Using an AI model called BinNet, RevEng hunts vulnerabilities and backdoors in released software binaries. The post RevEng.AI Raises $15 Million to Hunt for Flaws and Backdoors in Software Binaries appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. [...]

CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, has announced the simultaneous disruption of all command-and-control (C2) channels associated with GlassWorm, a persistent software chain campaign targeting software developers through malicious packages and extensions. "Since at least early 2025, GlassWorm operators have systematically targeted software developers, a

Most organizations still picture cyber defense as a fortress problem: build stronger walls, add more guards, buy another detection engine. But modern incidents rarely crash through the front gate. They drift in disguised as routine activity, hide inside legitimate processes, and quietly accumulate risk long before anyone labels them an "incident." That changes the role of the SOC entirely. The

Catalin Dragomir previously pleaded guilty to selling access to an Oregon state government office’s network. The post Romanian Hacker Sentenced to Prison in US for Selling Access to State Network appeared first on SecurityWeek.

When an employee installs an AI writing assistant, connects a coding copilot to their IDE, or starts summarizing meetings with a new browser tool, they are doing exactly what a productive employee should do: finding faster ways to work. Across most organizations today, employees are running three to five AI tools on any given day. Most were never reviewed by IT. A significant portion connects

The new funding, led by BDC Capital’s StrongNorth Fund, will accelerate Lastwall’s North American expansion. The post Lastwall Raises $11.5 Million for Quantum-Resilient Identity Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.

As AI accelerates phishing, session hijacking, and credential abuse, security teams are racing to close the gap between attacker speed and defensive response. The post The Credential Crisis: How Stolen Credentials Defeat Modern Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Malicious repositories and disguised symlinks can trick AI coding agents into silently installing attacker-controlled MCP servers capable of stealing secrets, compromising CI pipelines, and deploying malicious code. The post ‘SymJack’ Attack Turns AI Coding Agents Into Supply Chain Attack Delivery Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security firms took down all four command-and-control (C&C) channels used by the GlassWorm malware. The post GlassWorm Botnet Disrupted appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw in Gitea, an open-source, self-hosted platform for version control, that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to pull private container images from Gitea deployments without requiring an account, password, or other credentials. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-27771 (CVSS score: N/A), affects all versions of Gitea prior to 1.26.2

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given U.S. federal agencies four days to secure their servers against a critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed cPanel user-end plugin, which is actively being exploited in attacks. [...]

The attack was claimed by a hacktivist group, but evidence showed it used infrastructure linked to Iranian government threat actors. The post LA Metro Cyberattack Linked to Iranian State-Sponsored Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The Dutch National Police arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking the professional football club Ajax Amsterdam (AFC Ajax) earlier this year. [...]

Microsoft has released the KB5089573 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 30 changes, including performance and reliability improvements. [...]

The FBI has issued an alert warning of Silent Ransom Group attacks targeting law firms. The post FBI: Hackers Sending Operatives in Person to Insert USB Drives and Steal Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Microsoft has warned of an active cryptojacking campaign that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot interactions as a mechanism for surfacing malicious download sites. "This emerging delivery technique extends social engineering beyond conventional search results and increases the visibility of malicious software recommendations," Microsoft Defender Experts and the Microsoft

Resolved last week, the vulnerability was exploited in the wild as a zero-day to execute scripts with root privileges. The post CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The AI giant says the new plugin, which helps developers find vulnerabilities as they write code, has been used extensively internally. The post Anthropic Releases New Claude Sandbox, Security Guidance Plugin appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Hackers exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability in a server running the KnowledgeDeliver learning management system (LMS) to deploy the Godzilla web shell. [...]

In just six hours, the campaign quietly pushed thousands of malicious commits to more than 5,500 GitHub repositories, stealing credentials, developer secrets, and more.

U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. [...]

A recent congressional hearing highlighted how states are reeling from federal cutbacks to important cyber grants and information sharing initiatives amid damaging attacks to critical infrastructure.

TeamPCP, the hackers behind the Shai-Hulud worm, has done significant damage to the open source ecosystem. But it's not necessarily due to skill alone.

Every company needs an agentic AI strategy, but the tools to allow agentic AI frameworks be safely and securely adopted are just starting to appear.

SharePoint access often means access to the keys of the kingdom, something attackers and defenders understand all too well.

The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been linked to a new campaign affecting at least nine organizations across nine countries on four continents in the first quarter of 2026. The activity targeted industrial and electronics manufacturing, education and public-sector bodies, financial services, and professional services, per the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec and Carbon Black.

AI governance requires visibility into how AI tools interact with enterprise data. Varonis explains how its Atlas platform uses Claude Compliance API data to help monitor usage, investigate risk, and support compliance. [...]

Marlin AI automatically analyzes SaaS misconfigurations, investigates related activity across enterprise environments, and recommends remediation steps — while stopping short of fully autonomous corrective action. The post AppOmni’s Marlin AI Brings Autonomous Investigation to SaaS Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Nimbus Manticore has continued its operations during and after the US military campaign against Iran. The post Iranian APT Targets Aviation, Software Companies With Updated Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek.