Tag: software
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Researchers Uncover 10,000+ Malware Loaders Behind YouTube and SEO Poisoning Campaign
A long-running pay-per-install (PPI) operation that used YouTube gaming channels and SEO-poisoned software downloads to distribute malware at scale. The cluster, tracked as CL-CRI-1171, is linked to more than 10,000 distinct samples of a custom loader called OfferLoader, indicating a distribution pipeline far larger than the individual intrusions initially observed. Rather than relying on a…
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AI agents exploited PaperCut flaws to breach 395 organizations
A threat actor built a working exploit for PaperCut print management software, then handed the job of breaking into hundreds of organizations to AI agents that did most of the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/ai-agents-papercut-ng-mf-attack-campaign/
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12 Best Endpoint Encryption Software Compared (2026): Features Pricing
Quick Answer: The encryption itself is free BitLocker (Windows) and VeraCrypt (open-source) are strong. What you pay for is management: Sophos Central manages BitLocker/FileVault cheaply, WinMagic and Check Point add enterprise key management and pre-boot control, and ESET covers SMB fleets. Avoid abandoned tools like Rohos for business use. A lost laptop with an encrypted…
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Attackers Chain JFrog Artifactory Flaws to Gain Admin Control and Plant Backdoors
Attackers have chained two flaws in JFrog Artifactory, the repository that software build pipelines pull from, to take administrator control of self-hosted servers and plant backdoors, cloud security company Wiz said in a report.Wiz saw the attacks between August 15 and September 8. JFrog had fixed both flaws before then, so only servers that had…
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PaperCut Replaces Emergency Patches With Fixes for Two Actively Exploited Flaws
PaperCut on Thursday released a new security maintenance release that replaces all previously published emergency patches that were pushed to address two security flaws that have come under active exploitation.The software development company said PaperCut NG/MF versions 26.0.5, 25.0.13 and 24.1.10 are now available for customers to download.”These are Regular Maintenance Releases (MR) that First…
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Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware
Tags: attack, authentication, cisco, credentials, cve, exploit, firewall, flaw, ransomware, software, threat, vulnerabilityCisco has revealed that three distinct threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks have been exploiting two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities.The attacks leverage CVE-2026-20079 (CVSS score: 10.0), an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web interface of FMC software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass First seen on…
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How JPMorgan Chase Scaled Secure Software Delivery
Centralized Controls Help the Bank Secure Thousands of Daily Software Builds. JPMorgan Chase centralized its container pipeline to support thousands of daily builds while detecting vulnerabilities before deployment. As AI agents accelerate coding, standardized scans, security reviews and detailed specifications help keep speed from introducing unacceptable risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-jpmorgan-chase-scaled-secure-software-delivery-a-32795
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SIEM Software
Modern organizations generate enormous amounts of security data from endpoints, servers, applications, cloud environments, network devices, identity systems, and security tools. The challenge is not simply collecting this information. Security teams need to determine which events matter, identify relationships between… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/siem-software/
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SIEM Software
Modern organizations generate enormous amounts of security data from endpoints, servers, applications, cloud environments, network devices, identity systems, and security tools. The challenge is not simply collecting this information. Security teams need to determine which events matter, identify relationships between… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/siem-software/
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Huntress Expands into Africa with New QBS Software Africa Partnership
Huntress is expanding into Africa through a new distribution partnership with QBS Software Africa, the company announced today. The move marks the latest step in Huntress’ international growth as organised, AI-enabled cybercrime continues to rise worldwide. The expansion comes as Africa faces a mounting cybersecurity crisis. According to INTERPOL’s 2026 African Cyberthreat Assessment, artificial intelligence…
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How the Best Web Content Filtering Software Helps Schools Manage AI Tools Safely
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday teaching, learning, research, and productivity in K12 schools. From helping students brainstorm ideas and explore complex topics to supporting educators with lesson planning and administrative tasks, generative AI offers new opportunities to… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/how-the-best-web-content-filtering-software-helps-schools-manage-ai-tools-safely/
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Digitale Souveränität – Deutsche Software statt US-Cloud? Kommt darauf an!
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/deutsche-software-statt-us-cloud-kommt-darauf-an-a-6d68e6e3c703a054cc387165cf7d39fb/
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12 Best Patch Management Software Compared (2026): Features Pricing
Quick Answer: The best patch management software in 2026 depends on your estate: Action1 offers a genuinely free tier for smaller fleets, NinjaOne and Automox lead cloud-native automation, ManageEngine wins on third-party catalog value, and Tanium rules very large enterprises. Most tools price per endpoint per month or year. Unpatched known vulnerabilities remain one of…
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Nearly 1 in 10 Exposed LiteLLM Gateways Accepted the Example “sk-1234” Admin Key
Nearly one in ten of the internet-facing LiteLLM servers that Wiz Research scanned in February accepted sk-1234, the example admin key in LiteLLM’s own setup guide.LiteLLM is an open-source AI gateway, the software a company puts between its applications and the model providers it pays for. That key is the gateway’s administrator credential.Anyone who holds…
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Cisco confirms CVE-2026-20079 Secure FMC flaw exploited in attacks
Cisco has confirmed that a maximum-severity authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-20079 in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software is being actively exploited in attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-confirms-cve-2026-20079-secure-fmc-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
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AI Is the Star of the Show. Identity Security Is Still the Stage.
