Category: CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents

A Quiet Breach of a Familiar Tool, Notepad++

For six months last year the update system of Notepad++, one of the world’s most widely used Windows text editors, was quietly subverted by hackers linked by investigators to the Chinese state. The attackers used their access not to disrupt…

AI Hijacks AWS Cloud in 8 Minutes via Exposed Keys

  An AI-assisted cyberattack hijacked a company’s AWS cloud infrastructure in just eight minutes after attackers discovered exposed test credentials in a public S3 bucket, demonstrating how configuration errors can fuel lightning-fast breaches in the era of automated threats. This…

Microsoft Unveils Backdoor Scanner for Open-Weight AI Models

  Microsoft has introduced a new lightweight scanner designed to detect hidden backdoors in open‑weight large language models (LLMs), aiming to boost trust in artificial intelligence systems. The tool, built by the company’s AI Security team, focuses on subtle behavioral…

Federal Agencies Worldwide Hunt for Black Basta Ransomware Leader

International operation to catch Ransomware leader  International law enforcement agencies have increased their search for individuals linked to the Black Basta ransomware campaign. Agencies confirmed that the suspected leader of the Russia-based Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has been put in the…

Iconics SCADA Flaw Enables Privileged File Abuse and Windows DoS

  A newly disclosed flaw in Mitsubishi Electric’s Iconics Suite SCADA platform, tracked as CVE-2025-0921, exposes critical industrial environments to denial-of-service attacks by abusing privileged file system operations in Windows-based engineering workstations. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.5, the…