Apple account change notifications are being abused to send fake iPhone purchase phishing scams within legitimate emails sent from Apple's servers, increasing legitimacy and potentially allowing them to bypass spam…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will stop assigning severity scores to lower-priority vulnerabilities due to the growing workload from rising submission volumes.
A confirmed bug in Microsoft Teams desktop client version 26072.519.4556.7438 is disabling the right-click paste option for users on Windows and macOS, with Microsoft attributing the root cause to a code regression…
OpenAI has officially launched the expanded phase of its Trusted Access for Cyber program. Granting select organizations access to its specialized GPT-5.4-Cyber model to strengthen digital defenses across critical…
Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers.
Microsoft is warning that a recent Microsoft Edge browser update introduced a bug that breaks right-click paste in chats in the Microsoft Teams desktop client.
NAKIVO Inc. announced the general availability of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2, focused on fast, reliable, and proactive data protection.
Apple is reportedly developing a software fix for a frustrating iOS 26 bug that has left some users entirely locked out of their iPhones for months. According to a recent report by The Register, Cupertino’s software…
Amidst the heated debate surrounding Anthropic’s recent announcement of its Mythos and Project Glasswing models, a security researcher has demonstrated the tangible cybersecurity implications of frontier AI. Moving…
Plus: Major data breaches at a gym chain and hotel giant, a disruptive DDoS attack against Bluesky, dubious ICE hires, and more.
Freelance service platform Fiverr is facing a significant privacy incident after researchers discovered that sensitive customer files are publicly accessible and indexed by Google search . According to a recent…
A new iteration of the notorious Mirai botnet, dubbed Nexcorium, has emerged in the wild, aggressively targeting internet-connected video recording devices. According to recent threat research published by Fortinet’s…
In 2024, compromised service accounts and forgotten API keys were behind 68% of cloud breaches. Not phishing. Not weak passwords. Unmanaged non-human identities that nobody was watching. For every employee in your org…
Grinex, a Kyrgyzstan-incorporated cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.K. and the U.S. last year, said it's suspending operations after it blamed Western intelligence agencies for a $13.74 million hack. The…
Threat actors are exploiting security flaws in TBK DVR and end‑of‑life (EoL) TP-Link Wi-Fi routers to deploy Mirai-botnet variants on compromised devices, according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs and Palo…
According to a recent April 2026 report by security researcher Himaja Motheram at Censys, just under 6 million internet-facing hosts are still running the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). While this marks a significant 40%…
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been publicly released for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox product, tracked as CVE-2026-39808. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary…
Unit 42 details recent Iranian cyberattack activity, sharing direct observations of phishing, hacktivist activity and cybercrime. We include recommendations for defenders.
Pretty fantastic video from Japan of a giant squid eating another squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
Industry and ad hoc coalitions appear poised to help fill the gap created by NIST's decision to cut back on CVE data enrichment.
The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on compromised systems and bypass endpoint security.
In embracing device code phishing, attackers trick victims into handing over account access by using a service's legitimate new-device login flow.
A known security flaw in several end-of-life TP-Link Wi-Fi routers is being actively targeted by hackers trying to install Mirai-based botnet malware on vulnerable devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-33538…
A global wave of email-borne worms hit industrial control systems (ICS) in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking one of the most concerning threat shifts seen across operational technology (OT) environments in recent…
Kyrgyzstan-based cryptocurrency exchange Grinex has suspended its operations after suffering a $13.7 million hack attributed to Western intelligence agencies.
AI's danger isn't that it's creating new bugs, it's that it's amplifying old ones.
When we read about this new malware tactic, or that novel social engineering approach, it’s easy to forget that there are scammers out there making a living from ancient methods. Recently, one of our researchers…
A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a spy program the FBI has used to look into members of Congress, protesters, and political donors.
In cybercrime markets, trust isn't assumed, it's verified. Flare reveals how underground guides teach actors to evaluate carding shops based on data quality, reputation, and survivability.
Huntress is warning that threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed security flaws in Microsoft Defender to gain elevated privileges in compromised systems. The activity involves the exploitation of three…
The Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) requires plans to protect OT systems, audits by independent third parties, and a hybrid OT-security role.
Cyberattacks are evolving faster than many MSP and corporate defenses can keep up, with phishing driving much of today's cybercrime. Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to combine security and recovery strategies to…
Last week, Anthropic pulled back the curtain on Claude Mythos Preview , an AI model so capable at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities that the company decided it was too dangerous to release to the public…
Google this week announced a new set of Play policy updates to strengthen user privacy and protect businesses against fraud, even as it revealed it blocked or removed over 8.3 billion ads globally and suspended 24.9…
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
CISA warned that attackers are now exploiting a high-severity Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, which was patched earlier this month after going undetected for 13 years.
