The European Commission has issued preliminary findings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act, identifying significant gaps in how the platform protects children. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: EU warns TikTok on child safety…
Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Phishing 4,500 Snapchat Users to Steal Private Photos
An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to a phishing and account-compromise scheme that targeted thousands of Snapchat users, leading to the theft of private images from numerous women. Federal prosecutors stated that Kyle Svara, 27, of Oswego, Illinois, admitted to…
KnowBe4’s Unveils Custom AI Video Builder
KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today announced the launch of Custom AI Video Builder, a new capability that lets security admins create custom, AI-generated training videos and deploy them directly into…
Microsoft Confirms No Bloatware Ads in Windows 11; LG Disables McAfee Pop-ups
Microsoft has moved quickly to shut down unwanted antivirus advertising after users discovered that connecting an LG monitor could silently install companion software and trigger a McAfee trial pop-up on Windows 11. The issue surfaced when owners of premium LG…
ChonkyChicken Malware Steals Chrome Credentials, Moves Laterally and Spies on Victims
ChonkyChicken is a newly identified remote access trojan designed to turn one infected Windows device into a platform for credential theft, network movement, and surveillance. The malware is part of the TAG-195, also called Golden Chickens or Venom Spider, malware-as-a-service…
FakeAgent Campaign Uses Malicious Bing Ads and Claude.ai Artifacts to Infect Corporate Users
A dangerous new malware campaign is tricking corporate workers who simply want a desktop version of a popular AI assistant. Between July 21 and July 22, 2026, at least 29 organizations saw unusual software installs and hidden persistence on their…
JetBrains Fixes Critical IntelliJ IDEA Code Execution Flaw and Four TeamCity Vulnerabilities
JetBrains has released security updates to address a critical code execution vulnerability in IntelliJ IDEA, alongside four high-severity vulnerabilities in TeamCity. Development teams and CI administrators are urged to apply these patches immediately to prevent potential remote attacks. JetBrains published…
Apache Syncope Release Patches for Multiple RCE and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Apache has issued critical security updates for its Syncope identity and access management (IAM) platform to address multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution (RCE), SQL injection, privilege escalation, server-side request forgery (SSRF), and information disclosure. These flaws affect various versions…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-24 15h : 7 posts
7 posts were published in the last hour 13:4 : Bing Images Flaws Let Crafted SVGs Run Commands as SYSTEM on Microsoft’s Servers 13:4 : ChatGPT AgentForger Flaw Could Deploy Rogue Workspace Agents via a Phishing Link 12:32 : Thailand’s…
Bing Images Flaws Let Crafted SVGs Run Commands as SYSTEM on Microsoft’s Servers
A crafted SVG submitted to Bing’s image search ran commands as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Microsoft’s production image-processing workers, and as root on the Linux machines in the same fleet. XBOW’s testing got the same result on workers across different hosts…
ChatGPT AgentForger Flaw Could Deploy Rogue Workspace Agents via a Phishing Link
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Workspace Agents that could have allowed a single phishing link to stealthily build, authorize, and deploy an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent inside a victim’s organization. The vulnerability has been…
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance Targeted With Hermes AI Agent Running Unattended, Hades Implant Staged
Hunt.io uncovered a cyber-espionage attack on Thailand’s Finance Ministry using Hermes AI agent and Hades malware for reconnaissance and persistence. Researchers at Hunt.io have uncovered an intrusion targeting Thailand’s Ministry of Finance that offers a rare look inside a live…
Beyond the Play Store: How Android threats really spread
Some threats never pass through the Play Store. Others arrive later in seemingly legitimate updates. Here’s how Malwarebytes detects both. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Beyond the Play Store: How Android threats really spread
Uncle Sam tells overseas cybercrooks their visas are canceled
Policy targets online scammers, sextortionists, and potentially their immediate families This article has been indexed from www.theregister.com – Articles Read the original article: Uncle Sam tells overseas cybercrooks their visas are canceled
AegisAI Raises $36 Million for AI-Powered Email Security
The company has raised a total of $49 million in funding, including from Battery Ventures, Accel and Foundation Capital. The post AegisAI Raises $36 Million for AI-Powered Email Security appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…
Russian hackers exploit unpatched Zimbra servers to steal emails
Russian state-backed hacker group Laundry Bear has been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) webmail platform. Laundry Bear (also known as Void Blizzard, CL-STA-1114, and…
SectopRAT Gives Attackers Remote Access to Passwords, Credit Cards, Cookies and Corporate Files
SectopRAT is at the center of a highly targeted malvertising campaign abusing Anthropic’s Claude platform to deliver a stealthy, HVNC‑enabled RAT that gives attackers deep, persistent access to victims’ passwords, credit cards, cookies and corporate files. The artifact masqueraded as…
Examining the Unintended Consequences of the Online Safety Act
The 25th July 2026 marks one year since the Online Safety Act’s landmark child safety duties came into force, making it a natural moment to assess what’s changed, what’s worked and what challenges remain. Although the Act itself received Royal…
Hotel Wi-Fi Routers Compromised to Steal Corporate Login Credentials From Visitors
Researchers at ReliaQuest warned of widespread DNS poisoning attacks targeting the hospitality sector as part of a cyber espionage campaign This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Hotel Wi-Fi Routers Compromised to Steal Corporate Login Credentials…
Russian Hackers Used a Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Emails Without Link Clicks
Russian hackers from the TA488 group exploited a Zimbra webmail flaw triggered when emails were opened or previewed, stealing credentials and up to 90 days of messages from victims. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data…
Tego AI Discloses Second Claude Flaw in a Week: Hidden Link Silently Sends Files to Attackers
Tel Aviv, Israel, 24th July 2026, CyberNewswire This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original article: Tego AI Discloses Second Claude Flaw in a Week: Hidden Link Silently Sends Files…
Seeing AI Agents Is Not Enough. Security Teams Must Enforce What They Can Do
AI agent security is moving through a familiar maturity curve: adoption, then visibility, and finally, control. But what we’ve collectively discovered is that enforcing least privilege for AI agents is harder than we ever imagined. This is why there are…
Why AI Needs a “Genie Coefficient”
This essay was written with Barath Raghavan, and originally appeared in The Guardian. Major benchmarks measure what AI can do. None measure whether it does what you mean: the distance between what you ask an AI to do and the…
Industry Reactions to OpenAI Models Hacking Hugging Face: Feedback Friday
Industry professionals debate whether it represents a lab containment failure or an unprecedented agentic capability milestone. The post Industry Reactions to OpenAI Models Hacking Hugging Face: Feedback Friday appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…