Tag: cybersecurity
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OpenAI Slows AI Model Development as Astra Approaches Critical Cyber Capabilities
OpenAI has temporarily slowed the development of its latest frontier AI models after initial testing suggested that its upcoming Astra system may meet the company’s >>Critical<< cybersecurity capability threshold. This decision follows a recent security incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face. It reflects growing concerns that advanced models could significantly increase the risks of cyber…
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CISA warns of hackers exploiting critical MLflow vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned federal agencies that threat actors are now exploiting a critical vulnerability in the MLflow open-source AI engineering platform. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-hackers-exploiting-critical-mlflow-vulnerability/
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ToxicPanda 2.0 and GoldDigger Expand Android Banking Attacks with On-Device Fraud
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an updated version of ToxicPanda (aka TgToxic) that comes with “significant enhancements,” including a set of 167 remote commands and expands its targeting footprint globally.Zimperium zLabs, in a Wednesday report, said the Android malware also features a PIN harvesting workflow targeting more than 140 banking and cryptocurrency applications. First…
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U.S. CISA adds an MLflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an MLflow vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Progress LoadMaster vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64849 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-64849 is a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in MLflow, a…
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Geopolitical DDoS Attacks: What Cybersecurity Teams Need to Know
Geopolitical tensions are increasingly spilling into the cyber domain, with DDoS attacks becoming a common form of retaliatory hacktivism. Unlike financially motivated attacks, these campaigns can be triggered by events such as military escalation, elections, sanctions, or other geopolitical developments”, and can begin within hours. For security teams, the challenge is not only understanding who…
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How Archer City ISD Replaced a Patchwork of Tools With A Unified Security and Safety Solution
ManagedMethods helps consolidate three critical K-12 technology functions while saving time and money When Karen Brunker’s colleague left Archer City Independent School District, she spent approximately six weeks managing the district’s entire technology workload alone. Every cybersecurity alert, blocked website inquiry, Chromebook issue, classroom request, projector problem, and support question landed on her desk. It…
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Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of unrestricted upload of a file with a dangerous type.”The…
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CISA, NSA and FBI Warn Hackers Using AI-Generated Scripts to Target Siemens S7 PLCs
U.S. cybersecurity agencies have issued an urgent warning about an active campaign targeting Siemens S7 series programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Attackers are utilizing AI-generated scripts disguised as legitimate industrial monitoring tools. This joint advisory, published by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the…
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T-Mobile Physically Cuts Network Cable to Evict Chinese Salt Typhoon Hackers
In 2024, T-Mobile’s security team took an unusually direct approach to contain a cybersecurity threat: they physically cut a network cable to terminate suspected access by the Chinese state-backed hackers known as Salt Typhoon. According to CSN, this action came after months of incident response efforts within T-Mobile’s network, during which defenders investigated signs of…
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CISA explores single contract for cybersecurity software purchases
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/cisa-explores-single-contract-for-cybersecurity-software-purchases
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The Hidden Risk in Data Transfer
Cybersecurity has become one of the most defining business challenges of recent times. Organisations have invested heavily in protecting their networks, securing cloud environments and strengthening identity and access management. At the same time, organisations are under increasing pressure to prove they are handling sensitive information securely, not just storing it safely but protecting it…
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Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers that leaked a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a co-located Worker in the production environment at up to 12 bits per second, 360 times the rate of an earlier attack demonstrated in 2021.The end-to-end experiment used an attacker Worker and a victim…
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US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure
U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-warns-of-ai-powered-attacks-on-siemens-plcs-in-critical-infrastructure/
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AI Governance Without Surveillance: The Missing Evidentiary Layer
We do not need to record everything an AI system sees. We do need reliable evidence of what it used, who authorized it and what it changed. For most of the history of cybersecurity, governance has followed a familiar recipe: define a policy, identify an accountable person, collect logs and investigate exceptions. It is imperfect,..…