Fake antivirus programs are a type of scareware that masquerade as legitimate cybersecurity platforms, typically designed to pressure people into installing malware or entering payment… The post Fake Antivirus: What It Is and How to Protect Yourself appeared first on…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-24 21h : 5 posts
5 posts were published in the last hour 18:35 : SBOM/CVE: The Duck and Cover of Cyber War 18:34 : FBI and CISA Warn of Escalating Iranian Cyber Attacks 18:34 : Innovator Spotlight: American Binary 18:34 : New CISA/NSA Advisory…
SBOM/CVE: The Duck and Cover of Cyber War
We are doing security drills diligently for the wrong catastrophe. Here is what actually duck and cover for cyber threat looks like. By Dr. Arun Lakhotia In the tense years of… The post SBOM/CVE: The Duck and Cover of Cyber War…
FBI and CISA Warn of Escalating Iranian Cyber Attacks
Escalating Threats to Critical Infrastructure On July 22, 2026, federal agencies led by the FBI, CISA, and NSA released an updated joint alert warning that cyberattackers with ties to Iran… The post FBI and CISA Warn of Escalating Iranian Cyber…
Innovator Spotlight: American Binary
American Binary: Why “Mostly Post Quantum” Is Another Way to Say Vulnerable If you’ve sat through a vendor briefing in the last 2 years, you’ve been told your stack is… The post Innovator Spotlight: American Binary appeared first on Cyber…
New CISA/NSA Advisory Spotlights Russian Attacks on Zimbra Webmail
Overview of the Advisory On July 23, 2026, CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and their international partners issued a joint cybersecurity advisory alerting organizations to ongoing Russian state-sponsored activity. The… The post New CISA/NSA Advisory Spotlights Russian Attacks on Zimbra…
Frontier AI and the Vulnerability Gap in OT
The landscape of cyber defense and offense is shifting beneath our feet. Over the past few weeks, the release of “frontier” AI models has accelerated the arms race, forcing a… The post Frontier AI and the Vulnerability Gap in OT…
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government’s claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone’s data, opening up fresh questions about a person’s constitutional rights at the U.S. border.…
Claude Mythos Just Caught the Attention of Canada’s Banking Regulator
Canada’s federal banking regulator has privately warned financial institutions that advances in frontier artificial intelligence are shrinking the time available to detect and contain software vulnerabilities, according to an internal email that specifically identified Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, an uncommon…
Digital Banking’s Expanding Ecosystem Creates New Cybersecurity Challenges, Report Warns
The rapid development of digital banking services and financial technologies is resulting in an unprecedented cybersecurity paradigm, which the current security posture is not equipped to handle,” says the report titled ‘Digital Threat Report 2025-26’, complied by the Ministry…
OpenAI Discloses AI-Driven Breach During Cybersecurity Testing
An internal cybersecurity evaluation to evaluate Hugging Face’s offensive cyber capabilities allowed two of the company’s advanced AI models to hack into the organization’s infrastructure autonomously. These models include GPT-5.6 Sol and a more advanced pre-release model. One of the…
BlueNoroff Zoom Phishing Kit Profiles Crypto Wallets Before Malware Delivery
The North Korean threat actors behind the ClickFix-style campaigns that employ typosquatted Zoom and Microsoft Teams domains have been found to operate an active phishing kit to impersonate the videoconferencing platforms in social engineering campaigns designed to deliver malware. “BlueNoroff…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-24 18h : 7 posts
7 posts were published in the last hour 16:4 : Cl0p Hackers Exploit Windchill Servers to Steal Companies’ Secret Product Designs 15:36 : Expert Density as Strategy: How 2F-IT Built One of Germany’s Deepest Fortinet Practices 15:36 : OpenAI’s agent…
Cl0p Hackers Exploit Windchill Servers to Steal Companies’ Secret Product Designs
Cl0p ransomware affiliates are exploiting exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers to steal engineering and product-design data. The campaign combines software flaws to gain access without credentials, install hidden server-side access, and remove sensitive files before demanding payment. The activity…
Expert Density as Strategy: How 2F-IT Built One of Germany’s Deepest Fortinet Practices
Learn how 2F-IT GmbH built one of Germany’s strongest Fortinet expert teams by making NSE 8 talent density, mentorship, and specialization part of its operating model. This article has been indexed from Industry Trends & Insights Read the original…
OpenAI’s agent escaped its sandbox during a security test
An OpenAI agent escaped its sandbox, stole credentials, and broke into Hugging Face. Here’s what that actually means. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: OpenAI’s agent escaped its sandbox during a security test
Call of Duty Mobile scam uses fake free points to steal player accounts
A phishing site posing as a free Call of Duty Points giveaway is stealing Activision logins and two-factor authentication codes. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Call of Duty Mobile scam uses fake free points…
Don’t get fooled by TikTok resin art scams
Scammers are using stolen videos and fake artist profiles to trick people into buying resin art that never arrives. Here’s how to spot the warning signs. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Don’t get fooled…
YouTube Faces Backlash Over Eating Disorder Recommendations
YouTube is still facing criticism over the way its recommendation system serves harmful eating-disorder content to teenagers, despite stronger online safety rules introduced in the UK. New research cited by the BBC says the platform continues to surface videos…
Zero-day flaw in Check Point SmartConsole is under exploitation
Researchers warned the vulnerability offers an attacker the ability to make key changes to security configurations. This article has been indexed from Cybersecurity Dive – Latest News Read the original article: Zero-day flaw in Check Point SmartConsole is under exploitation
The Signs Were There: What the First Autonomous Ransomware Case Confirms
An AI agent has run a ransomware intrusion on its own for the first time, from break-in to data destruction. The autonomous attacks TrendAI™ Research predicted are beginning to arrive, and defending against them shifts from blocking known indicators to…
Certighost Exploit Lets Low-Privileged Active Directory Users Impersonate a Domain Controller
Researchers H0j3n and Aniq Fakhrul published a working exploit on July 24 that lets a low-privileged Active Directory user obtain a certificate for a Domain Controller and authenticate as that machine. They codenamed the flaw Certighost. Because Domain Controller accounts…
The most vulnerable AI products are also some of the most commonly exposed online
It is becoming increasingly easy for hackers to target vulnerable AI tools on companies’ networks, even as those companies come to depend on them for more tasks. This article has been indexed from Cybersecurity Dive – Latest News Read the…
Google Adds Selfie Video Sign-In to Help Users Recover Locked Accounts
Google added selfie video recovery for eligible accounts, using encrypted videos and liveness checks to help users regain access when locked out. The post Google Adds Selfie Video Sign-In to Help Users Recover Locked Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic. This…