Tag: cyber
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Quantum-Safe Isn’t Cyber-Safe
Tags: access, ai, api, breach, communications, compliance, computer, computing, credentials, cryptography, cyber, data, defense, encryption, exploit, flaw, google, group, ml, openai, password, radius, risk, threat, update<div cla In the same week federal agencies began scoping migrations under the White House’s new Post-Quantum Cryptography Executive Order, a group of academic researchers published a paper that, on its face, had nothing to do with quantum computing at all. It described a flaw in how three of the most security-conscious engineering organizations on…
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Former Ping Identity and CyberArk Executives Join AppViewX to Scale Machine and Agent Identity Security
New York, New York, August 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire New revenue leader and board member join as AppViewX’s identity security business continues its rapid growth AppViewX, the leading machine and agent identity security company built for the AI and quantum enterprise, today announced the appointment of Mike Durso as Chief Revenue Officer and the addition of…
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CISA Warns Microsoft Internet Key Exchange RCE Flaw Is Actively Exploited
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, Internet, kev, microsoft, rce, remote-code-execution, service, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-33824, is currently being actively exploited. The issue is classified as a double-free vulnerability, which means it affects the memory management of Microsoft…
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SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs
A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia.The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT. SilkParasite, first discovered in late 2025, is assessed to be a First seen…
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China-Nexus Hackers Target Myanmar Diplomats With QUICAgent Go Backdoor via Malicious VHD Files
A China-nexus threat actor is targeting Myanmar government and diplomatic personnel with a multi-stage malware campaign that delivers a custom Go-based backdoor, dubbed QUICAgent, through Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files disguised as benign images. The campaign relies on highly targeted social engineering. One malicious file, named TrainingAnnouncement.jpg, is not an image but a VHD container.…
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Google Mandiant AI Agents Find Over 100 Critical Vulnerabilities in Source Code Within Two Days
Tags: ai, breach, corporate, cyber, google, group, incident response, intelligence, mandiant, penetration-testing, RedTeam, threat, vulnerabilityGoogle’s Threat Intelligence Group has announced that its Agentic Vulnerability Discovery Harness (AVDH) identified over 100 critical true-positive vulnerabilities in stolen corporate source code repositories within just two days. This result highlights how agentic AI can significantly accelerate vulnerability discovery during incident response, red teaming, penetration testing, and proactive secure code reviews, especially when adversaries…
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Eigener Fehler entlarvt globale Cyberkriminelle ‘StopAndProtect”-Kampagne aufgedeckt
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von”¯Check Point Software Technologies “¯hat eine ungewöhnliche Entdeckung bei der Analyse einer neu identifizierten Cyber-Kampagne namens ‘StopAndProtect” gemacht. In diesem Fall erlaubten gravierende Fehler bei der Absicherung des Betriebs ihrer Software einen seltenen und tiefen Einblick in die Infrastruktur der Cyberkriminellen. ‘StopAndProtect”-Kampagne Das Wichtigste in Kürze: Ungewöhnlicher Einblick durch OPSEC-Fehler: Sicherheitsforscher stießen bei ihrer Untersuchung auf öffentlich […] First…
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Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Support Ends in October 2026
Microsoft has issued a 60-day reminder that the Windows 11 version 24H2 Home and Pro editions will reach the end of updates on October 13, 2026. This date also marks the end of servicing for Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016. As a result, both organizations and individual users must plan their upgrade or migration activities…
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OpenAI Tightens AI Safeguards Following Hugging Face Incident
OpenAI is strengthening safeguards for its most advanced AI models, citing growing risks as frontier systems gain more powerful cyber capabilities First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/openai-tightens-ai-safeguards/
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Balonx PhaaS Steals Bank OTPs in Real Time While AI Calls and Android RAT Target Victims
Mexico’s banking sector is facing a more industrialized fraud threat as the Balonx Sistema phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation combines real-time OTP theft, Android malware, and AI-generated vishing calls. Balonx is not a conventional credential-harvesting kit. It operates as a subscription-based criminal service that rents access to affiliates, lowering the barrier for telemarketing fraud groups and inexperienced…
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Why compliance does not guarantee cyber resilience
