Tag: software
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Kimsuky Builds Offline AI Stack to Boost Phishing and Automate Malware Development
North Korea’s state hackers are no longer content to type prompts into public chatbots. One of the country’s main espionage groups has begun running artificial intelligence (AI) offline on its own servers, connecting document-search tools to files in its possession, and collecting the software parts needed to build AI into its malware.South Korean security firm…
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China-linked hackers turning popular cybersecurity tool into ransomware launchpad, Microsoft warns
Tags: china, cybersecurity, exploit, hacker, microsoft, ransomware, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityA China-linked threat actor is believed to be exploiting a critical vulnerability affecting cybersecurity software from the company N-able. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/china-hackers-ransomware-microsoft
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Android Banking Droppers Surge as Malware Operators Change Packaging Tactics
Android banking malware operators are increasingly relying on dropper-based packaging to evade mobile app-store controls, shifting how threats are classified and delivered rather than simply expanding their overall distribution. Kaspersky telemetry for the second quarter of 2026 recorded 1,996,823 blocked attacks involving malware, adware, and potentially unwanted mobile software, down from 2,676,328 in Q1. Yet…
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Android Banking Droppers Surge as Malware Operators Change Packaging Tactics
Android banking malware operators are increasingly relying on dropper-based packaging to evade mobile app-store controls, shifting how threats are classified and delivered rather than simply expanding their overall distribution. Kaspersky telemetry for the second quarter of 2026 recorded 1,996,823 blocked attacks involving malware, adware, and potentially unwanted mobile software, down from 2,676,328 in Q1. Yet…
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Shipping 1050× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development
AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed.When software output jumps 10 to 50 times, the problem is no longer just finding vulnerabilities. It is keeping security from becoming the bottleneck, or worse, losing…
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TrueConf Server Flaws Exploited to Replace Client Installers with PhantomCore
Tags: attack, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, kaspersky, programming, russia, software, threat, vulnerabilityThe threat actor known as Head Mare has been observed weaponizing security flaws in unpatched TrueConf servers once again in attacks targeting Russian companies spanning instrumentation, electronics, transport, energy, IT, and software development sectors.Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it detected the attacks in July 2026.The activity involves exploiting a vulnerability chain First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Open Source: Android-Trojaner soll in Software von MG-Autos stecken
In einer Software-Dokumentation des chinesischen Herstellers MG taucht die Malware Teardroid auf. Das könnte jedoch ein Scan-Fehler sein. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/open-source-android-trojaner-soll-in-software-von-mg-autos-stecken-2608-211759.html
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Chainloop: Open-source evidence store and policy engine for the software supply chain
Chainloop is an open source evidence store for the software supply chain. A command line tool runs inside a GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Dagger pipeline, picks up what … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/10/chainloop-open-source-supply-chain-security/
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Product showcase: Enpass Password Manager breaks away from the proprietary cloud model
Enpass is a password manager that stores passwords, passkeys, payment cards, identities, secure notes, software licenses, and other sensitive information in encrypted vaults. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/10/product-showcase-enpass-password-manager/
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Metabase Zero-Day Exploited in Wild Allows Admin Access Without Authentication
Tags: access, authentication, business, cve, data, exploit, flaw, intelligence, software, sql, vulnerability, zero-dayMetabase has warned that a maximum-severity security flaw impacting its business intelligence and data visualization software package has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day.The vulnerability (CVSS score: 10.0), which does not carry a CVE identifier, allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, enabling them to gain…
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Approved software is creating a new shadow AI blind spot
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/approved-software-is-creating-a-new-shadow-ai-blind-spot
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Practice Management Firm Notifies 3.8M of 2025 Breach
Ohio-Based Unlimited Technology Systems Serves Thousands of Medical Practices. Practice management and financial software firm Unlimited Technology Systems is notifying 3.8 million people of an October 2025 data theft. The third-party vendor hack currently ranks as the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far in 2026. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks
Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/security-researchers-scanned-the-polish-web-and-found-courts-hospitals-and-airports-at-risk-of-hacks/
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Unlimited Technology Systems breach impacts 3.8 million people
Healthcare software company Unlimited Technology Systems reported that more than 3.8 million people were impacted by a data breach incident that occurred in October 2025. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unlimited-technology-systems-breach-impacts-38-million-people/
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Top 10 Breaches of the Week
Security Boulevard’s weekly after-action roundup looks at the breaches and security incidents that mattered most over the past two weeks. This edition spans large healthcare exposures, attacks on government and financial infrastructure, a fast-moving software supply-chain compromise, and incidents where the final scope is still being established. #1: Unlimited Technology Systems: 3.8 million healthcare records..…
