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The Hacker News 5h ago

OpenAI AI Agents Demonstrate VM Escapes and Secret Cross-Sandbox Communication

OpenAI has announced plans to conduct frontier model training with no live internet access, as it resumes reinforcement learning (RL) training and internal inference of its most advanced AI models. "Based on the current state of alignment research, monitoring systems, and the se...

Yesterday
BleepingComputer Security 21h ago

BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot

A new UEFI bootkit named BlackX, deployed in an espionage campaign in early 2026, exploited the old Baton Drop vulnerability to bypass Secure Boot and load a malicious driver designed to interfere with security solutions from Kaspersky and Avast. [...]

The Hacker News 1d ago

Brotli Decoder Flaw Behind Node.js RCE Also Affects Bun, Python and Other Widely Used Software

A memory-corruption flaw in Google's Brotli decoder sits in many programs that unpack Brotli-compressed data, among them Bun, the Python Brotli and brotlicffi packages, and Envoy proxies set up to decompress Brotli. Tracked as CVE-2026-111497, the flaw a...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Leaked LiteLLM Master Key Let Attackers Steal GitHub Tokens and Hijack Release Pipeline

LiteLLM on Friday revealed that an Agent Platform master key accidentally published to a public GitHub repository in late May 2026 ultimately allowed the threat actor to push a malicious version of the popular Python package. "On May 27, 2026, a configuration file was committed ...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared With AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads

Google has updated its privacy policy to spell out that using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) features in Search or Gemini could allow the company to serve targeted ads to users based on their activity on other connected Google services. "You may choose to allow certai...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet

Between November 2025 and March 2026, the Dutch security firm Eye Security pushed more than 2 million updates to computers it did not own to switch off a background updater that it said could have allowed an outsider to take over the machine. The updater belongs to Time4Popcorn,...

The Hacker News 1d ago

CISA Flags Two Actively Exploited Critical Flaws in Collabora Online and Arista VeloCloud

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two vulnerabilities impacting Collabora Online Built-in CODE Server and Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV), citing reports of active exploitation in the ...

Friday, 23 October 2026
BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Abandoned Popcorn Time app exposed millions of devices to RCE attacks

Researchers remotely disabled a vulnerable updater in the abandoned Time4Popcorn app, a fork of the Popcorn Time BitTorrent client, closing a security flaw that could have allowed attackers to execute malicious code with elevated privileges on millions of computers. [...]

BleepingComputer Microsoft 1d ago

Microsoft Teams to get AI-powered, context-aware phishing detection

Microsoft has announced plans to add AI-powered phishing detection to Teams messages starting in early November 2026. [...]

The Hacker News 1d ago

BlackX UEFI Bootkit Bypasses Secure Boot on Patched Windows Systems Missing Revocations

Diplomatic organizations in Central Asia have been targeted by a sophisticated new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackX. The activity, which singled out diplomatic entities in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in early 2026, is suspected to b...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Ruby Fixes Three Regex Engine Bugs Responsible for Four Critical GitLab RCE Flaws

Ruby has released versions 4.0.9, 3.4.12, and 3.3.13 to fix three bugs in Onigmo, the regular expression engine built into the language. The bugs lie behind four critical security flaws that GitLab patched over the past month. GitLab found that a specially crafted pattern could ...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Exposed Infrastructure Reveals How Ransomware Affiliates Used AI Agents to Execute Intrusions

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven intrusion ecosystem run by affiliates of the INC and The Gentlemen ransomware groups. Central to the operation is an "Autonomous Red Team Kill Chain Framework" referred to as Phantom. The threat act...

BleepingComputer Microsoft 1d ago

Microsoft: Windows Server 2016 reaches end of support in January

Microsoft says Windows Server 2016 will stop receiving security updates after it reaches the end of support in January 2027. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

Quest Diagnostics confirms data breach exposed patient records

American clinical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics disclosed that patient records have been exposed after a threat actor gained unauthorized access to its Quanum LSM system. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

PHP shares mitigation for new RCE vulnerability with no patch

The PHP security team has shared mitigation measures for a new remote code execution vulnerability that affects systems with non-default configurations and has no patch. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

You gave your AI agent access, but who is giving it orders?

AI agents can be manipulated through malicious emails, websites, and plugins into executing commands, stealing data, or deleting files using their legitimate permissions. Gen Digital explains how its Agent Trust Hub helps protect agents through skill verification, secure connecti...

The Hacker News 1d ago

Hackers Breach Enterprise Firewalls and VPNs, Exposing Over 70,000 Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale campaign that has targeted exposed network edge devices such as Fortinet FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect firewalls. "Artifacts from this investigation also indicate that operators in this campaign h...

