Infosecurity News
vCenter Flaw Exploited Just Five Days After Disclosure
Attackers exploited a critical-severity vCenter flaw five days after Broadcom disclosed it
Trump Authorizes Private Sector Participation in Offensive Cyber Operations
The White House has authorized government-directed offensive cyber operations against transnational groups, prompting warnings over escalation and attribution risks
Akira Affiliate Crashes Ransomware After Attempting EDR Evasion
Huntress documents how a ransomware affiliate sabotaged its own attack with an anti-EDR effort
ICO Reprimands Criminal Records Office After 2023 Breach
The ICO has issued a formal reprimand to ACRO after patching and security monitoring failures led to a breach
WindRelay Malware Pairs With SpyNote RAT in Live-Call Scam
New WindRelay NFC malware paired with SpyNote RAT let a fraudster clone a card mid-call
Lazarus Used Post-Quantum Key Exchange to Deliver Zero-Day
Lazarus malware used post-quantum key exchange to protect delivery of a Windows zero-day exploit
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet Flaws to Target Critical Infrastructure
Gunra actors are using stealth to exfiltrate vast volumes of data from Microsoft services, US and Korean agencies have warned
NIST Seeks Public Input on AI-Ready NVD Modernization
The US National Institute for Standards and Technology wants to modernize its National Vulnerability Database to embrace AI-powered vulnerability research
Russian-Linked Hackers Accessed Polish Power Plant OT Network Through Private APN, Says CERT.PL
The Polish CERT has released details of another 2025 attack on a combined heat and power plant in the country
Microsoft Fixes 400 Flaws on August Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued another massive batch of security updates with 400 fixed in the August Patch Tuesday
Six npm Packages Read C2 Addresses From Ethereum Wallet
Six npm packages queried an Ethereum wallet to locate C2 infrastructure
Cursor Security Bug Allowed Repositories to Execute Commands Before Trust Verification
Cursor fixed a pre-trust code execution path in three days then closed the report as informative
Suisan City, California, Responds to Cyber Incident Amid Wave of US Local Government Attacks
Police and fire response has been impacted by the attack on Suisan City, while two other local authorities have been hit by cyber incidents in the past week also
OpenAI Launches Two-Tier Security Access Program Alongside GPT 5.6 Cyber
Daybreak Blue removes some OpenAI-made guardrails while Daybreak Red grants the use of cyber-focused frontier AI models
Logistics Giant Ceva Suffers Data Breach Impacting European Clients
Supply chain attack and data breach at Ceva Logistics appears to have a large blast radius
OpenAI Pauses Some Development of Astra Model on Security Concerns
OpenAI is tightening restrictions on testing of its upcoming Astra model due to security concerns
Only Half of UK Manufacturers Have a Cyber Incident Response Plan
Make UK reveals major cyber resilience gaps as 30% of UK manufacturers report recent cyber incidents
Researchers Uncover RovoBlast Vulnerability in Atlassian AI Assistant
Atlassian fixed a flaw letting one crafted link make its Rovo AI assistant exfiltrate company data
WordPress Plugins Compromised Without a Single File Change
Poisoned JSON feed let attackers backdoor WordPress sites without changing any plugin files
“Ghostjacking” Exploits AI Agents’ Trusted Access to Evade Firewall Controls
Tenet reported that half of Fortune 500 companies are vulnerable to the Ghostjacking technique, which involves tricking AI agents with fake reports