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AI Generated Code Risks: Why Business Owners Should Never Trust Software That Simply Works
AI can now generate working software in minutes. Ask Claude, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or another AI coding tool to create an API, authentication flow, admin…Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/08/ai-generated-code-risks-why-business-owners-should-never-trust-software-that-simply-works/
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New N-able Zero Day Puts MSPs on Defensive
Second Hotfix Issued for RMM Technology Widely Used by Managed Security Providers. Software developer N-able issued a second hotfix this week after more zero-day exploits against its remote management and monitoring tool. Successful attacks facilitate full account takeover. Hotfix 2 is required, even if you already applied the earlier hotfix, the company said. First seen…
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Offene Türen für KI-Agenten schließen
Diese Woche nun also auch Meta. Inzwischen häufen sich die Berichte von KI-Anbietern, deren KI-Agenten aus den Testumgebungen ausbrechen und andere Software-Anbieter hacken. Um dies zu verhindern, gilt es für alle Unternehmen die Grundlagen der Absicherung vor Angriffen zu verinnerlichen. Diese und andere bekannt gewordene Vorfälle bereiten Sicherheitsteams rund um den Globus Sorgenfalten. Denn die…
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15 AI Security Lessons From Black Hat and Ai4 2026
Black Hat and Ai4 2026 highlighted gaps in AI agent security, identity controls, software supply chains, monitoring, and incident response. The post 15 AI Security Lessons From Black Hat and Ai4 2026 appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-black-hat-ai4-2026-ai-security-takeaways/
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Secure design reviews and architecture checkpoints in the SDLC
Secure design reviews and architecture checkpoints in the SDLC For many UK SMEs, security work becomes most effective when it is built into the way software is designed and delivered, rather than added at the end. A secure design review is one of the most useful points in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to catch……
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Frontier AI Has a Cybersecurity Expertise Problem
First OpenAI’s model went rogue and broke out of testing containment to hack real systems, then Anthropic, and now Meta AI. Do you see a trend? Here is what it means: Although these frontier AI companies employ some of the world’s brightest engineers, architects, and developers, technical excellence is not the same as deep cybersecurity…
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Check Point Puts AI Traffic Controls Into Its Existing Firewalls
Check Point has launched an AI Network Firewall that brings visibility and enforcement for AI applications, agents and Model Context Protocol traffic into the physical and virtual firewalls organizations already operate. Introduced July 30 ahead of Black Hat USA 2026, the product is delivered through Check Point’s AI Defense Plane and firewall software release R82.20……
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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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Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.9 CVSS Score Bugs
Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting Catalyst SD-WAN and IOS XE Software as part of a comprehensive internal security review.The security issues affect Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Software, regardless of device configuration, and Cisco IOS XE Software when it is running in autonomous or controller mode.”These vulnerabilities were found First…
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Hackers Can Abuse Microsoft WSUS Servers to Deploy Malicious Updates via NTLM Relay
Security researchers have shown how attackers could exploit Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) infrastructure to distribute malicious software updates across enterprise networks. This technique relies on NTLM authentication coercion and relay attacks targeting WSUS deployments that utilize a separate Microsoft SQL Server database. WSUS is commonly used by organizations to centrally manage, approve, and…
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Kyndryl launches agentic modernization services-as-software
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/kyndryl-launches-agentic-modernization-services-as-software
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AI Accelerates Financial Services Fraud
Coinbase’s Lunglhofer on Deepfakes, Supply-Chain Risk and Human Expertise. AI is helping criminals clone voices, exploit software flaws and guide fraud schemes in real time. Coinbase Chief Security Officer Jeff Lunglhofer explains why faster attacks demand AI-enabled defense backed by cybersecurity experts. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-accelerates-financial-services-fraud-a-32450
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Why CTOs Must Get Hands-On With Enterprise AI
1Password’s Nancy Wang on AI Builders, Agent Identity and Secure Adoption. AI is changing how software is built, who gets to build it and how enterprises must manage identity. 1Password CTO Nancy Wang explains why technology leaders need hands-on experience with AI and why autonomous agents require security guardrails of their own. First seen on…
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Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.8 CVSS Score Bugs
Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting Catalyst SD-WAN and IOS XE Software as part of a comprehensive internal security review.The security issues affect Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Software, regardless of device configuration, and Cisco IOS XE Software when it is running in autonomous or controller mode.”These vulnerabilities were found First…
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ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories
Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and a harmless-looking PDF can finish the job.This week runs on cheap leverage: exposed servers, recycled bugs, poisoned agent instructions, remote-access tools dressed as support software, and trusted defaults doing attackers a favor.Nothing here…