A previously unknown ransomware strain called Spirals was used last month in an attack against an IT services company in South Asia, where attackers went from initial access to data theft and encrypting the network in less than 24 hours,…
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Scammers weaponize FaceTime to drain bank accounts
Apple is warning iPhone and iPad users that scammers are using FaceTime calls to trick them into handing over money and account details. The company says scammers use social engineering, posing as representatives of a trusted company or entity, and…
Claude can now sign into websites with 1Password without exposing your credentials
1Password has introduced 1Password for Claude, a beta integration that lets Anthropic’s AI assistant complete browser tasks requiring authentication without accessing users’ passwords or other secrets. The integration is available to paid Claude subscribers (Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise) using…
Ransomware attack halts Coca-Cola’s Fairlife US milk production
A ransomware attack has stopped milk production at Fairlife, the Coca-Cola dairy brand known for its high-protein milk, protein shakes, and nutrition drinks. Coca-Cola disclosed the incident on July 16, 2026, in a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities…
Prompt injection is becoming the XSS of the web agent era
Autonomous web agents read whatever a page displays, and much of that content comes from strangers. Product reviews, seller listings, and advertisements sit beside trusted site menus on a single page. An agent that reads all of that text as…
The script, not the voice, is what makes AI voice phishing work
The call comes in at 4:40 on a Friday. The voice belongs to a senior manager, or sounds close enough, and she needs a password reset before a flight. She is polite, she is in a hurry, and she has…
The five step plan that cuts security budget waste
In this Help Net Security video, Viktor Bulanek, CTO of Penetrify, explains where security budget waste comes from. Budgets get built around vendor categories, compliance checkboxes, and last year’s headlines. Attackers work along attack paths, and that mismatch is where…
A hard drive reliability check on 341,263 drives, from 4TB to past 20TB
Large cloud storage operators track their hard drives every day, recording which units keep running and which ones drop off the racks. Backblaze does this at scale, and its Q1 2026 report covers a fleet built for continuous use. The…
New infosec products of the week: July 17, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Cloudflare, Lineation.ai, Nudge Security, and Polygraf AI. Polygraf AI Meeting Guard delivers real-time deepfake detection for enterprise meetings Polygraf AI has announced Meeting Guard, a…
Adaptiva simplifies secure patch management for air-gapped networks
Adaptiva has announced AirGap for OneSite Patch, a new capability that extends autonomous patch management to air-gapped environments. Developed in response to growing demand from government agencies, critical infrastructure operators, and large enterprises managing highly secure environments, AirGap for OneSite…
Scattered Spider members jailed over Transport for London hack that cost £29 million
Two members of the notorious “Scattered Spider” hacking collective have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for a cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that disrupted services for thousands of commuters and cost the transport…
CISA folds its own hard-won lessons into coordinated vulnerability disclosure guidance
On Wednesday, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and four allied cyber authorities published a guide telling software vendors how to build a coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) program. Six days earlier, CISA published a blog post explaining how…
Russian cybercriminal used jailbroken Gemini CLI to rebuild botnet infrastructure in six minutes
A Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” used a jailbroken Gemini CLI, Google’s open-source terminal-based AI agent, to deploy and operate a small command-and-control (C2) botnet, according to TrendAI. Operational overview (Source: TrendAI) In more than 200 sessions between March…
Intruder brings AI-powered, on-demand penetration testing to web applications
Intruder has announced the launch of AI Pentesting for web applications, providing on-demand penetration testing. Following its initial release of issue-level investigations last quarter, the platform now allows organizations to securely connect their codebases via GitHub or GitLab to automatically…
ValorC3 extends SaaS protection with immutable cloud backups
ValorC3 Data Centers today announced the general availability of Backup as a Service, a fully managed offering that protects the SaaS data businesses rely on most, including Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Salesforce. Every backup is immutable, so data stays…
Romania’s land registry hit by cyber attack, data allegedly for sale
Romania’s National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI) suffered a major disruption on Tuesday, July 14, when its e-Terra cadastre and land registry app became unavailable to users. What was first declared to be a “major technical incident” has…
Lineation.ai focuses on runtime security for autonomous AI agents
Lineation.ai has announced the public launch of its comprehensive agentic security platform. Delivering a solution at the intersection of GenAI Application Security and Runtime Defense, Lineation introduces a Zero Trust unified control plane and a lightweight endpoint daemon that secures…
Tenable One unifies code risks with enterprise exposure data
Tenable has announced the expansion of the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform, unifying application security risks with all other exposure data. By integrating static code vulnerability data, Tenable One delivers complete, code-to-runtime visibility across the entire attack surface. Security teams…
Police take down investment fraud network that stole €100 million a month
Dutch police, working alongside Belgian authorities and Europol, have dismantled a major criminal network accused of operating a global investment fraud scheme through dozens of fraudulent call centers. Investigators estimate the organization generated more than €100 million a month by…
Microsoft makes Windows SSO prompts easier to manage
Microsoft is introducing a new registry-based policy that lets IT administrators automatically accept Windows SSO permissions on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 devices managed with Microsoft Entra ID. Users with personal Microsoft accounts and devices outside policy-managed environments will…