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GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Redirects Tags to Steal CI/CD Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. “Every existing tag in the repository has been moved to point to an imposter commit that does not appear in the action’s normal…
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Cisco patches another actively exploited SD-WAN zero-day (CVE-2026-20182)
Cisco has patched yet another Catalyst SD-WAN Controller authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-20182) that has been exploited as a zero-day by “a highly sophisticated cyber threat actor”. About CVE-2026-20182 CVE-2026-20182 – affecting both Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (the “brain” of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution) and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (the management plane for the entire…
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Fragnesia: New Linux kernel LPE bug was spawned by Dirty Frag patch (CVE-2026-46300)
Researchers have found and disclosed yet another local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel: CVE-2026-46300, aka “Fragnesia”. The flaw is in the same class of vulnerabilities as the recently disclosed Dirty Frag bug(s). Like Dirty Frag, it affects the same Linux module (xfrm-ESP). In fact, according to Dirty Frag discoverer Hyunwoo Kim, Fragnesia…
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Microsoft addresses 137 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday, including 13 rated critical
Microsoft addressed another triple-digit batch of vulnerabilities cutting across its various enterprise products, components and underlying systems. Yet despite the high number of defects, the vendor reported no actively exploited zero-days in this month’s Patch Tuesday update. Thirteen of the 137 vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed were assigned critical CVSS ratings, including a pair of vulnerabilities affecting…
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Mistral AI SDK, TanStack Router hit in npm software supply chain attack
The TeamPCP threat group has pulled off another big supply chain attack which within a few hours this week was able to successfully compromise 170 Node Package Manager (npm) and PyPI packages. The attack affected the entire TanStack Router ecosystem (@tanstack) of 42 packages, a routing library hugely popular among React web application developers. Multiple…
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Ransomware: AI changes the writer. It doesn’t change the math.
Why most endpoint protection still treats ransomware as just another piece of malware, and what changes when you watch the data instead of the attacker. Categories: Products & Services Tags: Ransomware, Endpoint, Sophos Endpoint, EDR, AI, artificial intelligence
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Dirty Frag: Unpatched Linux vulnerability delivers root access
A week after Copy Fail, another Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Dirty Frag” has been revealed, along with a PoC exploit. What is Dirty Frag In effect, Dirty Frag refers to two flaws: A xfrm-ESP Page-Cache Write vulnerability (CVE-2026-43284, aka Copy Fail 2.0), now patched in the Linux kernel, affects the modules supporting one…
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Attackers compromised Daemon Tools software to deliver backdoors
Kaspersky researchers uncovered another supply chain compromise involving a popular Windows tool: Daemon Tools, an app for mounting disk image files as virtual drives that is widely used by gamers, developers, and IT professionals. Since April 8, 2026, the official Daemon Tools download site (at Deamon-tools[.]cc) was serving signed, trojanized Windows installers. Once installed, these…
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PyTorch Lightning Compromised in PyPI Supply Chain Attack to Steal Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft. According to Aikido Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both of which were published on April 30, 2026. The campaign is…
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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…
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Scattered Spider co-conspirator pleads guilty
Another member of the notorious Scattered Spider gang of cyber criminals has pleaded guilty in a US court, and will be sentenced later this year. Tyler Buchanan pleaded guilty in a Florida court to conspiring with others to hack into companies’ computer systems with the intent of stealing at least $8 million in virtual currency.…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: $290M DeFi Hack, macOS LotL Abuse, ProxySmart SIM Farms +25 New Stories
You scroll past one incident and see another that feels familiar, like it should have been fixed years ago, but it still works with small changes. Same bugs. Same mistakes. The supply chain is messy. Packages you did not check are stealing data, adding backdoors, and spreading. Attacking the systems behind apps is easier than…
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Google gets agent-ready for the Mythos age
In response to Anthropic Mythos, instead of launching another LLM, Google unveiled a broad push toward agentic, AI-driven defense at Google Cloud Next ‘26 to help SOC analysts as they scramble to keep up with the influx of CVEs Mythos threatens. As Mythos promises more vulnerabilities, and reports of unauthorized access despite its limited preview…
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New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app
ESET researchers discover another iteration of NGate malware, this time possibly developed with the assistance of AI
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Is this where Apple Silicon will be in 5 years?
