Tag: threat
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Critical Fortinet FortiSandbox flaws now exploited in attacks
Attackers are now exploiting several critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox cyber threat detection platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-fortinet-fortisandbox-flaws-now-exploited-in-attacks/
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Hackers Abuse Microsoft OAuth Device Code Flow to Take Over Microsoft 365 Accounts
An active campaign in which attackers are abusing Microsoft’s OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (device code) flow to take over Microsoft 365 accounts. Rather than capturing credentials with a fake login page, the threat actors persuade victims to complete a genuine Microsoft authentication process that, unbeknownst to them, authorizes an attacker-controlled “device.” The result: fully…
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China-linked actor spent two years inside medical research networks
Tags: china, credentials, cyberespionage, email, google, group, intelligence, military, network, threatChina’s UNC6508 hid in North American medical research networks for 2 years, stealing credentials and forwarding emails to Gmail Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published a report this week on UNC6508, a China-linked cyberespionage group that breached North American medical and military research organizations and stayed hidden for more than two years. The earliest confirmed intrusion…
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Reachability makes AI threat modeling worth the trust
In this interview with Help Net Security, Oscar Andersson, CTO at Oplane, explains why most scanning tools fail. They cry wolf, flagging threats that cannot run in real code. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/16/oscar-andersson-oplane-ai-threat-modeling/
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PRC-Nexus Hackers Abuse REDCap Servers to Monitor US Medical Research Organizations
A sophisticated, long-running cyberespionage campaign attributed to UNC6508, a People’s Republic of China (PRC)-nexus threat actor, that systematically targets North American academic, medical, and military research institutions. The campaign, active since at least September 2023, remained undetected for over a year while the threat actor silently harvested credentials, exfiltrated sensitive communications, and maintained persistent access across victim…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data Through One-Click Attack
Microsoft 365 Copilot has been found vulnerable to a critical one-click data exfiltration attack chain dubbed “SearchLeak,” exposing sensitive enterprise data through a combination of AI-specific and traditional web vulnerabilities. Discovered by Varonis Threat Labs, the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-42824 and rated critical, demonstrates how modern AI integrations can unintentionally expand attack surfaces by linking…
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ShinyHunters Hits Universities Via Oracle Zero-Day
Mandiant: 68% of Targets Were Higher Ed Institutions Running PeopleSoft. ShinyHunters exploited a critical zero-day in Oracle PeopleSoft to breach more than 100 organizations globally, researchers at Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said, with universities and colleges accounting for the majority of confirmed targets in the active extortion campaign. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Nintendo Alleged Data Breach: Threat Actor Demands $2M Ransom
Nintendo faces an alleged data extortion incident involving HR records, internal reports, and potential exposure of third-party vendors. The post Nintendo Alleged Data Breach: Threat Actor Demands $2M Ransom appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-nintendo-alleged-data-leak-third-party-risk/
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WatchGuard CEO: MSPs Face Growing Pressure As AI Accelerates Threats
MSPs are facing intensifying pressure as AI-enabled threat actors increasingly target their SMB clients, according to WatchGuard CEO Joe Smolarski. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/watchguard-ceo-msps-face-growing-pressure-as-ai-accelerates-threats
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North Korean Hackers Are Turning Developer Tools Into Malware Delivery Channels
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two malicious cyber campaigns that exhibit similarities with a persistent North Korean threat cluster known as Contagious Interview (aka Famous Chollima, HexagonalRodent, and Void Dokkaebi).According to a report published by Proofpoint, the threat actor has been found orchestrating phishing campaigns using developer role recruitment or code review themes First seen on…
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Hackers Demand $2M From Nintendo Over Alleged Data Breach
A threat actor claims to have stolen Nintendo data and is demanding $2 million. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/hackers-demand-2m-from-nintendo-over-alleged-data-breach/
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Zenith Live Conference 2026: AI-Powered Threats Demand AI-Powered Defense
At Zscaler Zenith Live 2026, Deepen Desai shared why AI-powered threats require zero trust and machine-speed defenses. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/zenith-live-conference-2026-ai-powered-threats-demand-ai-powered-defense/
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One-Click Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Steal Emails, Files, and MFA Codes