BleepingComputer Security 1d ago

HPE patches eight max severity RCE and auth bypass AOS flaws

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) released security updates to patch 72 vulnerabilities in the Aruba Operating System (ArubaOS), including eight maximum-severity authentication bypass and code execution issues. [...]

CISA 1d ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-110447 Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server OS Command Injection Vulnerability  This type of vulnerability is a frequent ...

CISA 1d ago

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-114625 Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator SQL Injection Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicio...

The Hacker News 2d ago

PHP Warns of Another Unpatched RCE Risk Two Days After Emergency PHP2Shell Patches

PHP has warned of another way an attacker could run code on a web server, two days after it shipped emergency fixes for the critical PHP2Shell flaws. The new issue, assigned CVE-2026-115560, affects only web applications configured in an unusual way, and PHP considers it an unli...

The Hacker News 2d ago

Russia-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine Attack

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm teamed up with another threat actor to carry out a destructive wiping attack targeting a Ukrainian logistics company last year. According to ESET, the attack involved UAC-0099 (aka Earth Sirrush) obtaining initial access to the ...

The Hacker News 2d ago

Critical Flaw in Python’s Popular Pillow Image Library Allows Code Execution via a Crafted Image

Pillow, the most widely used image library for Python, can be made to run operating system commands on a server by specifying the name of a file it is told to open. The flaw, CVE-2026-112900, is in the way Pillow handles EPS images, which it opens by passing the file's name...

The Hacker News 2d ago

Researchers Demonstrate Node2Shell RCE Exploit on Node.js Build Using Crafted Brotli Data

Malicious Brotli data can make an application on an official build of Node.js run attacker-supplied code, security researchers at Imperva have demonstrated. Their "Node2Shell" proof of concept ran code on the official Node.js 24.22.0 image for Linux arm64, with no debugger ...

The Hacker News 2d ago

Critical x402 SDK Flaw Could Let Malicious APIs Drain AI Agents’ Token Balances

AI agents paying for API calls with the x402 SDKs could sign a payment for their full balance of a supported token if a malicious API asked for it, security firm V12 said on October 22. The cause was the SDKs' default client, which set no spending limit until...

Thursday, 22 October 2026
BleepingComputer Security 2d ago

Railway warns devs to rotate secrets after potential breach

Cloud platform Railway published an urgent warning to users after detecting suspicious activity on its systems that store customer environment variables earlier this week. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 2d ago

Capcom confirms data breach affecting 11.7 million accounts

Japanese gaming giant Capcom has confirmed that hackers breached its membership service, CAPCOM ID, exposing more than 11.7 million customer email addresses and associated information. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 2d ago

LiteLLM release pipeline hacked to distribute info-stealer malware

Hackers compromised the LiteLLM project's PyPI package and published malicious Docker images with a payload that steals credentials, secrets, and environment variables. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 2d ago

Arista patches new VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day exploited in attacks

Arista Networks released security updates to patch an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) On-Prem deployments. [...]

BleepingComputer Microsoft 2d ago

Microsoft shares how to fix broken Exchange Online EWS apps

Microsoft says IT admins can re-enable the retired Exchange Web Services (EWS) API in Exchange Online to fix EWS apps that have stopped working. [...]

BleepingComputer Security 2d ago

Machine speed attacks require machine speed detection and response

Attackers can steal credentials and begin exfiltrating data within minutes, often before security teams can respond. Exaforce examines real-world attacks involving stolen GitHub tokens, malicious AI installers, and MFA phishing, explaining why faster detection and automated conta...

BleepingComputer Security 2d ago

Amazon says PHP2Shell exploitation began 4 days before patches

Security researchers at Amazon Threat Intelligence say attackers began targeting the PHP2Shell flaws four days before security patches were released on Wednesday. [...]

CISA 2d ago

Siemens SIMATIC S7 Webserver API

View CSAF Summary .NET Client Library for SIMATIC S7 Webserver API contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information or write arbitrary files outside the intended download directory. Siemens has released a new version for .NET Client L...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens APOGEE, TALON and Desigo PXC/PXM Products

View CSAF Summary The products listed below contain multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service and potentially impact the availability of the affected device. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW

View CSAF Summary RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the underlying database, retrieve sensitive administrative credentials, escalate privileges, and perform unauthorized operations such as modify...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 Devices

View CSAF Summary Nozomi Networks has published information on vulnerabilities in Nozomi Guardian/CMC. This advisory lists the related Siemens Industrial products affected by these vulnerabilities. Siemens recommends to contact customer support to receive patch and update informa...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens Industrial Edge App Publisher

