Tag: software
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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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13 new critical holes in JavaScript sandbox allow execution of arbitrary code
VM.run() can obtain host process object and runs host commands with zero co-operation from the host.However, researchers at Socket told us in an email that the advisory about this escape says it has been confirmed only on Node.js 25.6.1, and requires a Node.js version with WebAssembly exception handling and JSTag support.The highest-risk scenario, they said, would be an…
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The Privacy Risks of Embedded, Shadow AI in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence that is embedded in newer editions of software and other technology tools but is not explicitly revealed by vendors is a substantial risk on par with shadow AI, said regulatory attorney Elizabeth Hodge with the law firm Akerman LLP. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/privacy-risks-embedded-shadow-ai-in-healthcare-i-5546
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Frank Kölmel ist neuer Chief-Revenue-Officer für das B2B-Geschäft von Bitdefender
Bitdefender hat Frank Kölmel als Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) der Bitdefender Business Solution Group (BSG) vorgestellt. Kölmel blickt auf mehr als drei Jahrzehnte Erfahrung in der Cybersicherheitsindustrie zurück. In verschiedenen Stationen leitete er die Wachstumsstrategien führender internationaler Cybersicherheits- und Software-Anbieter. In seiner neuen Rolle ist Kölmel für Business-Development, Umsatzsteigerung und die Go-to-Market-Initiativen des gesamten BSG-Bereichs…
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Legacy Security Tools Are 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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PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage
Tags: access, authentication, cve, espionage, exploit, flaw, network, rce, remote-code-execution, service, software, threat, vulnerabilityPalo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw as early as April 9, 2026.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score: 9.3/8.7), a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication Portal service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that could allow an unauthenticated…
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Herausforderungen der Cybersicherheit im Zeitalter der künstlichen Intelligenz
Check Point Software Technologies veranstaltet im Juni eine Serie von drei Veranstaltungen in Bern in der Schweiz, in Wien in Österreich und in Mainz. Erwartet werden Sicherheitsverantwortliche aus allen drei Regionen, um sich über die Herausforderungen der Cybersicherheit im Zeitalter der künstlichen Intelligenz auszutauschen. ‘Künstliche Intelligenz verändert nicht nur rapide die Unternehmensabläufe, von Tools zur…
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Why Outdated Maintenance Software Is a Growing Ransomware Risk
Outdated maintenance software increases ransomware risk by exposing weak access controls, unpatched systems, and critical operational data to attackers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/outdated-maintenance-software-growing-ransomware-risk/
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Critical Palo Alto Networks software bug hits exposed firewalls
Tags: access, attack, authentication, data-breach, firewall, mitigation, network, software, threat, updateMitigations first, patches shortly after: While Palo Alto Networks has announced fixes for affected PAN-OS branches, the company is urging customers to immediately reduce exposure rather than wait for patch windows. The vendor said the most important mitigation is restricting access to the User-Id Authentication Portal so it is reachable only from trusted internal IP…
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Daemon Tools Developer Confirms Software Was Trojanized
A China-linked threat actor backdoored a version of Daemon Tools to infect thousands First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/daemon-tools-confirms-software/
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Entwickler bestätigt: Daemon Tools Lite mit Schadcode verseucht
Der Entwickler von Daemon Tools hat bestätigt, dass die Lite-Variante seiner Software zuletzt Malware enthielt. Eine neue Version korrigiert das. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/entwickler-bestaetigt-daemon-tools-lite-mit-schadcode-verseucht-2605-208417.html
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Anthropic Sounds Cyber Alarm Amid Financial AI Push
Mythos Found ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Unpatched Flaws With Months to Fix Them. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that Claude Mythos has found tens of thousands of unpatched software vulnerabilities, with a six-to-12 month window before Chinese AI models catch up. The disclosure came alongside a major financial services push including an investor-backed firm and…
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Palo Alto warns of critical software bug used in firewall attacks
A patch for the bug, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, has not been published yet and Palo Alto Networks said it will be included in releases over the next two weeks. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/palo-alto-warns-of-critical-software-bug-firewalls
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AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys
Braintrust, a startup that makes an “operating system for engineers building AI software,” notified customers that hackers broke into one of its Amazon cloud environments, and is asking customers to rotate their API keys. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/ai-evaluation-startup-braintrust-confirms-breach-tells-every-customer-to-rotate-sensitive-keys/
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Palo Alto Firewalls Being Exploited; No Patch Yet Available
Vendor Details Mitigations, Promises Patched PAN-OS Software in Coming Weeks. Palo Alto Networks warned that a critical vulnerability in the PAN-OS software that runs its firewalls is being actively exploited in the wild by attackers. The vendor detailed temporary mitigations and promised to release updated software to fully patch the flaw later this month. First…
