier this month. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

How to keep AI agents within their permissions

AI agents can use valid credentials to perform actions beyond their assigned permissions, creating risks that traditional access controls may not prevent. Token Security explains how organizations can enforce agent-specific policies without sacrificing autonomy. [...]

The Hacker News 1d ago

TP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China Ties

Four more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with  Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure its routers are and how separate it is fr...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access

Security researchers have published a full working exploit for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection. AnyDesk patched the flaw in version 8.0.3 in June, but its chang...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Anthropic Launches Free AI Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Projects

Anthropic on Thursday unveiled OSS Scanner as an opt-in vulnerability scanner to help secure the open-source ecosystem using artificial intelligence (AI). "It's an opt-in service informed by our experience using Claude to find vulnerabilities during Project Glasswing," Anthropic...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Attackers Exploit AhsayCBS Flaws to Deploy XMRig Miners Disguised as Microsoft Edge

Threat actors have been observed exploiting two recently disclosed flaws in the AhsayCBS backup utility to seize control of affected devices and deploy web shells and XMRig cryptocurrency miners. Details of the flaws are below - CVE-2026-105133 (CVSS v4 score: 5.5) - An impr...

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Max severity SonicWall SMA1000 flaw now exploited in attacks

Attackers are exploiting a maximum-severity vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000 appliances (CVE-2026-102255) that was patched on Tuesday, three days ago. [...]

The Hacker News 1d ago

Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse by a China-linked threat actor known as Flax Typhoon. The vulnerabilities in question are listed bel...

The Hacker News 1d ago

The AI Velocity Paradox: Why Security Is Decades Behind AI Ambition

As enterprises race to deploy autonomous AI agents to accelerate business, a new report reveals they are tethered to security architectures built for a different era. The "Horizons of Identity Security" report from SailPoint highlights a critical “velocity paradox,” in which ...

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals

​A Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen has pleaded guilty to running a massive money laundering operation that laundered millions for cybercriminals worldwide. [...]

BleepingComputer Microsoft 1d ago

Microsoft: Outdated Windows devices will stop receiving security updates

Microsoft says devices running unsupported versions of Windows will stop receiving security updates after next year's Windows Update certificate rotation. [...]

The Hacker News 1d ago

GoBalance Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack .onion Addresses by Recovering Tor-Format Keys

A bug in GoBalance, a tool many dark-web sites use to stay reachable during attacks, lets anyone work out the secret key that controls a site's .onion address using only public information, and then take that address over. Searchlight Cyber, which disclosed the flaw on...

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately

Citrix has warned IT administrators to patch systems immediately against a new critical vulnerability affecting NetScaler ADC networking appliances and NetScaler Gateway secure remote access solutions. [...]

The Hacker News 1d ago

Three Teams Demonstrate Remote Hacks of Fully Patched Google Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own

Three research teams broke into Google's Pixel 10 on October 8 at Pwn2Own Ireland, a hacking contest in Cork whose rules require every target to be fully patched. The contest pays researchers to show working exploits and passes the flaws to the vendors. One of the three Pixel exp...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Citrix Patches Critical NetScaler Flaw That Could Enable RCE in SAML Deployments

Citrix has released patches for yet another critical security flaw impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that could result in remote code execution or denial-of-service (DoS) under certain conditions. "CVE-2026-107406 is a memory overflow vulnerability that may lead to r...

The Hacker News 1d ago

FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced the disruption of malicious tools used by a China-linked advanced persistent threat group known as Flax Typhoon. To that end, the agencies seized several domains and blocked access to p...

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland

The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest has concluded, with hackers collecting $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day flaws. [...]

Thursday, 8 October 2026
BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure

The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached critical infrastructure and other organizations worldwide. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients

IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware

A malware campaign dubbed 'Midnight Mimosa' has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to silently install apps, perform ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. [...]

CISA 2d ago

Satel Netco Design

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in a user's browser, consume excessive system resources, enumerate files, create or modify files, and potentially execute arbitrary code. The following versions...

CISA 2d ago

Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian

View CSAF Summary The following versions of Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian are affected: openPDC <2.9.477, <2.9.482 (CVE-2026-104629, CVE-2026-100730, CVE-2026-105281, CVE-2026-85479, CVE-2026-101022) openPDC (Docker image) <2.9.477, <2.9.482 (CVE...

CISA 2d ago

Red Lion Controls N-Tron 700 Series

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a malicious user to access the device and gain administrative access. This access would allow the user to view, edit, and upload configuration files. Further, a malicious user can cause the switch to r...

CISA 2d ago

Chinese Government-linked Cyber Threat Actors Combine Automated and Hands-on Hacking Tools to Steal Sensitive Data

Advisory at a Glance  Title  Chinese Government-linked Cyber Threat Actors Combine Automated and Hands-on Hacking Tools to Steal Sensitive Data  Original Publication  October 8, 2026  Executive Summary  Chines...

Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 3d ago

ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-off Prior to Arrests

A teenager from Amman, Jordan suspected of leading the prolific data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has been detained and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to identify other members of the hacking gang. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the suspect, who uses the hacke...

Tuesday, 6 October 2026
CISA 4d ago

Johnson Controls EasyIO FG

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain full unauthorized access to the device. The following versions of Johnson Controls EasyIO FG are affected: EasyIO FG firmware <=2.0b52 (CVE-2026-27872, CVE-2026-27873) CVSS...

CISA 4d ago

Hitachi Energy REB500

View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of open-source software vulnerabilities that affect REB500 product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to carry out Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the product. Please refer to the Recommended Immedi...

CISA 4d ago

Hitachi Energy Asset Suite

View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of unauthenticated servlet access vulnerabilities that affect Asset Suite product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to potentially cause confidentiality, integrity and availability impact on the prod...

CISA 4d ago

Hitachi Energy SOI

View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ component of SOI product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to carry out various attacks affecting confidentiality, integrity, and avail...

CISA 4d ago

Hitachi Energy RTU500

View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is publishing this cybersecurity advisory in response to the security findings reported by Dragos affecting end-of-life RTU500 CMU firmware version 9.x. The reported findings are associated with legacy RTU500 firmware versions that were developed ...

CISA 4d ago

Savannah lwIP SMTP client

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could crash the device being accessed; a buffer overflow condition may allow remote code execution. The following versions of Savannah lwIP SMTP client are affected: lwIP SMTP client 2.2.1 (CVE-2026-15340) CVSS...

Sunday, 4 October 2026
CISA 6d ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-88779 Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability This type of vulnerabi...

Friday, 2 October 2026
CISA 2 Oct 2026

CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-102489 Zammad GmbH Zammad Session Fixation Vulnerability CVE-2026-102490 Zammad GmbH Zammad Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability...

Thursday, 1 October 2026
CISA 1 Oct 2026

Meari IoT Cloud Platform OpenAPI Service

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to manipulate device configurations, trigger unauthorized behaviors, and access sensitive information such as device credentials, owner details, and network data without proper authorization....

CISA 1 Oct 2026

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-104286 Fortinet FortiMail Path Traversal Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors...

CISA 1 Oct 2026

Johnson Controls EasyIO Neo Series EC and CW Controllers

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information that could be used to conduct further attacks against the system. The following versions of Johnson Controls EasyIO Neo Series EC and CW Controllers are...

Monday, 28 September 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 28 Sep 2026

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 23-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the suspect's arrest, remaining ShinyHunters members dramatically e...

Friday, 25 September 2026
Krebs on Security DDoS-for-Hire 25 Sep 2026

U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison today and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in r...

Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 16 Sep 2026

Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

The consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from its vast empire of people-search services online. That reputation caught up with the company recently in a lawsuit alleging Radaris violated a New Jersey priva...

Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Krebs on Security Latest Warnings 8 Sep 2026

Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security Holes

Microsoft Corp. today issued updates to plug at least 974 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, by far its biggest single patch batch ever. Microsoft says artificial intelligence is helping to speed the discovery of vulnerabilities, but security expe...

Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 1 Sep 2026

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appea...

Thursday, 27 August 2026
Krebs on Security Breadcrumbs 27 Aug 2026

Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australia

Authorities in Australia have arrested two men believed to be members of TeamPCP, a prolific cybercrime and data extortion group blamed for perpetrating the longest running spree of software supply chain attacks ever. In a statement released today, the Australian Federal Police ...

Friday, 14 August 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 14 Aug 2026

Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out

It can be daunting to determine who's responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who's harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day. That information is already semi-public, but it is not easily parsed and traditionally much of it has remained walled away i...

Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Krebs on Security Latest Warnings 11 Aug 2026

Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes

Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already being actively exploited and two others that were publicly detailed prior to today.

Wednesday, 7 May 2025
NCSC 7 May 2025

Impact of AI on cyber threat from now to 2027

An NCSC assessment highlighting the impacts on cyber threat from AI developments between now and 2027.

Tuesday, 28 January 2025
NCSC 28 Jan 2025

A method to assess 'forgivable' vs 'unforgivable' vulnerabilities

Research from the NCSC designed to eradicate vulnerability classes and make the top-level mitigations easier to implement.

Wednesday, 24 January 2024
NCSC 24 Jan 2024

The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat

An NCSC assessment focusing on how AI will impact the efficacy of cyber operations and the implications for the cyber threat over the next two years.

Thursday, 6 July 2023
NCSC 6 Jul 2023

ACD - The Sixth Year

Key findings and full report from the 6th year of the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme.

Thursday, 22 June 2023
NCSC 22 Jun 2023

Cyber Threat Report: UK Legal Sector

An updated report from the NCSC explaining how UK law firms - of all sizes - can protect themselves from common cyber threats.

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