In the second timeline of April 2026 I collected 108 events, corresponding to an average of 7.2 events per day, a number that confirms a growing trend, driven by the increasing number of supply chain attacks, compared to the previous…
Google is turning Android Studio into a policy watchdog
Google has expanded Play Policy Insights in Android Studio to help developers catch policy issues while coding, including warnings for common problems such as missing login credentials. Later this year, developers who connect their Play developer account directly to Android…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-05-08 12h : 11 posts
11 posts were published in the last hour 10:4 : ZiChatBot Malware Abuses Zulip APIs for Stealthy C2 Operations 10:4 : Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison 9:32 : Fake Moustache Fools Age…
ZiChatBot Malware Abuses Zulip APIs for Stealthy C2 Operations
A new cross‑platform malware family, dubbed ZiChatBot, that abuses the trusted Python Package Index (PyPI) ecosystem and the Zulip team chat platform to run a stealthy command‑and‑control (C2) channel. During routine threat hunting, analysts observed a series of malicious wheel packages…
Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating “laptop farms” that helped North Korean IT workers gain employment at nearly 70 American companies, generating more than $1.2 million for Pyongyang’s government. Although Matthew Issac Knoot of…
Fake Moustache Fools Age Checks, Sparks Online Safety Act Fears
A critical gaps in age verification systems introduced under the Online Safety Act, with children easily bypassing safeguards using simple tricks including drawing fake facial hair to appear older on camera. The Online Safety Act, which came into force in…
Hackers Use Morse Code to Trick Grok and Bankrbot, Steal $200K in Crypto Tokens
Threat actors have successfully executed a novel prompt injection attack against artificial intelligence agents, draining approximately $200,000 in cryptocurrency. By using Morse code to bypass standard AI safety filters, an attacker tricked the Grok AI model and an autonomous wallet…
Critical Vulnerability in Rancher Fleet Enables Full Cluster-Admin Privileges
The SUSE Rancher Security team disclosed a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-41050. This severe flaw affects Rancher Fleet, a popular GitOps tool for managing Kubernetes clusters at scale. The vulnerability completely breaks the platform’s core multi-tenant isolation mechanism, allowing malicious…
Trellix Investigates RansomHouse Breach Claims Involving Source Code Repository
Leading cybersecurity firm Trellix is actively investigating a potential security incident following claims made by the RansomHouse extortion group. The threat actors recently listed Trellix on their dark web leak site, alleging a successful cyberattack against the prominent security vendor.…
Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink
With the launch of the first 16 satellites, Russia begins construction of a network for satellite internet that aims to cover the entire country by 2030. But getting there won’t be easy. This article has been indexed from Security Latest…
Critical Spring Vulnerabilities Expose Arbitrary Files and GCP Secrets
Spring Cloud Config provides crucial server-side and client-side support for externalized configuration in distributed systems. Recently, the Spring development team disclosed four security vulnerabilities impacting the Spring Cloud Config Server. These flaws range from medium to critical severity, exposing environments…
Mozilla Patches 423 Firefox 0-Day Vulnerabilities with Claude Mythos and Other AI Models
Mozilla has fixed a total of 423 Firefox security bugs in April 2026 alone, a figure nearly 20 times higher than its monthly average of about 21 bugs throughout 2025, driven by a groundbreaking agentic AI pipeline built around Anthropic’s…
‘PCPJack’ Worm Removes TeamPCP Infections, Steals Credentials
The malware framework targets web applications and cloud environments, including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and more. The post ‘PCPJack’ Worm Removes TeamPCP Infections, Steals Credentials appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: ‘PCPJack’…
PCPJack Campaign Boots TeamPCP Off Compromised Machines
SentinelOne believes the PCPJack campaign may be the brainchild of a former TeamPCP member This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: PCPJack Campaign Boots TeamPCP Off Compromised Machines
Signed Logitech Installer Abused to Drop TCLBANKER Banking Trojan
Hackers are abusing a signed Logitech installer to stealthily deploy a new Brazilian banking trojan known as TCLBANKER, giving threat actors a powerful tool to steal financial data and self‑propagate through popular communication platforms. The malware specifically targets Brazilian users…
Fixing the password problem is as easy as 123456
How come it’s still possible to ‘secure’ an online account with a six-digit string? This article has been indexed from WeLiveSecurity Read the original article: Fixing the password problem is as easy as 123456
Fake call logs, real payments: How CallPhantom tricks Android users
ESET researchers uncovered fraudulent apps on Google Play that claim to provide the call history “for any number” and had been downloaded more than seven million times before being taken down This article has been indexed from WeLiveSecurity Read the…
AI, Cyberwarfare, and Autonomous Weapons: Inside America’s New Military Strategy
The Pentagon is integrating AI into military operations, transforming cybersecurity, targeting, and command systems into a unified warfare architecture. May 2026 marks a turning point in the evolution of modern warfare: the convergence of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and conventional military…
CVE-2025-68670: discovering an RCE vulnerability in xrdp
During a security assessment of Kaspersky USB Redirector, we discovered CVE-2025-68670: a pre-auth RCE in the xrdp server component. Project maintainers promptly patched the vulnerability. This article has been indexed from Securelist Read the original article: CVE-2025-68670: discovering an RCE…
Zara – 197,376 breached accounts
In April 2026, the fashion brand Zara was among a number of organisations targeted by the ShinyHunters extortion group as part of their “pay or leak” campaign. The group claimed the breach was related to a compromise of the Anodot…
OpenAI tunes GPT-5.5-Cyber for more permissive security workflows
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.5-Cyber, a variant of its latest AI model, in limited preview for verified cybersecurity professionals and organizations through its Trusted Access for Cyber program. Trusted Access for Cyber is OpenAI’s identity and trust-based access framework for…
Securonix launches AI threat research agent and ThreatWatch validation tool
Securonix announced the Securonix Threat Research Agent and ThreatWatch for ThreatQ, expanding how security teams research threats, validate exposure, and turn intelligence into documented action. Built on the ThreatQ platform and connected to Securonix security operations workflows, the new capabilities…
Avantra’s new AI can diagnose SAP failures in seconds
Avantra launched Avantra 26, an advancement in AI-driven operations, strengthening native integration with SAP Cloud ALM, and delivering automated visibility across SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Avantra also announced Avantra AIR Root Cause Analyzer, an AI-powered intelligence engine that automatically…
Snyk integrates Claude to advance AI-native application security
Snyk has announced it is leveraging Anthropic’s Claude models to advance software security. Snyk has integrated Claude into the Snyk AI Security Platform, enabling automated vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and developer-ready fixes across code, dependencies, containers, and AI-generated artifacts. The threat…