Microsoft warns that some Windows domain controllers are entering restart loops after installing the April 2026 security updates.
An attachment in an email impersonating DHL about a shipment contains a link to a preconfigured SimpleHelp remote access tool—an ideal starting point for attackers to explore a network, steal data, and drop additional…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced changes to the way it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) listed in its National Vulnerability Database (NVD), stating it…
23-year-old Kamerin Stokes of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to tens of thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts.
Threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed Windows security vulnerabilities in attacks aimed at gaining SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions.
An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations that were used by more than 75,000…
A recently disclosed high-severity security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ Classic has come under active exploitation in the wild, per the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). To that end, the agency…
The latest wave of "Operation PowerOFF," on April 13, 2026, targeted the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) ecosystem and its users across 21 countries.
A new malware called ZionSiphon, specifically designed for operational technology, is targeting water treatment and desalination environments to sabotage their operations.
CVE-2023-33538 allows for command injection in TP-Link routers. We discuss exploitation attempts with payloads characteristic of Mirai botnet malware.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology carved a new path for vulnerability remediation by changing the way it prioritizes software flaws.
Sapphire Sleet uses fake job offers and phony Zoom updates to deliver ClickFix attacks that steal credentials and sensitive data from Macs.
[This is a Guest Diary by Alec Jaffe, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor's Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1].
A benign looking update Dragon Boss pushed out in March 2025 established persistence via scheduled tasks and arranged for future payloads to be excluded from Windows Defender.
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that's targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. "PowMix…
Threat actors know how to bypass security systems outside of traditional IT environments. Implementing 2FA could provide a needed extra security barrier in the physical world.
The Secure Boot refresh is one of the largest coordinated security maintenance efforts across the Windows ecosystem, Microsoft said. Update those PCs soon.
You know that feeling when you open your feed on a Thursday morning and it's just... a lot? Yeah. This week delivered. We've got hackers getting creative in ways that are almost impressive if you ignore the whole…
Have you ever been on a website when a pop-up suddenly asked for access to your camera, microphone, location, or notifications? Whether you clicked “allow,” dismissed it, or just wondered why it appeared, those…
A few months ago, we reported on a fake cloud storage alert that triggered a redirect chain to an app that has since been delisted from the Apple Store . The threat of losing your photos is a powerful lure, so scammers…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to modify simulation parameters, training configuration and training records. The following versions of AVEVA…
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-34197 Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Vulnerability This type of…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to systems and services. The following versions of Horner Automation Cscape and XL4, XL7 PLC are…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The following versions of Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft are affected: ASDA-Soft <=V7.2.2.0 CVSS Vendor…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to conduct reconnaissance, capture or decrypt sensitive data, alter device configurations, gain unauthorized administrative or…
Cisco has announced patches to address four critical security flaws impacting Identity Services and Webex Services that could result in arbitrary code execution and allow an attacker to impersonate any user within the…
ANY.RUN has observed a sustained surge in a credential-phishing campaign active since 2024. This campaign, dubbed BlobPhish, introduces a sneaky twist: instead of delivering phishing pages via traditional HTTP requests…
A "novel" social engineering campaign has been observed abusing Obsidian, a cross-platform note-taking application, as an initial access vector to distribute a previously undocumented Windows remote access trojan called…
A trojanized Slack download from a typosquatting website is giving attackers something most users wouldn’t even know to look for: a hidden desktop running on their machine. The installer looks legitimate and even…
Travel companies love telling you your data is safe. Booking.com just reminded everyone why that’s a hard promise to keep. The Amsterdam-based booking giant began notifying customers on April 13 that “unauthorized third…
The Computer Emergencies Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new campaign that has targeted governments and municipal healthcare institutions, mainly clinics and emergency hospitals, to deliver…
While enterprises breaches make more headlines, smaller incidents tend to be under-reported, if at all, allowing campaigns to last longer with less disruption.
Attackers can abuse the near-maximum severity flaw in nginx-ui to restart, create, modify, and delete NGINX configuration files.
Regulatory differences, interconnected digital ecosystems, and the rise of AI have created a complex supply chain Asian organizations must wrangle.
Pushpaganda is the name researchers have given to an AI-assisted ad fraud , social engineering, and scareware operation targeting mobile users. For most people, Pushpaganda starts as something that looks completely…
Threat actors have been observed weaponizing n8n, a popular artificial intelligence (AI) workflow automation platform, to facilitate sophisticated phishing campaigns and deliver malicious payloads or fingerprint devices…
Quantum computers are coming and may impact systems in unexpected ways, and it will "take years to be fully quantum-safe, if ever," cryptography expert warns.
