Tag: cyber
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Hackers Use SEO Poisoning to Fake Gemini CLI, Claude Installers
Financially motivated threat actors are running an active campaign that impersonates Google’s Gemini CLI and Anthropic’s Claude Code, using SEO poisoning to deliver a fileless PowerShell infostealer to developer workstations worldwide. First identified in early March 2026 by EclecticIQ researchers, the campaign represents a calculated escalation in supply-chain-focused eCrime targeting AI developer tooling. The infection…
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Hackers Compromise Laravel-Lang Packages via 700 GitHub Repos
A sophisticated and active supply chain attack has struck the Laravel-Lang open-source organization, compromising over 700 historical package versions across four widely used PHP localization repositories. The attack, detected on May 22, 2026, and reported by both Aikido Security and the Socket Research Team, introduces a fully functional remote code execution (RCE) backdoor that executes automatically via Composer’s…
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Claude Mythos Preview Discovers 10,000+ 0-Days in Glasswing
Anthropic has published an update on Project Glasswing, its collaborative AI-powered vulnerability discovery initiative launched last month, revealing that Claude Mythos, the company’s most capable and tightly restricted model, has already surfaced more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity zero-day vulnerabilities across the world’s most systemically important software. The findings represent one of the most significant…
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FBI Director’s Former Apparel Brand Hit by Malware
Malware Targeted macOS Users Visiting Patel Foundation Merchandise Page. Two months after Iran-linked hackers exfiltrated FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, the government official’s name is tangled up in another cyber incident, this time through a MAGA swag shop he co-founded. ClickFix malware on the site tried to trick shoppers into running a malicious command.…
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ISMG Editors: The Governance Questions Haunting OpenAI
Also: Rethinking SASE and AI’s Impact on the Cyber Workforce. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed what the Musk vs. Altman trial exposed about OpenAI’s governance program, how AI is reshaping the way enterprises think about security and why Cisco, Cloudflare, Arctic Wolf and other firms are redesigning their workforces for the AI…
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7 Questions CISOs Must Answer on AI Threats, Supply Chain Risk and Cyber Resilience
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/7-questions-cisos-must-answer-on-ai-threats-supply-chain-risk-and-cyber-resilience
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Water, the Soft Underbelly of Critical Infrastructure
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, governance, government, infrastructure, service, threat, usa, vulnerabilityFragmented Governance and Scarce Resources Make America’s Water Sector Vulnerable. America’s water utilities are the nation’s most cyber-vulnerable critical service sector, but their cybersecurity is overseen and supported by an ill-fitting patchwork of government agencies and most lack the resources to meet the threat they face. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/water-soft-underbelly-critical-infrastructure-a-31758
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New York regulator calls for additional cyber mitigation amid heightened threat environment
The guidance from the state Department of Financial Services arises from concerns about frontier AI and threats linked to the Iran war and other geopolitical risks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/new-york-regulator-cyber-mitigation-threat-AI-Iran/820979/
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Fast and Furious Nimbus Manticore Operations During the Iranian Conflict
ey Findings Introduction During the recent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, wereportedon multiple Iran-nexus threat actors advancing Iran’s strategic objectives through cyber operations. These activities includedtargeting internet-connected cameras, conductingdestructive attacksagainst US and Israeli entities, andexfiltrating datafrom cloud environments to support broader kinetic and intelligence-gathering efforts. Nimbus Manticore (also tracked asUNC1549) is an IRGC-affiliated threat…
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Hackers Exploit Middle East Telecoms for Massive C2 Operations
Hackers are increasingly abusing Middle East telecommunications networks and hosting providers to operate large-scale command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The findings highlight a strategic shift away from disposable indicators toward infrastructure-level tracking, allowing defenders to identify persistent patterns behind cyber operations rather than reacting to constantly changing indicators of compromise. The dataset reveals that C2 infrastructure dominates…
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Google’s Exploit Code Release Raises Concern Over Unfixed Chromium Security Bug
Google’s recent release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a still-unpatched Chromium vulnerability has sparked significant concern across the cybersecurity community. The flaw, first reported in late 2022 by security researcher Lyra Rebane, remains unresolved after more than three years, exposing millions of users of Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Supply Chain Breaches, AI Content Enforcement, And Event Disruption Attacks
The global cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve rapidly as attackers expand their focus on developer ecosystems, public-facing institutions, and anonymization infrastructure. At the same time, regulators and law enforcement agencies are stepping up enforcement efforts around AI misuse and cybercrime-enabling services. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-cybersecurity-supply-chain/
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Supply Chain Breaches, AI Content Enforcement, And Event Disruption Attacks
The global cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve rapidly as attackers expand their focus on developer ecosystems, public-facing institutions, and anonymization infrastructure. At the same time, regulators and law enforcement agencies are stepping up enforcement efforts around AI misuse and cybercrime-enabling services. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-cybersecurity-supply-chain/
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Supply Chain Breaches, AI Content Enforcement, And Event Disruption Attacks
