Tag: cyber
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Weedhack MaaS Targets Minecraft Players to Steal Credentials and Hijack Accounts
Weedhack, a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) operation specifically engineered to prey on Minecraft players, that has been active since at least January 2026. The service packages credential theft, cryptocurrency wallet extraction, account hijacking and full remote-access capabilities into a low-cost, subscription-based offering marketed through SEO poisoning,YouTube promotion and counterfeit Minecraft mod websites. By combining polished distribution tactics…
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NFCShare Android Malware Spreads via Weaponized Banking Apps
A renewed and operationally refined wave of the NFCShare Android banking trojan that delivers NFC card-data theft by masquerading as legitimate banking applications. First documented in January 2026, NFCShare continues to rely on a social”‘engineering phishing flow that coerces victims into sideloading malicious APKs; since 14 May 2026 the campaign has pivoted to Italian and…
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Top 10 Best Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Services 2026
In 2026, the foundation of nearly every modern application is built on open-source components. While this accelerates development and fosters innovation, it also introduces a significant attack surface. A single vulnerability in a widely-used open-source library can expose countless applications to risk, as demonstrated by past high-profile incidents. The need for robust Software Composition Analysis…
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Check Point VPN Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation by Ransomware Operators
Tags: access, authentication, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, exploit, flaw, mobile, ransomware, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayCheck Point has disclosed active in-the-wild exploitation of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50751, impacting Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments configured with the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange protocol. The flaw, assigned a CVSS score of 9.3, allows unauthenticated attackers to establish VPN sessions without valid credentials by exploiting a logic flaw…
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Wie groß ist der Markt für Cybersecurity
Künstliche Intelligenz erschließt Wachstumspotenziale für Unternehmen, bringt aber auch neue Sicherheitsrisiken mit sich. Daher geben Sicherheitsverantwortliche geben KI-Themen bei der Budgetvergabe oberste Priorität. Wie groß dieses Wachstum ausfällt, zeigt auch das neue Statista Whitepaper Putting Agentic AI To Work[1]. Demnach belief sich der Umsatz mit Cyber Serurity im vergangenen Jahr auf 183 Milliarden Euro ……
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Shai-Hulud Malware Campaign Abuses 23 PyPI Packages in Developer-Focused Attack
A rapidly evolving supply chain campaign dubbed “Shai-Hulud” is targeting developers through malicious Python packages. Researchers have identified 23 newly weaponised PyPI artefacts, expanding the scope of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware operations. The latest findings highlight a shift in attacker tradecraft, combining multiple delivery techniques to compromise developer environments, CI/CD pipelines,…
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Apache HTTP Server 2.4.68 Patches Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Apache has released HTTP Server version 2.4.68, addressing multiple security vulnerabilities across core modules and widely deployed components, reinforcing the importance of timely patching in internet-facing infrastructure. The update resolves a mix of memory safety issues, privilege escalation flaws, denial-of-service conditions, and input validation weaknesses affecting versions ranging from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67. While several issues…
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Senate Committee Leader Seeks Answers on NYC Health Hack
Sen. Bill Cassidy Quizzes NYC Health CEO and NYC Mayor About Cyber Practices. The chair of the U.S. Senate health committee is seeking answers from New York City officials – including the city’s mayor – about a 2025 hack at the country’s largest municipal public health system, New York City Health + Hospitals, that affected…
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AI Exploit Risks Pushing Healthcare Security Shift
MultiCare Health CISO Jason Elrod on Need for Faster Cyber Resilience. Emerging AI tools can identify and exploit software vulnerabilities within minutes, forcing healthcare organizations to rethink cyber strategies. Jason Elrod, CISO of MultiCare Health System, explains why exploitability management, microsegmentation and AI-driven resilience matter more than ever. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Cyber insurance policyholders facing heavier scrutiny in underwriting, claims
A multiyear lull in insurance rates and insurers’ over-dependence on large U.S. policyholders have led to more restrictions and exclusions in coverage. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cyber-insurance-policyholders-facing-heavier-scrutiny-underwriting-claims/822089/
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Lost in translation: Cybersecurity board reporting for CISOs
Cybersecurity board reports don’t always land. At the Security and Risk Management Summit 2026, Gartner analysts suggested a novel way to communicate cyber-risk to corporate directors. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366643884/Lost-in-translation-Cybersecurity-board-reporting-for-CISOs
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Anthropic’s Mythos AI Reportedly Enters NSA Offensive Cyber Planning
Anthropic engineers are reportedly helping the NSA use Claude Mythos for cyber operations despite the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label. The post Anthropic’s Mythos AI Reportedly Enters NSA Offensive Cyber Planning appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-anthropic-nsa-mythos-ai-cyber-operations/
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Mini-Shai-Hulud zeigt Ohne CyberIntelligence bleibt Supply-Chain-Security blind
In vielen Unternehmen herrscht noch immer die Annahme, dass Cyberangriffe primär auf Firewalls, Server oder Mitarbeiter abzielen. Die Realität sieht inzwischen anders aus. Angreifer attackieren zunehmend die digitale Supply-Chain, also genau die Softwarebausteine, Cloud-Dienste und Entwicklungsprozesse, auf denen moderne Unternehmen täglich aufbauen. Der aktuelle ‘Mini Shai Hulud”-Vorfall rund um kompromittierte npm-Pakete zeigt das sehr deutlich.…
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Multiple VMware Stored XSS Flaw Enable Attackers to Inject Malicious Scripts