A single click on a trusted Microsoft link could have let an attacker pull emails, calendar details, and indexed files out of Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search.Researchers at Varonis Threat Labs chained three bugs into a one-click exfiltration path they call SearchLeak. Because the link pointed to a real microsoft.com domain, traditional anti-phishing and URL…
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15th June Threat Intelligence Report
The University of Nottingham, a UK research university, has suffered a data breach after ShinyHunters accessed its student records system. The incident affected about 454,600 current and former students and exposed contact details, […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/15th-june-threat-intelligence-report/
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PhishLumos: Exposing phishing campaigns that evade detection by hiding content
Phishing remains one of the most stubbornly persistent threats in cybersecurity: humans are tired, distracted, trusting, and susceptible to urgency and authority in ways that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/15/phishlumos-phishing-campaign-detection/
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SHADOWBYT3$ Allegedly Claims Nintendo Breach and Theft of Sensitive Data
Threat intelligence sources have flagged a potential cybersecurity incident involving Nintendo after threat actor “SHADOWBYT3$” allegedly claimed responsibility for breaching internal systems and exfiltrating sensitive data. The claim surfaced on June 13, 2026, via underground monitoring channels and was later amplified by threat intelligence platform Hackmanac. At the time of writing, the incident remains unverified,…
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Critical Wazuh Flaw Enables Threat Actors to Alter Alerts and Remove Logs
A critical security flaw in Wazuh Manager could allow unauthenticated threat actors to tamper with alerts, delete forensic evidence, and execute arbitrary OpenSearch operations by exploiting an input validation weakness in the platform’s new inventory synchronization pipeline. Tracked under GitHub advisory GHSA-ff9g-85jq-r3g3, the vulnerability affects Wazuh Manager version 5.0.0-beta1 and carries a maximum CVSS score…
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Threat Actor Malware Platform Exposed Through Unlocked PHP Installer Page
A misconfigured PHP-based malware distribution platform has been exposed after a security researcher inadvertently gained administrative access via an unlocked installation page, highlighting critical operational security failures in the active threat actor’s infrastructure. The incident, documented on June 11, 2026, began with routine threat intelligence monitoring on X (formerly Twitter), where a suspicious software download…
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Criminal IP at Infosecurity Europe 2026: Introducing AITEM, the Next Chapter of Attack Surface Management
Torrance, United States / California, June 11th, 2026, CyberNewswire Criminal IP by AI SPERA, a cyber threat intelligence platform delivering decision-ready intelligence and attack surface visibility to security teams worldwide, participated in Infosecurity Europe 2026 at ExCeL London this week, marking the company’s second consecutive appearance at Europe’s leading cybersecurity event. Alongside live demonstrations of…
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New Agentjacking Attack Hijacks AI Coding Agents to Execute Malicious Code
A newly disclosed Agentjacking attack class can silently weaponize AI coding agents against the very developers who rely on them, requiring no phishing, no server compromise, and no user interaction beyond a developer’s normal workflow of asking their AI assistant to investigate errors. Tenet Security’s Threat Labs developed and validated the technique, demonstrating how a…
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Malicious 152 Chrome Extensions Caught Spoofing Google Organic Search Traffic
A massive, coordinated network of 152 malicious Google Chrome browser extensions has been dismantled after researchers caught the operation generating fake organic Google search traffic. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered the operation spanning 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts and tracing back to three primary brand backends: tabplugins[.]com, yowgames[.]com, and chromewallpaper[.]com. Disguised as benign…
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Flashpoint Gives MSSPs, Security Teams a Deep Dive into Identity-Based Threats
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/flashpoint-gives-mssps-security-teams-a-deep-dive-into-identity-based-threats
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How autonomous defense and remediation stands up to AI cyber threats
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/how-autonomous-defense-and-remediation-stands-up-to-ai-cyber-threats
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AI in cyberdefense: Learning from threat actors’ playbooks
At the Gartner Cybersecurity and Risk Management Summit 2026, security professionals learned how to use AI to counter the AI-fueled cyberattacks directed against them. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366644163/AI-in-cyberdefense-Learning-from-threat-actors-playbooks
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Iran-Linked Handala Breached a California Water Utility. It Could Have Done Worse, and It Knows That.
Pro-Iran group Handala breached Cal Water via an exposed GPS tool, reaching billing data for 2M customers. 5GB leaked. On June 11, 2026, the Iran-linked threat group Handala posted a claim on its blog that it had compromised California Water Service, known as Cal Water, and published a 5GB proof-of-concept data dump to back it…