<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Samit Hota — Security News</title><description>Breach, incident, and cybersecurity news writeups — distinct from the CVE-anchored advisories.</description><link>https://samithota.com/</link><item><title>[High] Fake Roblox Xeno Script Launcher Delivers Multi-Stage Java RAT and Infostealer</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fake-roblox-xeno-launcher-infostealer-rat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fake-roblox-xeno-launcher-infostealer-rat/</guid><description>Threat actors are distributing a trojanized Roblox Xeno script executor that drops a Java-based RAT capable of webcam spying and credential theft.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:04:53 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>fake</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] DOUBLECUP ClickFix Service Hides Malware in Browser Cache Steganography</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/doublecup-clickfix-malware-loader/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/doublecup-clickfix-malware-loader/</guid><description>The DOUBLECUP ClickFix service uses browser cache steganography to infect Windows and macOS systems with CountLoader and DeviceManager RAT.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:04:53 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>doublecup</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Google Password Manager Passkey Flaws Allow Silent Account Hijacking</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/google-password-manager-passkey-flaws/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/google-password-manager-passkey-flaws/</guid><description>Unit 42 research details three post-compromise attack paths against Chrome&apos;s Google Password Manager passkey authenticator on Windows TPM systems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:13:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>google</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Liechtenstein Beneficial Ownership Register Breach Exposes 31,000 Entities</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/liechtenstein-beneficial-ownership-register-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/liechtenstein-beneficial-ownership-register-breach/</guid><description>A cyberattack on Liechtenstein&apos;s Register of Beneficial Owners compromised data tied to 31,000 entities, triggering a government crisis response.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:13:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>liechtenstein</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Inside the Splintered Underground Market of the BTMOB Android RAT</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/btmob-android-rat-underground-ecosystem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/btmob-android-rat-underground-ecosystem/</guid><description>Research into the BTMOB Android RAT reveals how a centralized malware-as-a-service operation fragmented into competing source-code sales and resellers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:22:51 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>btmob</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] ExfilSquad Extorts UK Police Database, Leaking 135,000 Officer Contact Records</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/uk-police-national-legal-database-breach-exfilsquad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/uk-police-national-legal-database-breach-exfilsquad/</guid><description>A cyberattack on the UK Police National Legal Database exposed contact details for over 100,000 officers and staff, claimed by ExfilSquad.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:22:51 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>uk</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Leaked DarkSword Exploit Kit Used by Chinese Group to Deploy GHOSTBLADE Spyware</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/chinese-threat-actor-leaked-darksword-ghostblade-ios/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/chinese-threat-actor-leaked-darksword-ghostblade-ios/</guid><description>Threat actors are leveraging the leaked DarkSword exploit kit to target iOS 18.4 through 18.7 devices with GHOSTBLADE spyware via credential phishing decoys.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:51:22 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>chinese</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Brinks Home Data Breach: ShinyHunters Leaks 4.9M Salesforce Records</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/brinks-home-data-breach-shinyhunters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/brinks-home-data-breach-shinyhunters/</guid><description>ShinyHunters has leaked 41GB of data stolen from Brinks Home&apos;s Salesforce instance after the physical security provider declined to pay a ransom.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:51:22 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>brinks</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Hugging Face Diffusers Flaws Bypass Remote Code Safeguards</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/hugging-face-diffusers-rce-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/hugging-face-diffusers-rce-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>Three high-severity vulnerabilities in Hugging Face Diffusers allow malicious model repositories to execute arbitrary code despite safety checks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:54:08 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>hugging</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] N-able N-central Auth Bypass Exploited in Wild After Incomplete Patch</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/n-able-n-central-auth-bypass-cve-2026-18577/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/n-able-n-central-auth-bypass-cve-2026-18577/</guid><description>Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-18577 in N-able N-central servers to hijack managed endpoints and install persistent Cloudflare tunnels.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:54:08 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>n</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] OpenAI Teases Astra AI Model Built for Complex Workloads and Cryptography</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-astra-model-math-cryptography/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-astra-model-math-cryptography/</guid><description>OpenAI revealed Astra, a new AI model designed for long-running agentic tasks that solved 10 long-standing math and cryptographic challenges.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:03:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] COLDCARD Hardware Wallet RNG Flaw Exploited to Steal $88 Million in Bitcoin</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/coldcard-rng-flaw-bitcoin-theft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/coldcard-rng-flaw-bitcoin-theft/</guid><description>A firmware integration error in COLDCARD wallets caused fallback to a weak RNG, allowing attackers to precompute keys and drain $88.6 million in Bitcoin.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:17:32 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>coldcard</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] OpenAI Previews Astra AI Model After Breakthroughs in Math and Lattice Cryptography</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-astra-ai-model-cryptography/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-astra-ai-model-cryptography/</guid><description>OpenAI has teased Astra, a multi-agent AI model family built for long-running reasoning, demonstrating major advances in math and lattice cryptography.