Tag: cyber
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Malicious Browser Add-Ons Target Major AI Chatbot Users
Malicious browser add-ons are actively harvesting conversations and personal data from users of major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and DeepSeek. The threat leverages ostensibly helpful Chrome extensions VPNs, sidebars, and “AI assistants” to intercept agentic-AI interactions, exfiltrate chat histories, and aggregate sensitive information that users routinely share with generative models. Analysis of…
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New SHub Stealer Variant Targets Major Browsers and Crypto Wallets
Threat actors have resurfaced with an upgraded SHub stealer for macOS, now branded “Reaper,” and they’re using a stealthy distribution trick that should worry every Mac user. Attackers build fake download pages for popular apps (WeChat, Miro and others) and employ an automated ClickFix technique that opens Apple’s Script Editor preloaded with malicious code. One…
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UAE launches national cryptography discovery platform to accelerate post-quantum security transition
Partnership between the UAE Cyber Security Council and QuantumGate aims to provide nationwide visibility of cryptographic assets, helping critical infrastructure operators to prepare for the emerging risks posed by quantum computing First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643900/UAE-launches-national-cryptography-discovery-platform-to-accelerate-post-quantum-security-transition
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AI is helping low-skill hackers pull off advanced cyberattacks
Anthropic has published an analysis of cyber-related misuse of its AI systems, examining 832 accounts that were banned for malicious cyber activity between March 2025 and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/05/anthropic-ai-cyber-activity-analysis/
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AI-Powered Worm Leverages Stolen Compute to Target Linux, Windows, and IoT Devices
AI-powered malware is moving from theory to reality, with new proof-of-concept worms showing how large language models (LLMs) can autonomously compromise mixed networks of Linux, Windows, and IoT devices while parasitically hijacking GPU compute for their own reasoning. Instead of shipping with a fixed exploit toolkit, this new class of AI-driven malware uses an embedded…
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Zero-Click Agentic AI Attack Bypasses Human Oversight
Taxonomy of Failure Modes in Agentic AI Systems v2.0 published in April 2026, the field received more than a classification update: it got operational guidance grounded in a year of real-world red teaming that exposed how quickly agentic AI systems transform classical threat surfaces into new, high-impact attack vectors. The headline finding from those engagements…
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CISA Issues Alert on Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Security Flaw
Tags: authentication, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, linux, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a fresh alert warning organizations about the active exploitation of a Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-0492. The flaw, categorized as an improper authentication issue, affects Linux systems using the cgroups v1 release_agent feature and can allow attackers to escalate privileges within compromised environments. Linux…
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Infosecurity Europe: Reactive Security Is Failing Healthcare Organizations, Experts Warn
A perfect storm of legacy devices, hyper connectivity and human fatigue is bad news for the healthcare sector, warns Cyber Salus First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/reactive-security-failing/
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Cisco SD-WAN Security Flaw Actively Exploited for Root-Level Command Execution
Cisco has disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that is actively being exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20245, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and is caused by improper input validation (CWE-116) within the command-line interface of…
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Let’s Encrypt Introduces Merkle Tree Certificates for Post-Quantum Web Security
Let’s Encrypt has unveiled a new approach to securing the web against future quantum threats: Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a post-quantumready certificate model designed to maintain the speed and reliability of today’s TLS ecosystem. As the industry moves closer to the reality of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs), the focus is shifting beyond encryption to…
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Let’s Encrypt Introduces Merkle Tree Certificates for Post-Quantum Web Security
Let’s Encrypt has unveiled a new approach to securing the web against future quantum threats: Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a post-quantumready certificate model designed to maintain the speed and reliability of today’s TLS ecosystem. As the industry moves closer to the reality of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs), the focus is shifting beyond encryption to…
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Malicious Python Package Mimics Parsimonious Parser
A sophisticated typosquatting attack targeting Python developers through a malicious package named >>parsimonius<< on the Python Package Index (PyPI). The rogue package was engineered to impersonate the legitimate parsimonious parsing library, a well-known tool for building recursive descent parsers in Python, by altering just a single character in the package name. The attack exemplifies a…
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Chinese APT VerdantBamboo Targets Appliances with BRICKSTORM Malware
BRICKSTORM is a modular remote access trojan (RAT) originally seen in Golang and later in Rust. It uses a wssoft library with pluggable “tasks” for shell commands, a Socks5 proxy, and a simple web server for file listing. An incident response engagement that began after suspicious network traffic was observed from a Linux-based virtual machine…
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Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Lets Remote Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code
Microsoft has disclosed three critical vulnerabilities in its Edge browser, all discovered during the Pwn2Own competition and reported by security researcher Orange Tsai of DEVCORE Research Team. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-45492, CVE-2026-45494, and CVE-2026-45495, were publicly disclosed on June 4, 2026, with patches already issued by Microsoft. Overview of the Vulnerability CVE-2026-45492 Origin […]…
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Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Lets Remote Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code
Microsoft has disclosed three critical vulnerabilities in its Edge browser, all discovered during the Pwn2Own competition and reported by security researcher Orange Tsai of DEVCORE Research Team. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-45492, CVE-2026-45494, and CVE-2026-45495, were publicly disclosed on June 4, 2026, with patches already issued by Microsoft. Overview of the Vulnerability CVE-2026-45492 Origin […]…
