Infosecurity News

Cyber Incident Forces UNM Health to Cancel Surgeries, Divert Ambulances
The University of New Mexico is working to restore systems following the incident, which has been claimed by the BYOD ransomware group

Hackers Infect 953 Online Stores With Scanner-Evading Code
Attackers have infected 953 online stores with a scanner-evading JavaScript loader since July 2025

OpenAI Compaction Flaw Exposed AI Reasoning to Researchers
Researchers uncovered an OpenAI API flaw that exposed hidden AI reasoning traces, prompting a fix and a $6000 bug bounty reward

ISC2 Launches Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition to Address the Future of AI Security Jobs
ISC2’s new Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition serves as a “vendor-neutral convener” to map the future of AI security careers, ISC2 CEO Scott Beale told Infosecurity

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