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DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
Disc Soft Limited, the maker of DAEMON Tools Lite, confirmed that the software had been trojanized in a supply chain attack and released a new, malware-free version. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/daemon-tools-devs-confirm-breach-release-malware-free-version/
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ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: McDermott proclaims fully automated cyber defence
Chief executive’s conference keynote launches agentic artificial intelligence cyber security features for enterprise software player’s centralised platform First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366642708/ServiceNow-Knowledge-2026-McDermott-proclaims-fully-automated-cyber-defence
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Hackers compromise Daemon Tools in global supply-chain attack, researchers say
Researchers at Kaspersky said attackers tampered with installers for Daemon Tools, a popular program used to mount disk images as virtual drives, and distributed them through the software’s official website. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-compromise-daemon-tools-global-supply-chain-attack
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Attackers compromised Daemon Tools software to deliver backdoors
Kaspersky researchers uncovered another supply chain compromise involving a popular Windows tool: Daemon Tools, an app for mounting disk image files as virtual drives that is … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/06/daemon-tools-compromised-backdoors-supply-chain-attack/
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Apache fixes critical HTTP/2 double-free flaw CVE-2026-23918 enabling RCE
Apache fixed several flaws in HTTP Server, including CVE-2026-23918 (CVSS score of 8.8), a double-free bug in HTTP/2 that could allow remote code execution. The Apache Software Foundation has released updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities in its HTTP Server, including CVE-2026-23918 (CVSS score of 8.8). The issue involves a “double free” error in HTTP/2 handling…
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CyberSoftware Schutz in Schichten denken
Mehrstufige Sicherheit als Unternehmensstrategie Die Infografik »Cyber Security Software« zeigt, dass IT”‘Sicherheit heute aus einem mehrschichtigen System besteht. Kein einzelnes Tool kann alle Risiken abdecken entscheidend ist das Zusammenspiel spezialisierter Lösungen entlang der gesamten IT”‘Infrastruktur. Prävention und Zugriffsschutz Firewalls, Antivirensoftware und Endpoint”‘Protection bilden die erste Verteidigungslinie. Sie verhindern, dass Schadsoftware oder unautorisierte Zugriffe überhaupt… First…
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QLNX Targets Developers in Supply Chain Credential Theft Campaign
QLNX is a newly documented Linux remote access trojan (RAT) that targets the theft on developers’ and DevOps credentials to hijack software supply chains. Recent attacks against popular projects like LiteLLM on PyPI and the Axios npm package have shown how a single compromised maintainer account can be used to push backdoored releases to millions…
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Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables Remote Code Execution
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, cve, cvss, exploit, flaw, Internet, network, remote-code-execution, software, vulnerabilityPalo Alto Networks has released an advisory warning that a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in its PAN-OS software has been exploited in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, has been described as a case of unauthenticated remote code execution. It carries a CVSS score of 9.3 if the User-ID Authentication Portal is configured to enable…
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Offizielle Daemon Tools-Downloads werden zur Malware-Falle
Ein aktueller Supply-Chain-Angriff auf Daemon Tools sorgt für weltweite Sicherheitsrisiken. Über die offizielle Downloadquelle wurde eine manipulierte Installationsdatei verbreitet, die neben der legitimen Software auch Schadcode enthält. Betroffen sind Nutzer in mehr als 100 Ländern, darunter auch Deutschland. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/daemon-tools-malware
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Google expands Android Binary Transparency to counter supply chain attacks
Supply chain attacks on mobile software have grown alongside the expanding role of phones in daily life, from payments to government IDs to AI features. Google is responding … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/06/google-android-binary-transparency/
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New stealthy Quasar Linux malware targets software developers
A previously undocumented Linux implant named Quasar Linux (QLNX) is targeting developers’ systems with a mix of rootkit, backdoor, and credential-stealing capabilities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-stealthy-quasar-linux-malware-targets-software-developers/
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DAEMON Tools trojanized in supply-chain attack to deploy backdoor
Hackers trojanized installers for the DAEMON Tools software and since April 8, delivered a backdoor to thousands of systems that downloaded the product from the official website. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/daemon-tools-trojanized-in-supply-chain-attack-to-deploy-backdoor/
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DAEMON Tools trojanized in supply-chain attack to deploy backdoor
Hackers trojanized installers for the DAEMON Tools software and since April 8, delivered a backdoor to thousands of systems that downloaded the product from the official website. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/daemon-tools-trojanized-in-supply-chain-attack-to-deploy-backdoor/
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DAEMON Tools trojanized in supply-chain attack to deploy backdoor
Hackers trojanized installers for the DAEMON Tools software and since April 8, delivered a backdoor to thousands of systems that downloaded the product from the official website. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/daemon-tools-trojanized-in-supply-chain-attack-to-deploy-backdoor/