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CISA wants critical infrastructure to operate ‘weeks to months’ in isolation during conflict

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging critical infrastructure owners and operators to plan for delivering essential services under emergency conditions – potentially for months at a time. The federal government’s top cybersecurity agency warned that state-sponsored hackers, particularly two Chinese groups known as Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, continue to threaten critical sectors…

U.S. court sentences Karakurt ransomware negotiator to 8.5 years

Deniss Zolotarjovs was sentenced to 8.5 years in the U.S. after pleading guilty to money laundering and fraud tied to ransomware. Deniss Zolotarjovs, a Latvian national linked to the Karakurt ransomware gang, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in U.S. prison, marking a significant step in efforts to combat global ransomware operations. “A Latvian national…

Edge browser leaves passwords exposed in plain text, says researcher

A Norwegian researcher has identified an issue with Microsoft Edge’s Password Manager that could be a serious concern for businesses. Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning found that passwords are being saved within the browser in plain text, with the effect that any PC, particularly a shared machine, within an organization is a potential risk. In a…

Edge browser leaves passwords exposed in plain text, says researcher

A Norwegian researcher has identified an issue with Microsoft Edge’s Password Manager that could be a serious concern for businesses. Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning found that passwords are being saved within the browser in plain text, with the effect that any PC, particularly a shared machine, within an organization is a potential risk. In a…

CISA mulls new three-day remediation deadline for critical flaws

Experts have mixed reactions to a report that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is considering reducing the timeline in which government agencies must address critical vulnerabilities from two weeks to only three days. The current 14-day window applies to high-severity flaws dating from 2021 onwards, listed as known to be under exploit…

Vimeo confirms breach via third-party vendor impacts 119K users

Hackers stole data of 119,000 Vimeo users in April. The breach, linked to a third‑party vendor, exposed personal details. Vimeo confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters gang stole personal information of 119,000 users in April 2026. According to Have I Been Pwned, the attackers accessed user data through a compromise at Anodot, a third‑party…

CISA pushes critical infrastructure operators to prepare to work in isolation

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has unveiled a new national initiative aimed at helping critical infrastructure operators withstand and recover from major cyberattacks by preparing to operate in isolation from the internet and third-party dependencies. The program, CI Fortify, is designed to ensure that organizations can continue delivering essential services even when…

Google to pay up to $1.5 million for zero-click Pixel Titan M exploits

Google has revised its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), which pay security researchers to report vulnerabilities in Android, Google hardware, and the Chrome browser. The update raises top bounties to $1.5 million and adjusts rewards for lower-complexity reports. The program targets vulnerability classes that automated tools struggle to detect and prioritizes researcher-driven findings.…

China-Linked UAT-8302 Targets Governments Using Shared APT Malware Across Regions

A sophisticated China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been attributed to attacks targeting government entities in South America since at least late 2024 and government agencies in southeastern Europe in 2025. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-8302, with post-exploitation involving the deployment of custom-made malware families that have…

Critical Android vulnerability CVE-2026-0073 fixed by Google

Google patched a critical Android flaw (CVE‑2026‑0073) that lets attackers run code remotely without user action. Google released a security update for Android to address a critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE‑2026‑0073, in the System component. The bug allowed attackers to run code as the shell user without needing extra permissions, or any…

Android Zero-Click RCE Vulnerability Enables Remote Shell Access  

Google has released a patch for an Android vulnerability that allows remote code execution (RCE) without requiring any user interaction.  The flaw could “… lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) code execution as the shell user with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation,” said Google in its security advisory. Inside the…

MetInfo CMS CVE-2026-29014 Exploited for Remote Code Execution Attacks

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting an open-source content management system (CMS) known as MetInfo, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-29014 (CVSS score: 9.8), a code injection flaw that could result in arbitrary code execution. “MetInfo CMS versions 7.9, 8.0, and 8.1 contain an unauthenticated…

AI finds 20-year-old bugs in PostgreSQL and MariaDB

Open-source databases are facing a bit of a memory problem as AI helps surface decades-old buffer overflow issues in widely used components. Security researchers have disclosed a set of high and critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL and MariaDB, with two bugs reportedly tracing their roots back more than 20 years. At Wiz’s zeroday.cloud hacking event, researchers…

Stealthy malware abuses Microsoft Phone Link to siphon SMS OTPs from enterprise PCs

A newly identified malware campaign is abusing Microsoft’s Phone Link feature to intercept SMS-based one-time passwords and other sensitive mobile data directly from Windows systems. The activity, first observed by Cisco Talos in January 2026, involves a remote access trojan dubbed CloudZ and a custom plugin named Pheno that together allow attackers to harvest credentials…

Stealthy malware abuses Microsoft Phone Link to siphon SMS OTPs from enterprise PCs

A newly identified malware campaign is abusing Microsoft’s Phone Link feature to intercept SMS-based one-time passwords and other sensitive mobile data directly from Windows systems. The activity, first observed by Cisco Talos in January 2026, involves a remote access trojan dubbed CloudZ and a custom plugin named Pheno that together allow attackers to harvest credentials…

Weaver E-cology RCE Flaw CVE-2026-22679 Actively Exploited via Debug API

A critical security vulnerability in Weaver (Fanwei) E-cology, an enterprise office automation (OA) and collaboration platform, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability (CVE-2026-22679, CVSS score: 9.8) relates to a case of unauthenticated remote code execution affecting Weaver E-cology 10.0 versions prior to 20260312. The issue resides in the “/papi/esearch/data/devops/

Anthropic Mythos spurs White House to weigh pre-release reviews for high-risk AI models

The Trump administration is in early discussions about whether advanced AI models should be vetted before public release, according to reporting from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Axios. The conversations center on systems capable of facilitating cyberattacks, particularly models that could help users identify and exploit software vulnerabilities. Officials are considering…

MOVEit automation flaws could enable full system compromise

Progress fixes critical MOVEit Automation flaws, including an authentication bypass bug that could let attackers gain unauthorized access to systems. Progress Software addressed two vulnerabilities in MOVEit Automation, a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-4670 and a privilege escalation issue tracked as CVE-2026-5174. If exploited, these bugs could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access…

Hackers target governments and MSPs via critical cPanel flaw CVE-2026-41940

Attackers exploit a critical cPanel flaw to target government and MSP networks across Southeast Asia and several countries, including the U.S. and Canada. A threat actor is exploiting critical cPanel vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 to target government and military organizations in Southeast Asia, along with MSPs and hosting providers in countries like the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South…

TeamPCP Weekly Analysis: 2026-W18 (2026-04-27 through 2026-05-03), (Mon, May 4th)

Summary The most significant development of the week was the April 29 to 30 Mini Shai-Hulud worm, a self-propagating supply chain campaign that compromised four official SAP npm packages, two PyTorch Lightning PyPI versions, two intercom-client npm versions, and the intercom-php Packagist package across three package ecosystems. OX Security tracked roughly 1,800 GitHub repositories created…

Critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass vulnerability fixed (CVE-2026-4670)

Progress Software has fixed a critical authentication bypass (CVE-2026-4670) and a privilege escalation (CVE-2026-5174) vulnerability in MOVEit Automation, exploitation of which “may lead to unauthorized access, administrative control, and data exposure.” The vulnerabilities were reported privately by Airbus researchers and there’s no mention of them being leveraged by attackers in the wild. Still, performing an…

Multiple threat actors actively exploit cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940)

The situation around the critical cPanel authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) has deteriorated significantly since our initial coverage. Exploratory probing has evolved into multi-actor exploitation, leading to disrupted websites, ransomware and malware deployment, and targeted attacks. “Sorry” ransomware Attackers have taken advantage of CVE-2026-41940 to mass-exploit vulnerable internet-facing cPanel instances to breach servers, deface websites and…

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Linux Kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in the Linux Kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Recently, Xint Code researchers warned of a serious Linux…

Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to Target Government and MSP Networks

A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel. The activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel on May 2, 2026,…

AI speeds flaw discovery, forcing rapid updates, UK NCSC warns

The UK cyber agency NCSC warns AI is speeding up vulnerability discovery, likely causing a “patch wave” of urgent software updates to fix exposed flaws. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that AI is rapidly accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities, increasing the risk of large-scale exploitation. CTO Ollie Whitehouse says skilled attackers…

The fake IT worker problem CISOs can’t ignore

Hiring fake IT workers has been a growing problem in recent years — but it’s often a problem very few want to admit to. From Fortune 500 companies down to smaller organizations, remote hiring practices have been exploited to grant trusted access to individuals who are not who they claim to be creating an insider…

