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Cisco warned of two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Secure Endpoint Connector that allow threat actors to crash the ClamAV scanning process in denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. [...]

Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a fully updated Windows 11 machine. The same PnP path can be triggered over Remote Desktop without physical hardware when supported Plug and Play or low-level USB redirection is enabled; Microsoft says that

Supply chain attack and data breach at Ceva Logistics appears to have a large blast radius

A malicious tool server connected to an AI coding assistant can quietly walk off with SSH keys, environment secrets, source code, and customer data without ever sending one obviously harmful instruction. The trick can work even after a blunt version of the same theft is refused: split the request into fragments that each look routine, place them in channels the assistant already uses, and let

Marcus Hutchins doesn’t personally consider himself a hacker – but he accepts the epithet because it’s a widely used term for what he once did. The post Hacker Conversations: Marcus Hutchins and the Journey From the Gray Zone to Redemption appeared first on SecurityWeek.

U.S. federal agencies and South Korea's National Policy Agency warned government and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to secure their systems against Gunra ransomware attacks. [...]

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world. Targets of these attacks include healthcare and public health, financial services, government services and facilities, and professional and nonprofit services. "Gunra is another variant in the ongoing trend of

OpenAI is tightening restrictions on testing of its upcoming Astra model due to security concerns

Make UK reveals major cyber resilience gaps as 30% of UK manufacturers report recent cyber incidents

Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reach remote equipment. The plant supplies heat to roughly 50,000 residents. Recovery began at about 7:30 a.m. while the intruders were still active inside the network, and customers lost neither heat

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform's plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. "Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified within the official WordPress.org repository," Wordfence researcher Paolo Tresso said.

Hackers breached a heat-and-power plant facility in Poland, which supplies heat to about 50,000 residents, using a private APN (Access Point Name) to access an OT (Operational Technology) network. [...]

New research shows how attackers can use security alerts and blocked events to manipulate and hijack AI agents.

Attacks targeting water systems just keep flowing across a dozen states, against ill-secured, Internet-exposed PLCs.

The commission is mulling whether to begin regulating bias in AI systems. Critics say they’re overstepping their legal authority and infringing on free speech. The post The FTC wants to regulate AI for ideological bias  appeared first on CyberScoop.

A threat actor compromised the upstream infrastructure of BdThemes, a developer of premium WordPress web-design tools, and modified a remote JSON feed delivered to administrators' browsers to create rogue admin accounts. [...]

The maximum-severity vulnerability, which still has no CVE, allows malicious, remote administrator access to the business-analytics platform and its downstream users.

OpenAI has developed a new model called "GPT 5.6 Cyber," designed for vulnerability research, penetration testing, incident response, and remediation. [...]

It's time to turn from CVSS-backed patching to choke-point patching focused on breaking chains to critical assets.

A financially motivated threat actor previously associated with the Medusa ransomware operation is now deploying a new ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. [...]

AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. When software output jumps 10 to 50 times, the problem is no longer just finding vulnerabilities. It is keeping security from becoming the bottleneck, or worse, losing control of what gets shipped.

Sophisticated iPhone exploit chains previously limited to nation-states are spreading far and wide to organized cybercrime groups.

Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The use of StormEncryptor marks a shift from the adversary's previous use of Medusa ransomware, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Team said. "StormEncryptor is written in C++ and appends the file name extension .encrypted

A public policy expert mapped global cybercrime laws to develop a five-point framework for protecting ethical hackers and good-faith security research.

The crime solver wore disguises, spied on targets, and built intelligence networks long before modern-day tactics emerged. He has lessons for today’s ethical- and nonethical-hat hackers.

Atlassian fixed a flaw letting one crafted link make its Rovo AI assistant exfiltrate company data

A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and some exploit paths are so short you wonder what was supposed to stop them in the first place. That’s only part of it. Here’s

CISA has confirmed that ransomware gangs have begun exploiting two recently patched SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerabilities, including a maximum-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw. [...]

The current GPT-5.6-Sol has been assigned a ‘high’ cybersecurity threshold, but Astra could reach the maximum ‘critical’ threshold.  The post OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Poisoned JSON feed let attackers backdoor WordPress sites without changing any plugin files