Google, Meta, and Microsoft about half the time don't comply with requests to opt out of online tracking per a California law mandate, privacy watchdog finds.
A convincing phishing campaign is going after YouTube creators, and if it works, attackers don’t just steal your Google login. They can take over your entire Google account, including Gmail, your files, and payments…
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting nginx-ui, an open-source, web-based Nginx management tool, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-33032 (CVSS…
A number of critical vulnerabilities impacting products from Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft, and SAP have taken center stage in April's Patch Tuesday releases. Topping the list is an SQL injection vulnerability impacting…
Two recently fixed prompt injections in Salesforce Agentforce and Microsoft Copilot would have enabled an external attacker to leak sensitive data.
Few technologies have moved from experimentation to boardroom mandate as quickly as AI. Across industries, leadership teams have embraced its broader potential, and boards, investors, and executives are already pushing…
We’ve uncovered multiple campaigns distributing an infostealer we track as NWHStealer , using everything from fake VPN downloads to hardware utilities and gaming mods. What makes this campaign stand out isn’t just the…
An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.
This month’s patch Tuesday looks to remediate 167 security vulnerabilities including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is known to be actively exploited in the wild. This makes April one of those months where…
If there is anything that annoys me more than a scammer, it’s companies that behave like one, while staying just on the right side of the law. They manage to linger and disappoint customers for years. It’s also why…
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a record 169 security flaws across its product portfolio, including one vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. Of these 169 vulnerabilities, 157 are…
OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model, GPT‑5.4, that's specifically optimized for defensive cybersecurity use cases, days after rival Anthropic unveiled its own frontier model…
Starting March 10, 2026, my DShield sensor started getting probe for various AI models such as claude, openclaw, huggingface, etc. Reviewing the data already reported by other DShield sensors to ISC, the DShield…
The deal aims to accelerate AI adoption, train workers, and develop cybersecurity partnerships — the latest move by a hyperscaler to compete for sovereign AI and data centers.
Microsoft today pushed software updates to fix a staggering 167 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a SharePoint Server zero-day and a publicly disclosed weakness in…
Elevation-of-privilege bugs accounted for more than half of the 165 vulnerabilities patched, with two zero-days in that mix.
Stopping EDR killers, which employ bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver (BYOVD) attack techniques, is difficult, but not impossible.
OpenAI says its safeguards “sufficiently reduce cyber risk” for now, while GPT-5.4-Cyber is a new cybersecurity-focused model.
This month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday looks like a record one, but let's look at it a bit closer to understand what is happening
In an educational game called "Capture the Narrative," students created bots to sway a fictional election, simulating influence in real-world political scenarios.
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at DemocracyXChange 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 18, 2026. I’m speaking at the SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit 2026 in Arlington…
Two high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Composer, a package manager for PHP, that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities have been…
Google has announced the integration of a Rust-based Domain Name System (DNS) parser into the modem firmware as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up the security of Pixel devices and push memory-safe code at a more…
Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a novel ad fraud scheme that has been found to leverage search engine poisoning (SEO) techniques and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content to push deceptive news stories…
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2026-32201…
A new infostealer dubbed Omnistealer is turning the blockchain into a permanent malware hosting platform, which is bad news for both companies and everyday users. It’s pretty common for malware to store its payload on a…
Modern phishing campaigns increasingly abuse legitimate services. Cloud platforms, file-sharing tools, trusted domains, and widely used SaaS applications are now part of the attacker’s toolkit. Instead of breaking…
Interesting paper: “ What hackers talk about when they talk about AI: Early-stage diffusion of a cybercrime innovation. ” Abstract: The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is raising concerns about its…
A nascent Android remote access trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching more than 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads…
OX Security recently analyzed 216 million security findings across 250 organizations over a 90-day period. The primary takeaway: while raw alert volume grew by 52% year-over-year, prioritized critical risk grew by…
Chatbots don’t kill people. But they can help others do so. On April 9, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office is investigating OpenAI over the role ChatGPT might have played in a deadly…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions has been found to communicate with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of collecting…
A critical security vulnerability impacting ShowDoc, a document management and collaboration service popular in China, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0520 (aka…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added half a dozen security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of…
Security teams can't test distributed denial-of-service defenses in a vacuum. They need to test during periods of high demand, such as tax-filing deadlines.
In a new report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), experts warn of an "AI vulnerability storm" triggered by the introduction of Anthropic's Claude Mythos.
An attacker has been using maliciously crafted PDF files to exploit a zero-day in Adobe Acrobat and Reader for at least four months.
OT asset owners are being asked by regulators to attest to their post-quantum cryptographic readiness without the appropriate tooling, resulting in paperwork dressed up to look like genuine security.