Spotting third-party cyber risk before attackers do

In this Help Net Security video, Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP and Cyber Strategist at Black Kite, discusses how organizations can identify and manage third-party cyber exposures before attackers exploit them. He argues that businesses should move beyond a data-loss mindset toward one centered on resilience, meaning keeping operations running when vendors or partners get hit. Wheatman…

Salt Typhoon breach IBM subsidiary in Italy: a warning for Europe’s digital defenses

April 2026 breach at Sistemi Informativi (IBM Italy) raises concerns over Chinese-linked cyber ops in Europe, including Salt Typhoon. In late April 2026, the Italian cybersecurity landscape was shaken by a significant breach targeting Sistemi Informativi, a company wholly owned by IBM Italy that provides IT infrastructure management for key public and private institutions. The…

U.S. CISA adds a flaw in WebPros cPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in WebPros cPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Defender, tracked as CVE-2026-41940 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. cPanel is a widely used web hosting control panel that lets…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 575 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling Trellix discloses the breach…

Google Revamps Bug Bounty Programs: Android Rewards Rise, Chrome Payouts Drop in the Age of AI

Google revamps bug bounties: Android rewards rise to $1.5M, Chrome payouts drop, shifting focus to high-impact, AI-resistant vulnerabilities. Google has announced a major overhaul of its Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRP) for Android and Chrome, marking a strategic shift in how the company approaches cybersecurity. The update comes as artificial intelligence tools are reshaping the field…

Week in review: High-severity LPE vulnerability in the Linux kernel, cPanel 0-day exploited for months

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: The AI criminal mastermind is already hiring on gig platforms Labor-hire platforms let anyone with a credit card post a task and pay a stranger to complete it. The RentAHuman platform extends that model to AI agents through a Model…

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access Bug CVE-2026-31431 to KEV

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a case of local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow…

Trellix discloses the breach of a code repository

Trellix disclosed a security breach affecting part of its source code repository, however, the company says there’s no sign of code misuse. Trellix revealed a breach that allowed unauthorized access to part of its source code repository. The company said it quickly launched an investigation with forensic experts and notified law enforcement. While the exact…

AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds

An AI agent that revealed sensitive data without being asked. An agent that overruled its own guardrails. Another that sent credentials to an attacker via Telegram, because it forgot it wasn’t supposed to do so after a reset. It’s no secret that AI agents have huge potential, balanced by equally big risks. What’s becoming apparent,…

AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds

An AI agent that revealed sensitive data without being asked. An agent that overruled its own guardrails. Another that sent credentials to an attacker via Telegram, because it forgot it wasn’t supposed to do so after a reset. It’s no secret that AI agents have huge potential, balanced by equally big risks. What’s becoming apparent,…

Windows shell spoofing vulnerability puts sensitive data at risk

Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have sounded the alarm about a Windows shell spoofing vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. It is not clear by whom as yet, but the main suspects are hackers in Russia. CISA has mandated that all federal agencies patch this vulnerability, designated CVE-2026-32202, by…

Windows shell spoofing vulnerability puts sensitive data at risk

Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have sounded the alarm about a Windows shell spoofing vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. It is not clear by whom as yet, but the main suspects are hackers in Russia. CISA has mandated that all federal agencies patch this vulnerability, designated CVE-2026-32202, by…

Digital attacks drive a new wave of cargo theft, FBI says

The FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, with hackers targeting brokers and carriers. Experts say digital attacks are replacing traditional cargo theft. The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA) about a surge in cyber-enabled cargo theft, with hackers increasingly targeting brokers and carriers. This trend confirms earlier findings from Proofpoint and alerts…

Supply Chain Attacks, AI Security, and Major Breaches Define This Week in Cybersecurity in May 2026

Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Software Supply Chain and CI/CD Exploits Researchers uncovered a malicious campaign targeting SAP npm packages that secretly stole developer and CI/CD credentials through preinstall scripts and GitHub-based command and control. SAP has yet to comment on the incident, which highlights the growing risk of dependency poisoning in enterprise ecosystems. Another critical…

Carding service Jerry’s Store leak exposes 345,000 stolen payment cards

Jerry’s Store, a card-checking service used by cybercriminals, exposed 345,000 stolen payment cards after leaving its server open, revealing sensitive data. A cybercriminal operation known as Jerry’s Store has reportedly exposed a large cache of stolen payment card data after leaving its own infrastructure accessible online. The service appears to have been used to test…

