Infosecurity News

MaaS Campaign Combines ClickFix, ErrTraffic and Cruciferra
eSentire uncovered a malware campaign combining ClickFix lures with ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign
Grandoreiro is active after its 2024 disruption, with Mexico now accounting for 40% of detections

OpenAI Tightens AI Safeguards Following Hugging Face Incident
OpenAI is strengthening safeguards for its most advanced AI models, citing growing risks as frontier systems gain more powerful cyber capabilities

Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Organizations Hit by Medusa Ransomware
The FBI warned that the RaaS operation has significantly enhanced its tactics, techniques and procedures, making it harder for defenders to counter

ICO Urges Police to Improve Data Governance in Facial Recognition Rollouts
The UK’s privacy watchdog has called on police using facial recognition to follow its recommendations

UK Fraud Cases Hit Record High in 2026
Cifas data finds account takeover and identity fraud are driving a surge in fraud cases

Wiz AI Agent Finds Critical Snowflake GitHub Repo Flaw Advanced Security Missed
The security flaw in Snowflake’s GitHub Actions workflow had been missed by a GitHub Advanced Security scan, said a Wiz researcher

Enterprise Applications Carry 4.31x More Critical and High Vulnerabilities
Enterprise software creation has accelerated as vulnerability levels rise, Sonatype finds

NASA Ground Control Software Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Commands
Critical AIT-GUI flaws expose spacecraft commands and scripts to unauthenticated attackers

Cyber Incident Disrupts Student Services at UT San Antonio
UT San Antonio has taken IT systems offline following a cyber incident, disrupting student registration and tuition payments days before term is due to resume

Three-quarters of Ransomware Attacks Target Mid-Market Firms
Black Kite finds mid-market is the sweet spot for ransomware as manufacturers are most likely to be hit

UK Legal Regulator Raises AI Misuse Concerns
Solicitors Regulation Authority sounds the alarm over AI hallucinations and data leaks

UNISOC Modem Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution via Video Calls
UNISOC modem flaw enabled kernel-level code execution through video calls

WordPress Plugin Flaw Exposes 40,000 Sites to Admin Takeover
Critical User Profile Builder flaw let unauthenticated attackers access administrator accounts

ETSI Proposes 17 Cybersecurity Standards to Support Cyber Resilience Act
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute has launched an approval process for standards vendors will have to meet under the Cyber Resilience Act

SafePal Data Breach Hits Tens of Thousands of Customers
Nearly 40,000 customers of hardware wallet provider SafePal have been impacted by a data breach

Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months
Flashpoint data reveals infostealers were responsible for taking 1.7 billion credentials in the first half of 2026

Researchers Confirm ExfilSquad’s Access to Sensitive Data Across 13 Organizations
Researchers have verified that ExfilSquad possesses sensitive data stolen from at least 13 victims after the extortion group published leaked datasets via torrents

New Mirai-Based Linux Botnet ‘Evooo1Bot’ Turns Victims Into Proxies
Evooo1Bot is a newly observed botnet based on the Mirai framework but equipped with advanced features, turning edge devices into persistent proxies

Novel macOS Infostealer AmnesiaStealer Spread via ClickFix
AmnesiaStealer contains novel functions, including the attackers gaining remote control over the victim’s browser to steal cookie data



