Tag: tool
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 584 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. U.S. Government Agency Paid $1M to Data Extortion Group Kairos FBI: TeamPCP Compromised Dev Tools to…
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Parrot 7.3 released With new menu system and smoother dayday use
Parrot 7.3 arrives focused on refinement rather than a tool glut, rebuilding all editions to deliver perceptible gains on modern hardware and a smoother desktop experience. Released only months after its predecessor, this update concentrates on system-level improvements: optimized builds for newer CPUs, a rewritten menu stack in Go that enables one”‘click installs from the…
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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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ISMG Editors: Signs of Russia in Jaguar Land Rover Probe
Also: AI Export Controls Reshape Post-Quantum Debate, Grappling With AI Governance. In this week’s ISMG Editors’ Panel, four editors discussed new developments in the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack probe, why export controls on artificial intelligence tools are reshaping post-quantum cryptography plans, and cybersecurity leaders’ latest thinking about how to best govern AI. First seen on…
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European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus
A new report from the Citizen Lab has revealed that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou had his mobile device repeatedly hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while serving on a committee that was tasked with investigating the abuse of such commercial surveillance tools in the bloc.”Through forensic analysis of his device, we…
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Alibaba Reportedly Bans Claude Code Over Alleged Backdoor Risk in AI Coding Tool
Alibaba is reportedly preparing to ban the use of Anthropic’s Claude Code across its internal environments starting July 10. This decision comes in light of allegations that the AI-powered coding assistant has a covert detection mechanism resembling a backdoor. The news, first reported by the Chinese financial outlet Yicai and later confirmed by Reuters, has…
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Neues Spionage-Tool Umbrij kapert Gmail-Sitzungen
Die APT-Gruppe ToddyCat nutzt das neue Tool Umbrij, um über präparierte Browser-Sitzungen unbefugten Zugriff auf Gmail- und Google-Konten zu erlangen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/gmail-sitzungen-spionage-tool-umbrij
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Anthropic Unveils AI Tool for Scientists and Medical R&D
Claude Science Aims to Speed Research and Drug Discovery, and Improve Collaboration. Much of the work involved with life science, biomedical and related research consists of tedious, time-consuming tasks that bog down the discovery of promising medical breakthroughs. Anthropic says a new scientific AI workbench can dramatically reduce the time and effort spent on many…
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ThreatsDay: AI Compute Hijacking, Apple Email Flaw, BlueHammer Ransomware + 14 Stories
This week’s security news is mostly about weak spots.Browsers, bots, sandboxes, AI systems, and email flows all show the same problem in different ways. Everything looks normal until someone tests a small gap and finds a way through.This is not one big break. It is small permissions, weak checks, open systems, and normal tools doing…
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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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Identity Lifecycle Management Wasn’t Built for AI Agents
Identity lifecycle management was architected around a person with an employment record, a manager, and a departure date. AI agents have none of those. As autonomous principals proliferate across enterprise environments, the governance model built for humans develops structural blind spots that traditional IGA tools weren’t designed to detect. This guide covers where that model…
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Gefälschte Googlebots: Angriffe über manipulierte Crawler-Anfragen nehmen zu
Website-Betreiber registrieren eine Welle schadhafter Bots im Gewand des Googlebots. Betreiber sollten IP-Adressen über offizielle Tools prüfen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/gefaelschte-googlebots-angriffe
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GitHub’s new tool helps prevent costly open-source license violations
GitHub’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO) uses the new GitHub License Compliance feature, now in public preview, to manage thousands of open-source dependencies and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/02/github-license-compliance-feature/
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Shadow AI: Governing What You Can’t See
Why Shadow AI Is Becoming a Security Challenge for Modern Organizations Shadow AI is fast becoming a critical enterprise blind spot, with Gartner predicting 40% of organizations will face security or compliance incidents by 2030. As employees adopt unapproved tools, CIOs must close visibility gaps and align AI governance with innovation before risks escalate. First…
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MeetingTV Sues Palo Alto Networks Over Koi Threat Report
Tags: ai, china, cybercrime, cybersecurity, infrastructure, intelligence, malware, network, threat, toolMeetingTV Says Koi’s AI Analysis Tool Wrongly Tied it to Malware Infrastructure. MeetingTV alleges an AI-assisted threat intelligence report published by Koi Security falsely linked its infrastructure to a Chinese cybercrime operation, while Koi parent Palo Alto Networks argues the report reflects protected cybersecurity analysis rather than actionable false statements. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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The Cost of Non-Compliance: Why AI Governance Is the New Enterprise Imperative
AI governance helps enterprises control tool use, reduce compliance risk, protect customer data, and avoid fines as teams adopt AI faster than policy. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/non-compliance-ai-governance-enterprise-imperative/
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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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Ist Cybersecurity bereits voll von KI-Schrott?
Das Nebenprodukt des KI-Hypes ist KI-Schrott. Man denke an die schludrig produzierten Videos und Reels, die das Internet überschwemmen und auf den ersten Blick gut aussehen, bis sich zeigt, dass sie mit billigen KI-Tools zusammengeschustert wurden. Während das für den Durchschnittsmenschen lediglich ärgerlich ist, wird es zu einem ernsteren Problem, wenn dieses Verhalten in wichtige…
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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…
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Phantom Squatting Uses AI-Hallucinated Domains for Phishing and Malware
Large language models keep inventing web addresses that do not exist. Attackers have started buying those made-up domains before anyone else can, then hosting phishing pages on them to catch traffic that AI tools point their way.Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 calls the trick phantom squatting, and its new research shows it is already happening…
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Claude Sonnet 5 includes safeguards against dangerous cyber use
Anthropic has introduced Claude Sonnet 5, the latest version of its general-purpose AI model, with improved reasoning, coding, tool use, and knowledge work capabilities. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/01/anthropic-claude-sonnet-5/
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Claude Sonnet 5 includes safeguards against dangerous cyber use
Anthropic has introduced Claude Sonnet 5, the latest version of its general-purpose AI model, with improved reasoning, coding, tool use, and knowledge work capabilities. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/01/anthropic-claude-sonnet-5/
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Nika: Open-source code analysis tool
Many serious security bugs in web applications sit across several files at once. Request data enters through a controller, moves through data objects and service layers, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/01/nika-open-source-code-analysis-tool/
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Mid-market security is outgrowing VPNs and tool sprawl
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/mid-market-security-is-outgrowing-vpns-and-tool-sprawl
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DICOM Toolkit Bugs Raise Medical Imaging Security Risks
Common AI Tools Helped Researcher Discover Hidden Flaws. Several newly identified vulnerabilities in a DICOM toolkit used in medical-imaging software could expose patient information, crash imaging services offline and pose other serious problems if exploited, said the researcher who discovered the flaws using commonly used artificial intelligence tools. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Microsoft Warns Poisoned MCP Tool Descriptions Can Make AI Agents Leak Data
New Microsoft research shows how attackers can hijack AI agents that act on a user’s behalf, using nothing more than a poisoned tool description to make the agent quietly hand over company data to an outsider.The trick is that the agent never breaks a rule. Every step looks routine, so in a default setup no…