Tag: attack
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CrowdStrike Uncovers 5 New Prompt Injection Techniques Targeting AI Agents
CrowdStrike has identified five new techniques for prompt injection targeting AI agents, emphasizing the rapid evolution of adversarial methods as enterprises increasingly deploy autonomous AI systems. Detailed in a report published on July 7, 2026, by CrowdStrike’s AI security research team, these techniques expand the company’s prompt injection taxonomy to over 200 documented attack methods.…
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uBlock Origin adds protections against ClickFix attacks
Tags: attackFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ublock-origin-adds-protections-against-clickfix-attacks
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Spain arrests suspected hacker linked to Russian hacktivist campaign
Authorities didn’t name the man or file formal charges, but accuse him of participating in attacks linked to Cyber Army of Russia Reborn and NoName. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/spain-arrests-alleged-cyber-army-of-russia-reborn-member/
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Spanish Police Arrest Man Linked to CARR, Z-Pentest, and NoName057(16)
Spain arrested a suspected CARR and Z-Pentest collaborator in an FBI-led probe for aiding pro-Russian hackers, coordinating attacks, and using crypto. Spanish National Police arrested a man in Palencia last March on charges of membership in and collaboration with a terrorist organization, glorifying terrorism, and computer damage. The investigation, carried out jointly with the FBI,…
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Phishing Attacks Targeted Facebook Users With Fake Verification Offer
Attacks also used a compromised chatbot in campaign to steal sensitive information from Business Users First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/phishing-facebook-fake-verification/
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Businesses modernizing networks for AI fear expanding attack surface, limited visibility
IT leaders are worried that security controls aren’t keeping pace with threats to AI systems. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-network-expansion-security-concerns-cisco/824581/
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Businesses modernizing networks for AI fear expanding attack surface, limited visibility
IT leaders are worried that security controls aren’t keeping pace with threats to AI systems. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-network-expansion-security-concerns-cisco/824581/
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The GitHub Actions Attack Pattern Your CI Security Scanners Miss
ActiveState explains how GitHub Actions attack chains can evade traditional CI security scanners, why passing a scan doesn’t guarantee a secure pipeline, and how organizations can better govern their CI/CD workflows. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-github-actions-attack-pattern-your-ci-security-scanners-miss/
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Webinar tomorrow: Why modern email attacks require a new approach to defense
Tomorrow’s webinar explores how behavioral AI can help organizations detect sophisticated phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover attacks while reducing alert fatigue through automated investigation and response workflows. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-tomorrow-why-modern-email-attacks-require-a-new-approach-to-defense/
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TeamPCP Supply Chain Attacks Feed VECT Ransomware With Stolen CI/CD Credentials
TeamPCP’s wide-scale supply-chain compromises have materially fueled VECT ransomware operations by supplying a vast archive of stolen CI/CD credentials, reshaping how organizations should measure ransomware exposure. Rather than choosing victims in advance, TeamPCP contaminated widely used components Trivy, Checkmarx KICS, LiteLLM, and the Telnyx Python SDK access so that any organization that installed those packages…
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Thousands of MCP Servers Found Vulnerable to File Access and Injection Attacks
Thousands of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, widely used to connect large language models (LLMs) to external systems, have been found vulnerable to critical security flaws, including arbitrary file access, command injection, server-side request forgery (SSRF), and SQL injection, raising significant concerns about AI supply chain security. A large-scale analysis of 9,695 MCP servers across…
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AI-Generated Malware Powers New Armored Likho APT Campaign
Armored Likho APT uses AI-generated malware, phishing, and BusySnake Stealer to target governments and power grids in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Brazil. Kaspersky’s threat research team has documented a previously unknown APT group they’re calling Armored Likho, also tracked under the name Eagle Werewolf. The group runs two parallel tracks: financially motivated attacks against private individuals…
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Januscape: 16-Year-Old Linux KVM Bug Enables Cloud VM Escape Attacks
Januscape: A 16-year-old Linux KVM flaw lets cloud VM tenants crash hosts and potentially escape guests. It affects Intel and AMD systems. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim has published details of a use-after-free vulnerability in Linux’s KVM hypervisor that allows code running inside a guest virtual machine to corrupt host kernel memory. The bug, tracked as…
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Researchers make the case for a cybersecurity AI scientist
Autonomous AI agents have started doing real security work. Language-model agents probe software for flaws, run penetration tests, and chain together attack steps that once … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/cybersecurity-ai-scientist-research/
