Cybersecurity News from Across the Internet
If you just want to read the contest rules, click here. Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and OffensiveCon. Outside of our shipping troubles, we had an amazing time … Read More “Announcing Pwn2Own Berlin for 2026 – Zero Day Initiative – Blog” »
Authorities from multiple countries dismantled SocksEscort, a residential proxy network cybercriminals used to commit large-scale fraud, claiming access to about 369,000 IP addresses since 2020, the Justice Department said Thursday. Europol, which aided the investigation alongside various law enforcement agencies, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs and the Shadowserver Foundation, said the malicious proxy service compromised routers … Read More “Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort – CyberScoop” »
Two years ago, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had compromised at least ten U.S. telecoms, giving them broad access to phone data affecting nearly all Americans. Since then, public officials charged with responding to the campaign and bolstering the nation’s cyber defenses have reported a common problem. Many of their constituents struggle to understand … Read More “Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules – CyberScoop” »
The critical vulnerability affecting both cloud and self-hosted n8n instances requires no authentication or even n8n account to be exploited – Read More –
PixRevolution Android trojan hijacks Brazil’s PIX payments in real time using accessibility abuse – Read More –
Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is lazy. A few bits fall into that uncomfortable category of “yeah… this is probably going to show up in real incidents sooner than we’d like.” The pattern this week feels familiar … Read More “ThreatsDay Bulletin: OAuth Trap, EDR Killer, Signal Phishing, Zombie ZIP, AI Platform Hack & More – The Hacker News” »
Phishing has quietly turned into one of the hardest enterprise threats to expose early. Instead of crude lures and obvious payloads, modern campaigns rely on trusted infrastructure, legitimate-looking authentication flows, and encrypted traffic that conceals malicious behavior from traditional detection layers. For CISOs, the priority is now clear: scale phishing detection in a way that … Read More “How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs – The Hacker News” »
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Learn how to protect smart home devices from hackers. Strong passwords, updates and secure networks help keep cameras, sensors and data safe. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
A 41-year-old South Florida man is accused of conducting at least 10 ransomware attacks and extorting a combined $75.25 million in ransom payments while he was working as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint. Five of Angelo John Martino III’s alleged victims hired DigitalMint, which assigned Martino to conduct ransomware negotiations on their clients’ behalf — … Read More “Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million – CyberScoop” »
CISA issued urgent directive as attackers exploit Cisco SD-WAN flaw granting admin access to networks – Read More –
The most dangerous phishing campaigns aren’t just designed to fool employees. Many are designed to exhaust the analysts investigating them. When a phishing investigation takes 12 hours instead of five minutes, the outcome can shift from a contained incident to a breach. For years, the cybersecurity industry has focused on the front door of phishing … Read More “Attackers Don’t Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC’s Workload – The Hacker News” »
Exclusive: Lab tests discover ‘new form of insider risk’ with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even ‘aggressive’ behaviours Robert Booth UK technology editor Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs. With companies … Read More “‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software – Data and computer security | The Guardian” »
Signal, the encrypted messaging app trusted by security-savvy users around the world, has confirmed that hackers have managed to takeover accounts – with government officials and journalists among those being targeted. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. – Read More – GRAHAM CLULEY
Researchers have discovered PixRevolution, a new Android banking trojan targeting Brazil’s PIX system. Unlike automated scams, this malware uses live operators to watch your screen and divert funds instantly. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Apple on Wednesday backported fixes for a security flaw in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sonoma to older versions after it was found to be used as part of the Coruna exploit kit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43010, relates to an unspecified vulnerability in WebKit that could result in memory corruption when processing maliciously crafted web … Read More “Apple Issues Security Updates for Older iOS Devices Targeted by Coruna WebKit Exploit – The Hacker News” »
The ICO has fined Police Scotland after it shared the entire contents of a victim’s phone with her alleged attacker – Read More –
CYBERUK will be delivered by the NCSC and sponsors across four distinct tracks of activity: Resilience, Technology, Threat, and Ecosystem. – Read More – All Feed
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered half-a-dozen new Android malware families that come with capabilities to steal data from compromised devices and conduct financial fraud. The Android malware range from traditional banking trojans like PixRevolution, TaxiSpy RAT, BeatBanker, Mirax, and Oblivion RAT to full-fledged remote administration tools such as SURXRAT. PixRevolution, according to – Read More – … Read More “Six Android Malware Families Target Pix Payments, Banking Apps, and Crypto Wallets – The Hacker News” »
The pro-Iran Handala group claims to have wiped 200,000 systems in destructive wiper malware attack on US firm Stryker – Read More –
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), concerns a case of expression injection that leads to remote code execution. The security shortcoming was patched … Read More “CISA Flags Actively Exploited n8n RCE Bug as 24,700 Instances Remain Exposed – The Hacker News” »
Since the digital economy of India grows, organizations must process more personal and sensitive data than ever before. The introduction… The post Implementing Key Management Best Practices Under the DPDP Act appeared first on JISA Softech Pvt Ltd. – Read More – JISA Softech Pvt Ltd
A Wikipedia security engineer accidentally wakes a dormant JavaScript worm that hadn’t stirred since 2024 – and within minutes, giant woodpecker images are plastered across the internet’s favourite encyclopaedia. Meanwhile, a crypto contractor hired to help the US Marshals manage seized digital assets allegedly decides to help himself to $46 million of it – and … Read More “Smashing Security podcast #458: How not to steal $46 million from the US government – GRAHAM CLULEY” »
Iran-linked Handala hackers claim cyberattacks on Stryker and Verifone. Stryker confirms network disruption while Verifone says no breach evidence found. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute actions across multiple websites on behalf of a user could be trained and tricked into falling prey to phishing and scam traps. The attack, at its core, takes advantage of AI browsers’ tendency to reason their actions and use it against the model … Read More “Researchers Trick Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes – The Hacker News” »
