Infosecurity News
Attackers Exploit Teams External Chat to Breach Organizations in Under 15 Minutes
Arctic Wolf warned that the function enables highly effective social engineering attacks, which lead to incidents such as ransomware
Copenhagen University Breach Compromises Data on Half a Million People
Hackers have stolen personal information on over 520,000 people from the University of Copenhagen
First ISC2 AI Security Certification Expected for Early 2027
ISC2 is seeking 3000 volunteers to enrol to a pilot exam phase for its upcoming AI security certification
Watchdog Urges Police and Fire Service to Improve Cybersecurity
UK police forces and fire and rescue services have been urged to strengthen cybersecurity as rising cyber threats outpace current defenses
CISA 2030 Sets Out ‘Aggressive, Anticipatory’ Cyber Defense Strategy for Critical Infrastructure
CISA’s new strategy, CISA 2030, will focus on rapid detection and response and resiliency of critical services ahead of “passive defense”
Gheist Attackers Stumble in Attempt to Abuse GitHub Tokens
A large-scale GitHub campaign abused stolen access tokens to target 13,500+ branches and repositories with secret-stealing workflows
Linux Flaws Exposed Before Fixes as Root Exploit Goes Public
Six Linux flaws were made public, including one with a working root exploit and no merged fix
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch Update for Critical .NET Buffer Overflow Flaw
Microsoft’s updates address two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in the .NET developer platform, as well as flaws not fully addressed in an earlier release
Blue Initiative Offers Maritime Sector Dedicated Vulnerability Database
Blue Initiative launches a new vulnerability database for IT and OT CVEs relevant to the maritime industry
PHP Publishes Mitigation Advice for New RCE Flaw
PHP warns of critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-115560, but says limited exploit conditions mean most deployments are unlikely to be affected
Gaming Giant Capcom Confirms Data Breach Exposed Users’ Personal Information
Japanese video games giant Capcom confirmed unauthorized access to its online account system
Widespread Token-Spraying Attacks Target Microsoft 365 Accounts For Email Compromise
Security researchers identified attempts to access corporate networks which have been linked to a major Microsoft 365-targeted BEC campaign using phishing, stolen session tokens and social engineering
Attacks on Tech Firms Behind Most Third-Party Data Breach Victims
Kroll found that 69% of data breach victims in the past year were affected by a third-party breach, with attacks on tech companies the most common cause
EU Regulators to Investigate Booking.com Over Scam Risks
The EU Commission will assess whether Booking.com has adequately protected customers from phishing attacks
Iranian Hacking Group Found Hosting C2 Infrastructure in the US
Stealthy malware campaign by ‘Prince of Persia’ threat group targeting organisations worldwide discovered operating on American soil
Microsoft: Chinese State Actor Used AI to Compromise ConnectWise Tenants
Microsoft said it has observed threat actor activity in multiple ConnectWise customer environments, with the attackers leveraging the ARTEX agentic AI platform
PHP2Shell Exploitation Attempt Detected by Amazon Four Days Before Vulnerability Disclosure
Threat intelligence analysts now observe large-scale evidence of exploitation of the two critical PHP vulnerabilities
Cloud Security Maturity Lags Despite Widespread Adoption, SANS Warns
Nearly all organizations now run production workloads in the cloud, but a new SANS survey found most have yet to achieve mature cloud security programs
New PhaaS Platform Uses AI to Craft Phishing Lures and Mask Malicious Activity
Researchers have uncovered Athena StealthRoute, a phishing-as-a-service platform featuring an AI Studio that generates phishing lures and decoy content designed to conceal attacks
Symantec Uncovers AI Agent Hijacking Models for Autonomous Cyber-Attacks
Researchers at Symantec have uncovered an AI agent designed to operate a full cyber-attack without human intervention