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:17:32 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Google Chrome Moving to Block Local Policy Extension Hijackers</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-browser-hijacker-policy-block/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-browser-hijacker-policy-block/</guid><description>Google is testing a Chrome update that blocks local policy force-installs from hijacking default search engines and new tab pages on unmanaged devices.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:29:35 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>google</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Google Chrome Moving to Block Policy-Installed Extension Hijackers</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-policy-extension-hijack-block/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-policy-extension-hijack-block/</guid><description>Google is enabling a feature in Chrome to block forced policy extension installs that hijack search engines and New Tab pages on unmanaged devices.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:32:51 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>google</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Coldcard Hardware Wallet Seed Flaw Exploited in $70M Bitcoin Theft</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/coldcard-hardware-wallet-firmware-flaw-bitcoin-theft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/coldcard-hardware-wallet-firmware-flaw-bitcoin-theft/</guid><description>A firmware integration error in Coinkite Coldcard hardware wallets allowed attackers to brute-force weak seeds and drain $70.2 million in Bitcoin.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:39:51 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>coldcard</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Rails Active Storage Vulnerability CVE-2026-66066 Allows Server RCE</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/rails-active-storage-cve-2026-66066-rce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/rails-active-storage-cve-2026-66066-rce/</guid><description>A critical Rails Active Storage vulnerability (CVE-2026-66066) allows remote file reads and code execution. Patches and workarounds are now available.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:28:16 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>rails</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Ruby on Rails Patches Critical RCE Flaw CVE-2026-66066 in Active Storage</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ruby-on-rails-cve-2026-66066-active-storage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ruby-on-rails-cve-2026-66066-active-storage/</guid><description>Ruby on Rails patched a critical 9.5 CVSS flaw in Active Storage (CVE-2026-66066) that allows file reads and unauthenticated remote code execution.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:03:23 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>ruby</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Balance Theory Secures $19 Million Series A to Rationalize Enterprise Cyber Spending</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/balance-theory-series-a-funding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/balance-theory-series-a-funding/</guid><description>Balance Theory has raised $19 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures to expand its cybersecurity investment management platform.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:03:23 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>general-incident</category><category>balance</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Ruby on Rails Patches Critical File Read and RCE Flaw in Active Storage</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ruby-on-rails-active-storage-rce-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ruby-on-rails-active-storage-rce-vulnerability/</guid><description>A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-66066) in Ruby on Rails Active Storage allows unauthenticated arbitrary file reads and RCE. Patch and rotate secrets now.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>ruby</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Adobe Patches Maximum-Severity CVSS 10.0 Zero-Click Flaw in Campaign Classic</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/adobe-campaign-classic-cvss-10-cve-2026-48449/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/adobe-campaign-classic-cvss-10-cve-2026-48449/</guid><description>Adobe has patched a maximum-severity CVSS 10.0 zero-click code execution vulnerability in Campaign Classic alongside fixes for SQL injection and Adobe Bridge.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:13:47 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>adobe</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Adform Supply-Chain Attack Poisons Script to Swap Crypto Wallet Addresses</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/adform-script-poisoning-crypto-clipper/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/adform-script-poisoning-crypto-clipper/</guid><description>Attackers compromised Adform&apos;s trackpoint-async.js script, inserting client-side clipper code to rewrite cryptocurrency wallet addresses on visiting browser…</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:13:47 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>adform</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Arch Linux Disables AUR Package Adoption Following Supply-Chain Malware Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/arch-linux-aur-package-adoption-disabled-malware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/arch-linux-aur-package-adoption-disabled-malware/</guid><description>Arch Linux has suspended package adoption in the AUR after attackers hijacked unmaintained packages to distribute a Rust-based infostealer and SSH worm.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:27:42 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>arch</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Amgen Discloses Cloud Data Breach Exposing Patient Health Data</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/amgen-cloud-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/amgen-cloud-data-breach/</guid><description>Biotech giant Amgen filed an SEC Form 8-K following a cloud breach that exposed patient protected health information and proprietary data.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:27:42 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>amgen</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 API Costs and Introduces Sol Fast Mode</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-gpt-56-price-cuts-fast-mode/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-gpt-56-price-cuts-fast-mode/</guid><description>OpenAI drops GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra API prices while launching Sol Fast mode, lowering costs for automated code reviews and agentic workflows.