Threat actors have begun using an obfuscation technique called emoji smuggling to hide malicious code from security systems. This attack method exploits Unicode encoding and emoji characters to bypass traditional security filters that scan for suspicious ASCII text patterns. Standard…
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XWorm Malware Delivered via Fake Financial Receipts Targeting Windows Systems to Steal Logins and Sessions
A sophisticated multi-stage malware campaign is actively targeting Brazilian and Latin American (LATAM) businesses using fake bank receipts to deliver XWorm v5.6, a commodity remote access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing credentials, hijacking sessions, and enabling downstream ransomware deployment. The…
DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events
Emails show all discussed networking and biz interests with the sex offender throughout the 2010s Cybersecurity conference DEF CON has added three men named in the Epstein files to its list of banned individuals. They are not accused of any…
Nearly 1 Million User Records Compromised in Figure Data Breach
The blockchain-based lender has confirmed a data breach after ShinyHunters leaked over 2GB of data allegedly stolen from the company. The post Nearly 1 Million User Records Compromised in Figure Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been…
How Modern Security Platforms Organize Rules
Every security platform eventually faces the same foundational question: How should security rules be organized? At first glance, this sounds like a simple data-modeling choice. In practice, it defines the daily reality of security operations: how quickly incidents can be…
The Growing Threat of DNS Powered Email and Web Attacks
As an important component of the internet architecture, the Domain Name System has historically played the role of an invisible intermediary converting human intent into machine-readable destinations without much scrutiny or suspicion. However, this quiet confidence has now been…
China’s Parallel CVE Systems Expose Alternate Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline
Beyond CVE, China’s dual vulnerability databases, CNVD and CNNVD, show that vulnerability disclosure is not a single, global, unified process but a set of parallel systems with different rules, incentives, and timelines. China runs two national vulnerability databases: CNNVD, operated…
Industrial Control System Vulnerabilities Hit Record Highs
Forescout paper reveals ICS advisories hit a record 508 in 2025 This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Industrial Control System Vulnerabilities Hit Record Highs
CISA alerts to critical auth bypass CVE-2026-1670 in Honeywell CCTVs
CISA warns Honeywell CCTVs are affected by a critical auth bypass flaw (CVE-2026-1670) allowing unauthorized access or account hijacking. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that Honeywell CCTVs are affected by a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked…
Malicious AI
Interesting: Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library.…
Venice Security Emerges From Stealth With $33M Funding for Privileged Access Management
Formerly named Valkyrie, the company’s funding includes $25 million raised in a Series A round. The post Venice Security Emerges From Stealth With $33M Funding for Privileged Access Management appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…
How AI Agents Are Transforming Identity Verification and Authentication Systems
Explore how AI agents enhance identity verification and authentication systems with smarter fraud detection and seamless user security. The post How AI Agents Are Transforming Identity Verification and Authentication Systems appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed…
PromptSpy: First Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow
ESET researchers have discovered PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI as part of its execution flow in order to achieve persistence. This marks the first time generative AI has been deployed in this way. Because the…
Bug in widely used VoIP phones allows stealthy network footholds, call interception (CVE-2026-2329)
A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-2329) in Grandstream VoIP phones could let hackers remotely take full control of the devices and even intercept calls, Rapid7 researchers discovered. “The vulnerability is present in the device’s web-based API service, and is accessible in…
From Exposure to Exploitation: How AI Collapses Your Response Window
We’ve all seen this before: a developer deploys a new cloud workload and grants overly broad permissions just to keep the sprint moving. An engineer generates a “temporary” API key for testing and forgets to revoke it. In the past,…
Starkiller: New ‘Commercial-Grade’ Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA
A new cybercriminal toolkit uses proxies to mimic popular online services and represents a “significant escalation in phishing infrastructure,” warn researchers at Abnormal This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Starkiller: New ‘Commercial-Grade’ Phishing Kit Bypasses…
Intimate products producer Tenga spilled customer data
A phishing attack on a Tenga employee may have exposed US customer data. Customers should watch for sextortion-themed phishing attempts. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Intimate products producer Tenga spilled customer data
Ivanti Exploitation Surges as Zero-Day Attacks Traced Back to July 2025
Security researchers have seen the vulnerabilities being exploited to deliver shells, conduct reconnaissance, and download malware. The post Ivanti Exploitation Surges as Zero-Day Attacks Traced Back to July 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…
SPF Alignment: Why is it Important for Improving DMARC
Originally published at SPF Alignment: Why is it Important for Improving DMARC by EasyDMARC. Every day, inboxes receive millions of emails that … The post SPF Alignment: Why is it Important for Improving DMARC appeared first on EasyDMARC. The post…
Citizen Lab Finds Evidence of Mobile Data Extraction from Detained Kenyan Activist
Citizen Lab says it found forensic evidence that Cellebrite’s mobile extraction technology was used on a Samsung Android phone belonging to detained Kenyan activist and politician Boniface Mwangi while the device was in police custody in July 2025. The group…