What's happening in security
Breaches, credential dumps, actively exploited bugs and AI incidents — pulled from 3,023 items across public feeds, Have I Been Pwned and CISA KEV.
Biggest this week
- Cisco alerts customers to second actively exploited zero-day in as many days — CyberScoop, 1d ago
- Unauthenticated attackers are bypassing Cisco ISE’s management interface (CVE-2026-76460) — Help Net Security, 1d ago
- Google fixes actively exploited Android zero-day on Pixel devices — BleepingComputer, 2d ago
- Cisco warns customers of actively exploited zero-day in email gateways — CyberScoop, 3d ago
- Cisco patches actively exploited email gateway zero-day (CVE-2026-76461) — Help Net Security, 3d ago
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Anthropic warns infostealer malware is hijacking Claude sessions to drain usage
Anthropic is warning some Claude users that infostealer malware on their PCs has stolen active Claude login sessions, allowing attackers to access accounts and consume their usage. [...]
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Chrome Web Store extensions caught stealing crypto, browser data
Multiple extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge delivered a malware framework that deployed modules to steal cryptocurrency, sensitive data, and browser history, as well as inject ClickFix lures. [...]
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Cybersecurity Has a Design Problem. And We’re Blaming the Users for It.
I ve stood in a car park more times than I can count, phone in hand, running late for a train, only to find a machine that takes cards but not cash, and is out of order anyway. And, a app I have to download, with a location code t…
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Week in review: Compromised Zimbra servers, previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Unpatched Zimbra servers are falling to CVE-2026-73570 attacks At least 274 internet-facing Zimbra instances have been compromised b…
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TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell. "While traditional ClickFix campaigns direct victims to th…
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Introducing Hy4 Preview
Introducing Hy4 Preview New open weight text input (no vision) LLM from Chinese company Tencent today: 770B total parameters, 49B active parameters, 1M token context window, 1.56TB on Hugging Face . This is a big size increase fro…
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Anthropic is cutting Claude Code's current weekly limits by 17%
Anthropic is permanently increasing Claude Code's standard weekly usage limits by 25% for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans, but it's not as good as it sounds. [...]
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Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE
Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and arbitrary…
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Brave browser adds email aliases to help users evade tracking
The latest version of the Brave browser, 1.94, introduces a feature called 'Email Aliases' that allows users to generate disposable email addresses when signing up to a new service. [...]
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Hasbro Data Breach Exposed Employee Personal Information
A cyberattack caused disruptions at the toy and game giant earlier this year and the company is now disclosing a data breach. The post Hasbro Data Breach Exposed Employee Personal Information appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn
Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and you’ll never guess what “MrChildPorn” was arrested for.
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TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion
Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel, with detections and hunting guidance. The post TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tu…
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TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion
Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel, with detections and hunting guidance. The post TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tu…
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Breach of Confidence — 28 August 2026
I ve started bringing a small notebook everywhere. Not because I m particularly organised, but because I ve realised the best analogies arrive whilst I m doing something completely unrelated to security. This week it happened at a…
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McKesson discloses breach after ShinyHunters claims patient data theft
Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data theft, with the ShinyHunters extortion group claiming it stole 284…
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Just a rumour of a bug is enough to find a security exploit these days
Just a rumour of a bug is enough to find a security exploit these days Anil Madhavapeddy is a professor of computer science at Cambridge and a core maintainer of the OCaml compiler. In this somewhat alarming post he reports that s…
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Perturbation Probing: A New Diagnostic for the Fragility of LLM Safety
New research reveals that AI safety refusal lives in a thin neural layer, highlighting the critical need for external, multi-layered security. The post Perturbation Probing: A New Diagnostic for the Fragility of LLM Safety appeare…
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Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City's State Network
Berlin's state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city's state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists' demands. The same state…
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Friday Squid Blogging: Truckload of Squid Spills in Rhode Island
Ugh : A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the Squidpocalypse of 26. Tha…
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Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Cosmos Labs Knew Every Blockchain Running It Was Vulnerable
Cosmos Labs has warned that a critical balance-handling flaw in the shared Cosmos EVM module was exploited to drain funds from six blockchains between August 20 and August 25, 2026. The vulnerability, designated GHSA-7g4w-cg88-2cq…
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ATF confirms cyberattack hit system containing info on its investigation targets
The prolific ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility for the attack. ATF insists the incident was limited to a standalone system and hasn’t impacted critical operations. The post ATF confirms cyberattack hit system containin…
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Hundreds of OpenAI Agents Invaded Hugging Face Servers
The Hugging Face incident was bigger and worse than previously thought, with approximately 700 agents collaborating on a sophisticated, multistage attack.