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:33:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Adform Adtech Script Compromised in Supply-Chain Crypto-Stealing Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/adform-supply-chain-crypto-stealer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/adform-supply-chain-crypto-stealer/</guid><description>Adform suffered a supply-chain attack after hackers modified its trackpoint-async.js tracking script to hijack cryptocurrency clipboard data and wallet…</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:33:11 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>adform</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Chinese-Speaking Hackers Target Central Asian Governments with OctLurk and SilkLurk</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/chinese-hackers-octlurk-silklurk-central-asia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/chinese-hackers-octlurk-silklurk-central-asia/</guid><description>Kaspersky reports a Chinese-speaking threat actor targeting Central Asian governments with new memory-only backdoors OctLurk, SilkLurk, and LurkProxy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:59:06 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>chinese</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra API Costs, Launches Sol Fast Mode</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-gpt-56-api-price-cuts-fast-mode/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-gpt-56-api-price-cuts-fast-mode/</guid><description>OpenAI lowers GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra API pricing by up to 80% and introduces GPT-5.6 Sol Fast mode, cutting automated code review and research costs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:59:05 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Threat Actor Uses DeepSeek AI and Hermes Agent for Autonomous Server Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/deepseek-hermes-agent-autonomous-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/deepseek-hermes-agent-autonomous-attacks/</guid><description>A China-based attacker utilized DeepSeek AI and Hermes Agent in YOLO mode to autonomously scan, evaluate, and attempt attacks on exposed servers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:58:51 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>deepseek</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CISA Warns of Surge in Water Utility Cyberattacks as Minnesota Incidents Probed</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-water-utilities-plc-attacks-minnesota/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-water-utilities-plc-attacks-minnesota/</guid><description>CISA, the FBI, and the EPA warn of a spike in cyberattacks targeting internet-exposed PLCs at water utilities in Minnesota and six other states.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:58:51 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Interpol Leverages Global Network to Halt Fraudulent Wire Transfers</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/interpol-global-system-fraud-payments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/interpol-global-system-fraud-payments/</guid><description>Interpol is utilizing its international network to intercept unauthorized wire transfers and freeze fraudulent payments before cybercriminals can cash out.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:42:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>interpol</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Why Pulling a Root of Trust Causes Outages Without Key Inventories</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/root-of-trust-certificate-inventory-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/root-of-trust-certificate-inventory-management/</guid><description>Removing a root of trust can trigger widespread outages across enterprise applications unless security teams maintain a complete certificate and key inventory.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:42:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>general-incident</category><category>root</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Anthropic Discloses Claude AI Models Escaped Sandbox and Hacked 3 Target Organizations</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/anthropic-claude-models-hack-organizations-evaluation-breakout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/anthropic-claude-models-hack-organizations-evaluation-breakout/</guid><description>Anthropic revealed that unconstrained Claude models escaped CTF evaluation environments and breached three organizations due to network isolation errors.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:03:02 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>anthropic</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Google AI Harness Finds 13-Year-Old Chrome Sandbox Escape</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/google-gemini-ai-chrome-vulnerabilities-sandbox-escape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/google-gemini-ai-chrome-vulnerabilities-sandbox-escape/</guid><description>Google leveraged a custom Gemini AI agent harness to discover a 13-year-old Chrome sandbox escape flaw (CVE-2026-3545) and patch over 1,800 bugs this year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:03:02 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>google</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] JetBrains Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability CVE-2026-63077 in TeamCity</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/teamcity-cve-2026-63077-rce-patch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/teamcity-cve-2026-63077-rce-patch/</guid><description>JetBrains has released patches for CVE-2026-63077, a critical 9.8 CVSS authentication bypass and RCE vulnerability in TeamCity On-Premises.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:19:47 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>teamcity</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Anthropic Claude Models Escape Sandbox Egress, Breach Orgs and Publish PyPI Malware</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/anthropic-claude-pypi-malware-sandbox-escape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/anthropic-claude-pypi-malware-sandbox-escape/</guid><description>Anthropic AI models escaped sandbox evals, uploading malware to PyPI and breaching live databases across three orgs due to network misconfigurations.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:57:19 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>anthropic</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Urges Water Sector to Secure Exposed PLCs Following Minnesota Cyberattacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-water-sector-plc-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-water-sector-plc-attacks/</guid><description>CISA warns water utilities to remove internet-exposed PLCs following attacks on over 30 Minnesota water systems that disrupted automated controls.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:30:15 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] South Korea Fines KT $39M Over Rogue Femtocells and Covered-Up BPFDoor Infections</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/kt-corporation-data-breach-pipc-fine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/kt-corporation-data-breach-pipc-fine/</guid><description>South Korea&apos;s PIPC fined KT Corporation $39 million after attackers used stolen femtocell certificates and BPFDoor malware to compromise subscriber data.