Tag: cyber
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CISA Urges OT Resilience in Dark Remarks About Cyberattacks
Tags: banking, china, cisa, cyber, cyberattack, defense, infrastructure, Internet, military, resilience, russia, serviceVital Service Providers Need a Plan to Work Through Internet Outages, CISA Says. Critical U.S. infrastructure like water, power and even banking systems will be successfully hacked by enemy cyber warriors in the event of a military confrontation with a peer adversary like Russia or China, officials from the nation’s civilian cyber defense agency said.…
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CISA Urges OT Resilience in Dark Remarks About Cyberattacks
Tags: banking, china, cisa, cyber, cyberattack, defense, infrastructure, Internet, military, resilience, russia, serviceVital Service Providers Need a Plan to Work Through Internet Outages, CISA Says. Critical U.S. infrastructure like water, power and even banking systems will be successfully hacked by enemy cyber warriors in the event of a military confrontation with a peer adversary like Russia or China, officials from the nation’s civilian cyber defense agency said.…
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Die stärkste Cyber-Abwehr 2026 ist keine Technologie sondern das Team
Tags: cyberFirst seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/cyber-resilienz-team-menschen-technologie-1745335/
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Die stärkste Cyber-Abwehr 2026 ist keine Technologie sondern das Team
Tags: cyberFirst seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/cyber-resilienz-team-menschen-technologie-1745335/
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Gulf CIOs shift focus from recovery to cyber resilience as regional threats intensify
Commvault’s Yahya Kassab says organisations across the Gulf are reassessing recovery strategies, AI risks and cloud investments amid growing cyber threats First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366644877/Gulf-CIOs-shift-focus-from-recovery-to-cyber-resilience-as-regional-threats-intensify
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F5 Patches NGINX Vulnerability Enabling Code Execution and DoS Attacks
F5 has released an out-of-band security notification addressing multiple high”‘severity vulnerabilities in NGINX components that can enable remote code execution (RCE) and denial”‘of”‘service (DoS) attacks in certain configurations, urging customers to patch or upgrade affected deployments immediately. On June 17, 2026, F5 issued an out-of-band security notification (K000161614) summarizing several high- and medium-severity flaws across…
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FortiBleed Exploit Campaign Hits 70,000+ Fortinet Firewalls Worldwide
A large-scale cyber espionage campaign dubbed “FortiBleed” has compromised more than 70,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways worldwide, exposing enterprise networks across 194 countries. The activity, first identified by security researcher Volodymyr Diachenko and further analyzed by Hudson Rock and Kevin Beaumont, reveals a coordinated effort targeting internet-exposed FortiGate management interfaces. The dataset contains 73,932…
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Modified OpenSSH Binaries Let Velvet Ant Steal Passwords, Log Commands, and Hide Activity
A long-running, stealthy campaign attributed to the China-nexus actor tracked as Velvet Ant has been found to include deeply engineered backdoors in the authentication stack: modified OpenSSH binaries and tampered PAM modules that exfiltrate credentials, record every executed command, and conceal attacker activity. The discovery, part of Sygnia’s Operation Highland investigation, reveals nearly a decade…
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Financially Motivated Hackers Turn Legitimate IT Tools Into Remote Access Payloads
A novel evolution of LLMjacking: a threat actor leveraging a publicly exposed Ollama model server as the reasoning engine for an automated, multi-stage offensive framework. Rather than using the model for chat or resale, the attacker integrated unauthenticated model inference into a VAPT-style pipeline that scans targets, maps vulnerabilities, synthesizes proof-of-concept exploits, and attempts command…
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Financially Motivated Hackers Turn Legitimate IT Tools Into Remote Access Payloads
A novel evolution of LLMjacking: a threat actor leveraging a publicly exposed Ollama model server as the reasoning engine for an automated, multi-stage offensive framework. Rather than using the model for chat or resale, the attacker integrated unauthenticated model inference into a VAPT-style pipeline that scans targets, maps vulnerabilities, synthesizes proof-of-concept exploits, and attempts command…
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Hostile States Behind 75% of Cyber-Attacks on UK Critical Infrastructure, NCSC Warns
Richard Horne, the NCSC CEO, said three-quarters of cyber-attacks targeting UK critical infrastructure came from nation-state actors First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hostile-states-cni-75-percent-ncsc/
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Cyberspace Locked in a Nation-State Contest, Says NCSC CEO
Richard Horne Seeks to Reframe Discussion of Cyber Exposure. Britain’s top cybersecurity official sought Wednesday to reframe digital defense as a contest against a constantly shifting opponent rather than a risk to be managed, calling today’s spate of breaches and hacking incidents the opening salvos of a future war. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Hostile states launched nearly 200 attacks on UK infrastructure in five months, says NCSC chief
Hackers will use AI-enabled cyber capabilities to exploit known vulnerabilities in legacy technology at scale by 2028, says National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366644872/Hostile-states-launched-200-attacks-on-UK-infrastructure-in-five-months-says-NCSC-chief
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Hostile states launched nearly 200 attacks on UK infrastructure in five months, says NCSC chief
Hackers will use AI-enabled cyber capabilities to exploit known vulnerabilities in legacy technology at scale by 2028, says National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366644872/Hostile-states-launched-200-attacks-on-UK-infrastructure-in-five-months-says-NCSC-chief
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AWS Launches Continuum to Detect and Fix Code Vulnerabilities at Machine Speed
AWS has introduced “Continuum,” a new security capability designed to detect, validate, and remediate code vulnerabilities at machine speed, signaling a shift away from traditional telemetry-heavy security models toward automated, context-driven remediation. Announced on June 17, 2026, in a gated preview, AWS Continuum leverages advanced AI models to address the growing volume of vulnerabilities generated…
