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ClingSTUN operates as a back-connect proxy backdoor, sets up persistence, and contains exploits for self-propagation. The post Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Hackers stole patient information from Clover Health Investments and AngMar Management Services in July. The post 250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek.

CVE-2026-61500 allows attackers to recover the session-cookie signing key and gain administrative access and RCE. The post Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

More than 730 cyber breaches affected over 270 million Americans last year, costing an average of $10 million per breach. The post Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Google has paused its Open Source Vulnerability Rewards Program due to a flood of AI submissions

OpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you're generating images. [...]

Here’s what it would take: stronger defenses for large utilities, hands-on help for smaller systems and federal support to make both happen. The post The US needs a real plan to defend its water systems appeared first on CyberScoop.

Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update. [...]

Ofqual study finds growing number of UK schools are bouncing back “immediately” from cyber-attacks

A breach at school software provider Frontline Education has exposed employee data

Google has now suspended submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) after being flooded by AI-generated reports. [...]

Known as Rey, the suspect is reportedly helping the FBI identify and locate other members of the extortion group. The post Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Citrix has confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-88779, emerged just days after two other exploited flaws were patched. The post Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Citrix has released emergency updates for a new NetScaler denial-of-service vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-88779 that has been exploited in zero-day attacks, with researchers investigating whether it can also be exploited for remote code execution. [...]

The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week. The post Trump Names National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to Lead a New Federal AI Task Force appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Anthropic has started asking Claude users to voluntarily share their voice conversations to help train and improve its AI models. [...]

Google's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time. [...]

A suspected ShinyHunters hacking group member known online as "Rey" has reportedly been detained in Jordan and is cooperating with the FBI to help locate other members of the extortion group. [...]

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) says information belonging to up to 200,000 users may have been exposed after hackers accessed its identity and access management system and downloaded a large amount of data. [...]

doxx.net’s new ADN platform prevents agentic misadventure while the agent is operating under the user’s authority. The post doxx.net Raises $38 Million to Prevent AI Agent-on-the-Internet Misadventures appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The bugs could lead to authentication bypass, shell command execution, and memory corruption. The post Fortra Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in BoKS appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Frontline Education is notifying school districts of a data breach after attackers exploited a vulnerability in third-party software to gain unauthorized access to its systems and steal employee information, including Social Security numbers. [...]

The China-linked ransomware group Warlock targeted a water utility, a telecom provider, a regional government body, and a university by exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities to gain initial access. [...]

Experts and policymakers want AI companies to face consequences for agentic hacks. There may not be a clear-cut answer under existing laws and regulations. The post The legal questions raised by agentic AI hacks appeared first on CyberScoop.

GitLab warned customers today to immediately patch a critical AI Gateway vulnerability that could let attackers run arbitrary commands on vulnerable instances. [...]

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned eight members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) for their role in the theft of millions of dollars in ATM jackpotting attacks across the United States. [...]

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Kiteworks patches over 100 vulnerabilities, Microsoft publishes 2026 Digital Defense Report, AI finds 24 Android app flaws. The post In Other News: $15K iCloud Spoofing Bugs, AI Policy Experts Phished, Adblocker Spies on AI Chats appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Microsoft has warned that threat actors have gained the advantage over defenders by using AI to enhance the speed and scale of attacks

Browser-based attacks can steal sessions, abuse extensions, or manipulate users without creating the endpoint artifacts EDR is designed to detect. NordLayer explains three ways attacks can evade endpoint telemetry and why browser-level controls can help close the gap. [...]

The dropper “carries a complete universal Mach-O inside itself, roughly 756 KB in the development build, and extracts it at runtime. The post macOS Users Targeted by Fake Zoom Installer Carrying CloudSyncD Backdoor appeared first on SecurityWeek.