Cyber security has become one of the most audited and regulated areas of enterprise technology. Yet an organisation can satisfy every requirement on paper and still discover, during a real incident, that its systems, people or processes are not ready for the pressure that follows. Compliance can demonstrate that controls have been put in place;…
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Benefits of automated response in cyber security
For many UK SMEs, the real cost of a cyber incident is not just the security issue itself. It is the lost time, the interruption to customer service, the pressure on a small IT team, and the damage to trust if the business cannot respond quickly. That is why the benefits of automated response in……
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659 Stripe Merchant API Keys Leaked Online, Exposing 688,000 Customer Records
A data leak published on a cybercrime data-trading forum has exposed live Stripe API credentials for 659 merchant accounts, along with approximately 35 GB of customer- and payment-related data. The exposure affects an estimated 688,363 customer records across merchants in 42 countries, but available evidence indicates that Stripe’s own infrastructure was not breached. The dataset…
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BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management Flaws Enable Local Privilege Escalation
BeyondTrust has revealed two high-severity vulnerabilities in its Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) Windows Deployment product, which could lead to local privilege escalation and bypasses of anti-tamper protections on affected devices. These vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2026-40144 and CVE-2026-40145 and affect all versions of Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows before version 26.1.2. The company has released…
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Cursor 0-Day Lets Attackers Execute Malicious Code by Opening a Repository
A recently disclosed security issue in Cursor IDE exposed a serious Windows binary-planting vulnerability that could allow malicious code to execute simply by opening an untrusted repository. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-63093, relates to Cursor’s executable resolution behavior and demonstrates how files controlled by attackers placed in a workspace could be executed with the current…
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Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities Across Enterprise Products
Oracle has released 943 security patches as part of its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU), addressing newly disclosed vulnerabilities across its enterprise software portfolio. This update affects Oracle products under both Premier Support and Extended Support. It includes fixes for flaws tracked by various CVE identifiers. Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches The vulnerabilities…
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Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities Across Enterprise Products
Oracle has released 943 security patches as part of its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU), addressing newly disclosed vulnerabilities across its enterprise software portfolio. This update affects Oracle products under both Premier Support and Extended Support. It includes fixes for flaws tracked by various CVE identifiers. Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches The vulnerabilities…
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Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities Across Enterprise Products
Oracle has released 943 security patches as part of its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU), addressing newly disclosed vulnerabilities across its enterprise software portfolio. This update affects Oracle products under both Premier Support and Extended Support. It includes fixes for flaws tracked by various CVE identifiers. Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches The vulnerabilities…
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Ransom Busters Ransomware Affiliate Targets Victims With Fake Data Recovery Extortion
A threat actor calling itself “Ransom Busters” is targeting ransomware victims with a deceptive recovery offer, claiming it can restore encrypted files and delete stolen data from ransomware infrastructure. GuidePoint Security’s Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) assesses with moderate confidence that the purported recovery service is actually a ransomware affiliate attempting to divert extortion payments…
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OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks
OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed research … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/19/openai-model-safety-updates/
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Microsoft Links 30+ Domains to MacSync Stealer’s Credential-Theft and Data-Exfiltration Infrastructure
More than 30 domains tied to MacSync Stealer, exposing a rotating macOS-focused infrastructure that supports payload delivery, command-and-control, credential theft, staging, and chunked data exfiltration. The investigation shows why defenders should prioritize repeatable endpoint and network behavior over static domain-based detections. Observed executions originate from interactive zsh sessions and use curl to fetch payloads from…