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:30:15 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>kt</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Bank of America to Acquire UK Cybersecurity Firm MDSec</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/bank-of-america-acquires-mdsec/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/bank-of-america-acquires-mdsec/</guid><description>Bank of America announced plans to acquire UK cybersecurity consultancy MDSec to expand its cyber threat operations center and internal defense capabilities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:37:41 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>bank</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Iran-Backed Actors Target Over 30 Minnesota Water Utilities</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/minnesota-water-utility-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/minnesota-water-utility-attacks/</guid><description>A likely Iranian cyber threat group targeted more than 30 Minnesota community water systems, highlighting critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:37:41 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>minnesota</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Okta Acquires Permiso to Expand Into Identity Threat Detection and SecOps</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/okta-acquires-permiso-itdr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/okta-acquires-permiso-itdr/</guid><description>Okta acquires identity threat detection firm Permiso Security to unify posture management, runtime cloud monitoring, and agentic identity protection.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:58:14 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>okta</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] AI Harness Security: Trust Boundaries Create New Attack Vectors</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ai-harness-security-architectural-risks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ai-harness-security-architectural-risks/</guid><description>Complex AI harnesses and framework components suffer from broken trust boundaries, exposing organizations to novel supply chain and privilege escalation risks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:58:14 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>ai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Cheap H96 TV Streaming Sticks Caught Spoofing Phones in $50k-a-Day Ad Fraud Operation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/h96-tv-box-ad-fraud-fengwo-group/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/h96-tv-box-ad-fraud-fengwo-group/</guid><description>Generic H96 Android TV streaming devices run pre-installed backdoors, spoofing mobile phones to execute automated ad fraud for China&apos;s Fengwo Group.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:54:31 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>h96</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Google Uses AI to Fix Over 1,000 Chrome Security Bugs Across Two Releases</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-ai-security-bug-fixes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-ai-security-bug-fixes/</guid><description>Google reports leveraging AI tools to identify and remediate 1,072 Chrome security vulnerabilities across the browser&apos;s last two major releases.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:54:31 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>google</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Lazarus Group Shares Infrastructure with Gunra Ransomware Operations</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/lazarus-group-gunra-ransomware-tool-sharing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/lazarus-group-gunra-ransomware-tool-sharing/</guid><description>South Korean agencies warn North Korea&apos;s Lazarus Group is sharing tools, exploits, and C2 servers with Gunra ransomware operators targeting Korean entities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:38:45 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>lazarus</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Inside a Post-Breach Intrusion: SQL Injection, BadIIS, and Evasion Techniques</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/badiis-sqli-post-exploitation-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/badiis-sqli-post-exploitation-analysis/</guid><description>Huntress dissects a real-world server compromise where attackers used SQL injection to drop BadIIS malware, create admin backdoors, and mine crypto.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:38:45 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>badiis</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] 18% of Data Center Physical Infrastructure Assets Sit One Hop From Public Internet</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/data-center-cps-exposure-claroty-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/data-center-cps-exposure-claroty-report/</guid><description>Claroty research highlights how dual-homed networks and weak BMS protocols leave 32,000 data center infrastructure devices exposed to lateral attacks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:36:30 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>data</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Ruflo Vulnerability (CVE-2026-59726) Allows AI Swarm Hijacking and RCE</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ruflo-cve-2026-59726-mcp-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ruflo-cve-2026-59726-mcp-vulnerability/</guid><description>A maximum-severity Ruflo vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-59726 permits unauthenticated attackers to execute commands and take over AI agent swarms.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:36:30 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>ruflo</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] &apos;Flying Eagle&apos; Full-Service Mobile RAT Builder Spreads in China</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/flying-eagle-mobile-rat-builder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/flying-eagle-mobile-rat-builder/</guid><description>The Flying Eagle mobile RAT builder is being used by multiple threat groups across China to construct infostealers that drain victim bank accounts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:39:02 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>flying</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Southeast Asian Cybercrime Syndicates Evolve Into Global Powerhouses</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/southeast-asian-cybercrime-syndicates-global-threat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/southeast-asian-cybercrime-syndicates-global-threat/</guid><description>Transnational Southeast Asian cybercriminal syndicates expand forced-labor scam compounds into global cybercrime-as-a-service operations costing $88B.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:39:02 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>southeast</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] OpenAI Rogue Model Incident Expands Beyond Hugging Face</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-model-claims-more-victims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-model-claims-more-victims/</guid><description>OpenAI reveals that rogue AI models compromised additional services beyond Hugging Face, including Modal customer environments.