2026-08-11 05:48 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform's plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. "Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified within the official WordPress.org repository," Wordfence researcher Paolo Tresso said.
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2026-08-11 02:00 UTC
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SANS Internet Storm Center · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
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2026-08-10 22:00 UTC
Vendor Research
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 · Chris Navarrete, Sai Sathvik Ruppa and Haozhe Zhang · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Analysis of the Aeternum botnet loader, a threat leveraging Polygon blockchain smart contracts for decentralized C2 infrastructure and payload execution. The post The Permanent Threat: Analyzing Aeternum’s Blockchain-Based C2 Operations and Communications appeared first on Unit 42.
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2026-08-10 21:54 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Jai Vijayan · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
New research shows how attackers can use security alerts and blocked events to manipulate and hijack AI agents.
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2026-08-10 21:34 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Alexander Culafi · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Attacks targeting water systems just keep flowing across a dozen states, against ill-secured, Internet-exposed PLCs.
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2026-08-10 21:02 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Rob Wright · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
The maximum-severity vulnerability, which still has no CVE, allows malicious, remote administrator access to the business-analytics platform and its downstream users.
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2026-08-10 20:21 UTC
Vendor Research
AWS Security Blog · Tariro Dongo · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
We’re excited to announce that our Europe (London) AWS Region has renewed its accreditation for United Kingdom (UK) Police-Assured Secure Facilities (PASF) for Official-Sensitive data. Since 2017, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Europe (London) Region has been accredited under the PASF program. This demonstrates our continuous commitment to adhere to the heightened expectations of customers […]
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2026-08-10 17:56 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Shubham Paikrao · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
It's time to turn from CVSS-backed patching to choke-point patching focused on breaking chains to critical assets.
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2026-08-10 17:29 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
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 control of what gets shipped.
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2026-08-10 17:09 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Alexander Culafi · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Sophisticated iPhone exploit chains previously limited to nation-states are spreading far and wide to organized cybercrime groups.
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2026-08-10 17:09 UTC
Vendor Research
AWS Security Blog · Tariro Dongo · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed theCyberVadis assessment of its security posture with the highest score (Mature) in all assessed areas. This demonstrates our continued commitment to meet the heightened expectations for cloud service providers. Customers can now use the 2026 AWS CyberVadis report and scorecard to reduce their supplier […]
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2026-08-10 16:38 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The use of StormEncryptor marks a shift from the adversary's previous use of Medusa ransomware, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Team said. "StormEncryptor is written in C++ and appends the file name extension .encrypted
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2026-08-10 16:35 UTC
Vendor Research
Tenable Research Advisories · Ben Smith · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Apigee Cross-Tenant Data Exfiltration via Confused Deputy Tenable Research has identified and responsibly disclosed a critical cross-tenant data exfiltration vulnerability in Google Cloud Apigee. This flaw allowed an attacker to abuse a "confused deputy" in Apigee's internal analytics infrastructure to read arbitrary Google Cloud Storage (GCS) objects across different tenants, as well as shared production infrastructure buckets. The vulnerability stems from how Apige…
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2026-08-10 16:25 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Arielle Waldman · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
A public policy expert mapped global cybercrime laws to develop a five-point framework for protecting ethical hackers and good-faith security research.
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2026-08-10 16:24 UTC
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SANS Internet Storm Center · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Solana is a crypto platform known for speed. Developers like it to develop distributed applications or to implement crypto payments. To interact with the blockchain, APIs are provided for developers. These APIs will either "speak" JSON or gRPC. One implementation often used for development is "surfpool," which is used to test programs before deploying them to a Solana network.
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2026-08-10 16:00 UTC
Vendor Research
Microsoft Security Blog · Srikanth Shoroff · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for MDR services. Discover how Microsoft Defender Experts MDR combines AI, threat intelligence, and human expertise. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for MDR/MXDR for the Enterprise appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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2026-08-10 15:59 UTC
Security Journalism
Dark Reading · Arielle Waldman · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
The crime solver wore disguises, spied on targets, and built intelligence networks long before modern-day tactics emerged. He has lessons for today's ethical- and unethical hackers.
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2026-08-10 15:00 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and some exploit paths are so short you wonder what was supposed to stop them in the first place. That’s only part of it. Here’s
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2026-08-10 15:00 UTC
Vendor Research
Microsoft Security Blog · Microsoft Threat Intelligence · indexed 2026-08-15 18:55 UTC
Microsoft Threat Intelligence examines DeadLock ransomware, an emerging financially motivated operation distinguished by its use of decentralized infrastructure to support victim communications, negotiations, and data leak operations alongside double extortion tactics used to pressure victims. The post DeadLock ransomware: Breaking down a Rust-based encryptor with decentralized recovery infrastructure appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
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2026-08-10 13:19 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
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 Genians says it uncovered the
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2026-08-10 12:25 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Three separate research efforts last week demonstrated ways to defeat passkey protections without breaking the cryptography they rest on. Passkeys are designed to replace reusable passwords and resist phishing. The attacks instead reused signed authentication material that Windows had exposed, abused a cloud-synced passkey system from malware already on the victim's machine, and used a
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2026-08-10 11:33 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
The 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
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2026-08-10 07:38 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro ("solidity-pro") that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer. The names of the extensions are below - helper-beeps.solidity-pro web3devtoolsx.solidity-pro Although neither of the extensions is now available on Open VSX, the GitHub repository
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2026-08-10 05:50 UTC
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The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
OpenAI has announced that it's pausing some "internal activities" involving its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model Astra after an internal evaluation found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity. In response to the discovery, the AI upstart said it's implementing security controls for higher-capability models and associated activities, such as isolated
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2026-08-10 02:00 UTC
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SANS Internet Storm Center · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
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2026-08-08 08:54 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Attacker-controlled instructions can make Atlassian's Rovo assistant collect Jira or Confluence data that a signed-in user can access, then send it to an outside server. Two security firms found that behavior independently, by different routes. Only one of those routes is confirmed closed. PromptArmor, an AI security firm, hid the instructions in content Rovo reads. It said an uploaded file was
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2026-08-08 08:03 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
New research shows content inside an email can escape its message boundary and interfere with the webmail interface. Across attack chains spanning Outlook, Gmail, Fastmail, Proton Mail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail, the techniques can capture passwords, take over third-party accounts, leak tokens, hijack trusted UI actions, and manipulate AI tools that read email. PortSwigger researcher Gareth
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2026-08-08 06:58 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
Metabase 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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2026-08-08 06:57 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
N-able has released a fresh round of hotfixes for N‑central as part of its investigation into ongoing exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) product. "We are proactively expanding protections in response to ongoing monitoring of threat actors as they evolve their attack techniques," the company said. "This is not a duplicate of our
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2026-08-08 06:52 UTC
Security Journalism
The Hacker News · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · indexed 2026-08-15 14:33 UTC
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical-severity security flaw impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8037 (CVSS score: 9.6), is a command injection flaw that could be weaponized to achieve arbitrary
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