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…
ChatGPT Among Top 10 Most Impersonated Brands in Phishing Attacks, Says Check Point
OpenAI’s chatbot tool ChatGPT ranked among the top 10 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks for the first time This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: ChatGPT Among Top 10 Most Impersonated Brands in Phishing Attacks,…
Golden Chickens Launches Four Modular Malware Families to Steal Chrome Credentials and Hijack Browser Sessions
Golden Chickens, tracked as TAG-195 and also known as Venom Spider, has launched four new modular malware families designed to enhance credential theft, browser session hijacking, and post-exploitation flexibility. The newly identified families TinyEgg, ChonkyChicken, a modularized ChonkyChicken variant, and…
Golden Chickens Resurfaces With Four New Malware Families and Modular Implants
The threat actors behind the Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem have resurfaced with four new malware families, indicating that the operators are showing no signs of stopping despite extensive public disclosures into their inner workings. The malware families in question…
Hacker Runs Hermes AI Agent Unattended for Post-Exploitation at Thai Finance Ministry
Someone installed a popular AI assistant on a rented server, switched off the setting that makes it ask permission before running risky commands, and pointed it at Thailand’s Ministry of Finance, which runs the country’s treasury and tax collection. The…
New Dolphin X Malware Uses AI Profiler to Rank High-Value Victims
Dolphin X malware targets more than 300 apps and includes an AI Profiler that scores infected Windows PCs to help criminals identify high-value victims quickly. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More…
SourTrade Browser-Assembled Malware Defeats Hash-Based Detection by Design
SourTrade turns the browser itself into a malware build system, deliberately sidestepping the industry’s reliance on hash-based file fingerprints and traditional network-centric detection. SourTrade has been active since late 2024, abusing programmatic ads to reach retail traders and crypto investors…
Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere
Analysis of satellite images of Myanmar shows dozens of alleged scam compounds have appeared in recent months, despite a purported crackdown on the criminal organizations. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: Satellite Images Reveal…
UAC-0099 Is Now Hiding Malware Inside a Fake Notepad++ Plugin to Target Ukrainian Organizations
UAC-0099 delivers malware via a fake Notepad++ plugin after phishing, using a loader that sabotages itself if run without the correct arguments to hinder analysis. CERT-UA published a new advisory attributing a phishing campaign to UAC-0099, a Russia-aligned threat actor…
Microsoft Detects 7.6 Billion Email Phishing Threats as Teams Vishing Attacks Increases 10-Fold
Email phishing remains one of the most common ways attackers gain access to business accounts. During the second quarter of 2026, criminals continued to use fake login pages, malicious attachments, and convincing business messages to steal credentials or deliver malware.…
Hackers Hide 750MB Lampion RAT Inside Fake Payment Receipt Emails
Hackers are using fake payment receipt emails to deliver a 750MB Lampion remote access trojan to targets in Portugal. The campaign relies on familiar financial language, convincing business details, and oversized files designed to slow down analysis and evade security…
Google Rolls Out Emergency Chrome Update for Four High-Severity Security Flaws
Google has released an emergency security update for its Chrome browser, addressing four high-severity vulnerabilities that could expose users to serious risks if left unpatched. The update, now rolling out globally, upgrades Chrome to version 150.0.7871.186/.187 for Windows and macOS,…
How Infostealer Logs Became the Fuel Behind Massive Cloud Data Breaches
Infostealer malware has quietly become the single most important initial-access commodity in the cybercrime economy, replacing traditional phishing and exploit-driven intrusions as the leading precursor to enterprise breaches and ransomware. Rather than breaking into networks, modern threat actors buy their…
One Compromised Wi-Fi Gateway Can Redirect Every Hotel Guest to Attacker Controlled Servers
One compromised hotel Wi-Fi gateway can silently redirect every guest to attacker controlled servers, putting corporate accounts at risk even when users think they are browsing safely. The campaign starts with a simple idea that many travelers overlook. When you…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-07-24 12h : 11 posts
11 posts were published in the last hour 10:4 : Microsoft tightens Windows enterprise activation security 9:34 : Australian Energy Giant Origin Confirms Data Breach Exposes Customer Data 9:34 : JetBrains Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting IntelliJ IDEA and TeamCity 9:33…
Microsoft tightens Windows enterprise activation security
Microsoft is making Trusted Platform Module (TPM)-backed attestation a requirement for Windows Key Management Service (KMS), the on-premises service used for Windows volume activation, replacing the software-only trust model with hardware-backed verification to strengthen enterprise activation security. Attestation will become…
Australian Energy Giant Origin Confirms Data Breach Exposes Customer Data
Origin Energy Limited has confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to and disclosure of customer data, representing a significant data security event for one of Australia’s largest energy providers. The company identified the breach on July 22, 2026, and…
JetBrains Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting IntelliJ IDEA and TeamCity
JetBrains has addressed a series of security vulnerabilities affecting IntelliJ IDEA and TeamCity, including several critical flaws that could allow code execution or unauthorized actions in development and continuous integration environments. The updates fix weaknesses in Remote Development sessions, Git…
US Agencies Warn of Laundry Bear Campaign Targeting Unpatched Zimbra Servers
US agencies warn Russian group Laundry Bear is exploiting a patched Zimbra flaw to steal email accounts from organizations running unpatched servers. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other…
The AI Trust Paradox: Businesses Are Racing Ahead, but Consumers Are Hesitating
Artificial intelligence adoption is soaring, but consumer trust lags. Transparency, human oversight, and clear AI use cases are key to closing the trust gap. Businesses are rapidly adopting AI, with 93% planning deployment, but consumer trust lags far behind: only…
Ransomware Attacks Targeting Universities on the Rise
Comparitech’s analysis of incidents in the first half of 2026 finds that the emergence of The Gentlemen ransomware has resulted in surge in attacks against higher education This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Ransomware Attacks…
Apache Syncope Flaws Let Users Gain Admin Roles and Execute Remote Code
Apache Syncope has released versions 4.1.24.1, 4.1.24.1.2, and 4.0.74.0.7 to address six security vulnerabilities affecting the 4.1, 4.0, and 3.0 release branches. These vulnerabilities include a self-service privilege escalation bug, multiple post-authentication remote code execution (RCE) pathways, authenticated server-side request…