Securonix enhances Unified Defense SIEM with AI agent detection and lower data costs
Securonix has announced expanded cybersecurity cost reduction, expanded Threat Analytics for Microsoft Sentinel, and new Governed AI Agent Detection and Resp...
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BTMOB Android malware service fragments into a complex ecosystem
BTMOB, an Android RAT sold as a malware-as-a-service, has seen its operation splinter into a vast network of resellers, source-code vendors, independent serv...
New York Awards $9 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity at 153 Water Systems
The grants will help local governments assess and improve cyber defenses amid a multistate campaign targeting water and wastewater infrastructure. The post N...
Russian hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi networks to spy on travelers, Microsoft says
Russian state-sponsored hackers have been compromising hotel Wi-Fi networks around the world to steal travelers' login credentials and infect devices with es...
XCSSET v40 Infects Xcode Projects to Hijack Chrome and Trojanize Telegram on Macs
XCSSET v40 marks a significant escalation in macOS-focused supply chain attacks, weaponizing poisoned Xcode projects to hijack Chrome and Trojanize Telegram ...
What the Hugging Face breach reveals about defense in the age of agentic AI
We almost never get both sides of an intrusion. This time we did.
OctLurk and SilkLurk Backdoors Target Central Asian Governments in Cyberespionage Campaign
OctLurk and SilkLurk are highly customized, memory‑resident backdoors used in an ongoing cyberespionage campaign against government and critical‑sector netwo...
The best defense against an AI attacker might be its own safety training
Decoys may be the best defense against fast-moving autonomous AI attacks.
ThreatsDay: AI-Powered Hacking, 370 Chrome Flaws, SonicWall Attacks, DNS Hijacking + 22 More Stories
A lot of security still comes down to trusting the wrong screen. This week, that screen might be a login page, an install guide, a recruiter call, or a famil...
Laundry Bear’s new Microsoft Exchange attack triggers on email open (CVE-2026-42897)
Russia-affiliated cyber espionage group Laundry Bear (aka Void Blizzard, aka TA488) is exploiting CVE-2026-42897, a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mic...
After the Break-In: What Attackers Do Once They're Already Inside
Attackers rarely stop after gaining initial access. Huntress analyzes a real-world intrusion to show how threat actors establish persistence, disable defense...
Senate bill proposes new cybersecurity resources for K-12 schools
The proposed Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act, co-sponsored by Senators Mark Warner and Marsha Blackburn, would allocate $20 million over two years to fund s...
OctLurk and SilkLurk: newly identified tailored backdoors in cyber-espionage campaign in Central Asia
Our experts discovered OctLurk and SilkLurk, backdoors operating primarily in memory, targeting Central Asia. They inject plugins to launch shells, scan netw...
Top 10 Best Tools for Simulated DDoS Attacks in 2026
You don’t know your DDoS defenses work until you attack them yourself — safely, on purpose, with a kill switch. Simulated DDoS attack tools generate controll...
New Tengu botnet uses hardware watchdog for advanced persistence
A new Mirai-derived botnet, dubbed Tengu, was identified with advanced persistence and self-defense mechanisms, including the ability to use a compromised Li...
Russia accuses Telegram founder of aiding terrorism, seeks international arrest
Russia is seeking to place Telegram founder Pavel Durov on an international wanted list, alleging that the app has been used by Ukrainian intelligence to org...
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Ventured Beyond Hugging Face
Hugging Face has published an anatomy of the attack and OpenAI has shared additional information from its investigation. The post OpenAI’s Rogue AI Ventured ...
Cybercriminals Use Adversarial Prompt Injection to Evade AI-Powered Security Tools
Cybercriminals are rapidly operationalizing adversarial prompt injection techniques to evade AI-powered security controls, signaling a shift toward targeting...
The Next Evolution of MDR: Preemptive Defense and Agentic Investigation
For years, security operations followed a familiar sequence: detect suspicious activity, investigate what happened, and respond before it caused significant ...
NVIDIA’s Open Secure AI Alliance Is Missing Some Big Names
NVIDIA has launched a new Open Secure AI Alliance to build an “open defense stack for agents”