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D-Link DWR-M961 Router Hit by 15 Command Injection and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
D-Link has disclosed and patched 15 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) affecting its DWR-M961 4G/LTE router, specifically hardware revision C1. This follows the discovery of multiple command injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the device’s web management components. These vulnerabilities affect non-US DWR-M961 devices running firmware versions 1.1.2_C1_202602110044 and earlier revisions. D-Link DWR-M961 Router Flaw…
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RAVEN Tool Steals Entire Elasticsearch Databases and Rebuilds Deleted Backdoors
The RAVEN offensive framework can turn compromised Elasticsearch and Kibana environments into durable data-theft and persistence operations. RAVEN, short for Reconnaissance & Attack on Vulnerable Elasticsearch Nodes, is an open-source modular framework built to assess Elasticsearch and Kibana security posture across reconnaissance, exploitation, exfiltration, persistence, and cleanup workflows. Its latest walkthrough focuses on post-exploitation against…
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Critical Apache HttpComponents Client Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Servers
A critical vulnerability in the Apache HttpComponents Client can allow man-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate trusted servers when applications use the asynchronous version of HttpClient. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-71290 and arises from improper TLS hostname verification in Apache HttpComponents Client versions 5.4 through 5.6.3. Apache HttpComponents Client Flaw The issue specifically affects applications configured…
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Fake Claude Install Guide Steals Mac Passwords and Turns Trusted Crypto Wallet Apps Into Phishing Traps
A Google-sponsored search result for Claude installation instructions is being used to deliver a sophisticated macOS stealer and remote-access trojan (RAT) named MacSync. The campaign abuses a legitimate Claude shared-conversation page on the claude.ai domain, demonstrating how trusted AI-hosting infrastructure can be weaponized to bypass users’ normal phishing instincts. The intrusion investigated by Huntress began…
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CISA Warns Hackers Are Actively Exploiting VMware vCenter Path Traversal Flaw
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, infrastructure, kev, vcenter, vmware, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware vCenter to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-59310, is a path traversal flaw that enables arbitrary code execution in affected vCenter deployments. VMware vCenter Path Traversal Flaw CVE-2026-59310 impacts the VMware vCenter Syslog Server…
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Cl0p Hackers Exploit PTC Windchill Vulnerability to Deploy Custom Web Shell and Steal Data
Tags: credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, exploit, extortion, hacker, ransomware, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityThe Cl0p ransomware and extortion operation is likely exploiting a critical PTC Windchill vulnerability to deploy a purpose-built Java web shell that can harvest credentials, map engineering data vaults, and exfiltrate files without requiring additional attacker tooling. Tracked as CVE-2026-12569, the vulnerability is a CVSS 9.3 remote code execution issue affecting PTC Windchill PDMlink and…
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Medusa Ransomware Attacks 300+ Critical Infrastructure Organizations Using Double Extortion
Tags: advisory, attack, cisa, cyber, extortion, infrastructure, intelligence, ransomware, service, updateMedusa ransomware operators have compromised over 500 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors, according to a joint advisory issued by the FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of their #StopRansomware initiative. An update released on August 18, 2026, provides expanded intelligence based on FBI investigations conducted as recently…
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Hackers Abuse Thousands of WordPress Sites to Spread StopAndProtect Malware via ClickFix
A large-scale malware operation called StopAndProtect is exploiting thousands of compromised WordPress websites to distribute ransomware, steal files, harvest credentials, and remotely monitor victims through deceptive ClickFix CAPTCHA prompts. Researchers first identified the campaign in mid-May 2026. They discovered that the operation utilizes a broad range of criminal tools rather than relying on a single…
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Hackers Abuse Thousands of WordPress Sites to Spread StopAndProtect Malware via ClickFix
A large-scale malware operation called StopAndProtect is exploiting thousands of compromised WordPress websites to distribute ransomware, steal files, harvest credentials, and remotely monitor victims through deceptive ClickFix CAPTCHA prompts. Researchers first identified the campaign in mid-May 2026. They discovered that the operation utilizes a broad range of criminal tools rather than relying on a single…