Tag: Internet
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ThreatLabz 2026 Report: Frontier AI and Enterprise Readiness
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cisa, ciso, control, credentials, cyberattack, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, flaw, governance, identity, Internet, kev, login, malicious, privacy, radius, resilience, strategy, switch, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustThe BreachIt was 9:14 AM when the CISO’s VPN connection momentarily dropped, something that normally wouldn’t cause any concern. What he couldn’t see was that attackers had already exploited a pre-authentication flaw in the VPN appliance itself, gaining access before any login ever occurred. From there, they extracted stored credentials, forged an identity as his…
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ThreatLabz 2026 Report: Frontier AI and Enterprise Readiness
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cisa, ciso, control, credentials, cyberattack, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, flaw, governance, identity, Internet, kev, login, malicious, privacy, radius, resilience, strategy, switch, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustThe BreachIt was 9:14 AM when the CISO’s VPN connection momentarily dropped, something that normally wouldn’t cause any concern. What he couldn’t see was that attackers had already exploited a pre-authentication flaw in the VPN appliance itself, gaining access before any login ever occurred. From there, they extracted stored credentials, forged an identity as his…
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TeamPCP Linked To Redis Attacks Dating Back To 2020 And Later Supply Chain Campaign
Tags: attack, cybercrime, group, infrastructure, Internet, malware, software, supply-chain, threat, trainingA new analysis has uncovered that the threat actor tracked as TeamPCP has been active on the cybercrime scene as far back as 2020, indicating the group has been compromising internet-facing infrastructure for years before training their sights on the software supply chain.”The connection is supported by overlapping domains, malware deployment paths, staging techniques, backend…
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Hackers Target Internet-Exposed Rockwell PLCs in U.S. Water Systems
A coordinated cyber campaign targeting internet-facing programmable logic controllers (PLCs) has disrupted water and wastewater operations across the United States, raising concerns about the vulnerabilities in exposed operational technology (OT). These incidents highlight how publicly accessible industrial controllers can enable attackers to alter configurations, disrupt system visibility, and affect essential services. Hackers Target Internet-Exposed Rockwell…
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Cloudflare Builds Business on Surge in Bot Traffic and AI Workloads
CEO Matthew Prince Says Non-Human Traffic Could Reach 1,000 Times Human Use. Cloudflare says explosive growth in AI agents and other machine traffic is creating a larger opportunity in bot management, agent security and micropayments than in building AI data centers, as non-human activity begins to dominate internet traffic. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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US fuel gauge exposure fell by more than half in three months
Tags: InternetEvery month for the better part of a year, about 4,800 US internet addresses answered a query in the protocol that fuel tank gauges speak. In June the number was 2,354. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/07/automatic-fuel-tank-gauge-exposure/
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Top 10 Best External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Platforms 2026
In the sprawling digital ecosystem of 2026, organizations grapple with an increasingly complex and often poorly understood external attack surface. This attack surface encompasses all internet-facing assets that are discoverable and potentially exploitable by malicious actors. These assets extend far beyond traditional network perimeters to include cloud resources, web applications, APIs, orphaned infrastructure, exposed databases,…
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Despite federal warnings, thousands of U.S. industrial controllers used in water systems remain exposed online
A scan of internet-connected industrial equipment found 4,400 exposed PLCs, including 22 in cities recently targeted by water system attacks. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/exposed-rockwell-controllers-water-system-attacks/
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Akamai Report Finds Nearly Half of Enterprise AI Use Bypasses Security
Nearly half of enterprise AI use bypasses corporate security controls, according to a new Akamai report that points to unmanaged tools, browser extensions and autonomous agents as growing sources of exposure. Akamai released its Enterprise AI Usage Risk Report 2026 on Aug. 5 as part of its State of the Internet security research. The report..…
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Over 4,400 Rockwell PLCs Exposed Online, 22 Found in Water Attack Cities
Forescout found 22 internet-facing Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in cities hit by recent cyberattacks on US water utilities. Nineteen used the same mobile carrier network.Its August 3 scan counted 4,407 exposed Rockwell controllers worldwide, including 2,844 in the United States, but Forescout could not confirm any were compromised. That figure counts exposed First…
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Meta AI Model Hacked a Company During Testing, Marking Third AI Lab Incident
Meta says an AI model hacked a company during testing after accidental internet access, marking the third disclosed AI lab breach in weeks. Meta confirmed that one of its AI models breached an unidentified company during cybersecurity testing, after its independent testing partner Irregular gave the model unintended internet access through a misconfiguration. This is…
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Meta-KI greift bei Test fremde Systeme an
Ein Test von Meta hat eine unerwartete Wendung genommen: Ein KI-Modell ist ins Internet gelangt und hat Systeme eines anderen Unternehmens erreicht. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/hacking-meta-ki-greift-bei-test-fremde-systeme-an-2608-211656.html
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Chinese telcos maintain deep US presence despite Salt Typhoon links, House committee says
Three Chinese telecommunications giants continue to have footholds in the U.S. internet ecosystem despite their alleged role in previous Chinese hacking campaigns, a House committee report concluded. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/chinese-hackers-telecoms-house
