An updated advisory from federal agencies provides information on the techniques used to hack programmable logic controllers. The post US Warns of Iranian Hackers Targeting Siemens, Schneider, and Rockwell ICS Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…
Multi-patch vulnerability fixes can leave open source exposed
Vulnerability management runs on a shorthand. A CVE shows a linked patch, someone applies it, and the ticket moves to closed. That shorthand covers most open source fixes. A share work in a different way, arriving as a run of…
The AI code vulnerabilities that grow with your app
Theori built 28 apps with AI coding agents and scanned each one through its pentesting platform. Five models did the building, split between Anthropic and OpenAI, across apps written from a spec, thrown together from a casual prompt, and rewritten…
Building a defense in depth strategy for sensitive data
In this Help Net Security video, Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Professional Software Engineer at Broadridge, explains how to build a defense in depth strategy for protecting sensitive data. He argues that a single control, like encrypting a disk or turning…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-23 06h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 4:4 : Anthropic Launches Claude Security Plugin to Scan Code for Vulnerabilities
Anthropic Launches Claude Security Plugin to Scan Code for Vulnerabilities
Anthropic has released the Claude Security plugin in beta, bringing AI-powered vulnerability scanning directly into Claude Code for developers who want to catch high-severity flaws before they ship. The tool lets teams scan recent changes or full repositories from the…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10020, (Thu, Jul 23rd)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Thursday, July 23rd, 2026…
OpenAI scored an own goal with HuggingFace attack, showing how open Chinese models are winning
Closed models with guardrails can still cause harm, but may also not be able to fix problems they caused This article has been indexed from www.theregister.com – Articles Read the original article: OpenAI scored an own goal with HuggingFace attack,…
CVE-2026-8933: Ubuntu security flaw breaks Snap sandbox protections
Qualys disclosed CVE-2026-8933, a high-severity Ubuntu flaw that lets local attackers gain root privileges through a race condition in snap-confine. Qualys has disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS score of 7.8), affecting default installations of Ubuntu…
OpenAI AI Models Breach Hugging Face During Security Test
OpenAI says its AI models autonomously breached Hugging Face during an internal security test. The post OpenAI AI Models Breach Hugging Face During Security Test appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity Planet Read the…
Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension bug enabled silent WhatsApp data theft
Adobe patched CVE-2026-48294, a flaw in Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that could let attackers steal WhatsApp Web chats by luring users to a webpage. Guardio Labs researcher Shaked Biner disclosed HermeticReader, a vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-23 00h : 1 posts
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IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-07-22
169 posts were published in the last hour 20:34 : OpenClaw security best practices for CISOs 20:34 : GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier 20:4 : Third-Party SDKs Raise Privacy Questions for Apps Marketed…
OpenClaw security best practices for CISOs
<p>OpenClaw has become one of the fastest adopted open source tools in recent memory. Originally released in late 2025 under the name Clawdbot, this autonomous AI agent now boasts hundreds of thousands of GitHub stars and a rapidly expanding ecosystem…
GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier
Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while its permanent invite-only VIP tier will pay $30,000 or more.…
Third-Party SDKs Raise Privacy Questions for Apps Marketed to U.S. Military
Researchers found Chinese and Russian SDKs in Android apps marketed to U.S. military users, highlighting software supply chain and enterprise privacy risks. The post Third-Party SDKs Raise Privacy Questions for Apps Marketed to U.S. Military appeared first on TechRepublic. This…
Device Code Phishing: Turning a Convenience Feature Into an MFA Bypass
Device code phishing abuses a legitimate authentication feature designed for devices with limited input capabilities. This article breaks down how the technique works, examines a recent observed case, and outlines the layered security measures organizations can implement. This article has…
How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible. This article has been indexed from Security…
Refresh Token Rotation in Node.js: Stopping Token Theft Without Logging Users Out
JWT-based authentication is simple to start with and surprisingly hard to get right. The naive setup of a long-lived access token stored in the browser is a security liability. The textbook fixes short-lived access tokens plus a refresh token —…
How to choose the best SOC platform in 2026 (and our top 4)
Without the right tools, no security operations centre (SOC) can do its job properly. A SOC platform brings together a range of security technologies that let your analysts rapidly identify threats, investigate them and implement fixes. There are many cybersecurity…
Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that has over 314 million users, which, if exploited, could facilitate a silent hijack of a user’s WhatsApp data. The shortcoming has been codenamed…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-22 21h : 12 posts
12 posts were published in the last hour 19:4 : Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs 18:36 : Public PoC Released for Windows NT OS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 18:36 : A Hidden Line…
Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of a target environment. The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS…
Public PoC Released for Windows NT OS Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code was released for CVE-2026-42980, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows NT OS Kernel. This vulnerability occurs due to an integer underflow in kernel-mode code. CVE-2026-42980 is an elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Windows NT…