Cybersecurity
Max severity SonicWall SMA1000 flaw now exploited in attacks
Attackers are exploiting a maximum-severity vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000 appliances (CVE-2026-102255) that was patched on Tuesday, three days ago. [...]
Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse …
The AI Velocity Paradox: Why Security Is Decades Behind AI Ambition
As enterprises race to deploy autonomous AI agents to accelerate business, a new report reveals they are tethered to security architectures built for a different era. The "Horizon…
Man admits to running network of 15,000 money mules for cybercriminals
A Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen has pleaded guilty to running a massive money laundering operation that laundered millions for cybercriminals worldwide. [...]
Microsoft: Outdated Windows devices will stop receiving security updates
Microsoft says devices running unsupported versions of Windows will stop receiving security updates after next year's Windows Update certificate rotation. [...]
GoBalance Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack .onion Addresses by Recovering Tor-Format Keys
A bug in GoBalance, a tool many dark-web sites use to stay reachable during attacks, lets anyone work out the secret key that controls a site's .onion address using only public in…
Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately
Citrix has warned IT administrators to patch systems immediately against a new critical vulnerability affecting NetScaler ADC networking appliances and NetScaler Gateway secure re…
Three Teams Demonstrate Remote Hacks of Fully Patched Google Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own
Three research teams broke into Google's Pixel 10 on October 8 at Pwn2Own Ireland, a hacking contest in Cork whose rules require every target to be fully patched. The contest pays…
Citrix Patches Critical NetScaler Flaw That Could Enable RCE in SAML Deployments
Citrix has released patches for yet another critical security flaw impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that could result in remote code execution or denial-of-service (D…
FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced the disruption of malicious tools used by a China-linked advanced persistent threat g…
Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest has concluded, with hackers collecting $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day flaws. [...]
FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure
The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached c…
Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients
IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data …
Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware
A malware campaign dubbed 'Midnight Mimosa' has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to…
FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails
Hackers tied to a Chinese cybersecurity company stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions in Southeast As…
ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories
The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools an…
FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer. [..…
Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase Attacks
Attackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCE…
UAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTML
The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN. According to …
Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover
Cisco released security advisories for five critical vulnerabilities in its NX-OS data center network operating system that could be exploited to run arbitrary code with root priv…
ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a targeted campaign aimed at South Korean financial organizations that used an artificial intelligence (AI) pen testing tool na…
OAuth grants pile up faster than you can review them. Here's how to keep up.
OAuth grants create data highways between SaaS apps, AI agents, and other tools. And, they are multiplying faster than any security team can review them. As the recent Klue breach…
Uranium crypto exchange hacker convicted for stealing $53 million
A Maryland man was found guilty of stealing more than $53 million after hacking the decentralized crypto exchange Uranium Finance twice in April 2021. [...]
Microsoft Teams to get support for third-party deepfake detection tools
Microsoft will soon introduce support for third-party deepfake detection solutions and impersonation protection in Teams meetings. [...]