Tag: software
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Wireshark 4.6.7 Fixes 12 Security Issues Across SSH, IEEE 802.11, Catapult DCT2000 and Other Protocols
The latest Wireshark 4.6.7 maintenance release addresses twelve security vulnerabilities that could affect users analyzing network traffic. Since packet captures processed in Wireshark pass through numerous protocol dissectors, malformed packets or capture files can trigger unexpected software behavior. The update strengthens security by fixing issues across several protocol parsers, including Catapult DCT2000, SSH, IEEE 802.11, and other components involved in packet analysis.…
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Vidar Infostealer Hammers SMBs via Malvertising Campaign
A financially motivated operation uses lures of cracked or pirated software to deliver a malware two-for-one combo for data theft and cryptomining. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/vidar-infostealer-smb-malvertising-campaign
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3 Ways AI Powers Service Desk Attacks and How to Prevent Them
Specops Software explains how AI is making service desk impersonation attacks more convincing, personalized, and scalable, along with practical steps organizations can take to strengthen onboarding and identity verification. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/3-ways-ai-powers-service-desk-attacks-and-how-to-prevent-them/
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GitHub ‘Verified’ Commits Can Be Rewritten Into New Hashes Without Breaking Signatures
New research shows that a signed Git commit’s hash is not the one-of-a-kind name that much of the software world assumes it to be. Given any signed commit, someone without the signing key can mint a second commit with the same files, author, and date, and a valid signature, GitHub still stamps “Verified.”Everything a reviewer…
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Orbia CISO Miranda Ritchie on building security into sustainable infrastructure
In this interview with Help Net Security, Miranda Ritchie, CISO at Orbia, talks about protecting industrial systems where software runs water, chemical and manufacturing … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/08/miranda-ritchie-orbia-industrial-cybersecurity/
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Check Point Brings Cloud Firewall to AWS European Sovereign Cloud
Check Point Software has announced that its Cloud Firewall offering is now available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, as the cybersecurity giant becomes an official partner for Amazon’s new independent European cloud infrastructure. The move is designed to help European organisations meet increasingly stringent data residency and operational autonomy requirements under EU regulatory frameworks,…
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What Changes When Your Software Supply Chain Includes AI Writing Your Code?
Software supply chain security was hard enough. Then AI joined the build pipeline.For five years, “software supply chain security” meant one question: what’s in your code? Which open-source packages, which versions, which transitive dependencies three layers deep that nobody chose on purpose? SolarWinds, Log4Shell, and XZ Utils all taught the same lesson: the risk lives…
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What Changes When Your Software Supply Chain Includes AI Writing Your Code?
Software supply chain security was hard enough. Then AI joined the build pipeline.For five years, “software supply chain security” meant one question: what’s in your code? Which open-source packages, which versions, which transitive dependencies three layers deep that nobody chose on purpose? SolarWinds, Log4Shell, and XZ Utils all taught the same lesson: the risk lives…
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US Cyber Agency Uses Anthropic Mythos to Audit Government Code for Bugs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started using Anthropic’s advanced AI model, Mythos, to audit government software for vulnerabilities. This marks a significant shift toward AI-assisted cyber defense operations. Sources familiar with the initiative report that CISA is deploying Mythos to systematically scan federal code repositories to identify security flaws that foreign…
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials, First seen…
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials, First seen…
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BeyondTrust warns of critical flaws in remote access software
BeyondTrust warned customers to patch two critical security flaws in its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) software that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-warns-of-critical-flaws-in-remote-access-software/
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Researchers make the case for a cybersecurity AI scientist
Autonomous AI agents have started doing real security work. Language-model agents probe software for flaws, run penetration tests, and chain together attack steps that once … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/cybersecurity-ai-scientist-research/
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Apple Container: Open-source tool for Linux containers on the Mac
Developers on Apple silicon Macs have run Linux containers through software built around a single shared virtual machine for years. Apple’s open-source Container project … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/07/apple-container-open-source-linux-mac/
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Software Is Now Written at the Speed of Thought. Security Isn’t.
