A newly identified hacking campaign is targeting university mail servers by exploiting known but unpatched flaws in Roundcube webmail software. The attackers are using these gaps to quietly steal login credentials and plant a powerful backdoor called VShell deep inside…
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70% of WordPress Sites Running Outdated PHP Versions Exposed to Cyberattacks
A recent study has revealed that more than 70% of publicly accessible WordPress websites are running outdated versions of PHP, significantly increasing their exposure to cyberattacks. The findings highlight a growing security gap in the global web ecosystem, where millions…
CISA Warns of Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-48282, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that the flaw is being actively exploited in real-world attacks. The issue stems from…
15-year-old GhostLock Kernel Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation in Major Linux Distributions
A critical Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-43499 and dubbed “GhostLock,” has been disclosed by security researchers at VEGA, exposing a privilege escalation flaw that has silently affected major Linux distributions for over a decade. GhostLock originates from a logic…
Discord’s Security Systems Mistakenly Banned 8,000+ Accounts Since May 2026
Discord has confirmed that a bug in its automated security systems led to the wrongful suspension of more than 8,000 user accounts between May 2026 and early July 2026. The company disclosed the issue via its official support account on…
China-Nexus Hackers Exploit Ruckus Routers to Build Operational Relay Box Networks
UAT-7810, a China-nexus hacking group, is expanding a global network of hijacked internet devices by exploiting security flaws in Ruckus wireless routers and rolling out new custom malware. This activity feeds into what researchers call an Operational Relay Box network,…
OpenAI Reportedly Secures US Government Clearance to Launch GPT-5.6 Model
OpenAI has reportedly received approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce for a broad public launch of its advanced GPT-5.6 model, marking a significant moment in how Washington regulates access to frontier AI systems. A source familiar with the matter…
Accenture Data Breach – Hackers Allegedly Claim to Have Stolen 35 GB of Source Code
A threat actor operating under the alias “888” has posted a listing on a cybercrime forum claiming to sell data allegedly stolen from the IT services and consulting giant Accenture, with the stated haul totaling roughly 35 GB of source…
Anthropic Extends Free Access to Claude Fable 5 on All Paid Plans
Anthropic has extended promotional access to its newest AI model, Claude Fable 5, allowing subscribers on paid plans to use it at no additional cost through July 12, 2026, at 11:59:59 PM PT. The company confirmed the extension in an…
VECT and TeamPCP Reverse Ransomware Kill Chain With Supply Chain Credential Theft
A ransomware strain called VECT has formed an unusual supply chain partnership with a threat group known as TeamPCP, quietly exposing thousands of organizations to compromise before any ransom note appears. VECT’s operators buy their way in using stolen credentials…
The Gentlemen Ransomware With Custom EDR/AV Killers Scaling Faster to Attack Industries Worldwide
The Gentlemen is one of the most rapidly escalating ransomware threats observed in 2026. Emerging in mid-2025 from a payment dispute within the Qilin RaaS program, the group has evolved into a full-spectrum, human-operated Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that Microsoft tracks…
Critical Vulnerability in GCP Dialogflow Allows Attackers to Inject Malicious Code
A critical vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform’s Dialogflow CX that lets attackers inject persistent malicious code into an organization’s AI-powered chatbot pipeline. The flaw, dubbed “Rogue Agent,” disclosed by Varonis Threat Labs, could silently exfiltrate conversations and enable large-scale phishing…
Ubiquiti Disclosed 25 Security Vulnerabilities Across the UniFi Ecosystem
Ubiquiti has disclosed 25 security vulnerabilities affecting its UniFi ecosystem in Security Advisory Bulletin 066, including several critical flaws rated 9.9 and 10.0 on the CVSS v3.1 scale that could allow network-based attackers to fully compromise devices. The advisory spans…
AnyDesk Phishing Attack Uses Scheduled Task Persistence and Artifact Deletion to Evade Detection
A new phishing campaign is turning a trusted remote access tool into a long term backdoor for espionage. Attackers hide behind fake invoices to slip past email filters, and once inside a network they rely on everyday IT software rather…
GitLost Vulnerability Tricks GitHub’s AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
A newly disclosed vulnerability dubbed “GitLost” shows how attackers can weaponize a single GitHub Issue to trick GitHub’s new AI-powered Agentic Workflows into leaking private repository contents to the public internet, with no credentials, coding skills, or system access required.…
The $50K-to-$5M Gap: Why Your SOC SLA Is Stuck in 2019 — Here’s the 2026 AI SLA Vendor Guide
A technical breakdown of why legacy MDR contract language fails in the age of AI-driven security operations — and the measurable standards that should replace it. The Problem: Contracts Written for Human Queues Pull out your current MDR contract and…
4,982 Security Issues Identified Across 2,259 Affected in Public MCP Servers
A sweeping security crisis across public Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, cataloging 4,982 security issues across 2,259 affected servers, exposing serious gaps that directly threaten the emerging agentic AI ecosystem. Model Context Protocol has become the dominant standard for connecting…
Critical PHP PDO Driver Bugs Expose Firebird SQL Injection and PostgreSQL DoS Risks
A newly disclosed pair of flaws in PHP’s database driver layer shows that even mature code can hide dangerous surprises. The bugs live inside PHP Data Objects (PDO), the abstraction layer web applications use to talk to databases like Firebird…
U.S. Cyber Defense Agency Reportedly Using Anthropic’s Mythos to Audit Government Code Repositories
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reportedly deploying Anthropic’s advanced AI model, Mythos, to audit federal government code repositories, signaling a growing reliance on artificial intelligence for proactive vulnerability discovery. According to Reuters, the initiative, CISA’s Attack…
Windows Adds Microsoft Execution Containers to Secure AI Agent Workflows
Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), a new security capability designed to protect AI agent workflows on Windows, marking a significant step toward making Windows more trustworthy for autonomous systems. AI agents are rapidly evolving beyond simple assistants into…