This category of vulnerabilities allows an attacker to easily acquire administrative level permissions and bypass cloud providers' access controls.

An FBI agent explains how the mulitnational law-enforcement Operation Cronos was successful in disrupting the largest ransomware group of its time.

As attackers shift from password theft to session and token theft to bypass multifactor authentication controls, organizations must move beyond login security and protect authenticated sessions.

NVIDIA and 36 other organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools for securing software and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The 37-member group spans cloud, security, enterprise software, and AI companies, including Microsoft, Cisco, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, and the Linux

Confidence in autonomous security tools is declining, and here's why.

Apple is being sued by three people who claim approximately $1.8 million in Bitcoin was stolen after downloading and using a fraudulent Sparrow Wallet application from the App Store. [...]

Dysphoria, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet line tracked by CNCERT and XLab, has adopted blockchain-based name services and infected-device relays after a March law-enforcement operation against JackSkid infrastructure. The researchers say the design makes the botnet harder to disrupt. CNCERT, China's national computer emergency response team, and XLab, the threat-intelligence lab of Chinese

The Coca-Cola Company has confirmed that hackers stole data from its dairy subsidiary, Fairlife, during a ransomware attack earlier this month. [...]

The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for a recently disclosed Ernst & Young data breach, saying it obtained credentials for some of the company's systems via a supply-chain attack. [...]

Public exploit details released on July 27 show how an unauthenticated request can reach PHP's eval() function inside vBulletin and execute code on an unpatched forum server. The attack requires no account, administrative access, or interaction from another user. SSD Secure Disclosure lists vBulletin 6.2.1 and earlier, and 6.1.6 and earlier, as affected, but does not give a lower version

Dependabot gets a three-day cooldown window before opening pull requests, and PyPI rejects file uploads to releases older than 14 days. The post New GitHub, PyPI Policies Boost Supply Chain Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Monday starts with the usual promise that everything is under control. Then the logs wake up. This week, trusted tools crossed lines, old flaws found new work, exposed systems stayed exposed, and attackers kept hiding inside normal-looking services. Nothing looked strange at first. That helped. That is the mood. Here is the full recap. ⚡ Threat of the Week OpenAI Says Its AI Agent Went Rogue

Shadow AI agents are rapidly spreading across enterprise platforms, often without IT or security visibility. Nudge Security explains how organizations can discover, assess, and govern AI agents before unmanaged permissions and autonomous actions create security risks. [...]

The critical unsafe deserialization flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, without authentication. The post PTC Windchill Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

n8n has patched a high-severity expression-sandbox escape that could let an authenticated workflow editor execute operating-system commands on the server running the automation platform. Security Joes found the flaw while probing n8n's February fix for CVE-2026-27577 for another bypass. The affected ranges are <2.31.5 and >=2.32.0,<2.32.1. n8n fixed the flaw in versions 2.31.5 and

The malware-as-a-service operation launches legitimate browsers on an invisible desktop, giving attackers persistent and covert remote access to compromised Windows systems. The post MedusaHVNC Malware Uses Hidden Windows Desktops to Evade Detection appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a Microsoft Teams-themed phishing campaign that employs "secure document" lures to deliver legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools. "The victim was directed through compromised web infrastructure to a counterfeit Microsoft Store page claiming that Microsoft Teams had to be updated before the shared document could be opened," ZeroBEC said in

The Nvidia-led coalition aims to give defenders more open tools for testing, auditing and protecting AI models and agents. The post Nvidia and Tech Giants Launch AI Security Alliance appeared first on SecurityWeek.

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-68686 Fortinet FortiOS Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability CVE-2026-16812 Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator On-Prem OS Command Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive

The Anubis cybercrime group has taken credit for the attack and is threatening to leak data. The post Coca-Cola Confirms Data Breach After Fairlife Ransomware Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The company plans to expand its research team, open new offices in Rome and San Francisco, and acquire new clients. The post Beelzebub Raises $3.4 Million for Hacker-Trapping Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The new Mobile Security Exposure Center creates SBOMs for enterprise mobile apps to uncover vulnerable components, dependencies and hidden risks. The post What’s Hiding in Your Mobile Apps? Lookout MSEC Aims to Find Out appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called Cruciferra. According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, Cruciferra has been utilized by various unrelated cybercriminal threat clusters to deliver a wide array of remote

A threat actor has been using the compromised appliances to target the Microsoft 365 accounts of traveling corporate employees. The post Hacked Public Wi-Fi Gateways Used to Harvest Corporate Credentials appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Binary-based vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and exploit generation are blocked in Opus 5. The post Anthropic’s Opus 5 Nears Mythos 5 on Finding Bugs, but Falls Short on Exploits appeared first on SecurityWeek.

In May 2026, hackers stole personal and dental health information from DentaQuest’s computer network. The post DentaQuest Data Breach Potentially Impacts Over 23 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged fresh malicious cyber activity by a threat actor with ties to East Asia targeting government entities in the Middle East. The intrusions have resulted in the deployment of previously unreported malware families dubbed TELESHIM, MIXEDKEY, and BINDCLOAK, according to Zscaler ThreatLabz. The cybersecurity firm said it detected the campaign earlier this month.

GitHub has announced a new cooldown mechanism in Dependabot, allowing the tool to wait at least three days after a release is published before opening a pull request. "The cooldown configuration option in the dependabot.yml still controls the behavior, though, so you can choose a different cooldown parameter that fits your project," the Microsoft-owned subsidiary said. According to GitHub, the

The PEAR ransomware group claimed to have stolen 3 TB of information from the medical business management company. The post MCBS Data Breach Affects 1.2 Million Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek.

GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to protect against supply-chain attacks and to limit their impact. [...]