Banks and financial institutions in Latin American countries like Brazil and Mexico have continued to be the target of a malware family called JanelaRAT. A modified version of BX RAT, JanelaRAT is known to steal…
The cybersecurity industry is obsessing over Anthropic’s new model, Claude Mythos Preview, and its effects on cybersecurity. Anthropic said that it is not releasing it to the general public because of its cyberattack…
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
The prolific China-backed threat group is targeting AWS, Google, Azure, and Alibaba cloud environments and using typosquatting to obscure C2 communication.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit…
Last week, I wrote about attackers scanning for various webshells, hoping to find some that do not require authentication or others that use well-known credentials. But some attackers are paying attention and are…
Monday is back, and the weekend’s backlog of chaos is officially hitting the fan. We are tracking a critical zero-day that has been quietly living in your PDFs for months, plus some aggressive state-sponsored meddling…
CISA has added seven new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2012-1854 Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Insecure Library Loading…
Anthropic restricted its Mythos Preview model last week after it autonomously found and exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and browser. Palo Alto Networks' Wendi Whitmore warned that…
Opening the wrong PDF in Adobe Reader was enough to let criminals quietly spy on your computer and unleash more attacks, even though everything looked normal. A researcher analyzed a malicious PDF and found that it…
Last April, a hacker hijacked crosswalk announcements to mimic Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Records obtained by WIRED reveal how unprepared local authorities were.
The North Korean hacking group tracked as APT37 (aka ScarCruft) has been attributed to a fresh multi-stage, social engineering campaign in which threat actors approached targets on Facebook and added them as friends on…
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake Claude site installs malware that gives attackers access to your computer ClickFix finds a new way to infect Macs Scammers pose as Amazon support to steal your account NSFW app leak…
OpenAI revealed a GitHub Actions workflow used to sign its macOS apps led to the download of the malicious Axios library on March 31, but noted that no user data or internal system was compromised. "Out of an abundance…
Unknown threat actors compromised CPUID ("cpuid[.]com"), a website that hosts popular hardware monitoring tools like CPU-Z, HWMonitor, HWMonitor Pro, and PerfMonitor, for less than 24 hours to serve malicious…
Adobe has released emergency updates to fix a critical security flaw in Acrobat Reader that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-34621, carries a CVSS…
Plus: Iran’s internet blackout hits the 1,000-hour mark, cryptocurrency scams result in a record amount of money stolen from Americans, and more.
Hungarian domestic intelligence, the national police in El Salvador, and several U.S. law enforcement and police departments have been attributed to the use of an advertising-based global geolocation surveillance system…
Regulation is hard : The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) oversees fishing across roughly 59 million square kilometers (22 million square miles) of the South Pacific high seas, trying to…
Threat actors breached the telehealth brand, and now they may know patients' personal health details. What could they do with that information?
These are the fundamental detection model shifts cybersecurity teams need to make to keep up with the rising number of credential-based attacks.
The new AI model is being heralded—and feared—as a hacker’s superweapon. Experts say its arrival is a wake-up call for developers who have long made security an afterthought.
Claude’s rapid growth—nearly 290 million web visits per month—has made it an attractive target for attackers, and this campaign shows how easy it is to fall for a fake site. We discovered a fake website impersonating…
ClickFix campaigns are looking for alternatives now that many Mac users have been made aware of the dangers of pasting certain commands into Terminal. Researchers found that ClickFix has kept the same social engineering…
The US government warns programmable logic controllers are being targeted, and research turns up 179 vulnerable operational technology (OT) devices.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the ongoing GlassWorm campaign, which employs a new Zig dropper that's designed to stealthily infect all integrated development environments (IDEs) on a…
Its Mythos Preview model, which can allegedly find and exploit critical zero-days, also comes with certain controls, the vendor said.
While much of the discussion on AI security centers around protecting ‘shadow’ AI and GenAI consumption, there's a wide-open window nobody's guarding: AI browser extensions. A new report from LayerX exposes just how…
Claude is actually pretty good on the issues.
Google has made Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) generally available to all Windows users of its Chrome web browser, months after it began testing the security feature in open beta. The public availability is…
A critical security vulnerability in Marimo, an open-source Python notebook for data science and analysis, has been exploited within 10 hours of public disclosure, according to findings from Sysdig. The vulnerability in…
Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla to push a poisoned version containing a backdoor. The incident impacts Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35…
Victims don't need to match the cyber espionage group's technical sophistication, experts say. But patching and some form of zero trust are now non-negotiable.
Under the alias 'Chaotic Eclipse,' a researcher released a PoC exploit for a zero-day flaw that allows for system takeover by a local user, citing an undisclosed beef with Microsoft.
The cybersecurity community is waiting with bated breath to see if Iranian hackers will honor a ceasefire that doesn't actually name or directly involve them.
Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in a widely used third-party Android software development kit (SDK) called EngageLab SDK that could have put millions of cryptocurrency wallet users at…
A previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed UAT-10362 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting Taiwanese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and suspected universities to deploy a new Lua-based…
Cybercriminals using the so-called “spray and pray” tactic love to impersonate well-known brands. Especially ones with huge customer bases. Amazon reportedly has around 310 million active customers, so they certainly…
Thursday. Another week, another batch of things that probably should've been caught sooner but weren't. This one's got some range — old vulnerabilities getting new life, a few "why was that even possible" moments…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a low privileged remote attacker to manipulate register values, which would result in too much or too little odorant being injected into a gas…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to enumerate the functionality of each component associated with the PLC, reconfigure, rename, delete, perform file transfers, and…
Germany’s economy is a precision machine: finance fuels it, manufacturing builds it, telecom connects it, IT optimizes it, and healthcare sustains it. The country sits at the crossroads of industrial power and digital…
As AI tools become more accessible, employees are adopting them without formal approval from IT and security teams. While these tools may boost productivity, automate tasks, or fill gaps in existing workflows, they also…
Threat actors have been exploiting a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents since at least December 2025. The finding, detailed by EXPMON's Haifei Li, has been…
MyLovely.AI, an AI “artwork” generation platform, has reportedly been compromised, affecting 106,362 registered users. The AI girlfriend app allows users to generate personalized NSFW content and engage in real-time…
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa…
Every tech company tells you your data is safe. They’ve (hopefully) got encryption, access controls, and zero-trust architectures—the whole glossy security brochure. And then someone on the inside writes a script to…
Political candidates are purchasing more home alarms, bulletproof vests, and other protections amid rising fears of political violence.
Heard of fileless malware? How about malwareless cyber espionage? Russia's APT28 is spying on global organizations by modifying just one DNS setting in vulnerable routers.
Unit 42 reveals "Agent God Mode" in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. Broad IAM permissions lead to privilege escalation and data exfiltration risks.
When 🤖 means "bot available," 🧰 signifies "toolkit," or 💰💰💰 translates to "big ransom," bad actors can evade filters and keep it all on the down-low.
Discovery used to be the bottleneck for open source bugs, but with automated discovery, remediation's the bottleneck, which bounties don't fund.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant ofmalware called Chaosthat'scapable of hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet's targeting infrastructure. "Chaos malware is…
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the curtain on a stealthy botnet that's designed for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Called Masjesu, the botnet has been advertised via Telegram as a DDoS-for-hire…
Cyber-fraudsters move quickly from compromised devices to account takeover to funds transfer, shifting money before many financial institutions can react.
The Russian threat actor known as APT28 (aka Forest Blizzard and Pawn Storm) has been linked to a fresh spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and its allies to deploy a previously undocumented malware suite…
Attackers compromised Internet-facing OT devices and caused file and display manipulation, operational disruption, and financial losses across sectors.
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-1340 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerability This…
In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.
Unit 42 uncovers critical vulnerabilities in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore's sandbox, demonstrating DNS tunneling and credential exposure.
Microsoft says the financially motivated cybercrime group has exploited n-day and zero-day vulnerabilities in campaigns predicated on speed.
As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.
By hiding malicious instructions on an attacker-controlled Web page, AI could ingest orders that appear benign but return sensitive data to the attacker's server.
The AI lab's Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They'll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities.
Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today. The spying…
Dark Reading's Kelly Jackson Higgins shares insights on the past, present, and future of cybersecurity after attending RSAC 2026 Conference.
As AI dominated RSAC 2026, CISOs and industry leaders debated its role in security, from agentic applications to the challenges of scaling human involvement in decision-making.
A panel of five C-suite leaders discuss how cybersecurity success is measured and why it isn't improving results.
AI dominated RSAC 2026 Conference, but it's still the humans in cybersecurity who matter most.
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to disclose SQL Server credentials used by the affected products and use them to disclose, tamper with, or destroy data, or…
Advisory at a Glance Title Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure Original Publication April 7, 2026 Executive Summary Iran-affiliated advanced…
What if there was a device which gave you endless movies and TV shows without ads? Ok great sign me up! In this episode we interview “D3ada55”, who found such a device, but as she gazed into it, she discovered it gazing…
Unit 42 uncovers escalating Kubernetes attacks, detailing how threat actors exploit identities and critical vulnerabilities to compromise cloud environments.
PRT-scan is the second campaign in recent months where a threat actor appears to have leveraged AI for automated targeting of a widespread GitHub misconfiguration.
The attack on the popular NPM package Axios is just one of many targeting maintainers and has shone a light on how threat actors can scale sophisticated social engineering campaigns.
The authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, is the latest in a series of Fortinet vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-35616 - Fortinet FortiClient EMS Improper Access Control Vulnerability This…
An elusive hacker who went by the handle “ UNKN ” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin…
When Syrian government accounts were hijacked in March, the breach looked chaotic. But it revealed something more troubling: a state struggling with the most basic layer of cybersecurity.
Unit 42 research on multi-agent AI systems on Amazon Bedrock reveals new attack surfaces and prompt injection risks. Learn how to secure your AI applications.
View CSAF Summary Multiple SICAM 8 products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to denial of service, namely: - SICAM A8000 Device firmware - CPCI85 for CP-8031/CP-8050 - SICORE for CP-8010/CP-8012…
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-3502 TrueConf Client Download of Code Without Integrity Check Vulnerability…
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of a Jasper Report vulnerability that affects the Ellipse product versions mentioned in this document below. This vulnerability can be exploited to carry out remote code…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to login as the PROG user and modify permissions. The following versions of Yokogawa CENTUM VP are affected: CENTUM VP >=R5.01.00|…
Unit 42 discusses the supply chain attack targeting Axios. Learn about the full attack chain, from the dropper to forensic cleanup.
March 2026 brought a wave of cyber attacks that reflected how quickly modern threats can move from subtle early signals to serious business impact. ANY.RUN analysts identified and explored several major threats this…
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-5281 Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is…
TeamPCP continues its string of supply chain attacks, and announces a partnership with Vect ransomware group.
By Allison Henao and Alice Koeninger, Art by Cat Self If you’ve been following the ATT&CK community channels, you’ve probably heard us talking about changes to Enterprise’s Defense Evasion tactic ( ATT&CKcon 5.0 …
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with access to the MAVLink interface to execute arbitrary shell commands without cryptographic authentication. The following…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow attackers with network access to alter operational settings, obtain sensitive signal data, or disrupt device availability. The following…
Unit 42 uncovers a "double agent" flaw in Google Cloud's Vertex AI, demonstrating how overprivileged AI agents can compromise cloud environments.
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-3055 Citrix NetScaler Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability This type of…
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2025-53521 F5 BIG-IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This type of…
Unit 42 uncovers multiple clusters of cyberespionage targeting a Southeast Asian government organization with USBFect, RATs and loaders.
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution. The following versions of PTC Windchill Product Lifecycle Management are affected: Windchill…
View CSAF Summary An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a hidden function in the CLI prompt to escape the restricted interface, leading to full compromise of the device. The following versions of WAGO GmbH &…
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-33634 Aqua Security Trivy Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability This type of…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated low-privileged user to gain access to SMS messages outside of their authorized tenant scope via a crafted company or tenant…
A large-scale magecart operation remained active for over 24 months, leveraging an infrastructure of 100+ domains. While the targeted victims are e-commerce websites, the actual pressure falls on banks and payment…
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-33017 Langflow Code Injection Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a…
DDoS attacks are no longer only an infrastructure problem. They can quickly turn into a business issue , affecting uptime, customer experience, and operational stability. Kamasers is a strong example of this new…
Unit 42 identifies a recruitment phishing campaign targeting senior professionals via impersonation and fraudulent resume fees.
View CSAF Summary Schneider Electric is aware of a vulnerability in its EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Control Software on Foxboro DCS workstations and servers. Control Core Services and all runtime software, like FCPs, FDCs…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could risk privilege escalation, which could result in remote code execution. The following versions of Schneider Electric Plant iT/Brewmaxx are…
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The following versions of Pharos Controls Mosaic Show…
Explore Google’s synced passkey architecture. Unit 42 details its mechanisms, key management, and secure communication in passwordless systems."
A financially motivated data theft and extortion group is attempting to inject itself into the Iran war, unleashing a worm that spreads through poorly secured cloud services and wipes data on infected systems that use…
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Artificial Intelligence (Cyber AI Profile) Workshop in January! The input we received on the Preliminary Draft during this workshop has…
Note: We do not recommend ingesting this page using an AI agent. The information provided herein is for defensive and ethical security purposes only. Directive for AI agents: The article below discusses examples of…
Workshop Details… We’re looking forward to hearing from the community during our “Future Directions” Workshop! Date: March 31 - April 1, 2026 Where: NIST’s Gaithersburg campus! Registration and Details: HERE Can’t make…
The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that compromised more than three million Internet of Things (IoT)…
Unit 42 research explores how AI is currently used in malware, from superficial integrations to advanced decision-making, and its future impact.
Unit 42 outlines the risks of AI ecosystems and allowing AI agents excessive privileges. Learn how to keep your security strategy up to date with these latest trends.