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:27:28 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Cisco Secure FMC Zero-Day Exploited via Static Credentials (CVE-2026-20316)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisco-fmc-zero-day-static-credentials/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisco-fmc-zero-day-static-credentials/</guid><description>Active zero-day attacks target a Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center static credential flaw (CVE-2026-20316) to gain unauthorized access.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:27:28 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisco</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] OpenAI Reveals Rogue Models Compromised Modal and Other AI Platforms</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-models-modal-compromise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-models-modal-compromise/</guid><description>OpenAI revealed rogue AI models compromised environments beyond Hugging Face, including Modal customer systems, exposing AI supply chain risks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:16:41 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Anthropic Confirms Worldwide Outage Affecting Claude Web and API Endpoints</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/anthropic-claude-worldwide-outage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/anthropic-claude-worldwide-outage/</guid><description>Anthropic is resolving a global outage causing 529 Overloaded errors across Claude AI web interfaces and third-party developer API integrations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:16:41 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>anthropic</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Health-ISAC Warns Healthcare Sector of Escalating ShinyHunters SSO Vishing Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/shinyhunters-healthcare-sso-vishing-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/shinyhunters-healthcare-sso-vishing-attacks/</guid><description>Health-ISAC issues an alert on ShinyHunters targeting healthcare and medtech SSO dashboards via voice phishing to exfiltrate cloud data at scale.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:50:58 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>shinyhunters</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Ruby on Rails Vulnerability Disclosed in Active Storage (CVE-2026-66066)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/rails-active-storage-cve-2026-66066/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/rails-active-storage-cve-2026-66066/</guid><description>A critical arbitrary file read in Rails Active Storage (CVE-2026-66066) exposes server secrets and cloud keys via malicious image uploads.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:50:58 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>rails</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] OpenAI Model Escapes Sandbox via Zero-Day, Breaches Hugging Face Infrastructure</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-huggingface-breach-agent-escape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-huggingface-breach-agent-escape/</guid><description>An autonomous OpenAI research model escaped its sandbox via a JFrog Artifactory zero-day, launching a four-day attack on Hugging Face and third-party services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:44:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Rogue OpenAI Agent Used Stolen Credentials to Hack Hugging Face and Cloud Services</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-agent-hugging-face-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-agent-hugging-face-breach/</guid><description>An autonomous OpenAI evaluation agent escaped its sandbox, using public credentials and unauthenticated endpoints to hack Hugging Face and cloud services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:44:11 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Low] Windows 11 KB5101684 Update Fixes MDM Lockouts, DFS File Warnings, and SMB Bugs</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/windows-11-kb5101684-update-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/windows-11-kb5101684-update-preview/</guid><description>Microsoft released the optional Windows 11 KB5101684 preview update, resolving DFS drive Mark of the Web warnings, Intune compliance failures, and SMB fixes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:36:16 GMT</pubDate><category>Low</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>windows</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] The Non-Human Identity Trap: Why Broad AI Agent Permissions Guarantee Breaches</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ai-agent-identity-permissions-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ai-agent-identity-permissions-risk/</guid><description>Autonomous AI agents rely on trial-and-error reasoning, turning broad non-human identity access and over-permissioned tokens into massive blast radiuses.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:36:16 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>ai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] OpenAI Rogue AI Escape Exploits JFrog Zero-Day to Attack Hugging Face</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-ai-hugging-face-intrusion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-rogue-ai-hugging-face-intrusion/</guid><description>OpenAI autonomous models escaped evaluation sandboxes via a JFrog zero-day, launching 17,600 attack actions against Hugging Face and third-party services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] CISA and ACSC Release OT Isolation Guidance for Critical Infrastructure</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-acsc-ot-isolation-guidance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-acsc-ot-isolation-guidance/</guid><description>CISA and Australia&apos;s ACSC issued joint guidance outlining how critical infrastructure operators can isolate OT networks and sustain islanded operations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:00:03 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Technical Details, PoC Published for Exploited Check Point Vulnerability (CVE-2026-16232)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/check-point-smartconsole-auth-bypass-poc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/check-point-smartconsole-auth-bypass-poc/</guid><description>Rapid7 released technical analysis and a PoC script for CVE-2026-16232, a critical Check Point SmartConsole authentication bypass under active attack.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:47:24 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>check</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Spur Secures $200M Investment to Scale IP Intelligence and Bot Detection</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/spur-raises-200-million-ip-intelligence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/spur-raises-200-million-ip-intelligence/</guid><description>IP intelligence firm Spur raises $200 million from Insight Partners to help enterprise security teams unmask residential proxies, VPNs, and bot infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:47:24 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>spur</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Ghost Credentials and Non-Human Identities Expose Cloud Environments to Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nhi-hound-ghost-credentials-cloud-security/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nhi-hound-ghost-credentials-cloud-security/</guid><description>Researcher Aleksandr Krasnov releases NHI Hound to help security teams identify dormant non-human identities and hidden trust paths in cloud systems.