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Federal judge rules for Anthropic in Pentagon dispute, nullifies government supply chain risk designation
The Trump Administration’s decision to punish Anthropic for its stance forbidding Claude’s use in domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons by identifying it as a supply chain risk to national security was “arbitrary and capric…
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There’s a rescue kitten in foster care whom someone named AI Slop. I’m thinking we need to save him and rename…
There’s a rescue kitten in foster care whom someone named AI Slop. I’m thinking we need to save him and rename him … 😬
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PaperCut releases second emergency patch for exploited flaws
PaperCut has released a second emergency security update for two actively exploited vulnerabilities in its PaperCut NG and MF print management software after researchers discovered multiple ways to bypass the initial fixes. [...]
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Offensive Security Investments Surge as AI Threats Increase
Omdia's Theresa Lanowitz talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about the potential — and risks — of using agentic AI for penetration testing, red teaming, and other practices.
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Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.
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GiveWP WordPress donation plugin flaw lets hackers execute server commands
A maximum-severity vulnerability in the GiveWP plugin for WordPress allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server. [...]
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Attackers Chain Two PaperCut Flaws to Execute Code Without Authentication
Malicious actors are exploiting a newly patched security flaw in PaperCut NG and MF to execute arbitrary code on susceptible instances, as the company released a fresh emergency fix with additional hardening. "This vulnerability g…
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68-year-old imprisoned after making $1.3 million by pirating IPTV services
A 68-year-old has been sentenced in the U.K. to more than six years in prison for operating an illegal IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service that generated £980,812 ($1.3 million) over three years. [...]
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PaperCut warns of hackers using printer management software flaw in attacks
PaperCut released an emergency advisory on Thursday evening saying vulnerabilities in their print management software, PaperCut NG and MF, are under active exploitation.
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Android 17 Adds OS-Wide ECH to Hide Website Visits From Network Providers
Google on Thursday announced new network security protections in Android 17 to bolster connection privacy, address cellular vulnerabilities, and safeguard the privacy of users' home networks. Topping the list is support for Encryp…
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 35
Authorities disrupt global cybercrime rings, attackers abuse DocuSign in NovaCookies phishing, and Spark RAT targets Cambodia with vulnerable drivers.
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Teach Yourself to Phish | Huntress
Get ready for a phishing trip! Learn about the strategy behind phishing simulations and how it can help your organization build resilience against real phishing threats.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Phishing Simulation Training for Employees | Huntress
Learn the essentials of phishing simulation training with our beginner's guide. Protect your organization by simulating real phishing attacks.
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ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting ownCloud to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports that a Chinese-speaking threat a…
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In Other News: Log4j RCE Scare, Minimus Shutdown, Iranian Hacker Sanctions
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Manchester Airports Group cyberattack, Carhartt breach data was partly fake, U.S. Bank responds to ransomware gang’s claims. The post In Other News: Log4j RCE Scare, Mini…
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19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last six months and harbored wallet secret stealing and cryptocurrency draining capabilities. T…
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Frontier AI tipping the scales toward cyber adversaries
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 warn that threat actors are already using AI to accelerate cyberattacks beyond the abilities of modern defenses.
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Metasploit Wrap Up: Payloads and Exploits, and Scanners, Oh my!
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AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery. Can Defenders Keep Up?
AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, putting pressure on systems built to enrich, prioritize, and remediate flaws at a slower pace. Action1 explains why defenders increasingly need to correlate multiple intelligence sources…
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You Need Cyber Deception for OT
The frustrating reality after an OT cyberattack: no data, no trail, and no history.
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Huntress Employee Spotlight: Meet Ben Bernstein
Meet Ben Bernstein, cybersecurity advisor and security badass, in this employee spotlight. See how he makes a difference every day.
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ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has described it as a ‘major incident’ and it’s conducting an investigation with the DOJ. The post ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack appeared f…
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Defining an AI Kill Switch Is Hard, But Necessary
Proposed legislation could mandate that companies be able to throttle, suspend, or shut ... down AI agents, but how and when to do that remain open questions.
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The Vulnpocalypse Is Repricing the Bug Bounty Economy
The surge of AI-powered vulnerability reports is driving down bug bounty prices, and that could spell trouble for independent researchers.
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Over 8,300 Gitea servers vulnerable to code execution attacks
Over 8,300 Internet-exposed Gitea instances are still unpatched against a critical security flaw exploited in ongoing remote code execution attacks, according to cybersecurity watchdog Shadowserver. [...]
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OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems
CISA has added the exploited flaw, CVE-2026-53362, to its KEV catalog, alongside a JFrog vulnerability exploited by OpenAI agents. The post OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company s Own Systems appeared first on Secur…
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Cybercrime Statistics Worldwide: The 2026 Global Picture
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Aug. 28, 2026 – Read the full story from SWIF Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that global cybercrime damages would hit $10.5 trillion in 2025,…
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Two Unitree G1 EDU Humanoid Robot Flaws Enable Root RCE, One Starts Over Bluetooth
Security researcher Olivier Laflamme has disclosed two independent root remote code execution (RCE) chains affecting the Unitree G1 EDU, including a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) path that can reach root on the robot's Locomotion PC.…
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