GitLab released GitLab 19.0 with expanded secrets management, agentic merge request workflows, improved CI pipeline visibility, support for self-hosted open-source models, and supply chain visibility enhancements. Engineering organizations shipping more code than ever are confronting the AI Paradox firsthand, as…
Versa extends zero trust principles to AI agents and MCP workflows
Versa has introduced a patent-pending zero trust architecture for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), applying zero trust principles to AI execution. The company said every AI-generated action is validated against user identity, role-based access controls, and system policies before execution,…
Suspected KimWolf botnet admin arrested over DDoS-for-hire operation
U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, a service linked to attacks that infected more than one million devices worldwide. Jacob Butler, 23, of Ottawa, Canada, also known online as…
Paved With Intent: ROADtools and Nation-State Tactics in the Cloud
Open-source framework ROADtools is being misused by threat actors for cloud intrusions. Learn how to identify its malicious use. The post Paved With Intent: ROADtools and Nation-State Tactics in the Cloud appeared first on Unit 42. This article has been…
Hackers Use Six-Layer Persistence on FreePBX Systems
Hackers are actively exploiting FreePBX systems using a highly resilient six-layer persistence mechanism. The campaign has been attributed with high confidence to the threat actor INJ3CTOR3, known for targeting VoIP infrastructure for financial gain since 2019. The operation deploys a…
U.S. CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Trend Micro Apex One and Langflow flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Keepnet contributes voice and SMS phishing data to the 2026 Verizon DBIR
Keepnet, an Extended Human Risk Management (xHRM) platform, today announced that its voice and SMS phishing simulation data contributed to the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The 2026 edition is the first to include voice and SMS phishing…
Apple Blocked $2.2bn in App Store Fraud in the Last Year
Total figure for fraudulent transactions Apple has blocked since 2020 now stands at over $11bn This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Apple Blocked $2.2bn in App Store Fraud in the Last Year
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-05-22 12h : 14 posts
14 posts were published in the last hour 10:3 : Hackers Weaponize NF-e Invoice Lures to Deploy Banana RAT 10:2 : CISA Issues Alert on Exploited Microsoft Defender Zero-Day Vulnerabilities 10:2 : Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of…
Hackers Weaponize NF-e Invoice Lures to Deploy Banana RAT
Hackers are actively using Brazil’s electronic invoice system (NF-e) as a lure to distribute a sophisticated banking trojan known as Banana RAT. The campaign has been attributed to a financially motivated threat cluster tracked as SHADOW-WATER-063 and appears exclusively focused…
CISA Issues Alert on Exploited Microsoft Defender Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
CISA has issued an urgent alert warning organizations about two newly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Defender, both added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on May 20, 2026. CVE-2026-45498: Microsoft Defender DoS Vulnerability CVE-2026-45498 is a denial-of-service (DoS)…
Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload
The experienced Cloud Atlas group remains active, continuing to target government sectors and diplomatic entities in Russia and Belarus, employing both new and established techniques to maintain persistence in compromised systems. This article has been indexed from Securelist Read the…
Hackers Use Hugging Face to Host Second-Stage Malware for npm Supply Chain Attack
Hackers have found a new and alarming way to weaponize one of the most trusted platforms in the AI world. A threat actor linked to North Korea has embedded second-stage malware inside Hugging Face, the widely used AI and machine…
FBI Warns of Kali365 Attacking Microsoft 365 Users to Steal Logins and Bypass MFA
The FBI has issued a new cybersecurity warning about a rapidly emerging phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Kali365, which is actively targeting Microsoft 365 users to steal access tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Kali365 is being distributed primarily through Telegram…
CISA Warns of Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning organizations of active exploitation risks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-34926, affects on-premise deployments of…
Splunk Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities that Enable DOS Attack and Exposes Sensitive Data
Splunk has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities across Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud Platform, and the Splunk AI Toolkit that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions and exposure of sensitive data. The issues, disclosed on May 20, 2026, include three…
CISA’s new KEV nomination form opens reporting to vendors and researchers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a new nomination form that lets researchers, vendors, and industry partners report known exploited vulnerabilities for possible inclusion in its KEV catalog. The form gives outside contributors a direct way to submit vulnerabilities…
Android Malware Secretly Signs Users Up for Premium Services
Android users are being targeted by a large-scale malware campaign that silently subscribes victims to premium mobile services without their knowledge. The malware campaign focuses on carrier billing fraud, abusing premium SMS services to generate revenue for attackers. What makes…
‘First VPN’ Cybercrime Service Disrupted, Administrator Arrested
The FBI says First VPN has been used by dozens of ransomware groups for network reconnaissance and intrusions. The post ‘First VPN’ Cybercrime Service Disrupted, Administrator Arrested appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…
Meet Fractal, an OS made for microarchitecture reverse engineering
Probing how a CPU isolates user code from kernel code is messy work. Researchers patch kernels, write drivers, or boot stripped-down bare-metal programs, and any of those choices change variables they were trying to hold still. Fractal, a new operating…
Microsoft 365 users targeted by new phishing threat that bypasses MFA
Microsoft 365 access tokens are being targeted by an emerging Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Kali365, the FBI is warning. First observed in April 2026, Kali365 has been distributed through Telegram, allowing cybercriminals to obtain Microsoft 365 access tokens and bypass…
Kimwolf DDoS Botnet Operator Arrested in Canada Over DDoS-for-Hire Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the arrest of a Canadian man in connection with allegedly operating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Kimwolf. In tandem, Jacob Butler (aka Dort), 23, Ottawa, Canada, has been charged…
Microsoft Phasing Out SMS Authentication Codes for Personal Accounts in Favor of Passkeys
Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue SMS-based authentication and account recovery for personal Microsoft accounts. Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Microsoft Phasing Out SMS Authentication Codes for Personal Accounts in Favor of Passkeys appeared first…
Hackers Can Weaponize Lenovo Driver to Terminate EDR Processes
Hackers can weaponize a legitimately signed Lenovo driver to terminate security processes, highlighting a dangerous Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack vector that can bypass endpoint protection controls. Security researcher Jehad Abudagga has analyzed a Lenovo driver, BootRepair.sys, originally associated…