UK cyber bill targets AI users, not the vendors building it
Ministers reject proposed red lines and emergency shutdown powers, pointing instead to voluntary safeguards
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GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends
Two vulnerabilities in GeoNetwork can be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the open-source geospatial metadata catalog, which sits behind many gover…
Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
The browser refreshes fix multiple use-after-free, sandbox escape, and privilege escalation bugs. The post Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first…
Extradited Russian Hacker Faces Charges Over Excel Malware Campaign That Infected Thousands
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a Russian national, extradited from Cyprus on August 28, with using roughly 255 fake accounts on a freelance platform to send malwa…
US charges Russian for infecting 80,000 freelancers with malware
A California federal grand jury has indicted a Russian national for his role in a phishing campaign that infected thousands of freelancers with TVRAT and DarkVNC malware. [...]
UK digital ID may be dead, but its legacy IT problem lives on
Spending watchdog says fragmented data and inconsistent standards would constrain any future attempt
23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted
The shutdown operation involved peer list manipulation and Sality payload URL takedown. The post 23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Sality botnet infrastructure dismantled in joint global takedown
International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and take down the peer-to-peer (P2P) botne…
Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another
Forescout Research - Vedere Labs said it used Anthropic's Claude to port a working pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) exploit from one WAGO programmable logic controlle…
Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without Credentials
Threat actors are exploiting a severe security vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox, an enterprise VoIP platform, that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnera…
Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operati…
SonicWall warns of actively exploited SMA1000 zero-day flaws
SonicWall warned customers that threat actors are chaining two new SMA1000 zero-day vulnerabilities in remote code execution attacks. [...]
Arm in the enterprise is at least three years away, says Broadcom software boss
And RISC-V is absolutely nowhere
SonicWall Warns of Two SMA1000 Zero-Days Exploited in Attacks
The vulnerabilities CVE-2026-83549 and CVE-2026-83548 can be chained for unauthenticated remote code execution. The post SonicWall Warns of Two SMA1000 Zero-Days Exploited in Attac…
Tape still isn’t dead, but shipments slipped by 16 exabytes in 2025
LTO program is confident this is a glitch, not terminal unspooling
Old, Unpatched Flaws Give Attackers Access to Philippines Nuclear Agency
Threat actors exploited commodity vulnerabilities in ownCloud to gain initial access, resulting in stolen reactor databases, personnel records, and credential stores.
Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
23-year-old botnet down
Anthropic promises zero data retention – but customers must check it worked
More compliance-friendly stance could boost appeal of Fable
Palo Alto Networks buys Console to boost agentic security
Palo Alto Networks is bolstering its flagship security platform with the acquisition of Console and its AI-native IT service management and automation technology. According to P…
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Base…
Mainframe shops tap AI for system insights and recommendations
When it comes to AI and the mainframe, customers are moving from experimental to operational approaches and feeling comfortable enough to use AI to provide system insights and reco…
Another Artifactory CVE under attack by AI agents or humans
Unauthenticated intruders can mint admin tokens, and exposed servers are already being hit
Attackers Pounce on Critical Artifactory Bug Following Disclosure
CVE-2026-82329 is an authentication bypass flaw in JFrog's repository manager that enables bad actors to gain admin-level access on affected systems.
Stronger Security Drives Ransomware Groups to Recruit From Within
Some security researchers have observed an uptick in insider-assisted ransomware attacks, but malicious insiders pose other threats that cost companies millions.
Hackers abuse Faronics Deploy admin tool to install ScreenConnect
Phishing actors are abusing the legitimate Faronics Deploy endpoint-management platform to gain remote administrative control over victim computers and install the ScreenConnect re…
Critical Langflow Vulnerability Exploited as Attacks on AI Platform Rise
The attacks targeting CVE-2026-0768 are the latest threat against the low-code AI development platform, which is receiving more attention from adversaries this year.
Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks
The model provider gave METR the credits for free. An actual customer would not have been so lucky
Palo Alto Networks Acquires AI Agent Platform Console
The cybersecurity giant announced the acquisition alongside quarterly results showing a 34% increase in revenue and strong growth in next-generation security ARR. The post Palo Alt…
Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads
Baked-in Firefox ad blocking on iOS begins rolling out slowly today, and is off by default
AI Model Evaluator METR Hit by Credential Theft, Probing
In one attack, threat actors stole an API key that ultimately led to the consumption of $600,000 in public AI model credits for the security nonprofit.