Tag: attack
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ConsentFix v3 attacks target Azure with automated OAuth abuse
A new attack type, dubbed ConsentFix v3, has been circulating on hacker forums, building on the previous technique by adding automation and scaling potential. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/consentfix-v3-attacks-target-azure-with-automated-oauth-abuse/
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The Agentic AI Security Category Is Converging on the Wrong Answer
In Part 1 of this piece, I described what agentic AI attacks actually look like in practice; the digital factory model, where agents commit fraud, and the three properties that make agentic AI attackers categorically different from traditional bot tooling: autonomous iteration, session-to-session learning, and identity spoofing at the interaction layer. Now I want to……
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Canonical Hit by Sustained DDoS Attack, Disrupting Ubuntu Services Worldwide
A DDoS attack on Canonical has disrupted key Ubuntu services and patching workflows. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/canonical-hit-by-sustained-ddos-attack-disrupting-ubuntu-services-worldwide/
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Digital attacks drive a new wave of cargo theft, FBI says
The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, with hackers targeting brokers and carriers. Experts say digital attacks are replacing traditional cargo theft. The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) about a surge in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with hackers increasingly targeting brokers and carriers. This trend confirms earlier findings from Proofpoint and alerts…
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Supply Chain Attacks, AI Security, and Major Breaches Define This Week in Cybersecurity in May 2026
Weekly summary of Cybersecurity Insider newsletters First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/weekly-roundup/supply-chain-attacks-ai-security-and-major-breaches-define-this-week-in-cybersecurity-in-may-2026/
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Vulnerability remediation: Match CVEs to asset owners in seconds with Tenable Hexa AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, business, ciso, compliance, control, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, framework, group, identity, Internet, login, nist, okta, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementDetecting a vulnerability is easy. Finding the person responsible for fixing it is where remediation programs often break down. See how Tenable Hexa AI uses MCP to connect your exposure data to your identity provider, automating the hunt for asset owners in seconds. Key takeaways The accountability gap is the real bottleneck. Finding a vulnerability…
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Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack
A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the Linux-based operating system. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/01/ubuntu-services-hit-by-outages-after-ddos-attack/
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Cybercrime Groups Using Vishing and SSO Abuse in Rapid SaaS Extortion Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of two cybercrime groups that are carrying out “rapid, high-impact attacks” operating almost within the confines of SaaS environments, while leaving minimal traces of their actions.The clusters, Cordial Spider (aka BlackFile, CL-CRI-1116, O-UNC-045, and UNC6671) and Snarky Spider (aka O-UNC-025 and UNC6661), have been attributed to high-speed data theft and First…
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Cyber incident responders who carried out ransomware attacks given 4-year sentences
Two cybersecurity incident responders who abused their positions to carry out covert ransomware attacks were sentenced to four years in prison. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ransomware-cyber-incident-responders
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EtherRAT Uses SEO Poisoning and Fake GitHub Pages to Target Enterprise Admins
A newly uncovered cyber campaign dubbed “EtherRAT” is raising concerns across enterprise environments, as attackers combine SEO poisoning, GitHub abuse, and blockchain-based infrastructure to target high-privilege IT professionals. Instead of broadly targeting users, the attackers deliberately impersonate trusted administrative tools, increasing the likelihood that victims already have elevated system access. The attack chain begins with…
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Two American Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-workers-jailed/
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Two American Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-workers-jailed/
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86% of Phishing Attacks are AI Driven, KnowBe4 Research Finds
KnowBe4, the digital workforce security provider, securing both AI agents and humans, has announced new research, Phishing Threat Trends Report Volume Seven. The report finds a seismic shift in the attack vectors utilized to conduct phishing attacks, including touchpoints outside of traditional email communication such as calendar invitations and messaging tools. “The inbox is no…
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Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four years each in prison for their role in facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023.Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, were accused of deploying the ransomware against multiple victims located throughout the U.S. between…
