AttackFeed by Joe Wagner

Intro A sophisticated, high-resilience malicious campaign was identified by Atos Threat Research Center (TRC) in March 2026. This operation specifically targets the high-privilege professional accounts of enterprise administrators, DevOps engineers, and security analysts by impersonating administrative utilities they rely on for daily operations. By integrating Search Engine Order (SEO)  – Read More  – The Hacker News 

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and harvest a wide range of sensitive information from compromised hosts. “The intrusion chain begins with execution of a batch script (‘install_obf.bat’) that disables Windows security controls, dynamically extracts an  – Read More  – … Read More “New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root. The high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8) has been codenamed Copy Fail by Xint.io and Theori. “An unprivileged local user can write four controlled bytes into the page cache of … Read More “New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions  – The Hacker News” »

Anthropic recently announced that it would not release Mythos, its most powerful AI model, to the public. The model discovered thousands of previously unknown software vulnerabilities — flaws that had sat undetected in major operating systems and web browsers for as long as nearly three decades. Anthropic said the model was too dangerous to deploy … Read More “Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity.  – CyberScoop” »

Linux Kernel Vulnerability “Copy Fail” lets attackers gain root access via memory flaw. Patch now or disable algif_aead to stay secure.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

US Marines stationed around the Persian Gulf have been receiving WhatsApp messages from strangers suggesting they call home and make their final goodbyes. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

Google has addressed a maximum severity security flaw in Gemini CLI — the “@google/gemini-cli” npm package and the “google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli” GitHub Actions workflow — that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on host systems. “The vulnerability allowed an unprivileged external attacker to force their own malicious content to load as Gemini configuration,”  – Read … Read More “Google Fixes CVSS 10 Gemini CLI CI RCE and Cursor Flaws Enable Code Execution  – The Hacker News” »

A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop. That one decision triggered a cascade of failures that ended with a $2 million data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of organisations. All for some free in-game currency. Meanwhile, there’s a 1980s phone protocol called … Read More “Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions  – GRAHAM CLULEY” »

Every security team has a version of the same story. The quarter ends with hundreds of vulnerabilities closed. The dashboards are bursting with green. Then someone in a leadership meeting asks: “So, are we actually safer now?” Crickets. The room goes quiet because an honest answer requires context – which is something that patch counts … Read More “What to Look for in an Exposure Management Platform (And What Most of Them Get Wrong)  – The Hacker News” »

PocketOS founder says Cursor AI agent deleted its production database in 9 seconds after misusing a root API token, exposing major Railway security flaws.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

The growth of data centers — and adversaries’ targeting of them — left lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday contemplating whether the federal government has the right setup for defending them. Some industry witnesses and experts at the hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection testified that the answer might be … Read More “Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers  – CyberScoop” »

A hacker using the alias “Xorcat” claims to have breached Polymarket using API flaws, but research suggests the leak could be just data scraping incident.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Bluekit Phishing Kit is a new PhaaS tool that targets major platforms, using AiTM techniques to steal session data and bypass MFA protections.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware. According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign – calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud – has affected the following packages associated with SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application  – Read … Read More “SAP npm Packages Compromised by “Mini Shai-Hulud” Credential-Stealing Malware  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious code in an npm package after a malicious package as a dependency to the project by Anthropic’s Claude Opus large language model (LLM). The package in question is “@validate-sdk/v2,” which is listed on npm as a utility software development kit (SDK) for hashing, validation, encoding/decoding, and secure random generation. However, … Read More “New Wave of DPRK Attacks Uses AI-Inserted npm Malware, Fake Firms, and RATs  – The Hacker News” »

In February 2026, researchers uncovered a shift that completely changed the game: threat actors are now using custom AI setups to automate attacks directly into the kill chain. We aren’t just talking about AI writing better phishing emails anymore. We’re talking about autonomous agents mapping Active Directory and seizing Domain Admin credentials in minutes. The … Read More “Webinar: How to Automate Exposure Validation to Match the Speed of AI Attacks  – The Hacker News” »

WILMINGTON, Delaware, 29th April 2026, CyberNewswire  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

US-Estonian suspect Peter Stokes arrested in Finland over alleged ties to Scattered Spider, facing US charges for cyberattacks, fraud, and data breaches.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A man accused of working as a hacker for China’s Ministry of State Security has been extradited to the USA from Italy, and faces – if found guilty – the prospect of decades behind bars. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

cPanel has released security updates to address a security issue impacting various authentication paths that could allow an attacker to obtain access to the control panel software. The problem affects all currently supported versions, according to an alert released by cPanel on Tuesday. The issue has been addressed in the following versions – 11.110.0.97 11.118.0.63 … Read More “Critical cPanel Authentication Vulnerability Identified — Update Your Server Immediately  – The Hacker News” »

Top AI-powered vendor risk platforms for SaaS companies in 2026, compare tools, features, and how to choose the…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in  ConnectWise ScreenConnect  – Read More  – … Read More “CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV  – The Hacker News” »

Novee researchers find high-severity CVE-2026-26268 flaw in Cursor AI, allowing hackers to run malicious code when developers clone repositories.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

In yet another instance of threat actors quickly jumping on the exploitation bandwagon, a newly disclosed critical security flaw in BerriAI’s LiteLLM Python package has come under active exploitation in the wild within 36 hours of the bug becoming public knowledge. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42208 (CVSS score: 9.3), is an SQL injection that could … Read More “LiteLLM CVE-2026-42208 SQL Injection Exploited within 36 Hours of Disclosure  – The Hacker News” »

Like many organizations, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is moving to integrate AI tools into their business operations. Jay Harless, director of human development at NGA, said the agency is trying to strike a balance: move fast enough to keep pace in what U.S. national security officials increasingly view as an AI arms race with … Read More “Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul  – CyberScoop” »

Like many organizations, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is moving to integrate AI tools into their business operations. Jay Harless, director of human development at NGA, said the agency is trying to strike a balance: move fast enough to keep pace in what U.S. national security officials increasingly view as an AI arms race with … Read More “Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul  – CyberScoop” »

Crypto Custody Concentration hits $152.9B as institutions shift to derivatives, consolidating capital on top exchanges amid Q1 market slowdown.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More