Services Services Tailored consulting, engineering and managed security services to meet your unique needs. Application Security Ensure all software releases are secure Ensure all software releases are secure — www.guidepointsecurity.com/application-security/ Application Security Confidently use AI to fuel organizational success. –… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/ai-is-the-star-of-the-show-identity-security-is-still-the-stage/
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PolarProxy 2.0.2 Released
Tags: softwareA few more handy features have been added to PolarProxy, our TLS inspection proxy. PolarProxy can now tunnel outgoing connections through SOCKS proxies and supports environment variables as an alternative to command-line arguments. PolarProxy also ships with a software bill… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/polarproxy-2-0-2-released/
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Black Duck Joins Project Glasswing to Strengthen AI-Era Software Security
Black Duck, a provider of AI-powered application security solutions, has announced its participation in Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s industry-wide initiative aimed at protecting critical software infrastructure through the defensive use of advanced AI. Through its involvement, Black Duck will integrate Mythos throughout its application security offerings, pairing AI-driven, deterministic vulnerability detection with established remediation processes, risk-based…
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AI Coding Tools Now a Prime Target for Threat Actors, Google Warns
Google warned that the rapid integration of AI-assisted coding tools has significantly expanded software supply chain risks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-coding-tools-threat-actors/
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The 12 Best Antivirus (Endpoint Protection) Software for Business, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, if you hold Microsoft 365 E5, you already own competitive enterprise endpoint protection and the marginal cost is zero. Best published pricing: Bitdefender and ESET, both of which let you budget without a sales call. Best detection: CrowdStrike. Best cleanup tool: Malwarebytes. One vendor on the standard […]…
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North Korea-linked Hackers Hide a Backdoor Inside HAProxy
North Korea-linked hackers hid a backdoor inside HAProxy, masking C2 traffic and stealing data while keeping the load balancer working normally. North Korean-linked hackers found a genuinely clever hiding spot for their malware: inside the actual source code of HAProxy, the load balancing software running at the edge of two South Korean companies’ networks. Rapid7’s…
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Hackers Hijack Coder Module Registry to Distribute Credential-Stealing Malicious Packages
Coder has reported a significant software supply chain incident in which an unidentified threat actor redirected part of its official module registry traffic to attacker-controlled infrastructure. This led to the temporary distribution of tampered Terraform modules intended to steal credentials. The incident affected the registry at registry.coder.com on August 31, 2026, between 07:35 UTC and…
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Switzerland Builds Open-Source Workplace Platform to Operate Alongside Microsoft 365
Switzerland’s Federal Chancellery is advancing a sovereign digital workplace initiative following a feasibility study that demonstrated how open-source collaboration and office software can effectively support essential workflows within the federal administration. This initiative, announced to the Federal Council on September 2, aims to establish an open-source workplace platform that will operate alongside Microsoft 365 without…
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Known npm Worm Returns After 111 Days and Security Scanning Still Let It Through
A known Shai-Hulud npm worm payload has resurfaced after 111 days of inactivity, raising fresh questions about the effectiveness of registry-level malware screening. The May campaign demonstrated how quickly a single compromised maintainer account can turn into a software supply-chain incident. Attackers pushed malicious versions across npm packages, including widely used visualization and frontend dependencies.…
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Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attacks
Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion threat cluster that’s targeting Microsoft 365 and other software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings through information technology (IT) help desk vishing, adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) token theft, and residential-proxy sign-ins.The activity, which mainly singles out directors, vice presidents, and other executive staff First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, Router Hijacks, Coder Supply Chain Attack and More
Turning off email images should at least stop the pictures. This week, attackers had a workaround: a scannable QR code built out of text. It still appears, even with images blocked. A small detail, but an annoying one if that was a precaution you were counting on.Elsewhere, a trusted software source delivered code that stole…
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DDoS-Angriffe auf die norwegische Regierung Wer sind die “Server Killers”?
Sicherheitsforscher von Check Point Software haben Informationen über die Akteure hinter den DDoS-Angriffen auf norwegische Regierung zusammengetragen. Ende August wurde unter anderem durch einen Bericht bei der”¯Nachrichtenagentur AP”¯bekannt, dass Internetservices der norwegischen Digitalisierungsbehörde Digdir einen neuen Rekord an Datenverkehr verzeichneten, was die Verfügbarkeit zeitweise beeinträchtigte. Dahinter steckte die sich zum Cyberangriff bekennende Gruppe <>. Dabei handelt es sich […]…
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Internationale IT-Projekte Warum Softwareoberflächen, technische Dokumentation und Supporttexte gemeinsam lokalisiert werden müssen
Tags: softwareNur selten gelangt eine Software allein über eine einzige Textsorte in neue Märkte. In vielen Unternehmen entstehen Nutzeroberflächen, Handbücher und Hilfeseiten in getrennten Abteilungen, zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten und mit unterschiedlichen Werkzeugen. Beim internationalen Rollout rächt sich diese Trennung häufig, weil ein Begriff, der in einem Menüpunkt <> heißt, im Handbuch plötzlich als <> auftaucht und…
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N-able Releases Hotfix for Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
The vulnerability, CVE-2026-86218, was allocated a maximum-severity rating by the software provider itself First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nable-hotfix-critical-rce/
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The 12 Best Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Cloudflare. Published per-user pricing, a free tier you can genuinely deploy on, and a global edge network behind it. Best for small technical teams: Twingate. Best enterprise scale: Zscaler. Most specialized: Appgate for regulated environments and Nozomi (Tempered) for OT. One warning before the table: four of the twelve names on the…