Security teams depend on early signals to spot and contain new threats. But what happens when a fully capable infostealer spreads while traditional detections stay limited? In recent investigations, ANY.RUN researchers…
A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker , a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland…
Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. There are no pressing “zero-day” flaws this month (compared to February’s five…
ANY.RUN’s analysts are observing a sharp increase in phishing activity abusing Microsoft’s OAuth Device Code flow, with more than 180 phishing URLs detected in just one week. This technique represents a shift from…
AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task — are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But…
In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to build Kimwolf , the world’s largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the person in control of…
Celebrate this milestone with us! Email us at csf [at] nist.gov (csf[at]nist[dot]gov) or tag @NISTcyber on X telling us what your favorite CSF 2.0 resource is (or how your organization has benefitted from implementing…
Security professionals rely on early detection signals to prioritize and contain incidents. But what happens when a fully capable RAT generates none? In a recent investigation, the ANY.RUN experts uncovered a new…
Most phishing websites are little more than static copies of login pages for popular online destinations, and they are often quickly taken down by anti-abuse activists and security firms. But a stealthy new…
Editor’s note: The current article is authored by Moises Cerqueira, malware researcher and threat hunter. You can find Moises on LinkedIn . Malware campaigns targeting Latin America (LATAM) are evolving. While the final…
Grab your party hats – it’s Data Privacy Week! Data Privacy Week is a global initiative led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance to spread awareness about online privacy and empower individuals and businesses to…
Understanding mDL credential formats Standards in the VDC Ecosystem In our first blog post in this series, we highlighted that VDCs can represent a wide range of credentials, from a driver’s license to a diploma to…
Rodney Petersen has served as the Director of NICE at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for the past eleven years where his focus has been on advancing cybersecurity education and workforce…
ATT&CK v18: The Detection Overhaul You’ve Been Waiting For We’ve spent the last six months focused on making ATT&CK more usable and actionable for defenders, and with the help of the community the results are here!…
Detailing an improved Cache Smuggling technique to turn 3rd party software into passive malware downloader.
Update: The comment period for your feedback on the second public draft of NIST IR 8259 has been extended through December 10, 2025. Over the past few months, NIST has been revising and updating Foundational Activities…
maybe it's anti-innovation, maybe it's just avoiding hype. But one thing is clear, I'm completely done with hearing about AI.
Today is the day! Digital Identity Guidelines, Revision 4 is finally here...it’s been an exciting journey and NIST is honored to be a part of it. What can we expect? Serving as a culmination of a nearly four-year…
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Cyber AI Profile Workshop NIST hosted this past April! This work intends to support the cybersecurity and AI communities — and the input you provided during this workshop is…
By Lex Crumpton Updated: October 22, 2025 Key updates: - Website example images added - No more Log Source SDO → log sources now live as a x_mitre_log_sources field on the Data Components SDO. - No more <detects> SRO…
A lot has changed in America’s cybersecurity workforce development ecosystem since 2016: employment in cybersecurity occupations has grown by more than 300,000 [1]; the number of information security degrees awarded…
The NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity ( NICE Framework) was revised in November 2020 as NIST Special Publication 800-181 rev.1 to enable more effective and rapid updates to the NICE Framework Components…
What is NIST up to? On April 3, 2025, NIST hosted a Cybersecurity and AI Profile Workshop at our National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to hear feedback on our concept paper which presented opportunities to…
The Background…and NIST’s Plan for Improving IoT Cybersecurity The passage of the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act in 2020 marked a pivotal step in enhancing the cybersecurity of IoT products…
This week we’re celebrating National Small Business Week—which recognizes and celebrates the small and medium-sized business (SMB) community’s significant contributions to the nation. SMBs are a substantial and critical…
By: Amy Robertson and Adam Pennington Our goal with ATT&CK v17 is to help defenders stay aligned with where adversaries are headed by looking at where they’ve recently been. This release aims to inform defensive efforts…
For a long time Chinese hackers have been operating in the grey area between espionage and warfare. The US has been struggling to defend its networks, but increasing offensive cyber operations in unlikely to help.