VMware has disclosed multiple high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts and compromise administrative environments. The issues, tracked as CVE-2026-41722, CVE-2026-41723, and CVE-2026-41724, were published under advisory VMSA-2026-0004 on June 8, 2026, and carry a combined CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, indicating…
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Multiple VMware Stored XSS Flaw Enable Attackers to Inject Malicious Scripts
VMware has disclosed multiple high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts and compromise administrative environments. The issues, tracked as CVE-2026-41722, CVE-2026-41723, and CVE-2026-41724, were published under advisory VMSA-2026-0004 on June 8, 2026, and carry a combined CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, indicating…
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Multiple VMware Stored XSS Flaw Enable Attackers to Inject Malicious Scripts
VMware has disclosed multiple high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts and compromise administrative environments. The issues, tracked as CVE-2026-41722, CVE-2026-41723, and CVE-2026-41724, were published under advisory VMSA-2026-0004 on June 8, 2026, and carry a combined CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, indicating…
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Google Fixes 429 Chrome Vulnerabilities, Including 22 Critical Bugs
Google has released Chrome 149 to the stable channel, addressing a significant batch of 429 security vulnerabilities across Windows, macOS, and Linux, including 22 critical flaws that could enable remote code execution, memory corruption, and sandbox escapes. The update, version 149.0.7827.53/54, is being rolled out gradually and includes fixes across multiple components, including ANGLE, GPU,…
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Google Fixes 429 Chrome Vulnerabilities, Including 22 Critical Bugs
Google has released Chrome 149 to the stable channel, addressing a significant batch of 429 security vulnerabilities across Windows, macOS, and Linux, including 22 critical flaws that could enable remote code execution, memory corruption, and sandbox escapes. The update, version 149.0.7827.53/54, is being rolled out gradually and includes fixes across multiple components, including ANGLE, GPU,…
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Infosecurity Europe 2026: AI turbo-charging cyber crime and response
AI is accelerating cyber attacks by criminals and hostile states, with attackers faster, more persistent and increasingly collaborative, say experts speaking at Infosecurity Europe 2026 First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643943/Infosecurity-Europe-2026-AI-turbo-charging-cyber-crime-and-response
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OWASP Unveils AI Security Report Highlighting New Tools for Security Teams
OWASP has released a new edition of its AI security report, “State of Agentic AI Security and Governance v2.01,” giving security teams a concrete playbook for defending autonomous AI agents and the expanding ecosystem of tools they rely on. Positioned within the OWASP GenAI Security Project, the report shifts AI security conversations from hypothetical threat…
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Internet Explorer WebBrowser Control Abuse Lets Attackers Convert Clicks Into RCE
Internet Explorer’s legacy WebBrowser control can be abused to turn seemingly harmless user clicks into full remote code execution (RCE), even on systems that no longer use Internet Explorer as a standalone browser. Although Microsoft officially ended support for IE, the Trident engine and WebBrowser ActiveX control remain embedded in numerous Windows applications built with…
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VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances
A China-nexus cyber espionage group has been observed deploying a BSD variant of a known backdoor called BRICKSTORM, as well as two other malware families codenamed PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD to target Linux systems.The activity has been attributed by Volexity to a threat cluster it tracks as VerdantBamboo, which it said overlaps with hacking…
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China-Linked OP-512 Targets IIS Servers With Unique Web Shell Framework
A suspected China-linked espionage cluster dubbed OP-512 after rapidly correlating many low-fidelity events into a single high-priority incident that human analysts then validated. OP-512 compromised an Internet Information Services (IIS) server and deployed a custom web shell framework built to evade signature-based detection. Each web shell instance is cryptographically unique, restricts access with layered encryption,…
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Lucid Stealer Hits 18 Browsers, Crypto Wallets, and Discord Tokens
A new, fully featured Lucid Stealer build that combines large-scale credential theft with hidden remote access. The sample, distributed through Telegram-linked underground channels, is not a simple packed executable but a Lucid-branded information stealer and RAT wrapped inside a legitimate Node.js Single Executable Application (SEA). Static analysis recovered an embedded JavaScript loader and decrypted core…
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The new risk equation: Why endpoint security is a financial imperative
Cyber risk is financial risk; endpoint security in financial services is a business imperative. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/the-new-risk-equation-why-endpoint-security-is-a-financial-imperative/821449/
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Critical Redis Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Execute Code and Hijack Servers
A critical vulnerability in Redis, tracked as CVE-2026-23631 and dubbed “DarkReplica,” exposes authenticated deployments to remote code execution (RCE) through a complex use-after-free (UAF) condition in the replication subsystem. Discovered by security researcher Yoni Sherez during the ZeroDay. In the Cloud 2025 competition, the flaw demonstrates how Redis’s internal Lua execution model and replication logic…
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Two-Thirds of Open Source Community Unaware of Cyber Resilience Act
ge-item”> Two-Thirds of Open Source Community Unaware of Cyber Resilience Act 8 June 2026 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/open-source-unaware-cyber/
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The new risk equation: Why endpoint security is a financial imperative
Cyber risk is financial risk; endpoint security in financial services is a business imperative. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/the-new-risk-equation-why-endpoint-security-is-a-financial-imperative/821449/