Tag: cyber
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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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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…
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Heimdal Survey: Executives Four Times More Confident About AI Risk Than the Teams Managing It
London, United Kingdom, June 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire New research from cybersecurity company Heimdal finds 29% of US executives say AI risk is under control, against 7% of the practitioners running it day-to-day. Across 1,000 IT professionals in the UK and US, AI adoption has outpaced security controls by roughly two to one. Heimdal today published…
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Modular Phishing Kit Uses GitHub Pages to Steal Payment Card Details and Passwords
A sophisticated, long-running phishing operation has evolved into a serverless, modular campaign that weaponizes GitHub Pages to harvest payment card data, credentials, and customer identifiers from banking customers in Mexico. The campaign’s architecture centers on a phishing kit containing a selector panel that operators use to generate institution-specific landing pages. Those landing pages impersonate at…
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Google Cloud Vertex AI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Over and Poison AI Models
A critical vulnerability in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI has been discovered, allowing attackers to hijack machine learning model uploads, poison artifacts, and achieve cross-tenant remote code execution (RCE) without any prior access to the victim’s environment. Dubbed “Pickle in the Middle” by researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, this flaw affects the Python SDK…
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Google Cloud Vertex AI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Over and Poison AI Models
A critical vulnerability in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI has been discovered, allowing attackers to hijack machine learning model uploads, poison artifacts, and achieve cross-tenant remote code execution (RCE) without any prior access to the victim’s environment. Dubbed “Pickle in the Middle” by researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, this flaw affects the Python SDK…
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Hackers Target npm Ecosystem by Compromising 140+ Mastra Packages
A large-scale software supply chain attack has compromised more than 140 npm packages under the widely used Mastra namespace, exposing developers, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise environments to a stealthy cross-platform infostealer. The campaign, uncovered by the Socket Research Team on June 17, 2026, leveraged a typosquatting dependency, easy-day-js, to silently deliver malicious payloads during package…
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Hackers Target npm Ecosystem by Compromising 140+ Mastra Packages
A large-scale software supply chain attack has compromised more than 140 npm packages under the widely used Mastra namespace, exposing developers, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise environments to a stealthy cross-platform infostealer. The campaign, uncovered by the Socket Research Team on June 17, 2026, leveraged a typosquatting dependency, easy-day-js, to silently deliver malicious payloads during package…
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Sapphire Sleet macOS Malware Abuses curlosascript Execution for Multi-Stage Payload Delivery
Sapphire Sleet’s latest macOS campaign uses crafted .scpt AppleScript lures that pipe curl output directly to osascript, enabling a compact, multi-stage payload chain that executes entirely within Script Editor and evades many built”‘in macOS protections. The infection begins with a socially engineered lure fake SDK or update AppleScript files such as Zoom SDK Update.scpt or…
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Attackers Exploit Cloud Logging Platforms to Hide Malicious Activity
Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud logging platforms to evade detection and maintain persistent visibility into compromised environments. The report highlights how critical services such as AWS CloudTrail and Google Cloud Logging, designed to provide comprehensive audit trails, are being actively abused by threat actors to manipulate, disable, or redirect logs, effectively “blinding” security teams while…
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Attackers Exploit Cloud Logging Platforms to Hide Malicious Activity
Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud logging platforms to evade detection and maintain persistent visibility into compromised environments. The report highlights how critical services such as AWS CloudTrail and Google Cloud Logging, designed to provide comprehensive audit trails, are being actively abused by threat actors to manipulate, disable, or redirect logs, effectively “blinding” security teams while…
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EU Security Experts to Support Ukrainian Organizations in Case of Cyber-Attacks
Ukraine has been added to the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, which provides incident response services against large-scale incidents First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ukraine-included-eu-cyber-reserve/
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Ukraine can now tap EU cyber support during major attacks
Ukraine can now call on emergency cyber support from the European Union during large-scale cybersecurity incidents. The move follows a decision by the Council of the European … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/17/ukraine-eu-cybersecurity-reserve-support/
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SprySOCKS Windows Backdoor Uses Kernel Driver to Hide Processes, Files, and Network Traffic
Windows variants of SprySOCKS, a backdoor long associated with FishMonger (aka Earth Lusca/TAG-22), expanding a toolset that was until now Linux-only. The two Windows builds internally labelled WIN_DRV and WIN_PLUS preserve the original SprySOCKS protocol and command set while adding Windows-native loading techniques and, in WIN_DRV’s case, a kernel-mode driver that substantially increases stealth and…