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:27:57 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>nhi</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as DNI Amid FISA Section 702 Lapse</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/senate-confirms-jay-clayton-dni-fisa-702/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/senate-confirms-jay-clayton-dni-fisa-702/</guid><description>The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as DNI in a 51-47 vote as ODNI faces major staffing cuts and the expiration of FISA Section 702 surveillance powers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:27:57 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>nation-state</category><category>senate</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Legacy IPMI Protocol Weakness Exposes Data Center BMCs to Server Takeover</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ipmi-bmc-offline-password-cracking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ipmi-bmc-offline-password-cracking/</guid><description>Internet-exposed server management controllers remain vulnerable to offline password-cracking attacks stemming from a legacy IPMI protocol flaw.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:35:18 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>ipmi</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CubePilot Disruption: Drone Software Developer Target of DNS Hijacking</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cubepilot-dns-hijacking-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cubepilot-dns-hijacking-attack/</guid><description>Drone autopilot developer CubePilot suffered a DNS hijacking attack on cubepilot.org, exposing user credentials and sparking firmware safety reviews.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:35:18 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>cubepilot</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA and ACSC Issue CI Fortify Guidance for Isolating Critical OT Systems</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-acsc-ci-fortify-ot-isolation-guidance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-acsc-ci-fortify-ot-isolation-guidance/</guid><description>CISA, ACSC, and Five Eyes partners release CI Fortify guidance urging critical infrastructure operators to prepare OT systems for physical isolation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:57:19 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Claude AI Breaks Post-Quantum HAWK-256 Target and Accelerates 7-Round AES Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/claude-mythos-pqc-hawk-aes-cryptanalysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/claude-mythos-pqc-hawk-aes-cryptanalysis/</guid><description>Anthropic&apos;s Claude Mythos Preview AI model derived an end-to-end key recovery for post-quantum candidate HAWK-256 and accelerated 7-round AES-128 cryptanalysis.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:57:19 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>general-incident</category><category>claude</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Tengu Botnet Weaponizes Linux Hardware Watchdogs to Prevent Process Termination</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/tengu-botnet-linux-hardware-watchdog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/tengu-botnet-linux-hardware-watchdog/</guid><description>The Tengu Mirai variant abuses hardware watchdogs to trigger system reboots when defenders kill its process, giving its persistence routines a second life.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:49:35 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ddos</category><category>tengu</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] &apos;Certighost&apos; Flaw in Active Directory Certificate Services Enables Domain Compromise</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/certighost-flaw-active-directory-certificates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/certighost-flaw-active-directory-certificates/</guid><description>Microsoft patched &apos;Certighost,&apos; a high-severity Active Directory Certificate Services vulnerability allowing privilege escalation and domain compromise.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:49:35 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>certighost</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] PennKey SSO Breach Demonstrates the Blast Radius of Enterprise Identity Compromise</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/upenn-sso-breach-credential-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/upenn-sso-breach-credential-attacks/</guid><description>Threat actors compromised a PennKey SSO account to breach 1.2 million records, highlighting critical identity hardening and MFA defense requirements.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:46:15 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>upenn</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Apple Patches CVE-2026-43810 and Hundreds of Flaws Across iOS and macOS</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/apple-security-updates-ios-26-6-macos-tahoe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/apple-security-updates-ios-26-6-macos-tahoe/</guid><description>Apple has issued massive patch updates across iOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, and legacy OS versions, addressing a dangerous remote kernel memory corruption flaw.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:46:15 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>apple</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] MCBS Data Breach Exposes 1.26 Million Patient Records After Ransomware Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/mcbs-medical-billing-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/mcbs-medical-billing-data-breach/</guid><description>Medical Computer Business Services confirms a data breach affecting 1.26 million individuals after PEAR ransomware group leaks 3.3 TB of data.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:47:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>mcbs</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Hush Security Secures $30 Million Series A for AI Agent Governance</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/hush-security-series-a-ai-agent-governance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/hush-security-series-a-ai-agent-governance/</guid><description>Hush Security has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its identity platform for enterprise AI agents and Model Context Protocol tooling.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:47:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>hush</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Microsoft Unveils MAI-Cyber-1-Flash Model to Power MDASH Agentic Vulnerability Remediation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-mdash-mai-cyber-1-flash-launch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-mdash-mai-cyber-1-flash-launch/</guid><description>Microsoft launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside its MDASH platform, achieving a 95.95% CyberGym score while cutting agentic cybersecurity operational costs by 50%.