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  1. Jaguar Cyber Incident "Severely Disrupts" Sales and Operations

    Jaguar has proactively shut down systems to mitigate the impact of the incident, amid reports that workers at a UK manufacturing plant had been told to stay at home

  2. UK NCSC Supports Public Disclosure for AI Safeguard Bypass Threats

    The UK National Cyber Security Centre thinks public disclosure programs could help mitigate AI safety threats

  3. Zscaler Customer Info Taken in Salesloft Breach

    Zscaler has emerged as the latest corporate victim of a supply chain attack targeting Salesforce data

  4. Silver Fox Exploits Signed Drivers to Deploy ValleyRAT Backdoor

    Silver Fox APT abuses Microsoft-signed drivers to kill antivirus and deploy ValleyRAT remote-access backdoor

  5. High-Risk SQLi Flaw Exposes WordPress Memberships Plugin Users

    A vulnerability in the WordPress Paid Memberships Subscription plugin could lead to unauthenticated SQL injection on affected sites

  6. Ransomware Attack on Pennsylvania’s AG Office Disrupts Court Cases

    Pennsylvania’s Attorney General confirmed the OAG had refused to pay a ransom demand to the attackers after files were encrypted

  7. Amazon Stops Russian APT29 Watering Hole Attack Exploiting Microsoft Auth

    The campaign shows APT29’s intentions to “cast a wider net in their intelligence collection efforts,” said Amazon

  8. Salesloft Attacks Target Google Workspace

    Adversaries targeting the Salesloft Drift application integration with Salesforce have also compromised Google Workspace accounts

  9. WhatsApp Patches Zero-Day, Zero-Click Flaw

    WhatsApp has fixed a zero-day vulnerability linked to a sophisticated cyber-attack

  10. North Korean Hackers Weaponize Seoul Intelligence Files to Target South Koreans

    Pyongyang-backed hacking group APT37 leveraged an internal South Korean intelligence briefing in a spear phishing campaign

  11. Npm Package Hijacked to Steal Data and Crypto via AI-Powered Malware

    A software supply chain attack targeting Nx marks the first known case where attackers have leveraged developer AI assistants, according to StepSecurity

  12. State-Sponsored Hackers Behind Majority of Vulnerability Exploits

    Recorded Future highlighted the vast capabilities of state actors to rapidly weaponize newly disclosed vulnerabilities for geopolitical purposes

  13. TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 4.5 Million US Customers

    The credit rating giant revealed that the breach, which occurred on July 28, was caused by unauthorized access to a third-party application

  14. Fake IT Support Attacks Hit Microsoft Teams

    Fake IT support lures are being used to trick employees into installing remote‑access tools via Microsoft Teams

  15. Netherlands Confirms China's Salt Typhoon Targeted Small Dutch Telcos

    Salt Typhoon’s primary Dutch targets were small internet service providers and hosting providers

  16. Malicious VS Code Extensions Exploit Name Reuse Loophole

    Visual Studio Code extensions have been identified exploiting a loophole that allows reuse of names from removed packages

  17. Nevada Confirms Ransomware Attack, State Data Stolen

    Nevada’s CIO confirmed in a press conference that ransomware actors had exfiltrated data from state networks, amid an ongoing incident investigation

  18. Chinese Tech Firms Linked to Salt Typhoon Espionage Campaigns

    The US, UK and allies have called out China’s “commercial cyber ecosystem” for enabling large-scale Salt Typhoon campaigns

  19. Crypto Companies Freeze $47m in Romance Baiting Funds

    Chainalysis, OKX, Binance and Tether have managed to stop nearly $50m reaching romance baiting fraudsters

  20. Ransomware Actor Deletes Data and Backups Post-Exfiltration on Azure

    Microsoft observed Storm-0501 pivot to the victim’s cloud environment to exfiltrate data rapidly and prevent the victim’s recovery

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