Imagine buying a brand new hardware wallet for your cryptocurrency with the shrink-wrap still on... what could possibly be hiding inside? We break out a Geiger counter and a cat to find out. Meanwhile, malicious ads are targeting journalists with zero-click attacks. Plus, Origin’s Spencer Thompson reveals what AI agents are really getting up to on your employees’ laptops when nobody’s looking. All this and more in ep…
The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire consequences.
An investigation into a threat actor bypassing AI safety controls to coordinate credential theft, VoIP fraud planning, and database exfiltration. The post “Next Exploit Opportunities”: How a Threat Actor Used AI to Help Plan and Execute Multiple Types of Cybercrime Activities appeared first on Unit 42.
Three days is the average time between a high-severity vulnerability becoming public and its exploitation, according to the latest Quarterly Threat Landscape Report from Rapid7. And 71% of the exploitation tracked in Q3 occurred within the first seven days.For security teams already managing growing vulnerability backlogs, this creates a difficult question: How do you reduce exposure when attackers can exploit vulner…
The attack uses malicious Google search results related to Amazon and leverages the "finger" utility to launch a CAPTCHA that installs malware, including the Lumma stealer.
During triage, analysts may overlook valuable threat intelligence simply because they don’t know it exists. Previous investigations, related malicious activity, and industry-specific observations could provide the context needed to decide what to investigate next. Now, all that valuable context is finally within reach! With Related Threat Context, now available to ANY.RUN Enterprise clients, SOC and […] The post Your…
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. Patches are available for supported PHP 8.x branches, and exploitation attempts began before public disclosure.Change logUpdate October 26: CISA added CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 to its KEV catalog. Added details on a regression in PHP 8.4.27 and 8.5.12 and on PHP's October 23 session upload progress advisory. Added a note o…
Citizen Lab confirmed Pegasus on a Serbian rector’s iPhone 6 days before elections, raising the known civil society spyware target count to 16. The Citizen Lab published a research note confirming that the iPhone of Vladan Đokić, Rector of the University of Belgrade, was infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware sometime in 2026. The infection […]
Kaspersky researchers analyze Operation FlashHole – a recent complex attack by Lazarus, involving a sophisticated malware set, watering-hole technique and abuse of CrossWeb EX financial security software.
Ransomware operators including Spikey Scorpius (aka Qilin) and Tarnished Scorpius (aka Inc) are exploiting PAN-OS vulnerability CVE-2026-0257. The post Active Exploitation of May 2026 PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 (Updated October 20) appeared first on Unit 42.
ASEC Blog publishes Ransom & Dark Web Issues Week 4, October 2026 The Seven Deadly Sins Claims Data Leaks from Seven Organizations Worldwide HYFLOCK Ransomware Attack on a Saudi ERP Software Company Qilin Ransomware Attack on a Japanese Investment Management Company
It is already well known that illegal software and cracked programs can be exploited for malware distribution. Recently, AhnLab identified a new type of information theft malware (Infostealer) disguised as an illegal program. This malware was first detected in mid-August and, after altering its execution method, began spreading widely in September. Notably, it not only […]
Japan is facing a dense wave of breach disclosures. Since late September, at least 20 major Japanese companies have reported breaches, including Times Car, Lawson, Yakiniku King, Sourcenext and Burger King Japan, and a ransomware attack on SoftBank’s IDC Frontier cloud took 495 customer organizations offline. Between September 25 and October 8 alone, at least […]
SOCRadar Threat Research Unit (STRU) has uncovered an AI-driven intrusion ecosystem run by affiliates of the INC Ransomware and The Gentlemen Ransomware...
A 28-year-old Russian man has been arrested by German police, suspected of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware gang. Detectives have linked the man to the attack against blood-testing firm Synnovis, that disrupted London hospitals, and resulted in the death of a patient. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Advisory at a Glance Title #StopRansomware: SafePay Ransomware Original Publication October 20, 2026 Executive Summary This advisory details recent activity by the SafePay ransomware group. SafePay actors have been highly active since August 2024, targeting businesses and critical infrastructure across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. SafePay actors typically gain access to networks by stealing or…
Attackers exploit Plex2Shell flaws to install crypto miners and proxy software. Admins should update their Plex Media Server. Plex Media Server is designed to make movies, music, and other media available across devices. But when a server is exposed to the internet and runs vulnerable software, it can become an entry point for attackers who […]
Hackers compromised AOMEI’s software distribution infrastructure to deliver Windows backdoors, switching malicious configurations on for just five to ten minutes before restoring legitimate content. The campaign ran between April and July 2026 and affected software delivery channels used by AOMEI Backupper and AnyViewer, according to coordinated reports from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), Mandiant, and … Th…
Why the controls on an AI agent have to live outside of it, and what a security operations team can do to implement and maintain those controls.The new privileged user in your environmentSecurity teams spent two decades learning how to work with the people they trust most. Domain admins, DBAs, finance approvers and contractors with VPN access all get a mature playbook: verified identity, scoped access, logged activit…
The order cites national security concerns, including sending data to servers in China, the potential for malware and the overall risk to federal IT systems. The post DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies appeared first on CyberScoop.
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the investigation say one of the executives in the United States even helped ShinyHunters operate a website that…
Discover how detection teams can split EDR-killer attacks into four distinct behavior hunts to catch BYOVD and driverless threats before ransomware fires.
The confirmed and suspected targets include a university rector backing Serbia's protests and a prosecutor who investigated a Trump-linked Belgrade development, weeks before parliamentary elections. The post Spyware found on devices belonging to prominent Serbian critics as elections loom appeared first on CyberScoop.
Israeli company Discover-Tech’s ads allow threat actors to fingerprint and track devices at scale and infect selected targets. The post Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel appeared first on SecurityWeek.
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet Multiple Products and BeyondTrust Remote Support flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: This week, Palo Alto Netwoks researchers reported that PEERSTITCH malware exploited For…