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Windows Device ID Helped Authorities Track Scattered Spider Hacking Group Member
Authorities used a persistent Windows Global Device ID, along with VPN telemetry and cloud service records, to connect the infrastructure used in a major extortion attack to a 19-year-old member of the Scattered Spider group, Peter Stokes. In a superseding criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of Illinois, the FBI outlines how Stokes, who…
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Your company already adopted AI and nobody is governing access
In this Help Net Security video, Antoine Berton, CTO at Elba Security, breaks down the AI attack surface. Your company already adopted AI, and every adoption creates access … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/ai-attack-surface-video/
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Opera GX browser vulnerability could allow data theft and DoS attacks
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/opera-gx-browser-vulnerability-allows-data-theft-and-dos-attacks
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North Korean PolinRider supply chain attack targets 108 unique repos
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/north-korean-polinrider-supply-chain-attack-targets-108-unique-repos
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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials, meaning it wasn’t quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week’s headlines suggested. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump…
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CitrixBleed-ing Again? NetScaler Vulnerability Under Attack
Attackers wasted little time targeting the latest memory disclosure flaw in Citrix’s NetScaler products, after researchers published a proof-of-concept exploit (PoC). First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/citrixbleed-ing-again-netscaler-vulnerability-under-attack
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Attackers vote themselves $20 million in BONK cryptocurrency
BonkDAO said in a social media post that it was the victim of a “malicious governance proposal,” or an attack in which holders of a large amount of BONK used that leverage to vote more coins into their wallets. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/attackers-vote-themselves-20-million-bonk-crypto
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Vect and TeamPCP Cybercrime Groups Link for Ransomware Hits
Supply-Chain Victims Also at Risk From Poorly Coded, Data-Shredding Crypto-Locker. Recently announced tie-ups between ransomware group Vect, supply-chain attack specialists TeamPCP and data-leak stalwart Lapsus$ show cybercriminals continuing their quest to monetize their attacks and develop new profit streams. But not all has been smooth sailing. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/vect-teampcp-cybercrime-groups-link-for-ransomware-hits-a-32159
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Azure CLI Password Spray Attack Exposes Microsoft 365 MFA Gap
A password spray campaign targeting Azure CLI sign-ins exposed how narrow Conditional Access policies can leave Microsoft 365 accounts vulnerable even when MFA is enabled. The post Azure CLI Password Spray Attack Exposes Microsoft 365 MFA Gap appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-azure-cli-mfa-gap/
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JadePuffer: The First Complete LLM-Driven Ransomware Attack
An agentic threat actor successfully exploited a Langflow flaw to steal data from a production database server and encrypt other systems. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/jadepuffer-first-complete-llm-driven-ransomware-attack
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Sysdig clocks first documented case of agentic ransomware
The AI agent didn’t accomplish every step in the late June 2026 attack, but it allowed the threat actor to significantly reduce complexity, speed up the tempo and gain operational advantages. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/sysdig-judepuffer-ai-agentic-ransomware-attack/
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Middle East urged to prioritise prevention as cyber workforce gap hits 300,000
As cyber attacks accelerate and organisations expand their digital footprints, security leaders are being urged to prioritise prevention and zero-trust architectures over expectations that AI will close the region’s growing skills gap First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645533/Middle-East-urged-to-prioritize-prevention-as-cyber-workforce-gap-hits-300000
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Ukrainian media outlets now among ‘priority targets’ for Russian hackers
A top Ukrainian security official described two previously unreported attacks on TV media organizations and said Russia has ramped up hacking activities against the industry. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-media-organizations-priority-hacking-targets-russia
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Max severity Adobe ColdFusion flaw now exploited in attacks
Attackers are now exploiting a maximum-severity Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-48282, the Canadian Center for Cyber Security (CCCS) warned on Thursday. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/max-severity-adobe-coldfusion-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/
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Veeam Backup BinaryFormatter Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
A newly discovered deserialization vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-44963, affects Veeam Backup & Replication. This vulnerability allows authenticated domain users to execute remote code on backup servers by exploiting weaknesses in the handling of BinaryFormatter. The issue, detailed by SecureLayer7 Labs, is part of a concerning trend of flaws in Veeam’s .NET Remoting attack surface, where…