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The Hidden Instructions That Can Hijack AI Agents
Malicious prompts concealed in documents, metadata, emails, images and code can manipulate autonomous agents into taking dangerous actions. The post The Hidden Instructions That Ca…
Hackers Return $263 Million Stolen From Liquid Network
Alleged ‘white-hat’ hackers drained $320 million from Liquid’s federation wallet, demanding a bug fix. The post Hackers Return $263 Million Stolen From Liquid Network appeared firs…
ShinyHunters hackers claim breach of Florida "DAVID" DMV database
The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached an online platform for the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles database known as "DAVID" and stole over 200,000 records about dr…
Floating nuclear startup Bluecore lands $50M funding before setting sail
Firm wants to take atomic power generation on a barge to wherever the need is
OpenAI says ChatGPT outage causes image generation errors
OpenAI is investigating an ongoing incident causing ChatGPT image generation failures and delays when uploading files. [...]
Slim Spider Steals Crypto Custody Secrets From Brazilian Financial Institution
A previously undocumented financially motivated threat actor has been linked to attacks targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026. Cybersecurity company…
Boston Scientific left nursing its bottom line after cyberattack
Medical device giant warns August intrusion will hit Q3 and full-year sales and earnings as recovery drags on
August updates trigger 0xc0000409 errors on Windows Server 2016
Microsoft says the August 2026 security update may trigger 0xc0000409 errors on Windows Server 2016 systems where the Compatibility Appraiser diagnostic service is enabled. [...]
Cylake Raises $245 Million Ahead of Cybersecurity Platform Beta
The startup founded by Palo Alto Networks’ Nir Zuk has raised $290 million to build an AI-native security platform for highly regulated organizations that cannot rely on the public…
ASML and TSMC want bigger masks for smaller chips
Industry push aims to eliminate stitching constraints and ready high-NA EUV systems for production by 2033
How to secure hybrid meeting rooms without sacrificing user experience
SPONSORED FEATURE: With regulators tightening rules and attack surfaces widening, meeting-room kit must bake in security without pushing users toward workarounds
SAP warns of maximum severity 'OVERPASS' kernel vulnerability
SAP has addressed 20 vulnerabilities across multiple products in its September 2026 security updates, including a maximum-severity memory corruption flaw in the SAP Kernel code. [.…
SAP Patches Critical Extended Passport Processing Vulnerability
Affecting the SAP kernel code, the flaw allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to run arbitrary commands, recover secrets, and modify data. The post SAP Patches Critical Extended…
Liquid Hackers Return 3,400 Bitcoin Taken via Elements Bug, Still Holding $47M in BTC
Whoever took nearly 4,000 bitcoin from the Liquid Network on Sunday, September 6, returned 3,400 of it the next day, Bitcoin's public record shows. About 598.5 bitcoin has not come…
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra can find zero-days, but is also harder to monitor
OpenAI confirmed that GPT-6 Astra is the first model it has broadly deployed to reach the "Critical level" for cybersecurity capabilities. [...]
ChatGPT Flaw Let a Planted Prompt Send a Victim's Gmail Data to Another Account
Check Point Research said in a report published today that a single instruction planted in a ChatGPT conversation could cause ChatGPT to quietly work for an attacker while answerin…
LG accused of 'egregious invasion of privacy' over TV data collection
Claims follow scrutiny over monitors installing adware without user consent
Autonomous AI Agents Compromise Thousands of Credentials in Under Six Hours
Threat actors are continuing to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline their operations, with one financially motivated hacking group employing an autonomous, multi-ag…
Adobe fixes critical Magento zero-day exploited to backdoor servers
Adobe has released an emergency fix for CVE-2026-75650, an actively exploited max-severity zero-day vulnerability dubbed StyleSmuggler, that impacts multiple versions of Magento an…
BigBear phishing crew nets thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials
Researchers got inside the crooks' admin panel and found 5,137 stolen records tied to 461 organizations
Party’s Over for Crypto Scammers Who Went on a Spending Spree After a $240 Million Bitcoin Theft
The scammers purchased fleets of sports cars, flew on private jets, hired security guards and rented mansions in Miami and the Hamptons. The post Party’s Over for Crypto Scammers W…
Mistral bags €3B to build Europe's sovereign AI champion
Samsung-led round values the French model maker at more than €21B
Webinar: The forgotten Google Workspace access that can lead to a breach
Third-party applications connected to Google Workspace can retain access long after their original purpose is forgotten. This webinar examines how overly permissive integrations co…
Hackers build AI frameworks for widescale credential theft
Threat actors are increasingly switching from AI-powered coding assistants to multi-agent frameworks that automate every stage of an attack. [...]
Extortion crews have their eyes on high-value AI data, Google warns
Companies 'don't want their IP exposed, so they're willing to pay'
Cybercriminals Hack Brazilian Government Servers to Host Phishing Sites
A Chinese-language group is compromising government and education sites to create a reverse-proxy network with gambling-themed sites.
Microsoft: Windows Server 2025 changes causing app crashes
Microsoft warned customers last week that they may experience application crashes on some Windows Server 2025 due to recent memory management changes. [...]
WeChat Zero-Click Worm Took Over Accounts on iPhone and Android via Incoming Calls
Researchers at the security firm Calif have built a worm that takes over a WeChat account via an incoming call and demonstrated it spreading among three test phones. The person be…
What It Took to Reach 1 Billion Build Manifests
In the last six months, Chainguard doubled its output from 500 million to more than 1 billion container build manifests. We also surpassed 3,000 unique container images and 675,000…