Infosecurity News

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Gaming Giant Capcom Confirms Data Breach Exposed Users’ Personal Information

    Japanese video games giant Capcom confirmed unauthorized access to its online account system

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. EU Regulators to Investigate Booking.com Over Scam Risks

    The EU Commission will assess whether Booking.com has adequately protected customers from phishing attacks

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Ransomware Attacks Rise as Rival Gangs Vie For Market Supremacy

    Cybercriminal groups The Gentlemen and Qilin dominate ransomware attacks - and both are evolving their tactics in an attempt to outdo one another

  15. SafePay Has Compromised 600 Critical Infrastructure Victims Worldwide, CISA Warns

    A new CISA advisory warns of the threat posed by SafePay to businesses and critical infrastructure, and urges defenders to take action to mitigate the group’s tactics

  16. Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Leaked Ahead of Scheduled Security Patches

    Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP were leaked one day before their scheduled disclosure and security patches

  17. Children’s Data Stolen After Ransomware Attack Compromises ‘Password1’ Account

    The ICO has slammed security failings by the Welsh local government data unit and IT service provider following the 2024 incident

  18. Head of AI Security Roles Surge in Large Organizations

    A new IANS report has found that despite the growth of the head of AI security role, accountability for AI governance in firms remains unsettled

  19. Researchers Warn OpenCode Quietly Patched Critical RCE Flaw, Leaving Users At Risk

    OpenCode silently patched a critical RCE flaw, leaving vulnerable users unaware of the security risk, researchers at Pillar Security warned

  20. AI Agent Adoption Creates Risk as Oversight Struggles to Keep Pace, Splunk Finds

    Rapid adoption of agentic AI comes with potential business benefits. But if done incorrectly it also carries risks around AI activity management and security

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