Tag: cyber
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7-Zip Vulnerability Lets Attackers Trigger Heap Buffer Overflow Using Malicious Files
A newly disclosed vulnerability in 7-Zip could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening a specially crafted XZ-compressed file. Tracked as CVE-2026-14266 and identified by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative as ZDI-26-444 (ZDI-CAN-30169), the flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow in the archive utility’s handling of XZ chunked data. The vulnerability…
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Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Rejects Anti-AI Push and Defends LLM Tools
Linux creator and top-level kernel maintainer Linus Torvalds has made it clear that the Linux kernel project will not adopt an anti-AI stance. He believes that large language models and related tools should be assessed based on their technical value rather than dismissed outright. His comments were part of a discussion on the Linux Media…
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SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Survey 2026 – Cyber Threat Intelligence hat ein Investitionsproblem
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyber-threat-intelligence-einfluss-entscheidungen-a-99f11c0db214b058cb21e05685f355f7/
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Five-Layer Fileless Malware Uses JScript and PowerShell to Evade AMSI and Load .NET Payload
An active phishing campaign using a five-layer, fileless malware loader to evade Microsoft’s Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), static detection controls, and disk-based forensic analysis. The campaign delivers a Windows Script Host JScript payload inside a TAR archive disguised as a purchase order, ultimately loading a .NET assembly directly into memory. The activity was first observed…
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AnyDesk Zero-Day Flaw Allows Local Attackers to Trigger System-Wide DenialService
A newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in AnyDesk has the potential to allow a local attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition by exploiting the remote-access software’s “Send Support Information” feature. The advisory, tracked as ZDI-26-401 and ZDI-CAN-26645, was published by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on July 8, 2026. The flaw has been assigned CVE-2026-15682…
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HHS Wants Input on Cyber, AI for Regulations on Clinical Labs
Experts Say Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Are Seriously Outdated. The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public feedback pertaining to cybersecurity matters and the use of artificial intelligence for potentially updating decades-old, rules-of-the-road regulations for U.S. clinical laboratories that test human specimens for health conditions. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hhs-wants-input-on-cyber-ai-for-regulations-on-clinical-labs-a-32246
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Program to rotate cyber personnel through federal agencies saw little use
Tags: cyberThe number of people who got approval to be in the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce program was in the single digits, GAO found. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/opm-federal-rotational-cyber-workforce-program-gao/
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Iran-nexus actors using AI to enhance cyber playbook
A report shows state-linked and hacktivist groups have used ChatGPT and other tools for malware development, phishing and mapping out industrial sites. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/iran-nexus-actors-ai-cyber-ChatGPT-malware/825415/
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Wachsendes Risiko für europäische Unternehmen durch beschleunigte KI-Adaption
Aktuelle Daten einer Studie des Cyber-Sicherheitsherstellers Okta belegen, dass die Mehrheit der Firmen komplexe Multi-Vendor-KI-Ökosysteme betreibt. Dies widerlegt die Annahme, dass sich der Enterprise-Markt auf einen einzigen KI-Anbieter standardisieren wird. Okta veröffentlicht dazu eine proprietäre Studie, die auf anonymisierten Zugriffsmustern auf KI-Anwendungen in über 20.000 Unternehmen weltweit basiert. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, wie Organisationen ihre KI-Tech-Stacks…
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Scattered Spider hackers sentenced over TfL attack
Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, the hackers behind the 2024 TfL cyber attack, have been sentenced to five-year prison terms at Woolwich Crown Court First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645859/Scattered-Spider-hackers-sentenced-over-TfL-attack
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Top 10 Firewall Solutions Setting New Cybersecurity Standards in 2026
Thefirewallcategory is reinventing itself faster than at any point since NGFW arrived and2026’sleadersaren’tjust shipping betterboxes,they’reredefining what”firewall”means. Palo Alto Networks is setting the bar for AI-driven inline prevention, Fortinet for hybrid mesh execution, and HPE Juniper for the quantum-safe era, while Zscaler and Cloudflare are proving the most consequentialfirewallof all might be no appliance whatsoever. Here…
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CISA folds its own hard-won lessons into coordinated vulnerability disclosure guidance
On Wednesday, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and four allied cyber authorities published a guide telling software vendors how to build a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/16/cisa-coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure-guidance/
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Single Prompt Enables ChatGPT to Execute Full Cyber-Attack Chain, Researchers Claim
Cybersecurity researchers tested Open AI GPT 5.5’s offensive cyber capabilities and the results showed how effective a frontier LLM can be for hackers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chatgpt55-to-execute-full/
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Millions of Shark Robot Vacuums Vulnerable to Unpatched Remote Code Execution Flaw
Millions of internet-connected Shark robot vacuums may be vulnerable to a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw that could allow attackers to control devices remotely, access onboard cameras, retrieve home maps, and potentially steal stored Wi-Fi credentials. An independent researcher disclosed this issue following a 90-day reporting period, and it arises from overly permissive AWS…