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INTERPOL flags AI as the new engine of African cybercrime
Africa’s growing digital economy is exposing governments, businesses and internet users to a rising wave of cybercrime. The continent recorded more than 1.1 billion … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/interpol-africa-cybercrime-trends/
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OpenAI und Anthropic: KI-Modelle hacken sich erneut durchs Internet
KI-Modelle von OpenAI und Anthropic haben bei Tests echte Ziele attackiert. Sie wollten unter anderem Schadcode in ein Open-Source-Projekt einschleusen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/openai-und-anthropic-ki-modelle-hacken-sich-erneut-durchs-internet-2608-211608.html
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7-Zip Default Setting Lets Extracted Files Bypass Windows SmartScreen
7-Zip’s default configuration allows files extracted from internet-delivered archives to shed the Mark of the Web (MotW), meaning Windows SmartScreen never runs its reputation check and unsigned payloads can execute without a “Windows protected your PC” warning. That behavior, long treated as a red-team trick, is now formally recognized and tracked in multiple 7-Zip vulnerabilities,…
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KI-Agenten mit eigener digitalen Identität ermöglichen sichere Online-Zahlungen im Auftrag ihrer Nutzer
KI-Agenten machen mittlerweile einen wachsenden Teil des Internet-Traffics aus. Für Unternehmen wird dies zunehmend zum Problem, denn sie können seriöse Agenten nicht zuverlässig von Angreifern unterscheiden. Ihnen bleiben nur zwei Möglichkeiten: abschotten und diesen Traffic verlieren oder öffnen und angreifbar werden. Beides schadet letztlich ihrem Geschäft. Cloudflare hat mit <> und <> zwei neue […] First…
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When AI Agents Meet Real Infrastructure: Hype, Human Error or a Genuine New Threat?
Just days after OpenAI disclosed that one of its security research agents had escaped a testing sandbox by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability, Anthropic revealed that its own AI models had compromised three real organisations during a cybersecurity evaluation after a configuration error inadvertently gave them internet access. The similarities between the two incidents have…
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Anthropic: Claude Attacks Result of Security Gaps, Not Model Issues
Last month’s incidents in which the AI model breached real-world systems derived from over-permissioning, especially with Internet access. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/anthropic-ai-issues-result-security-gaps
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Anthropic: AI Attacks Result of Security Gaps, Not Model Issues
Last month’s incidents in which Claude breached real-world systems derived from over-permissioning, especially with Internet access. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/anthropic-ai-issues-result-security-gaps
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Anthropic: AI Issues Result of Security Gaps, Not Model Issues
Last month’s incidents in which Claude breached real-world systems derived from over-permissioning, especially with Internet access. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/anthropic-ai-issues-result-security-gaps
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H96 Android TV Boxes Used for Ad Fraud and Residential Proxies
Bitsight found Fuyao software on H96 Android TV boxes, letting operators fake ad clicks and route proxy traffic through their owners’ home internet connections. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/h96-android-tv-boxes-ad-fraud-residential-proxies/
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Chinese hacker used DeepSeek to launch autonomous cyberattacks on vulnerable servers
A Chinese threat actor operating under the aliases >>knaithe<>KnYuan<< used multiple LLMs to automate cyberattacks against internet-facing systems … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/deepseek-ai-autonomous-cyberattacks-hermes-agent/
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person’s internet connection with someone else. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/
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What the Minnesota Water Attacks Reveal About Securing Remote Access to Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, cisa, control, corporate, credentials, cyberattack, data-breach, exploit, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, law, least-privilege, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, risk, router, supply-chain, technology, vpn, zero-day, zero-trustWhen headlines break about cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, the conversation often turns immediately to zero-day exploits, advanced malware, and other sophisticated techniques. The recent attacks on municipal water systems across at least seven US states, including more than 30 Minnesota water and wastewater utilities, illustrate why this assumption can be misleading. As a “recovering CISO” who…
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Cloudflare-Analyse: Diese Ereignisse brachten das Internet im zweiten Quartal 2026 ins Wanken
Tags: InternetCloudflare dokumentiert die größten Internetstörungen im zweiten Quartal 2026 von Naturkatastrophen und Abschaltungen bis zum DNSSEC-Ausfall bei .de. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/cloudflare-analyse-diese-ereignisse-brachten-das-internet-im-zweiten-quartal-2026-ins-wanken/a45976/
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SonicWall SMA Zero-Days Let Attackers Turn One WebSocket Request Into Root Control
SonicWall SMA Secure Mobile Access appliances are again at the center of a zero-day storm, with chained flaws that let attackers turn a single crafted WebSocket request into root-level control on internet-facing VPN gateways. The campaign, dissected by Volexity and other researchers, shows how a previously undocumented threat actor, tracked as UTA0533, abused SonicWall’s wsproxy…
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CISA Urges Utilities to Remove Internet-Exposed PLCs After Minnesota Attacks
After attacks hit 30+ Minnesota water systems, CISA urged utilities to remove internet-exposed PLCs and strengthen OT security. Between Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27, a coordinated cyberattack hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across the state, according to Minnesota IT Services (MNIT). “A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology…