Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how individuals and organizations conduct many activities, including how cybercriminals carry out phishing attacks and iterate on malware. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate personalized phishing emails, deepfakes and malware that evade traditional detection by impersonating normal user activity and bypassing legacy security models. As a result,
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— Sources secondairesSansec is warning of a critical security flaw in Magento's REST API that could allow unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary executables and achieve code execution and account takeover. The vulnerability has been codenamed PolyShell by Sansec owing to the fact that the attack hinges on disguising malicious code as an image. There is no evidence that the shortcoming has been exploited in
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the disruption of command-and-control (C2) infrastructure used by several Internet of Things (IoT) botnets like AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad as part of a court-authorized law enforcement operation. The effort also saw authorities from Canada and Germany targeting the operators behind these botnets, with a number of private
Apple is urging users who are still running an outdated version of iOS to update their iPhones to secure against web-based attacks carried out via powerful exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword. These attacks employ malicious web content to target out-of-date versions of iOS, triggering an infection chain that leads to the theft of sensitive data. "For example, if you're using an older
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware dubbed Speagle that hijacks the functionality and infrastructure of a legitimate program called Cobra DocGuard. "Speagle is designed to surreptitiously harvest sensitive information from infected computers and transmit it to a Cobra DocGuard server that has been compromised by the attackers, masking the data exfiltration process as legitimate
A new analysis of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers has revealed that 54 of them leverage a technique known as bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) by abusing a total of 35 vulnerable drivers. EDR killer programs have been a common presence in ransomware intrusions as they offer a way for affiliates to neutralize security software before deploying file-encrypting malware. This
ThreatsDay Bulletin is back on The Hacker News, and this week feels off in a familiar way. Nothing loud, nothing breaking everything at once. Just a lot of small things that shouldn’t work anymore but still do. Some of it looks simple, almost sloppy, until you see how well it lands. Other bits feel a little too practical, like they’re already closer to real-world use than anyone
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android malware family called Perseus that's being actively distributed in the wild with an aim to conduct device takeover (DTO) and financial fraud. Perseus is built upon the foundations of Cerberus and Phoenix, at the same time evolving into a "more flexible and capable platform" for compromising Android devices through dropper apps distributed
Security teams have spent years building identity and access controls for human users and service accounts. But a new category of actor has quietly entered most enterprise environments, and it operates entirely outside those controls. Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding agent, is now running across engineering organizations at scale. It reads files, executes shell commands, calls external APIs,
A new exploit kit for Apple iOS devices designed to steal sensitive data from is being wielded by multiple threat actors since at least November 2025, according to reports from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), iVerify, and Lookout. According to GTIG, multiple commercial surveillance vendors and suspected state-sponsored actors have utilized the full-chain exploit kit, codenamed DarkSword
The European Union – the media freedom hub marsrgi Thu, 03/19/2026 - 08:58 Opening: 16 April 2026 Closing: 28 May 2026 The overall goal of this preparatory action is to continue the activities of the ongoing Free Media Hub EAST project, i.e. to sustain and improve existing financial and other kinds of support to exiled independent media from Russia, Belarus, as well as media from Ukraine that has relocated in the EU, and to foster the coordination and consolidation of a pan-European platform or network of media hubs to promote the preservation of a pluralistic media environment. GettyImages © Mihajlo Maricic Main link https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportuni… Related topics Media and democracy Media freedom and pluralism International relations Funding for Digital Actions to Support Ukraine Democracy in the digital age {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged government agencies to apply patches for two security flaws impacting Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint, stating they have been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are as follows - CVE-2025-66376 (CVSS score: 7.2) - A stored cross-site scripting
In episode 459 of Smashing Security, we dive into a chillingly clever account takeover attempt targeting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg - involving MFA fatigue, real Apple alerts, a convincing support call, and a phishing page that oh-so-nearly worked. If a famous techie could have this happen to you, can you be sure you're immune? Plus: would you donate your lifetime medical history to science if you were promised anonymity? We unpack serious concerns around UK Biobank, where “de-identified” data may not be as anonymous as you think — and how surprisingly little information it takes to reveal everything. And! Human-powered “AI”, and a punishment worse than prison: eight hours on the RSA expo floor... All this, and much more, in episode 459 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Paul Ducklin.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned six individuals and two entities for their involvement in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) worker scheme with an aim to defraud U.S. businesses and generate illicit revenue for the regime to fund its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs. "The North Korean
Amazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that's exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score: 10.0), a case of insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte stream, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32746, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of out-of-bounds write in the LINEMODE Set
When a Magecart payload hides inside the EXIF data of a dynamically loaded third-party favicon, no repository scanner will catch it – because the malicious code never actually touches your repo. As teams adopt Claude Code Security for static analysis, this is the exact technical boundary where AI code scanning stops and client-side runtime execution begins. A detailed analysis of where Claude
CEF-Digital Info Session: 2026 Calls Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 03/18/2026 - 10:35 26 March 2026 Online Learn more about the calls "Equipment for smart European cable systems" (CEF-DIG-2026-SMART-CABLES) and "Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways" (CEF-DIG-2026-GATEWAYS). GettyImages © Dragon Claws Main link https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/events/cef-digital-info-session-2026-calls-2026-03-2… Related topics Connecting Europe Facility Funding for Digital Related content Press release 17 March 2026 Commission makes available €200 million for submarine cable and digital infrastructure projects The European Commission has opened two new Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) calls worth €200 million for projects in high-capacity networks, including submarine cables. {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}
Equipment for smart European cable systems - Works Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/17/2026 - 08:45 Opening: 17 March 2026 Closing: 30 June 2026 This call supports the upgrade of existing submarine telecommunications/digital infrastructures to “smart capabilities” enabling applications that monitor them as well as other surrounding critical infrastructures (e.g. power cables, pipelines, etc.) and/or their vicinity. Main link https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportuni… Related topics Digital connectivity Connecting Europe Facility Funding for Digital {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}
Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways - Studies Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/17/2026 - 08:19 Opening: 17 March 2026 Closing: 30 June 2026 This call for proposals will fund studies related to the deployment/significant upgrade of backbone networks that address risks, vulnerabilities and dependencies in the EU backbone infrastructure. GettyImages © Dragon Claws Main link https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportuni… Related topics Digital connectivity Connecting Europe Facility Funding for Digital {"service":"share","version":"2.0","color":true,"networks":["x","facebook","linkedin","email","more"]}