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Unpatched PaperCut NG/MF vulnerability is under active attack
A yet unspecified vulnerability affecting print management solutions PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF is being exploited by attackers, PaperCut Software warned…
Unknown PaperCut NG/MF vulnerability is under active attack
A yet unspecified vulnerability affecting print management solutions PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF is being exploited by attackers, PaperCut Software warned…
Cyberattack causes network outage at Boston Scientific, disrupts global operations
Medical technology company Boston Scientific suffered a cyberattack that disrupted its IT systems and caused a network outage, affecting global…
Previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-8452)
CISA added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a previously patched Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway…
FBI takes down China-linked hacking network behind attacks on NASA, DOJ and U.S. Senate
The Justice Department and FBI have seized domains tied to two hacking tools built and run by a Chinese state-sponsored group, cutting off access to…
Abnormal AI expands email security from detection to data protection and phishing-simulation training
Abnormal AI announced an expansion of its email security platform with three new capabilities: Control Center, Email DLP Rules, and AI Phishing Coach…
AI will not fix a governance problem in your camera estate
Camera systems often outlive the companies that install them. In this Help Net Security interview, Rob Janssens, EMEA Cyber Security Director at Hikvision…
The best human hacking team still out-solved the best AI team
Bring an AI agent to a hacking competition and you would expect to find it propping up the teams who were struggling. In the 2026 Global Cyber Skills…
AnonyMousKIT phishing-as-a-service uses AI voice calls to steal iPhone passcodes
A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called AnonyMousKIT is automating the theft of Apple ID credentials needed to remove Activation Lock from stolen…
Critical Gitea vulnerability now exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-60004)
Attackers have begun exploiting CVE-2026-60004, a critical code injection vulnerability in the Gitea Git platform, CISA confirmed on Tuesday by adding the…
RightCrowd Pass unifies mobile, physical, and biometric credentials
RightCrowd announced RightCrowd Pass, a credentialing solution that issues and manages mobile, physical and biometric access credentials from a single…
Bogus recruiters go after high-value corporate credentials on mobile
Scammers posing as HR staff at well-known companies are running interview scheduling scams that end with a stolen corporate password, according to…
Meta adds three new features to keep WhatsApp accounts secure
Meta has added new security enhancements to WhatsApp, this time in the form of stronger two-step verification, additional information about calls from…
Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone
In this Help Net Security interview, Erika Dean, CISO at Tricentis, talks about keeping production data out of test environments and why she thinks the…
Linux Foundation takes on TRACE, a hardware-backed runtime evidence specification for AI agents
The Linux Foundation announced the contribution of TRACE (Trust, Runtime Attestation and Compliance Evidence), from OPAQUE. Collaboratively developed by…
AI vulnerability discovery scores the highest impact of 20 emerging risks
Risk managers, auditors and senior executives at 316 companies spent April and May ranking 20 threats they have not yet felt. AI discovery of cyber…
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 2026
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security…
INTERPOL crackdown on West African crime rings uncovers troubling new trend
Police across 22 countries arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects during an eight-month INTERPOL operation targeting West African organized crime…
Citrix UniconOS dual boot turns Windows endpoints into their own recovery device
Citrix announced Citrix UniconOS dual boot, a new endpoint resiliency capability designed to help organizations recover access to work in minutes —…