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  1. STX RAT Targets Finance Sector With Advanced Stealth Tactics

    STX RAT, a newly identified remote access trojan, attempted deployment in finance, showing advanced C2 and stealthy delivery methods

  2. Bitcoin Depot Reports $3.6m Crypto Theft After System Breach

    Bitcoin Depot has disclosed a cyber-attack that led to the theft of more than 50 Bitcoin, worth $3.66m, after hackers accessed its internal systems

  3. Atomic Stealer MacOS ClickFix Attack Bypasses Apple Security Warnings

    macOS 26.4 update introduced security warnings into Terminal to prevent ClickFix attacks, so attackers have shifted to Script Editor instead

  4. Middle East Hack-for-Hire Operation Traced to South Asian Cyber Espionage Group

    A spear-phishing campaign which spread across the Middle East between 2023 and 2024 has now been linked to Bitter APT group

  5. Governance Gaps Emerge as AI Agents Drive 76% Increase in NHIs

    SANS Institute reveals that AI agents are behind a 76% surge in non-human identities

  6. Google Warns of New Threat Group Targeting BPOs and Helpdesks

    Google’s threat intel team warns UNC6783, a new extortion group possibly linked to the “Raccoon” persona, is targeting BPOs and enterprises

  7. Google API Keys Quietly Gain Access to Gemini on Android Devices

    Google API key flaw exposes mobile apps to Gemini AI access, private files and billing risks

  8. Critical Vulnerability in Ninja Forms Exposes WordPress Sites

    Ninja Forms File Upload RCE via unauthenticated arbitrary file upload; update to 3.3.27 immediately

  9. Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing to Use AI to Find and Fix Critical Software Vulnerabilities

    Anthropic launches Project Glasswing, using its Claude Mythos Preview AI to autonomously identify and fix undiscovered vulnerabilities in critical software

  10. US Thwarts DNS Hijacking Network Controlled by Russian APT28 Hackers

    The FBI deployed a method to unplug US-based routers compromised by APT28 from the threat actor’s malicious network

  11. Claude Discovers Apache ActiveMQ Bug Hidden for 13 Years

    Anthropic’s Claude AI has helped researchers find a vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Classic

  12. Iran‑Backed Threat Actors Hit US CNI Providers via Internet‑Facing OT Assets

    CISA has revealed Iranian attacks causing disruption and financial loss at US critical infrastructure firms

  13. Russian APT28 Hackers Hijack Routers to Steal Credentials, UK Security Agency Warns

    Newly identified malicious campaigns are linked to virtual private servers modified by APT28 to operate as malicious DNS servers

  14. GPU Rowhammer Attack Enables Privilege Escalation and Full System Compromise

    GPUBreach uses GPU Rowhammer on GDDR6 to flip bits, corrupt page tables and escalate to system root

  15. GrafanaGhost Exploit Bypasses AI Guardrails for Silent Data Exfiltration

    GrafanaGhost chains AI prompt injection and URL flaws to exfiltrate sensitive Grafana data

  16. Over $17bn Lost to Cyber Fraud in the Last Year, Warns FBI

    Cryptocurrency scams alone cost victims over $7 billion, while AI-enabled fraud threats are on the rise, says FBI

  17. Storm-1175 Exploits Flaws in High-Velocity Medusa Attacks

    Microsoft has released a new report about the Storm-1175 group and its connection to Medusa ransomware

  18. Fortinet Releases Emergency Patch After FortiClient EMS Bug Is Exploited

    Fortinet has updated its FortiClient EMS product after zero-day attacks surfaced

  19. New Phishing Platform Used in Credential Theft Campaigns Against C-Suite Execs

    A large-scale credential theft campaign targeting senior executives has been linked to a previously unknown automated phishing platform called Venom

  20. New 'Storm' Infostealer Remotely Decrypts Stolen Credentials

    This modern infostealer adopted server-side decryption of stolen credentials to bypass security controls

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