Apple Silicon has another big journey to take, one that means Apple will probably be the first to introduce 1.4- and 1-nanometer chips inside its systems. If that happens, Macs, iPhones, and iPads will continue to lead the industry in performance per watt. Why do I say this? Mainly because reports claim TSMC is working to build…
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Where there’s Muck there’s Brass
“Fear is a man’s best friend” is yet another great John Cale song. Dario Amodei of Anthropic has been listening.
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GlassWorm Campaign Uses Zig Dropper to Infect Multiple Developer IDEs
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 developer’s machine. The technique has been discovered in an Open VSX extension named “specstudio.code-wakatime-activity-tracker,” which masquerades as WakaTime, a
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories
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, attackers leaning on platforms and tools you’d normally trust without thinking twice. Quiet escalations more than loud zero-days, but the kind that matter more…
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Google patches fourth Chrome zero-day so far this year
Google has patched another zero-day vulnerability in Chrome, its fourth this year. In patching the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5281, the company acknowledged that an exploit for it already exists in the wild. According to the report in NIST’s National Vulnerability Database, the vulnerability in Dawn, the implementation of WebGPU used by Chrome, allowed a remote…
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Fortinet hit by another exploited cybersecurity flaw
Yet another critical flaw in a Fortinet product has come to light as attackers continue to target the company, this time by actively exploiting a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the cybersecurity company’s management server. The vulnerability, (CVE-2026-21643), allows unauthenticated threat actors to execute arbitrary code on unpatched systems via specifically-crafted HTTP requests. These low-complexity…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: CI/CD Backdoor, FBI Buys Location Data, WhatsApp Ditches Numbers & More
Another week, another reminder that the internet is still a mess. Systems people thought were secure are being broken in simple ways, showing many still ignore basic advisories. This edition covers a mix of issues: supply chain attacks hitting CI/CD setups, long-abused IoT devices being shut down, and exploits moving quickly from disclosure to real…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: OAuth Trap, EDR Killer, Signal Phishing, Zombie ZIP, AI Platform Hack & More
Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is lazy. A few bits fall into that uncomfortable category of “yeah… this is probably going to show up in real incidents sooner than we’d like.” The pattern this week feels familiar…
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US charges another ransomware negotiator linked to BlackCat attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice charged another former DigitalMint employee for his involvement in an insider scheme in which ransomware negotiators secretly partnered with the BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware operation. […]
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Microsoft Introduces AI-Focused Microsoft 365 E7
Microsoft is taking another swing at what AI inside workplace software should actually look like. This time, the company is packaging it into a new enterprise tier for Microsoft 365, along with a feature that turns Copilot from a helpful assistant into more of a digital coworker. M365 E7 tier bundles Copilot, Entra identity, and…
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Jack & Jill went up the hill — and an AI tried to hack them
What happens when an autonomous AI agent is turned loose on another autonomous AI agent? It chains together bugs that humans would consider benign, easily bypasses authentication controls, and even unexpectedly masquerades as Donald Trump to get its way. This was what CodeWall found in a recent red-teaming experiment when it pitted its autonomous AI…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Qualcomm 0-Day, iOS Exploit Chains, AirSnitch Attack & Vibe-Coded Malware
Another week in cybersecurity. Another week of “you’ve got to be kidding me.” Attackers were busy. Defenders were busy. And somewhere in the middle, a whole lot of people had a very bad Monday morning. That’s kind of just how it goes now. The good news? There were some actual wins this week. Real ones.…
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Threat Coverage Digest: New Malware Reports and 2,400+ Detection Rules
February brought another round of major detection improvements across ANY.RUN’s threat intelligence and sandbox coverage. Alongside new Threat Intelligence reports, our analysts expanded behavioral visibility across dozens of malware families, strengthened detection logic for modern phishing and data-stealing campaigns, and added thousands of new network detection rules. Let’s take a closer look at the updates delivered this month. Threat Intelligence Reports …