BeatBanker Android Trojan spreads via fake Google Play Store pages, using a silent audio loop to stay active while stealing crypto, banking data, and login credentials. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
French small and medium businesses remained the organizations most targeted by ransomware in 2025 – Read More –
A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at … Read More “Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker – Krebs on Security” »
LeakyLooker flaws in Google Looker Studio let attackers run cross-tenant SQL attacks on cloud data – Read More –
Infosecurity Europe 2026 reveals its keynote line-up, featuring Jason Fox, Shlomo Kramer, Cynthia Kaiser and more, with sessions on AI, cloud security and post quantum threats – Read More –
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2026-27577 (CVSS score: 9.4) – Expression sandbox escape leading to remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2026-27493 (CVSS score: 9.5) – Unauthenticated – Read … Read More “Critical n8n Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and Exposure of Stored Credentials – The Hacker News” »
BlackSanta malware targets HR staff with fake resumes, kills EDR and steals system data – Read More –
Over 250 legitimate websites, including news outlets and a US Senate candidate’s official webpage, been compromised to infect visitors with infostealers, warn Rapid7 researchers – Read More –
Aryaka researchers have identified a new threat from a Russian-speaking group using ‘BlackSanta’ malware. By disguising attacks as job applications, hackers are bypassing security to target recruitment workflows. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Meta on Wednesday said it disabled over 150,000 accounts associated with scam centers in Southeast Asia as part of a coordinated effort in partnership with authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. The effort also led to 21 arrests made by the Royal Thai … Read More “Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown – The Hacker News” »
Threat hunters and a collection of unconfirmed victims are responding to a series of attacks targeting Salesforce customers, which the vendor disclosed in a security advisory Saturday. “Salesforce is actively monitoring threat activity targeting public-facing Experience Cloud sites, including attempts to take advantage of overly permissive guest user configurations,” the company said in the alert. … Read More “Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months – CyberScoop” »
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has developed a successful attack to bypass safety guardrails in popular generative AI tools – Read More –
“You knew, and you could have acted. Why didn’t you?” This is the question you do not want to be asked. And increasingly, it’s the question leaders are forced to answer after an incident. For years, many executive teams and boards have treated a large vulnerability backlog as an uncomfortable but tolerable fact of life: … Read More “What Boards Must Demand in the Age of AI-Automated Exploitation – The Hacker News” »
SAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities in question listed below – CVE-2019-17571 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A code injection vulnerability in SAP Quotation Management Insurance application (FS-QUO) CVE-2026-27685 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An insecure deserialization – … Read More “Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices – The Hacker News” »
Microsoft fixes 79 vulnerabilities in March 2026 Patch Tuesday, including two publicly disclosed 0-days affecting SQL Server, .NET and Windows systems. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Check Point data shows attack volumes are growing much faster in the UK than worldwide – Read More –
Data lakes start organized but can turn into dumping grounds. Learn the signs of data lake clutter and simple steps to clean it up without rebuilding. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a set of 84 new security vulnerabilities affecting various software components, including two that have been listed as publicly known. Of these, eight are rated Critical, and 76 are rated Important in severity. Forty-six of the patched vulnerabilities relate to privilege escalation, followed by 18 remote code execution, 10 … Read More “Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days – The Hacker News” »
Washington has rediscovered consequences. Just not consistently. The March 6 executive order rests on a simple, correct idea: cyber-enabled fraud persists because it is profitable, scalable, and too often tolerated. So the government’s answer is to raise the cost. More coordination. More disruption. More prosecutions. More diplomatic pressure on the states that shelter these operations. … Read More “If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too – CyberScoop” »
March Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft release updates for 79 flaws – Read More –
A threat actor known as UNC6426 leveraged keys stolen following the supply chain compromise of the nx npm package last year to completely breach a victim’s cloud environment within a span of 72 hours. The attack started with the theft of a developer’s GitHub token, which the threat actor then used to gain unauthorized access … Read More “UNC6426 Exploits nx npm Supply-Chain Attack to Gain AWS Admin Access in 72 Hours – The Hacker News” »
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe products, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Adobe Acrobat is a comprehensive software family designed to create, edit, manage, and sign PDF documents across desktop, web, and mobile devices. Adobe Commerce is a composable ecommerce solution that lets you quickly create global, multi-brand … Read More “Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Products Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution – Cyber Security Advisories – MS-ISAC” »
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could result in an attacker gaining the same privileges as the logged-on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; … Read More “Critical Patches Issued for Microsoft Products, March 10, 2026 – Cyber Security Advisories – MS-ISAC” »
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Mozilla Firefox is a web browser used to access the Internet. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution. Depending on the privileges associated with the user an attacker … Read More “Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution – Cyber Security Advisories – MS-ISAC” »
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five malicious Rust crates that masquerade as time-related utilities to transmit .env file data to the threat actors. The Rust packages, published to crates.io, are listed below – chrono_anchor dnp3times time_calibrator time_calibrators time-sync The crates, per Socket, impersonate timeapi.io and were published between late February and early March – Read More … Read More “Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets – The Hacker News” »