Every evolution in software development has reduced the friction between an idea and a deployable application. AI may remove the final barrier, but it also removes many of the moments where security decisions have traditionally taken place. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/software-is-now-written-at-the-speed-of-thought-security-isnt/
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Insignary Closes SBOM Accuracy Gap With Binary-Level Clarity for Regulatory Risk
Toronto, Canada, July 6th, 2026, CyberNewswire Most software composition analysis tools read what developers declare. Insignary Clarity’s patented binary-first platform analyzes what is actually built, shipped, and deployed, including the open-source components that never appear in any manifest. Insignary, Inc., whose patented binary fingerprint technology has been cited in four Gartner research reports, today […]…
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PlugMate im Test: Android aus dem Stick, aber kein Gerät für blindes Vertrauen
PlugMate bringt Android in Stickgröße. Der Test zeigt starke Isolation, APKs und Apple-Nutzen, aber Schwächen bei Software und Vertrauen. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/test/plugmate-im-test-android-aus-dem-stick-aber-kein-geraet-fuer-blindes-vertrauen-331150.html
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OpenSSH 10.4 arrives with security fixes and a post-quantum signature option
Operators who manage remote access to Unix and Linux systems keep a close watch on OpenSSH, the software that carries most SSH traffic across the internet. The project … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/06/openssh-10-4-released/
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AI Agent Pulls Off a Ransomware Attack Without Human Help
Researchers Say the Attack Combined AI Decision-Making With Known Software Flaws. An autonomous AI agent has executed what researchers describe as the first agentic ransomware attack, exploiting vulnerabilities, stealing credentials and encrypting a production database without human intervention. Cloud security firm Sysdig attributed it to a threat actor it tracks as Jadepuffer. First seen on…
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FBI: TeamPCP Compromised Dev Tools to Steal Cloud Credentials
FBI says TeamPCP poisoned trusted developer tools to steal cloud credentials, spread malware through software updates, and extort victims. On July 2, 2026, the FBI published a FLASH alert identifying the criminal group called TeamPCP and detailing how it compromised widely used developer and security tools to steal credentials from victim environments at scale. The…
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Lawmaker Probing Pegasus Spyware Infected Using Same Malware
Members of European Parliament Seek Fresh Spyware Probe Following Revelations. Multiple European lawmakers are calling for a fresh investigation into spyware following new revelations that a European Parliament committee member probing Pegasus mobile device hacking software himself fell victim to attackers who wielded the surveillance tool against him. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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FBI Says TeamPCP Uses Trojanized Updates to Steal Cloud Tokens, SSH Keys, and Kubernetes Secrets
Tags: access, advisory, attack, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, group, kubernetes, software, supply-chain, updateThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an urgent FLASH advisory warning that the cybercriminal group TeamPCP is weaponizing trojanized software updates to harvest cloud access tokens, SSH keys, and Kubernetes secrets at scale. This campaign represents one of the most sophisticated software supply chain attacks observed in 2026, exploiting trust in widely deployed…
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Hackers Abuse ScreenConnect Remote Access Tool to Deploy AsyncRAT Through Fake Installers
A wide-reaching campaign in which attackers abused the legitimate remote administration tool ScreenConnect to deploy AsyncRAT via faux software installers. The infection chain leverages trusted binaries, DLL sideloading, reflective loading and process hollowing to achieve stealthy persistence and remote control an approach that capitalizes on the very trust enterprises place in remote management tools. The…
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Anthropic’s AI Finds Bugs. IBM Bets $5B It Can Fix Them.
IBM and Red Hat assign 20,000 engineers to the new Project Lightwell service as Anthropic’s Mythos findings ignite debate over how to secure the open-source software supply chain. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/anthropic-s-ai-finds-bugs-ibm-bets-5b-it-can-fix-them-
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ADN erweitert Security-Portfolio um Specops Software
Zero Trust Workforce Access und Active-Directory-Schutz. Die ADN Distribution GmbH baut ihr Cybersecurity-Portfolio strategisch weiter aus: Ab sofort vertreibt der Value-Added Distributor die führenden Identitäts- und Gerätesicherheitslösungen von Specops Software, die Teil der Outpost24-Gruppe sind. Damit adressiert ADN die zwei kritischsten Einfallstore moderner Unternehmens-Infrastrukturen: schwache Passwörter im Active Directory sowie kompromittierte Endgeräte beim mobilen… First…
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Cyberkriminelle kapern Windows-Rechner über manipulierte Downloads
Kaspersky warnt vor einer Kampagne mit über 90 gefälschten Domains. Angreifer nutzen präparierte Software-Downloads zur Infektion mit AsyncRAT. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/windows-manipulierte-downloads
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Unpatched Argo CD Repo-Server Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Kubernetes Clusters
Argo CD, a widely used tool for deploying software to Kubernetes, has an unpatched flaw in its repo-server component that lets an unauthenticated attacker run code, provided they can reach the component’s internal network port.Synacktiv, which found the bug, says it can lead to a full cluster takeover. There is no fix and no CVE.…
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SEO-Poisoned Software Sites Abuse ScreenConnect to Deploy AsyncRAT
Unknown threat actors are leveraging the ScreenConnect remote access tool as a way to deploy and execute AsyncRAT.Kaspersky said the activity is part of a “massive, multi-domain, multi-language” campaign that distributes malicious installer archives hosted on spoofed websites.These installers masquerade as popular software like OBS Studio, DNS Jumper, DS4Windows, and Bandicam, among others. First seen…
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Browser-Only Ransomware: From LLM Hallucinations to a Practical Attack Technique
Tags: ai, attack, chatgpt, cybercrime, LLM, malicious, malware, programming, ransomware, software, toolesearch by:Alexey Bukhteyev Key Takeaways Introduction Over the past several years, large language models have reshaped software development, and malware development has followed the same path. Check Point Research has documented this trend from early experiments showing that AI systems could generate offensive components, to cases of cybercriminals using ChatGPT to create malicious tools, and…