The global cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve rapidly as attackers expand their focus on developer ecosystems, public-facing institutions, and anonymization infrastructure. At the same time, regulators and law enforcement agencies are stepping up enforcement efforts around AI misuse and cybercrime-enabling services. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-cybersecurity-supply-chain/
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World Cup Phishing Surge: 203 Malicious IPs Detected
The scale of phishing activity targeting the 2026 FIFA World Cup has expanded dramatically, with new research revealing a far broader and more complex threat landscape than initially reported. What began as a cluster of 79 malicious domains has now evolved into a distributed phishing ecosystem spanning 222 domains mapped to 203 unique IP addresses…
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CISA Adds Langflow Origin Validation Flaw to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Tags: ai, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, risk, tool, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Langflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-34291, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, highlighting active exploitation risks and urging immediate remediation. The vulnerability stems from an origin validation flaw in Langflow, a popular tool used for building and orchestrating AI-driven workflows. According to CISA,…
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Popular npm Package “art-template” Backdoored in Watering-Hole Attack
Hackers compromised the popular art-template npm package to inject a stealthy backdoor that redirected users’ browsers to a malicious watering”‘hole site delivering a Coruna”‘class iOS exploit framework. The campaign turned a widely used JavaScript templating library into a delivery vehicle for advanced Safari exploits targeting iPhones running iOS 11 through 17.2. The art-template package is…
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Hackers Weaponize NF-e Invoice Lures to Deploy Banana RAT
Hackers are actively using Brazil’s electronic invoice system (NF-e) as a lure to distribute a sophisticated banking trojan known as Banana RAT. The campaign has been attributed to a financially motivated threat cluster tracked as SHADOW-WATER-063 and appears exclusively focused on Brazilian financial institutions. The investigation is notable because analysts obtained visibility into both attacker…
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Hackers Use Six-Layer Persistence on FreePBX Systems
Hackers are actively exploiting FreePBX systems using a highly resilient six-layer persistence mechanism. The campaign has been attributed with high confidence to the threat actor INJ3CTOR3, known for targeting VoIP infrastructure for financial gain since 2019. The operation deploys a multi-stage Bash dropper that installs a previously undocumented PHP webshell family named JOMANGY, alongside the…
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CISA Issues Alert on Exploited Microsoft Defender Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
CISA has issued an urgent alert warning organizations about two newly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Defender, both added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on May 20, 2026. CVE-2026-45498: Microsoft Defender DoS Vulnerability CVE-2026-45498 is a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Microsoft Defender that can cause the security service to stop functioning. An attacker…
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Android Malware Secretly Signs Users Up for Premium Services
Android users are being targeted by a large-scale malware campaign that silently subscribes victims to premium mobile services without their knowledge. The malware campaign focuses on carrier billing fraud, abusing premium SMS services to generate revenue for attackers. What makes this operation particularly dangerous is its ability to target victims based on their mobile operator…
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Splunk Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Enabling DoS Attacks and Data Exposure
Splunk has released security updates to fix three newly disclosed vulnerabilities that could allow low-privileged users to access sensitive data or disrupt Splunk Enterprise deployments through denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. The patches address issues in both Splunk Enterprise and the Splunk Cloud Platform, as well as the Splunk AI Toolkit app. The flaws include improper access…
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FBI Warns Kali365 PhaaS Platform Targets Microsoft 365 Users to Steal Logins
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a Public Service Announcement (Alert I-052126-PSA) warning about a newly identified Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform named Kali365, which is actively targeting Microsoft 365 users. First observed in April 2026, the platform enables attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) by exploiting OAuth-based authentication flows. Kali365 PhaaS Platform Targets Microsoft…
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Operation Dragon Whistle Targets Changzhou University with Malicious LNK Files
A recent phishing campaign dubbed “Operation Dragon Whistle” highlights an evolving trend in cyberattacks: threat actors abusing legitimate developer tools and cloud services to maintain stealth and persistence. Although initially linked to targeting academic environments such as Changzhou University, new analysis reveals overlapping tactics used in a broader campaign aimed at government-linked organizations, including Pakistan’s…
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Processes & Culture Top Reasons Behind Data Breaches
Government leaders revealed that, in spite of state laws meant to improve cyber hygiene, an analysis of incidents showed issues persist and visibility falls short. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/processes-and-culture-top-reasons-behind-data-breaches
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CISA Warns Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerability Is Being Exploited in Attacks
CISA has added a newly disclosed vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that the flaw is actively being exploited in real-world attacks. The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-34926, affects on-premise deployments of Trend Micro Apex One and poses a significant risk to enterprise environments. Micro Apex One Vulnerability…
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Megalodon Malware Rapidly Infects Over 5,500 GitHub Repositories
A newly identified malware campaign dubbed “Megalodon” has compromised more than 5,500 GitHub repositories, raising serious concerns about the security of open-source ecosystems. Security researchers from SafeDep report that the malware spreads through malicious code injections hidden inside seemingly legitimate projects, targeting developers who unknowingly download and execute infected files. Megalodon Malware Infects Github Repo…