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Want More XWorm?, (Wed, Mar 4th)
And another XWorm[1] wave in the wild! This malware family is not new and heavily spread but delivery techniques always evolve and deserve to be described to show you how threat actors can be imaginative! This time, we are facing another piece of multi-technology malware. Here is a quick overview: The Javascript is a classic obfuscated one: No need…
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Fake Fedex Email Delivers Donuts!, (Fri, Feb 27th)
It’s Friday, let’s have a look at another simple piece of malware to close a busy week! I received a Fedex notification about a delivery. Usually, such emails are simple phishing attacks that redirect you to a fake login page to collect your credentials. Here, it was a bit different: Nothing really fancy but it…
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Self-spreading npm malware targets developers in new supply chain attack
Security researchers have uncovered another supply chain attack targeting developers: 19 typosquatting npm packages published on npmjs.com that steal credentials, infect projects, and propagate themselves across developer environments. The operation, dubbed “SANDWORM_MODE,” represents a (still) rare example of worm-like malware designed to spread through software supply chains rather than traditional end-user systems. New npm worm…
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Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems
In yet another software supply chain attack, the open-source, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cline CLI was updated to stealthily install OpenClaw, a self-hosted autonomous AI agent that has become exceedingly popular in the past few months. “On February 17, 2026, at 3:26 AM PT, an unauthorized party used a compromised npm publish token to…
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New phishing campaign tricks employees into bypassing Microsoft 365 MFA
Another device code phishing campaign that abuses OAuth device registration to bypass multifactor authentication login protections has been discovered. Researchers at KnowBe4 say the campaign is largely targeting North American businesses and professionals by tricking unwitting employees into clicking a link in an email from a threat actor. The message purports to be about a…
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New phishing campaign tricks employees into bypassing Microsoft 365 MFA
Another device code phishing campaign that abuses OAuth device registration to bypass multifactor authentication login protections has been discovered. Researchers at KnowBe4 say the campaign is largely targeting North American businesses and professionals by tricking unwitting employees into clicking a link in an email from a threat actor. The message purports to be about a…
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The Evolution of Route Planning Software in a Real-Time Logistics World
GUEST OPINION: A new day begins in the logistics hub. Dispatchers brace themselves for another marathon: hundreds of orders, diverse delivery windows, shifting traffic, and customers who expect real-time status updates as the bare minimum. With every hour, the pressure mounts not just to deliver quickly but to deliver smarter.
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Picking an AI red teaming vendor is getting harder
Vendor noise is already a problem in traditional security testing. AI red teaming has added another layer of confusion, with providers offering everything from consulting engagements to automated testing platforms. Many buyers still struggle to tell whether a vendor can test real-world AI system behavior or only run a packaged set of jailbreak prompts. This…
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Acting CISA chief says DHS funding lapse would limit, halt some agency work
Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.
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Telstra’s plan to move up to 209 roles offshore as part of its AI joint venture with Accenture deserves more than a passing glance
This isn’t just another line in a restructuring update. It goes to the heart of how and where Australia builds its digital future. Let’s be clear: global partnerships are not new, and they’re not inherently bad. India is a powerhouse in IT services and AI talent. Accenture operates at enormous global scale. From a cost…
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Telstra’s plan to move up to 209 roles offshore as part of its AI joint venture with Accenture deserves more than a passing glance
This isn’t just another line in a restructuring update. It goes to the heart of how and where Australia builds its digital future. Let’s be clear: global partnerships are not new, and they’re not inherently bad. India is a powerhouse in IT services and AI talent. Accenture operates at enormous global scale. From a cost…