Human-centric failures: Why BEC continues to work despite MFA

Business email compromise (BEC) is still thriving even in organizations that have implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA). As security professionals, we often assume that MFA is the silver bullet for email security, but real-world incidents suggest otherwise. Attackers exploit human behaviors, process gaps and operational blind spots that MFA alone cannot address. In many modern BEC…

Anthropic launches Claude Security to counter rapid AI-Powered exploits

Anthropic launched Claude Security to counter faster AI-driven cyberattacks, as tools like Mythos enable near-instant exploitation by threat actors. Anthropic introduced Claude Security to help defenders keep up with a surge in AI-powered cyberattacks. As models like Mythos drastically reduce the time needed to exploit vulnerabilities, similar tools will likely spread among criminals and nation-state…

SonicWall patches three SonicOS flaws in Gen 6, 7 and 8 firewalls. Patch them now

SonicWall patches three SonicOS flaws in Gen 6, 7 and 8 firewalls. The company released firmware updates to block bypass attacks and unauthorized access. SonicWall released urgent firmware updates to fix three SonicOS vulnerabilities affecting Gen 6, Gen 7, and Gen 8 firewalls. The flaws could allow attackers to bypass security controls, access restricted services,…

‘Trivial’ exploit can give attackers root access to Linux kernel

CSOs must ensure their Linux-based systems block unauthorized privilege escalation until distros release patches to plug a serious kernel vulnerability affecting all Linux distributions shipped since 2017. Until fixes are available for what’s been dubbed the Copy Fail logic bug (CVE-2026-31431), which lets users easily obtain root access, there isn’t much CSOs can do, says…

Former incident responders sentenced to 4 years in prison for committing ransomware attacks

Two former cybersecurity professionals who moonlighted as cybercriminals, committing a series of ransomware attacks in 2023, were each sentenced to four years in prison, the Justice Department said Thursday. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin previously pleaded guilty to one of three charges brought against them in December and faced up to 20 years…

FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for banned foreign services

The Federal Communications Commission approved new regulations Wednesday designed to crack down on robocalling, protect telecommunications networks from cyberattacks and further vet equipment-testing labs based overseas. Commissioners unanimously passed a measure to strengthen telecom companies’ “Know Your Customer” requirements for verifying callers’ identities. Among the potential solutions being considered are requiring telecoms to verify a…

cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns

A severe authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, one of the most widely deployed web hosting control panel platforms on the internet, is being actively exploited in the wild, according to security researchers and hosting providers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, affects all supported versions of cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) released after version 11.40, as…

Copy Fail: New Linux bug enables Root via page‑cache corruption

Linux flaw CVE‑2026‑31431, ‘Copy Fail,’ lets any local user write four bytes into page cache files, enabling easy escalation to root on major distros. Xint Code researchers warn of a serious Linux flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score of 7.8), dubbed Copy Fail. It lets any local, unprivileged user write four controlled bytes into the…

SAP npm Supply Chain Attack Targets Developer Credentials 

A supply chain attack targeting SAP npm packages is putting enterprise development environments at risk.  Aikido researchers discovered malicious code designed to steal credentials and secrets from developer systems and CI/CD pipelines.  The attack “… harvests local developer credentials, GitHub and npm tokens, GitHub Actions secrets, and cloud secrets from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes,”…

How Criminals Created SMS Blasters to Fake Cellphone Towers and Hack Thousands of Phones in Canada

Canadian authorities have dismantled what appears to be one of the most technically sophisticated financially motivated telecom attacks publicly documented in North America after arresting three suspects accused of operating vehicle-mounted “SMS blaster” systems that impersonated legitimate cellular towers, induced nearby mobile devices into attaching to rogue infrastructure, delivered phishing messages to those devices—likely through…

AI Adoption Fuels Rise in Identity Attack Path Risk 

Identity security is one of the most urgent priorities for enterprises as AI adoption expands the attack surface and introduces new complexity.  The SpecterOps Trends in Identity Attack Path Management 2026 report highlights how organizations are increasing investment in identity security while struggling to turn visibility into consistent risk reduction. “As identity becomes the control…

