Tag: software
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day One: $523,000 paid out, AI products fall
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 day one saw 22 entries and 24 zero-days across major software, with researchers earning $523,000 in total rewards. Day one of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 featured 22 entries targeting widely used technologies, including browsers, operating systems, AI platforms, and NVIDIA infrastructure. By the end of the day, researchers demonstrated 24 unique zero-day vulnerabilities…
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Palo Alto Firewalls Hit by Zero-Day Allowing Arbitrary Code Execution as Root
A devastating zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewalls is under active exploitation by suspected state-sponsored hackers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to seize complete control of enterprise security infrastructure. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0300 with a critical CVSS score of 9.3, targets the User-ID Authentication Portal service in PAN-OS software and has been weaponized since at…
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Taiwan Incident Highlights Cybersecurity Gaps in Rail Systems
A Taiwanese student experimenting with software-defined radio technology shut down three bullet trains for nearly an hour, leading to an anti-terrorism response. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/taiwan-incident-highlights-cybersecurity-gaps
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Dell confirms its SupportAssist software causes Windows BSOD crashes
Dell confirmed that its SupportAssist software is causing blue-screen crashes on some Windows systems following a wave of user reports about random reboots affecting Dell devices since Friday. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/dell-confirms-its-supportassist-software-causes-windows-bsod-crashes/
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Hackers Hijack HWMonitor to Sideload Malicious DLL
Hackers are once again exploiting user trust in legitimate software, this time abusing the popular CPUID HWMonitor utility to deliver a stealthy remote access trojan. The malicious archive mimics a legitimate installer, highlighting how trusted tools remain a powerful lure for initial access. The weaponized ZIP archive, distributed via a fake download link, contains the…
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New Exim BDAT GnuTLS Vulnerability Enables Code Execution Attacks
A critical, stealthy vulnerability is lurking deep within Exim, the software powering a massive share of the world’s email infrastructure. Sitting exposed on the internet’s front lines, these message transfer agents are highly lucrative targets for ruthless threat actors. This newly unmasked memory corruption flaw arms attackers with the terrifying ability to remotely execute malicious…
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Guardrail Technologies launches Traffic Light for Code & AI; first security technology to verify & secure AI code and the people creating it
PARK CITY, Utah (May 5, 2026);—;Guardrail Technologies, the leading provider of AI security and governance software for enterprises building with AI,;today announced the launch of Traffic Light for Code & AI™, which verifies both the code AI generates and the people… First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/guardrail-technologies-launches-traffic-light-for-code-aitm-first-securit/819953/
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Mistral AI SDK, TanStack Router hit in npm software supply chain attack
Tags: ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, credentials, data, data-breach, exploit, github, kubernetes, malicious, malware, network, open-source, password, router, service, software, supply-chain, switch, vulnerabilitypull_request_target. This allows third-party workflows to run automatically, a way of avoiding maintainer approval fatigue, but means that the maintainer’s short-lived OIDC tokens become vulnerable to scraping.Armed with these tokens, the attacker were able to compromise the packages by injecting the malicious Mini Shai-Hulud malware, which propagated to other projects.The purpose is to steal developer…
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AI-Built Zero-Day Nearly Powered Mass Attack
Google Says Criminals Used AI to Discover and Code Exploit. A cybercriminal group came close to launching a mass attack earlier this year, armed with a software exploit that an AI model had built from scratch, said Google researchers. Google said it worked with the affected vendor to patch the flaw before an attack could…
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U.S. bank disclose security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app
The bank said the security lapse was due to the use of an “unauthorized” AI software app. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/u-s-bank-disclose-security-lapse-after-sharing-customer-data-with-ai-app/
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RubyGems Suspends New Signups After Hundreds of Malicious Packages Are Uploaded
RubyGems, the standard package manager for the Ruby programming language, has temporarily paused account sign ups following what has been described as a “major malicious attack.””We’re dealing with a major malicious attack on Ruby Gems right now,” Maciej Mensfeld, senior product manager for software supply chain security at Mend.io, said in a post on X.…
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OpenAI Launches ‘Daybreak’ to Help Build Secure By Design Software
With Daybreak, OpenAI wants its frontier AI models to be used to deploy secure by design software from the ground up First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/openai-daybreak-secure-by-design/
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SAP Releases Patch for Critical SQL Injection Flaw in S/4HANA
A severe vulnerability has struck the heart of enterprise resource planning systems this month, threatening organizations worldwide with potential data breaches. On May 12, 2026, the software giant released its monthly security patch update to address 15 newly discovered security flaws across its software ecosystem. Enterprise defenders must prioritize these updates immediately, as attackers frequently…
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OpenAI introduces Daybreak cyber platform, takes on Anthropic Mythos