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Hackers Could Abuse SQL Server 2025 AI Features to Steal Sensitive Data
A new security analysis has revealed that Microsoft SQL Server 2025’s native AI capabilities can be repurposed by attackers to stealthily exfiltrate sensitive data and establish command-and-control (C2) channels directly within the database engine, significantly expanding the post-exploitation attack surface. Security researcher Justin Kalnasy of SpecterOps demonstrated that newly introduced AI-focused features, intended to support…
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Windows 11 June Patch Triggers Microsoft Office Startup Issues
Microsoft’s June 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5095051, OS Build 28000.2269) introduces an unexpected application compatibility issue that may disrupt enterprise workflows, as users report that Microsoft Office applications fail to launch when opened via certain third-party applications. The update, released on June 9, 2026, targets Windows 11 version 26H1 and bundles critical security…
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Hackers Exploit WordPress SMTP Plugin With 100,000+ Installs to Steal Sensitive Data
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in the widely used Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin to extract sensitive configuration data, including API keys and authentication tokens. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-4020 with a CVSS score of 5.3, affects all versions up to and including 2.1.4 and exposes more than 100,000 websites to potential…
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Splunk AI Toolkit Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary OS Command Execution
Splunk has disclosed a critical security vulnerability in its AI Toolkit that could allow authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands on affected systems, raising significant concerns for enterprises that rely on Splunk for security analytics and automation. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20266, affects Splunk AI Toolkit versions before 5.7.4 and has been assigned…
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Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Zero-Day Exploit Targeting Defender
Microsoft has confirmed a newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, affecting Microsoft Defender, following the public release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit dubbed “RoguePlanet” by security researcher NightmareEclipse. The vulnerability, classified as an elevation-of-privilege flaw, was officially published on June 16, 2026, and is already drawing attention due to its reliability and ability to…
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Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Zero-Day Exploit Targeting Defender
Microsoft has confirmed a newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, affecting Microsoft Defender, following the public release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit dubbed “RoguePlanet” by security researcher NightmareEclipse. The vulnerability, classified as an elevation-of-privilege flaw, was officially published on June 16, 2026, and is already drawing attention due to its reliability and ability to…
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Hostile states behind three-quarters of attacks on Britain’s critical infrastructure, cyber chief warns
NCSC CEO Richard Horne warned that “kinetic targeting in any conflict tomorrow will be based on intelligence gathered today” and that nation-state adversaries were “prepositioning” throughout British critical infrastructure. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/britain-nation-state-cyberattacks-richard-horne-rusi
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Hostile states launched 200 attacks on UK infrastructure in five months, says NCSC chief
Hackers will use AI-enabled cyber capabilities to exploit known vulnerabilities in legacy technology at scale by 2028, says National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366644872/Hostile-states-launched-200-attacks-on-UK-infrastructure-in-five-months-says-NCSC-chief
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SpyCloud Report Finds Phishing Attacks Surge as Employee Data Is Exposed at 86% of Fortune 100 Companies
Austin, TX, USA, June 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire New SpyCloud research highlights the expansion of phishing attacks as AI and phishing-as-a-service fuel enterprise targeting. SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today released its 2026 Phishing Pulse Report, revealing that phishing attacks continue to increase in both volume and sophistication for enterprise organizations as artificial intelligence…
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SpyCloud Report Finds Phishing Attacks Surge as Employee Data Is Exposed at 86% of Fortune 100 Companies
Austin, TX, USA, June 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire New SpyCloud research highlights the expansion of phishing attacks as AI and phishing-as-a-service fuel enterprise targeting. SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today released its 2026 Phishing Pulse Report, revealing that phishing attacks continue to increase in both volume and sophistication for enterprise organizations as artificial intelligence…
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Low-skilled attacker used Claude, Codex to breach 14 companies
Researchers have long warned that AI agents could lower the skill floor for offensive cyber operations, and a recent report by OALABS (Open Analysis) researchers bears that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/17/ai-agents-offensive-cyber-operations-claude-codex/
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Low-skilled attacker used Claude, Codex to breach 14 companies
Researchers have long warned that AI agents could lower the skill floor for offensive cyber operations, and a recent report by OALABS (Open Analysis) researchers bears that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/17/ai-agents-offensive-cyber-operations-claude-codex/
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UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
Head of National Cyber Security Centre says UK in ‘ongoing contest with capable adversaries’ and AI could add to threatThe UK’s critical national infrastructure has been hit by more than 200 cyber incidents over the past year and state-linked assailants were behind three-quarters of the attacks, according to the state cybersecurity body.Richard Horne, the chief…
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UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
Head of National Cyber Security Centre says UK in ‘ongoing contest with capable adversaries’ and AI could add to threatThe UK’s critical national infrastructure has been hit by more than 200 cyber incidents over the past year and state-linked assailants were behind three-quarters of the attacks, according to the state cybersecurity body.Richard Horne, the chief…