Two new extortion crews are speedrunning the Scattered Spider playbook

A pair of persistent and problematic threat groups affiliated with The Com are actively targeting organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors for rapid data theft and extortion attacks, according to CrowdStrike. The financially-motivated attackers, which CrowdStrike tracks as Cordial Spider and Snarky Spider, have used voice-phishing and social engineering attacks to break into victims’ identity…

Cisco Introduces Model Provenance Kit to Strengthen AI Supply Chain Security

Organizations are rapidly adopting AI models, but many still lack visibility into where those models come from or how they’ve been modified along the way.  Cisco is aiming to close that gap with the release of its open-source Model Provenance Kit, a tool designed to verify the origins of AI models and improve trust across…

cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940)

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel, a popular web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, is being exploited by attackers in the wild. What’s more, attackers didn’t have to wait for watchTowr security researchers to release technical details about the vulnerability – they have been spotted exploiting CVE-2026-41940 since February 23, and…

CVE-2026-41940: Critical cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass Exposes Hosting Servers to Admin Takeover

A newly disclosed CVE-2026-41940 vulnerability in cPanel & WHM has put internet-facing hosting infrastructure under urgent scrutiny. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and can let an unauthenticated remote attacker bypass authentication and gain administrative access, while cPanel’s advisory says the issue affects cPanel software, including DNSOnly, across all versions after 11.40. For…

Dismantle implicit trust in OT networks, CISA tells critical infrastructure operators

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has asked owners and operators of operational technology to stop assuming their networks are safe, and has released joint guidance to adapt zero trust principles for industrial systems that support US power, water, transportation, building automation, and weapons-support infrastructure. OT owners should design controls on the assumption…

Release Notes: Expanded Threat Intelligence Access, AI Assisted Search 1,770 New Detections and More

April brought several updates across ANY.RUN’s Threat Intelligence and detection coverage.  The biggest change is expanded access to Threat Intelligence: Free plan users now get 20 premium requests in TI Lookup and YARA Search. This gives security teams a practical way to check suspicious indicators, explore related sandbox sessions, and validate malware or phishing activity using real attack…

Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)

Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed “Copy Fail”, has affected virtually every major Linux distribution shipped since 2017, and a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is publicly available. About CVE-2026-31431 According to Theori researchers, CVE-2026-31431 originates from the interaction of three…

Max-severity RCE flaw found in Google Gemini CLI

Security researchers are warning about a max severity vulnerability in Google Gemini CLI that could allow remote code execution (RCE) in environments where the tool processes untrusted inputs. The issue was disclosed by Novee Security researchers and affects the @google/gemini-cli package and its associated GitHub Action, widely used in CI/CD workflows. “Gemini CLI (@google/gemini-cli) and…

Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity.

Anthropic recently announced that it would not release Mythos, its most powerful AI model, to the public. The model discovered thousands of previously unknown software vulnerabilities — flaws that had sat undetected in major operating systems and web browsers for as long as nearly three decades. Anthropic said the model was too dangerous to deploy…

Meta accused of violating DSA by failing to safeguard minors

The European Commission accuses Meta of failing to protect children, allowing users under 13 on Instagram and Facebook, in breach of the DSA rules. The European Commission has accused Meta of violating child safety rules. Instagram and Facebook allegedly failed to prevent children under 13 from accessing their platforms. According to the Commission, Meta did…

Researchers unearth industrial sabotage malware that predated Stuxnet by 5 years

Designed to cripple Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, the 2010 Stuxnet worm set a cybersecurity precedent as the first time a nation escalated its activities from strategic espionage to sabotage in cyberspace. Now, a new discovery suggests such operations were in full swing years before Stuxnet came to light. Researchers from SentinelOne have tracked down samples…

cPanel Vulnerability Exposes Servers to Takeover 

An authentication vulnerability in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) is putting web hosting environments at risk, prompting the company to release an emergency patch and warn administrators to act quickly.  The flaw affects multiple authentication paths and could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to servers if left unpatched. “Let’s call this what it…

CVE-2026-42208: LiteLLM bug exploited 36 hours after its disclosure

Attackers quickly exploited a critical LiteLLM flaw (CVE-2026-42208) to access and modify sensitive database data via SQL injection. Attackers rapidly exploited a critical vulnerability in LiteLLM Python package, tracked as CVE-2026-42208, just days after it became public. The vulnerability, an SQL injection in the proxy API key verification process, lets attackers access and potentially modify database…