View CSAF Summary The Industrial Edge App Publisher contains a vulnerability chain involving improper certificate validation and the rendering of unescaped data from backend responses. These issues can be combined to allow an attacker on the network to impersonate the management ...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP

View CSAF Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the additional GNU/Linux subsystem of the firmware version V3.1.7 for the SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP (incl. SIPLUS variant). Siemens is preparing fixes and recommends specific mitigations for products...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens WinCC

View CSAF Summary Multiple SIMATIC WinCC versions are affected by a database privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user with access to the database to execute commands on the underlying host system. Siemens has released new versions for several affe...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens Industrial Edge Device Kit

View CSAF Summary Users of Industrial Edge Devices are advised to consult the respective Security Advisories for their devices (for Siemens Industrial Edge devices see Additional Information). Industrial Edge Device Kit contains multiple path traversal vulnerabilities that could ...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens Capital Embedded AR Classic

View CSAF Summary The products listed below contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause abnormal product behavior, instability, or denial of service. Siemens has released a new version for Capital Embedded AR Classic R20-11 and recommends upd...

CISA 2d ago

InterSystems Corporation InterSystems IRIS for Health

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to view transmitted data and use that data to log into the device. The following versions of InterSystems Corporation InterSystems IRIS for Health are affected: InterSystems IRIS for Health 2...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens PSS(R)SINCAL

View CSAF Summary PSS(R)SINCAL uses WibuKey third-party product that contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. This affects PSS SINCAL only when configured to us...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens Software Center

View CSAF Summary The affected application loads dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) from an uncontrolled search path. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to place a specially crafted DLL in a directory that the application searches, leading to arbitrary code execution wit...

CISA 2d ago

Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW Station Access Controller

View CSAF Summary RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW Station Access Controller (SAC) contains multiple vulnerabilities in the integrated SQLite component that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. Siemens has released a new...

Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Krebs on Security Latest Warnings 3d ago

Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today

Expect to see quite a few websites serving "404" or "Page Not Found" errors today: Nearly 70 percent of websites need to update their core software to fix a pair of vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to seize full control over affected servers. Experts say there are working e...

Monday, 19 October 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 5d ago

Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site

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 ha...

Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 14 Oct 2026

U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering

The United Kingdom has issued economic sanctions against Cryptomus, a chameleonic cryptocurrency platform that experts say serves as a major conduit for payments related to ransomware, narcotics, darknet markets, fraud and cybercrime services that are helping Russia circumvent ex...

Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Krebs on Security Security Tools 13 Oct 2026

Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws

Microsoft today issued updates to fix more than 1,400 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Today's epic patch batch dwarfs September's record of nearly 1,000 fixes, which was already about ten times the normal monthly patch load from Redmo...

Saturday, 10 October 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 10 Oct 2026

FBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested the co-founder of a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sou...

Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 7 Oct 2026

ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-off Prior to Arrests

A teenager from Amman, Jordan suspected of leading the prolific data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has been detained and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to identify other members of the hacking gang. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the suspect, who uses the hacke...

Monday, 28 September 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 28 Sep 2026

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 23-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the suspect's arrest, remaining ShinyHunters members dramatically e...

Friday, 25 September 2026
Krebs on Security DDoS-for-Hire 25 Sep 2026

U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions

A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison today and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in r...

Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Krebs on Security A Little Sunshine 16 Sep 2026

Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

The consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from its vast empire of people-search services online. That reputation caught up with the company recently in a lawsuit alleging Radaris violated a New Jersey priva...

Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Krebs on Security Latest Warnings 8 Sep 2026

Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security Holes

Microsoft Corp. today issued updates to plug at least 974 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, by far its biggest single patch batch ever. Microsoft says artificial intelligence is helping to speed the discovery of vulnerabilities, but security expe...

Wednesday, 7 May 2025
NCSC 7 May 2025

Impact of AI on cyber threat from now to 2027

An NCSC assessment highlighting the impacts on cyber threat from AI developments between now and 2027.

Tuesday, 28 January 2025
NCSC 28 Jan 2025

A method to assess 'forgivable' vs 'unforgivable' vulnerabilities

Research from the NCSC designed to eradicate vulnerability classes and make the top-level mitigations easier to implement.

Wednesday, 24 January 2024
NCSC 24 Jan 2024

The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat

An NCSC assessment focusing on how AI will impact the efficacy of cyber operations and the implications for the cyber threat over the next two years.

Thursday, 6 July 2023
NCSC 6 Jul 2023

ACD - The Sixth Year

Key findings and full report from the 6th year of the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme.

Thursday, 22 June 2023
NCSC 22 Jun 2023

Cyber Threat Report: UK Legal Sector

An updated report from the NCSC explaining how UK law firms - of all sizes - can protect themselves from common cyber threats.

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