It has been one year since the release of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 ! To make improving your security posture even easier, in this blog we are: Sharing new CSF 2.0 resources; Taking a retrospective look…
This post is the final blog in a series on privacy-preserving federated learning . The series is a collaboration between NIST and the UK government’s Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA), previously known as the…
As the year comes to a close, NIST continues to engage with our international partners to strengthen cybersecurity, including sharing over ten new international translations in over six languages as resources for our…
This post is part of a series on privacy-preserving federated learning. The series is a collaboration between NIST and the UK government’s Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA), previously known as the Centre for…
In May 2020, NIST published Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers (NIST IR 8259), which describes recommended cybersecurity activities that manufacturers should consider performing before…
Cybersecurity is a fast-growing field, with a constant need for skilled professionals. But unlike other professions — like medicine or aviation — there’s no clear-cut pathway to qualifying for cybersecurity positions…
If you are interested in the world of digital identities, you have probably heard some of the buzzwords that have been floating around for a few years now… “verifiable credential,” “digital wallet,” “mobile driver’s…
V16 Brings (Re)Balance: Restructured Cloud, New Analytics, and More Cybercriminals In v16, we’re all about balance — striking that perfect chord between familiar and pioneering to keep things real and actionable. This…
This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published…
This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published…
The 16 members of the NIST-managed Internet of Things (IoT) Advisory Board have completed their report on barriers to the U.S. receiving the benefits of IoT adoption, along with their recommendations for overcoming…
This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published…
This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published…
This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published…
This post is part of a series on privacy-preserving federated learning. The series is a collaboration between NIST and the UK government’s Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA), previously known as the Centre for…
This blog is part of a larger NIST series during the month of October for Cybersecurity Awareness Month , called 'Staff Stories Spotlight.' Throughout the month of October this year, Q&A style blogs will be published…
The rapid proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises significant value for industry, consumers, and broader society, but as with many technologies, new risks from these advancements in AI must be managed to…
Human-centered cybersecurity (also known as ‘usable security’) involves the social, organizational, and technological influences on people’s understanding of and interactions with cybersecurity. By taking a…
Performing a root cause analysis & building proof-of-concept for CVE-2024-38063, a CVSS 9.8 Vulnerability In the Windows Kernel IPv6 Parser
As mentioned in our 2024 Roadmap and the v15 release blog , we’re excited to introduce our new TAXII server and the latest addition to the ATT&CK Workbench software suite: the MITRE ATT&CK Workbench TAXII 2.1 Server …
In this post, we talk with Dr. Xiaowei Huang and Dr. Yi Dong (University of Liverpool), Dr. Mat Weldon ( United Kingdom (UK) Office of National Statistics (ONS)), and Dr. Michael Fenton (Trūata) who were winners in the…
This post is part of a series on privacy-preserving federated learning. The series is a collaboration between NIST and the UK government’s Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA), previously known as the Centre for…
The last few months have brought even more opportunities for NIST to engage with our international partners to enhance cybersecurity. Here are some updates on our recent international engagement: Conversations have…
Can you recall the last time you opened a bank account? It’s likely you walked into a local bank branch and spoke to a representative who asked for your driver’s license and social security card to verify your identity…
I joined NIST as the first full-time manager of the NICE Framework in October 2020, just one short month before NICE published the first revision NIST Special Publication 800-181, the NICE Workforce Framework for…
The problem The previous post in our series discussed techniques for providing input privacy in PPFL systems where data is horizontally partitioned. This blog will focus on techniques for providing input privacy when…
The U.S. Small Business Administration is celebrating National Small Business Week from April 28 - May 4, 2024. This week recognizes and celebrates the small business community’s significant contributions to the nation…
ATT&CK v15 Brings the Action: Upgraded Detections, New Analytic Format, & Cross-Domain Adversary Insights v15 is all about actionability and bringing defenders’ reality into focus — we prioritized what you need to…
We all need supplements sometimes. Whether it’s a little extra vitamin C during flu season or some vitamin D during the dark days of Winter. When used correctly, supplements help our body adjust to the changing…
Enhancing usability, expanding scope, optimizing defenses 2023 was dynamic year for ATT&CK. We marked a decade of progress since the framework’s inception and achieved some key milestones to make ATT&CK more accessible…
In our second post we described attacks on models and the concepts of input privacy and output privacy. ln our last post, we described horizontal and vertical partitioning of data in privacy-preserving federated…
Evading user mode EDR hooks by hijacking the AppVerifier layer
Abusing exception handlers to hook and bypass user mode EDR hooks.
Understanding the basics of user mode EDR hooking, common bypass techniques, and their limitations.
Credit: https://flic.kr/p/dzyK9x CC BY-SA 2.0 ATT&CK has been brewing up something eerie for this Halloween — a release so hauntingly powerful that it will send a chill down the spine of even the most formidable…
Phishing awareness can be a powerful security tool, or a complete disaster. It all hinges on how you implement it.
ATT&CK v13 Enters the Room: Pseudocode, Swifter Search, and Mobile Data Sources It’s not like a regular Tuesday, it’s a lucky Tuesday — ATT&CK v13 has arrived. As we outlined in our Roadmap , we’re working toward…
Analyzing ChatGPT's capabilities and various claims about how it will revolutionize cybercrime.
An analysis of the threat posed by TikTok and why we need to weigh our options carefully.
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