GitHub Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution With a Single Git Push

A vulnerability in GitHub’s infrastructure could have allowed attackers to execute code on backend systems using nothing more than a standard git push command.  The flaw affected both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), exposing millions of repositories to potential compromise before it was patched. “By exploiting an injection flaw in GitHub’s internal protocol, any…

All supported cPanel versions hit by critical auth bug, now patched

cPanel fixed a critical authentication flaw that could let attackers access servers. The issue affects all supported versions. cPanel released security updates to address a critical authentication vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to its control panel. The flaw affects all supported versions, raising serious risks for exposed servers. cPanel is a…

Critical GitHub RCE bug exposed millions of repositories

A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in GitHub could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server. Uncovered by Wiz researchers, the now-patched bug exploited how GitHub handles server-side “git push” operations. By crafting malicious input within a standard Git push, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary commands via…

CISA, Microsoft warn of active exploitation of Windows Shell vulnerability (CVE-2026-32202)

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-32202, a zero-click Windows Shell spoofing vulnerability that causes victims’ systems to authenticate the attacker’s server, CISA and Microsoft have warned. About CVE-2026-32202 CVE-2026-32202 stems from an incomplete patch for CVE-2026-21510, a vulnerability that, in conjunction with CVE-2026-21513, has been exploited by APT28 (aka Fancy Bear) via weaponized LNK files that bypass…

AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats

As Amazon celebrates the 20th anniversary of its AWS cloud this year, the world’s biggest cloud computing provider now faces two giant cybersecurity threats — AI and quantum. How the company will navigate these emerging issues to ensure the security and resilience of systems used by its millions of corporate customers remains an evolving question.…

CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in  ConnectWise ScreenConnect

U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score of 8.4) ConnectWise ScreenConnect Path Traversal…

LiteLLM CVE-2026-42208 SQL Injection Exploited within 36 Hours of Disclosure

In yet another instance of threat actors quickly jumping on the exploitation bandwagon, a newly disclosed critical security flaw in BerriAI’s LiteLLM Python package has come under active exploitation in the wild within 36 hours of the bug becoming public knowledge. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42208 (CVSS score: 9.3), is an SQL injection that could…

6 Best Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems in 2026

This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and network administrators looking to strengthen threat detection and response in 2026. It covers the top intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) and key features to consider when choosing the right solution. Network security is not just about keeping the bad guys out. It’s about having a…

CVE-2026-3854 GitHub flaw enables remote code execution

Critical GitHub flaw CVE-2026-3854 lets attackers run code with a single git push, exploiting a command injection bug. Researchers found a critical vulnerability in GitHub, tracked as CVE-2026-3854, that allows remote code execution through a simple git push. The vulnerability affects GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Enterprise…

Federal CIO cautious on Anthropic’s Mythos despite planned rollout

Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia said Tuesday the government is approaching Anthropic’s Mythos model with measured expectations, acknowledging both its potential to strengthen federal cyber defenses and the significant uncertainties that remain about how it would perform in real-world conditions. Barbaccia said his direct exposure to Mythos has been limited to evaluations and benchmarking…

What the March 2026 Threat Technique Catalog update means for your AWS environment

The AWS Customer Incident Response Team (AWS CIRT) regularly encounters patterns that repeat across their engagements when helping customers respond to security incidents. We’re passionate about making sure that information is widely accessible so that everyone can improve their security posture and their organization’s resilience to disruption. The primary method we use to share this…

Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation

Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…

Sevii unveils Cyber Swarm Defense Mode to stop AI-driven attacks at scale

Sevii has unveiled a new capability designed to stop high-volume, AI-powered cyberattacks at machine speed and scale, without the burden of unpredictable AI token costs. Sevii’s Cyber Swarm Defense Mode (CSD) addresses a critical gap created by AI, namely the inability to sustain cyber performance and cost efficiency during large-scale, AI-driven attack swarms. As technologies…

Critical Cursor bug could turn routine Git into RCE

Security researchers have disclosed a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Cursor IDE, allowing arbitrary code execution on a developer’s machine through a seemingly routine repository interaction. According to findings by AI pentesting platform Novee Security, once a developer cloned and interacted with a malicious repository, the IDE’s AI agent could trigger embedded Git logic, resulting in…