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VECT 2.0 Ransomware Breaks Files Beyond Its Own Recovery
VECT 2.0 ransomware can leave victims with files that even the attacker’s own decryptor cannot reliably restore. While researchers previously exposed a cross-platform design flaw that discards nonces for earlier parts of large files, our Windows-focused analysis shows additional implementation errors that create more recovery gaps. These errors can leave files renamed, partially encrypted, inconsistently…
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Dashlane Reveals How Hackers Downloaded Encrypted Password Vaults
Dashlane has disclosed the findings of a recent security investigation, confirming that a limited number of users were impacted by a targeted brute-force attack against its device registration system. The company emphasized that its internal infrastructure was not breached and that no evidence suggests a broader compromise beyond a small subset of accounts. Device Registration…
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CISA Urges OT Operators to Plan for Worst Case Scenarios
Does No Internet Also Mean No Water or Lights?. The latest initiative from the U.S. cyber defense agency aimed at operational technology operators is a little bit different. It’s not advice about how to keep hackers out. It’s not really about cybersecurity at all. CI Fortify is about what to do when cybersecurity fails. First…
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CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks defy estimates as AI fuels cyber demand
The cybersecurity sector has been under perceived pressure due to accelerating deployment of AI tools. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/crowdstrike-palo-alto-networks-ai-cyber-demand/821999/
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CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks defy estimates as AI fuels cyber demand
The cybersecurity sector has been under perceived pressure due to accelerating deployment of AI tools. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/crowdstrike-palo-alto-networks-ai-cyber-demand/821999/
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Fake Ghidra, dnSpy SpiderFoot Sites Used to Spread Malware
Hackers are abusing search results and professional-looking fake download portals to distribute malware by impersonating popular security tools like Ghidra, dnSpy, and SpiderFoot. These sites capture users’ first click on a “Download” button and silently hand it to a traffic distribution system (TDS) that can route victims to infostealers, clippers, and a sophisticated loader framework…
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Infosecurity Europe: AI Adoption Creates New Opportunities for Attackers to Distribute Malware, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) details how it has uncovered malicious AI applications as cyber criminals manipulate organizations adopting AI tools First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/attackers-ai-adoption-malware/
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Supply Chain Attack Hits Dozens of npm Packages via binding.gyp
A large-scale npm supply chain attack has compromised at least 57 packages across more than 286 malicious versions in a rapid, coordinated campaign that unfolded in under two hours on June 3, 2026. The attack began at approximately 23:30 UTC with the compromise of @vapi-ai/server-sdk, the official Vapi.ai voice AI SDK with over 408,000 monthly…
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Malicious Ads Target macOS Users with FlutterShell Backdoor
Hackers are leveraging large-scale malvertising campaigns to distribute a newly identified macOS backdoor dubbed FlutterShell, marking a significant evolution in financially motivated adware operations. Security researchers tracking the activity attribute it to a broader cluster known as CL-CRI-1089 and have named the ongoing campaign Operation FlutterBridge. The campaign builds on earlier activity linked to the…
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Winning the cyber marathon with Tony Giandomenico
Tony Giandomenico, Senior Director of Product Management, joins Amy to discuss the Talos Threat Hunting launch what he’s excited about for the future of cybersecurity, and, of course, his Ironman triathlons. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/winning-the-cyber-marathon-with-tony-giandomenico/
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Comodo Internet Security 0-Day Flaw Triggers Windows System Crashes
A remotely exploitable zero-day vulnerability in Comodo Internet Security’s kernel-level firewall driver allows attackers to crash Windows systems with a single IPv6 packet, and the vendor has yet to respond. Security researcher Marcus Hutchins publicly disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in Comodo Internet Security on June 3, 2026, after multiple attempts to reach the vendor…
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Fake Claude Code Installer Spreads Fileless .NET Infostealer
Hackers are actively abusing interest in AI development tools by launching a sophisticated SEO poisoning campaign that impersonates Anthropic’s Claude Code installation flow to deliver a fully fileless .NET infostealer, according to researchers at Howler Cell. The campaign targets users searching for “Claude Code install,” placing a malicious lookalike page at the top of search…
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IronWorm npm Attack Steals Developer Secrets
Tags: attack, credentials, crypto, cyber, data-breach, finance, malicious, software, supply-chain, wormA newly uncovered supply chain attack dubbed “IronWorm” is leveraging malicious npm packages to compromise developer environments, steal sensitive credentials, and propagate itself across repositories in a worm-like fashion. The campaign, identified in the wild, targets software developers with a particular focus on crypto and Web3 ecosystems, where exposed secrets can yield immediate financial value.…
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Stock Exchange Executive’s Outlook Targeted in Credential Theft Attack
A prolonged and highly targeted espionage campaign has been uncovered involving the compromise of a senior executive’s Microsoft Outlook account at a major global stock exchange, highlighting the strategic value of executive-level email access in modern cyber operations. The activity, which persisted for approximately five months between October 2025 and March 2026, demonstrates a disciplined…
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PoC Exploit Released for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Security Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability impacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified CM Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), increasing the likelihood of active exploitation in enterprise environments. Cisco Unified Manager Security Vulnerability Tracked as CVE-2026-20230 and detailed in Cisco advisory cisco-sa-cucm-ssrf-cXPnHcW, the…