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Poisoned Ruby Gems and Go Modules Exploit CI Pipelines for Credential Theft
A new software supply chain attack campaign has been observed using sleeper packages as a conduit to subsequently push malicious payloads that enabled credential theft, GitHub Actions tampering, and SSH persistence.The activity has been attributed to the GitHub account “BufferZoneCorp,” which has published a set of repositories that are associated with malicious Ruby gems and…
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DDoS Malware Targets Jenkins to Hit Valve Game Servers
A new DDoS botnet that abuses exposed Jenkins servers to launch powerful attacks against Valve Source Engine game infrastructure, including servers hosting titles like Counter”‘Strike and Team Fortress 2. The campaign shows how a single misconfigured CI server can be turned into a multi”‘platform attack node capable of UDP, TCP, and application”‘layer floods against online…
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US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks
Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-ransomware-negotiators-get-4-years-in-prison-over-blackcat-attacks/
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AI-Powered Ransomware Surge Hits 7,831 Victims Worldwide
Ransomware attacks surged dramatically in 2025, with global victims reaching 7,831. The sharp rise highlights how cybercrime has evolved into a highly organized, AI-driven ecosystem in which attackers operate at speed, with automation and scale. This surge is largely fueled by the widespread availability of AI-powered cybercrime tools such as WormGPT, FraudGPT, and BruteForceAI, which…
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FBI Warns Logistics Sector of Fake Business Identity Cargo Scams
The FBI issued a public service announcement warning the transportation and logistics sectors about a massive increase in cyber-enabled strategic cargo theft. Threat actors are increasingly using sophisticated tactics to impersonate legitimate businesses, hijack freight, and steal high-value shipments. The financial impact of these attacks is severe. In 2025 alone, estimated cargo theft losses in…
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Networks of Browser Extensions Are Spyware in Disguise
Modern browser extensions and ad blockers are legally collecting and reselling user data, including streaming habits and B2B sales intelligence, under the guise of “analytics.” This unregulated “legal spyware” creates massive security gaps as employees unwittingly leak corporate URLs, SaaS dashboards, and research activity to third-party databases. With the rise of AI-native browsers and personal…
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Ruby Gems and Go Modules Used in Campaign Targeting GitHub Actions
A sophisticated software supply chain attack originating from the GitHub account BufferZoneCorp has been uncovered, targeting developers and continuous integration environments through malicious Ruby gems and Go modules. The campaign deployed sleeper packages that impersonated legitimate developer tools, which were later weaponized to steal secrets and poison build pipelines. On the Ruby ecosystem, threat actors…
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Bank regulator sounds warning over cybersecurity threat posed by AI models
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, banking, cloud, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, finance, flaw, germany, government, penetration-testing, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityAccessing Mythos: It’s barely three weeks since Anthropic made Claude Mythos public on April 7 and it’s hard to recall a development that’s caused as much cybersecurity alarm in such a short space of time.Earlier this week, Michael Theurer, the chief supervisor of Bundesbank, Germany’s financial regulator, echoed APRA’s concern, telling Reuters that European banks…
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Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks
Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin attacked five companies in 2023 and extorted nearly $1.3 million from one of their victims. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/incident-responders-ryan-goldberg-kevin-martin-sentenced-ransomware/
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The never-ending supply chain attacks worm into SAP npm packages, other dev tools
Mini Shai-Hulud caught spreading credential-stealing malware First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/supply_chain_attacks_sap_npm_packages/
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Bridging the gap: How to integrate Claude Security into the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform
Tags: ai, api, attack, business, cloud, data, flaw, governance, intelligence, risk, tool, update, vulnerabilityBridge the gap between AI-driven vulnerability discovery and prioritized remediation. Learn how to integrate Claude Security’s deep-logic analysis into Tenable One to unify your attack surface, eliminate noise, and focus on the risks that matter most. Key takeaways As frontier AI models like Claude accelerate the pace of vulnerability discovery, security programs must shift their…
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State CISOs Are Losing Confidence as AI Threats Surge
Tightening Budgets and AI-Enabled Attacks Stretch State Cyber Defenses. State CISO confidence has collapsed, with just 22% saying their data is protected from cyberthreats. The 2026 NASCIO-Deloitte study points to AI-enabled attacks, third-party vendor risk and the worst budget picture in years as states rethink how they defend public data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…