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Millions of Shark Robot Vacuums Vulnerable to Unpatched Remote Code Execution Flaw
Millions of internet-connected Shark robot vacuums may be vulnerable to a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw that could allow attackers to control devices remotely, access onboard cameras, retrieve home maps, and potentially steal stored Wi-Fi credentials. An independent researcher disclosed this issue following a 90-day reporting period, and it arises from overly permissive AWS…
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Hackers Exploit SonicWall SMA1000 Zero-Days to Execute Commands as Root
Hackers are actively exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in the SonicWall SMA 1000 Series remote access appliances. They are chaining a critical server-side request forgery flaw with a local code injection bug to execute commands with root privileges. Rapid7’s Managed Detection and Response team detected targeted attacks before SonicWall publicly disclosed these vulnerabilities on July 14,…
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Next.js Announces July Security Release to Fix 4 High-Severity and 5 Medium Flaws
Next.js maintainers have announced a scheduled security release for July to address nine vulnerabilities, four rated high severity and five rated medium severity. The patches are expected to be released on July 20, 2022, and will include updated versions for Next.js 16.2 and 15.5. Next.js July Security Release This announcement initiates a formal security release…
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Selfish Bravado Behind TfL Cyber-Attack, Judge Says as Pair Jailed
The perpetrators of the 2024 TfL cyber-attack have been jailed for five and a half years each after pleading guilty to Computer Misuse Act offences First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/selfish-bravado-behind-tfl/
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Dutch Police and Europol Disrupt Global Investment Scam Infrastructure and Arrest Key Suspects
Dutch police, working with international law-enforcement partners including Europol, have disrupted a sprawling investment-fraud operation alleged to have defrauded victims across multiple countries of more than Euro100 million every month. The investigation has resulted in arrests in Poland, Cyprus, Belgium, and Greece, targeting a network that operated around twenty fraudulent call centers staffed by more…
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Critical Zoom Workplace Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Take Over Accounts Remotely
Zoom has disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Windows desktop software that could allow unauthenticated attackers to take over user accounts remotely. This issue, tracked as CVE-2026-53412 and addressed in bulletin ZSB-26014, arises from improper input validation in Zoom Workplace for Windows and the Zoom Workplace VDI Client for Windows. The vulnerability has a CVSS…
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‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39mThe data of millions of commuters was stolen, Londoners were left out of pocket and 27,000 Transport for London staff were forced to reset their passwords.Over four days in 2024 a pair of…
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Romania’s land registry hit by cyber attack, data allegedly for sale
Romania’s National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI) suffered a major disruption on Tuesday, July 14, when its e-Terra cadastre and land registry app … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/16/romania-ancpi-cyber-attack/
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Claude Code and DeepSeek Powered Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign
Chinese actors used Claude Code and DeepSeek to automate attacks that breached government systems and targeted financial firms. Hunt.io researchers stumbled onto an active intrusion campaign in June 2026 while pivoting on known TencShell command-and-control infrastructure. A single HTTP header fingerprint on port 1111 led them to 13 Hong Kong-based servers and, on one of…
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CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Oracle E-Business Suite Flaw
Tags: business, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, oracle, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-46817, an improper privilege management vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite that can lead to a takeover of Oracle Payments. The agency added the issue to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on July 15, 2026, and directed affected federal civilian executive…
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Hackers Pair Stolen Wallet Databases With Keychain Passwords for Offline Crypto Theft
A macOS-focused information stealer is combining stolen wallet databases with credentials harvested from the Apple Keychain, browsers, and Apple Notes to conduct offline cryptocurrency theft attempts. Detected by the MistEye security monitoring system, the malware appears designed for broad data collection rather than a single targeted objective. Its collection scope includes macOS Keychain files, Safari…
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Splunk Enterprise Flaws Expose Stored Credentials and Allow Arbitrary SPL Searches
Splunk has released security updates for three vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. These vulnerabilities could potentially expose stored credential hashes, enable arbitrary Search Processing Language (SPL) searches, and allow files to be written outside of the intended application directory. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-20296, CVE-2026-20297, and CVE-2026-20298, were disclosed on July 15,…
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Critical JetBrains Flaws Impact IntelliJ IDEA, TeamCity, and YouTrack Users
JetBrains has released security updates for IntelliJ IDEA, TeamCity, and YouTrack that address six vulnerabilities, including a critical path traversal issue that could enable code execution in IntelliJ IDEA. The fixes affect core developer tooling, CI/CD infrastructure, and issue-tracking environments, making prompt patching important for organizations that use JetBrains products in software development workflows. The…