Meta on Tuesday announced a set of WhatsApp account security features, including support for multiple passkeys to a single account to help users with both…
Secure Agent Harness Execution: Preventing Escape
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Marimo Notebook Flaw Could Run MCP Commands Before Cells Execute in Edit Mode
Marimo has addressed a high-severity security flaw in its notebook software that allowed an attacker to execute an attacker-supplied Model Context…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-25 16h : 18 posts
18 posts published in the last hour 13:31Fake Recruiter Scams Target Corporate Credentials on Mobile 13:31AI-Assisted ToxNetV2 Linux Botnet Uses LLM to Generate Shell and SSH Commands 13:31WhatsApp tightens account security with stronger two-step verification and more 13:31Citrix UniconOS dual…
Fake Recruiter Scams Target Corporate Credentials on Mobile
RecruitTrap campaigns use mobile-optimized phishing pages to target enterprise credentials
AI-Assisted ToxNetV2 Linux Botnet Uses LLM to Generate Shell and SSH Commands
ToxNetV2, an AArch64 Linux peer-to-peer botnet, integrates a large language model into its controller workflow to turn botnet and host telemetry into…
WhatsApp tightens account security with stronger two-step verification and more
WhatsApp’s two-step verification previously relied on a six-digit PIN, but now users can choose a longer, alphanumeric password with special characters.
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 —…
August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs
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Check Point Blocks Large-Scale Debt-Relief Email Phishing Campaign Targeting More Than 9,000 Organizations
Check Point has identified and blocked a large-scale email phishing campaign using fraudulent financial hardship and debt-relief offers to manipulate…
WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update
When Android users get a call from a non-contact, they will see more information about the caller, including their country.
Fideo Lens reveals connections across identities, accounts and devices
Fideo Intelligence introduced Fideo Lens, an investigative intelligence platform that helps fraud and financial crime teams discover hidden relationships…
Multi-Agent AI Framework Compromises Government Systems and Steals Thousands of Records
A multi-agent AI framework, utilizing Hermes and OpenClaw agents, was employed to compromise government entities in Asia, stealing thousands of personnel…
24 npm Packages Abuse unpkg Mirrors to Host Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA Pages
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses a cluster of 24 npm packages as free phishing infrastructure for redirecting…
CVE-2026-72898: Critical Metabase Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2026-72898 is a critical unauthenticated SQL injection in Metabase’s password-reset functionality. Learn more about it.
Grok fooled into stealing user chat, location data, and more
Researchers found that prompt injection attacks can hide malicious instructions in encrypted text to get them past AI guardrails.
Frontier AI: Vulnerability Management’s Systemic Revolution
Vulnerability management has been a staple of security programs since the dawn of the cybersecurity discipline. The symbiotic relationship between…
Hands-On Cyber-Physical Systems Training Returns to ICS Cybersecurity Conference
Hands-on Cyber Attack Methods course returns to SecurityWeek’s ICS Cybersecurity Conference, October 6–8 at the W Nashville.
E4del and PINHOLE RATs Turn FTP Banners Into Dead Drops for Malware Commands
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that employs FTP banners as dead drop resolvers (DDRs) to deliver two previously…
Fake OpenAI Codex download tricks macOS users into installing malware
A malware campaign using a sponsored search ad and a fake OpenAI Codex download page to trick macOS users into pasting a malicious command into Terminal…
Mirage2FA Surge Hits 4,500 US and EU Companies, Abusing Microsoft 365 Login Flows
Thousands of companies have been affected by the Mirage2FA campaign from 2024 to 2026. The commercial phishing-as-a-service toolkit targets Microsoft 365…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-25 15h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 12:31Encrypted instructions can fool AI assistants like Grok and Gemini 12:02Scammers Impersonate Microsoft to Push Fake Security Scans and Refund Fraud 12:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-25 14h : 11 posts
Encrypted instructions can fool AI assistants like Grok and Gemini
Researchers found that prompt injection attacks can hide malicious instructions in encrypted text to get them past AI guardrails.
Scammers Impersonate Microsoft to Push Fake Security Scans and Refund Fraud
A cluster of fraudulent websites impersonating Microsoft is using fake “security scans” to pressure victims into uninstalling antivirus products,…