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  1. Fake Codex Download Uses Google Sites to Deliver macOS Malware

    Fake Codex pages used Google Sites, sponsored search and ClickFix to target Mac users

  2. Doubloon Dredger Abuses Notion to Harvest Authentication Tokens

    Doubloon Dredger abused Notion and malicious PDFs to harvest Microsoft authentication tokens

  3. Wake-Up Call for CNI After Iranian Attack Shuts Down UK Power Plant

    Experts argue Iranian cyber-attack on UK power plant lays bare frailty of critical national infrastructure

  4. Researchers Uncover Thousands of Leaked AWS Keys

    Truffle Security says it found over 9000 publicly accessible and active AWS key pairs

  5. North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack

    Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply chain attacks

  6. New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Boosts Evasion Capabilities

    An Agent Tesla v4 malware campaign used novel emoji-based code obfuscation to evade detection, KnowBe4 has revealed

  7. Cybersecurity Job Ads Requiring AI Skills Double

    An analysis by the AI Workforce Consortium found that technical cybersecurity jobs are becoming more strategic due to the influence of AI

  8. NCSC Urges Stronger Controls for Agentic AI Systems

    NCSC urged sandboxing, oversight and tight access controls for autonomous AI agents

  9. US Defense Contractors Admit Their Rising CMMC Scores May Not Be Accurate

    Defense contractors in the US are doubting their own self-assessment scores under CMMC Phase I, even as those scores hit an all-time high

  10. ICS Operators Warned of AI-Driven Attacks on Siemens PLCs

    A US government advisory warned that attackers are deploying AI-generated exploitation scripts against exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs

  11. Updated ToxicPanda Variant Targets 140+ Banking and Crypto Apps

    Zimperium lifts the lid on the ToxicPanda 2.0 Android banking Trojan

  12. Def Con Attendees Targeted by Persistent Phishing Campaign

    Huntress researcher explains how they were targeted by an elaborate and persistent phishing scam following Def Con

  13. Exclusive: Linux Foundation's Akrites to Go Live in September

    The Linux Foundation's Akrites initiative will become operational in September, when it will begin accepting AI-powered vulnerability reports for open-source projects

  14. MaaS Campaign Combines ClickFix, ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

    eSentire uncovered a malware campaign combining ClickFix lures with ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

  15. Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign

    Grandoreiro is active after its 2024 disruption, with Mexico now accounting for 40% of detections

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. UK Fraud Cases Hit Record High in 2026

    Cifas data finds account takeover and identity fraud are driving a surge in fraud cases

  20. 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

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