Tags: access, ai, cisco, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, detection, fortinet, framework, government, malware, network, openai, oracle, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, software, strategy, technology, update, vulnerabilityOpenAI’s cybersecurity model stack: OpenAI is pursuing a scalable cyber defense platform strategy with Daybreak and is rolling out the initiative through three different model tiers: GPT-5.5 (default), GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber, and GPT-5.5-Cyber.The standard GPT-5.5 model is positioned for general-purpose enterprise use cases, including developer assistance and knowledge work. GPT-5.5 with Trusted…
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Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice
The maker of the Canvas school software said it “reached an agreement” with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/instructure-strikes-deal-with-hackers-who-breached-it-twice/
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Zoom Rooms and Workplace Flaws Expose Users to Elevated Access Attacks
A newly disclosed batch of vulnerabilities in Zoom’s software suite could give attackers the leverage they need to hijack systems. Zoom has released critical security updates to patch three distinct flaws affecting its Windows and iOS applications. The most dangerous of these vulnerabilities allows authenticated attackers to elevate their system privileges, effectively turning a standard…
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Developer workstations are the new beachhead
Tags: access, application-security, attack, authentication, cloud, container, control, credentials, edr, endpoint, exploit, github, group, Hardware, identity, incident response, infrastructure, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, software, supply-chain, threat, updateThe economics that drive the convergence: A typical developer workstation holds SSH keys, cloud provider credentials, container registry tokens, Git authentication tokens and CI/CD pipeline secrets. Many developers have administrative access to internal package registries and deployment infrastructure. Their machines often sit outside the hardened perimeter that security teams build around production systems.From an attacker’s…
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OpenAI’s Daybreak uses Codex Security to identify risky attack paths
OpenAI Daybreak is the company’s cybersecurity initiative focused on building AI-assisted software defense into the development process from the start. It combines OpenAI … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/12/openai-daybreak-openai-daybreak-vulnerability-validation-initiative/
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OpenAI Daybreak Automates Vulnerability Detection and Patching
Tags: ai, control, cyber, cyberattack, detection, exploit, intelligence, openai, software, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe relentless race against zero-day exploits and sophisticated cyberattacks requires a revolutionary approach to software security. Defenders are constantly overwhelmed by massive backlogs of alerts and the sheer volume of code requiring manual review. Enter OpenAI Daybreak, a frontier artificial intelligence system built specifically for cyber defenders. By shifting the focus from reactive damage control…
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The hidden smart fridge risks that emerge years after purchase
Household refrigerators are built to last more than a decade. The software, cloud services, and mobile apps that control them are not. A new analysis from Erik Buchmann at … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/12/iot-smart-fridge-risks/
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AI Is Reshaping Software Supply Chain Risk
AI-assisted development is expanding software supply chain risks faster than security controls can keep pace. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/ai-is-reshaping-software-supply-chain-risk/
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Why Changing Passwords Doesn’t End an Active Directory Breach
Resetting a password doesn’t always remove attackers from Active Directory. Specops Software explains how cached credentials and Kerberos tickets can keep attackers authenticated after a reset. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/why-changing-passwords-doesnt-end-an-active-directory-breach/
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Fake Claude Campaign Uses PlugX-Style DLL Sideloading Chain
Hackers are abusing a fake Claude AI download site to deliver a PlugX”‘style DLL sideloading chain that ultimately deploys a new Windows backdoor dubbed “Beagle.” The campaign blends malvertising, a trojanized installer, and signed security software components to achieve stealthy persistence and remote control. Attackers registered claude-pro[.]com, a site that visually imitates Anthropic’s legitimate Claude…
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Hackers Observed Using AI to Develop Zero-Day for the First Time
Google Threat Intelligence Group details how cybercriminals attempted to launch a campaign based around an AI-developed Zero-Day targeting open-source software First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-using-ai-zero-day-first/
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Legacy Security Tools Failing Data Protection, Capital One Software Report Finds
Traditional network security tools are undermining data protection, with Forrester and Capital One Software research warning AI adoption is impossible without rethinking data security First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/legacy-security-tools-are-failing/
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AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says
Criminal groups and state-linked actors appear to be using commercial models to refine and scale up attacks<ul><li><a href=”https://viewer.gutools.co.uk/business/live/2026/may/11/uk-economy-job-losses-iran-war-oil-pound-bonds-politics-starmer-live-updates”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>In just three months, AI-powered hacking has gone from a nascent problem to an industrial-scale threat, according to a report from Google.The findings from Google’s threat intelligence group add to an intensifying, global discussion about…
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Malicious Hugging Face model masquerading as OpenAI release hits 244K downloads
Part of a broader AI supply chain targeting: HiddenLayer, in its advisory, said that it identified six additional Hugging Face repositories uploaded under a separate account that used nearly identical loader logic and shared infrastructure with the campaign.The researchers also linked elements of the operation to earlier software supply-chain attacks involving npm typosquatting campaigns and…