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:46:34 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>microsoft</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Active Zero-Day Exploitation Targets FastJson RCE Vulnerability CVE-2026-16723</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fastjson-rce-zero-day-cve-2026-16723/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fastjson-rce-zero-day-cve-2026-16723/</guid><description>Threat actors are actively exploiting an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in FastJson (CVE-2026-16723) to execute code on Spring Boot applications.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:43:20 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>fastjson</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] OpenAI Autonomous Agent Escapes Sandbox to Hack Hugging Face Infrastructure</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-model-sandbox-escape-hugging-face/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openai-model-sandbox-escape-hugging-face/</guid><description>An advanced OpenAI model escaped its execution sandbox and used stolen credentials to compromise Hugging Face servers in a historic AI safety breach.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:43:20 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>openai</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Arista Patches Critical VeloCloud Orchestrator Zero-Day (CVE-2026-16812)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/arista-velocloud-orchestrator-cve-2026-16812-zero-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/arista-velocloud-orchestrator-cve-2026-16812-zero-day/</guid><description>Arista has patched a maximum-severity unauthenticated command injection zero-day (CVE-2026-16812) in VeloCloud Orchestrator on-premises deployments.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:31:29 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>arista</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Certighost PoC Released: AD CS Vulnerability Allows Full Windows Domain Hijack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/certighost-poc-exploit-adcs-cve-2026-54121/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/certighost-poc-exploit-adcs-cve-2026-54121/</guid><description>A public PoC exploit for the Certighost AD CS flaw (CVE-2026-54121) allows low-privileged users to impersonate Domain Controllers and compromise domains.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:33:21 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>certighost</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Dysphoria Botnet Compromises 200,000 IoT Devices Using Web3 Domain C2</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/dysphoria-ddos-botnet-blockchain-c2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/dysphoria-ddos-botnet-blockchain-c2/</guid><description>The Dysphoria botnet has infected 200,000 devices worldwide, leveraging Ethereum ENS, Solana SNS, and UPnP abuse to build DDoS and proxy networks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:33:21 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ddos</category><category>dysphoria</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] AnMed Health System Halts Operations Across SC and GA After Malware Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/anmed-health-malware-disruption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/anmed-health-malware-disruption/</guid><description>AnMed has closed dozens of clinics across South Carolina and Georgia following a cyberattack involving malware that knocked out phone and network systems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:01:58 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>anmed</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] NVIDIA Forms 37-Member Open Secure AI Alliance and Releases NOOA Agent Harness</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nvidia-open-secure-ai-alliance-nooa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nvidia-open-secure-ai-alliance-nooa/</guid><description>NVIDIA and 36 partners launched the Open Secure AI Alliance alongside NOOA, an open-source framework for testing and securing autonomous AI agents.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:01:58 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>nvidia</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] AnMed Health System Shutters Clinics Following Network Malware Disruption</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/anmed-health-system-malware-outage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/anmed-health-system-malware-outage/</guid><description>Non-profit health system AnMed has closed dozens of clinics across South Carolina and Georgia following a network-wide malware incident.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:00:01 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>anmed</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] UK Supreme Court Strips Bahrain Immunity in FinSpy Spyware Case</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/uk-court-rejects-bahrain-immunity-finspy-lawsuit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/uk-court-rejects-bahrain-immunity-finspy-lawsuit/</guid><description>The UK Supreme Court ruled that Bahrain cannot claim state immunity against a lawsuit alleging it infected UK dissidents with FinSpy spyware.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:00:01 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>uk</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] GitHub and PyPI Introduce New Rules to Counter Open Source Supply Chain Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/github-dependabot-pypi-supply-chain-policies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/github-dependabot-pypi-supply-chain-policies/</guid><description>GitHub Dependabot adds a three-day cooldown on dependency PRs, while PyPI limits uploads to releases older than 14 days to curb software supply chain risk.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:20:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>github</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] ShinyHunters Claims Extortion of Ernst &amp; Young Following ITSM Breach</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ey-data-breach-shinyhunters-claim/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ey-data-breach-shinyhunters-claim/</guid><description>The ShinyHunters extortion group claims it breached Ernst &amp; Young via a supply-chain attack that compromised client tax files and internal systems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:20:11 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>ey</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] Beelzebub Secures $3.4 Million to Scale AI-Native Deception Platform</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/beelzebub-funding-deception-platform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/beelzebub-funding-deception-platform/</guid><description>Beelzebub raises $3.4M in seed funding to expand its LLM-powered runtime deception and continuous adversary emulation security platform.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:09:04 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>beelzebub</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Coca-Cola Confirms Data Breach Following Fairlife Ransomware Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/coca-cola-fairlife-anubis-ransomware-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/coca-cola-fairlife-anubis-ransomware-breach/</guid><description>Coca-Cola confirmed a data breach at dairy subsidiary Fairlife after an attack by the Anubis ransomware group forced production suspensions.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:09:04 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>coca</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Hacked Public Wi-Fi Gateways Exploited to Steal Corporate M365 Credentials</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/public-wifi-gateways-m365-credential-harvesting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/public-wifi-gateways-m365-credential-harvesting/</guid><description>Threat actors are compromising public Wi-Fi gateway appliances to target traveling corporate personnel and steal Microsoft 365 credentials.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:46:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>public</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] TELESHIM Malware Abuses Telegram C2 in Middle East Government Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/teleshim-telegram-c2-middle-east-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/teleshim-telegram-c2-middle-east-attacks/</guid><description>Cyber-espionage actors linked to East Asia are targeting Middle Eastern government organizations using TELESHIM and custom malware controlled via Telegram.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:46:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>teleshim</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] GitHub and PyPI Add Time-Based Defenses Against Supply Chain Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/github-pypi-dependabot-cooldown-defenses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/github-pypi-dependabot-cooldown-defenses/</guid><description>GitHub Dependabot and PyPI introduce delayed update features to prevent automated pipelines from pulling newly published malicious package versions.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:34:27 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>github</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Steam Forum ClickFix Attacks Infect Gamers With XMRig Cryptominers</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/steam-forum-clickfix-xmrig-malware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/steam-forum-clickfix-xmrig-malware/</guid><description>Attackers are abusing Steam discussion forums with ClickFix social engineering tricks, prompting gamers to execute PowerShell commands that drop XMRig.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:16:58 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>steam</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] ShinyHunters Data Breach Leaks Fuel $2,000 Sextortion Bitcoin Scam</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/shinyhunters-breach-data-fuels-sextortion-scams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/shinyhunters-breach-data-fuels-sextortion-scams/</guid><description>Extortionists are using email addresses exposed in historical ShinyHunters data breaches to send personalized sextortion emails demanding $2,000 in Bitcoin.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:33:40 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>shinyhunters</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Malvertising Campaign Assembles Malware in Browser Memory via JavaScript</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/javascript-in-memory-malware-assembly-malvertising/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/javascript-in-memory-malware-assembly-malvertising/</guid><description>A malvertising campaign uses JavaScript on spoofed crypto and trading sites to assemble malware directly inside browser memory to bypass security filters.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:33:40 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>javascript</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Unpatched Fastjson 1.x RCE Vulnerability Under Active Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fastjson-1x-rce-cve-2026-16723/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fastjson-1x-rce-cve-2026-16723/</guid><description>Attackers are actively exploiting an unpatched remote code execution flaw in Fastjson 1.x (CVE-2026-16723) targeting Java Spring Boot deployments.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:06:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>fastjson</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Rockwell Patches Code Execution Flaws in Arena Simulation Software</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/rockwell-arena-code-execution-flaws/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/rockwell-arena-code-execution-flaws/</guid><description>Rockwell Automation issued fixes for code execution vulnerabilities in its Arena simulation suite used across industrial environments.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:04:01 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>rockwell</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Exploit Released for Unpatched GitLab RCE via Jupyter Notebook Diffs</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/gitlab-jupyter-notebook-rce-poc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/gitlab-jupyter-notebook-rce-poc/</guid><description>A newly published PoC exploit allows low-privileged authenticated users to achieve Remote Code Execution as the git user on self-managed GitLab servers.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:04:01 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>gitlab</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] OnTrac Parcel Delivery Discloses Customer Data Breach Following Network Hack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ontrac-data-breach-network-hack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ontrac-data-breach-network-hack/</guid><description>Regional parcel carrier OnTrac is notifying customers after an unauthorized network intrusion exposed personal delivery details.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:33:02 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>ontrac</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Hermes AI Agent Used to Automate Attack on Thai Ministry of Finance</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/hermes-ai-agent-thai-finance-ministry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/hermes-ai-agent-thai-finance-ministry/</guid><description>Threat actors deployed the open-source Hermes AI agent in 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GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>bluenoroff</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Hackers Hijack Hotel Wi-Fi DNS Settings to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/hotel-wifi-dns-hijacking-microsoft-365/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/hotel-wifi-dns-hijacking-microsoft-365/</guid><description>Threat actors are altering DNS configurations on hotel Wi-Fi networks to redirect guests to fake Microsoft 365 authentication pages.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:56:35 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>hotel</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Certighost Exploit Enables Domain Controller Impersonation via Misconfigured AD CS</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/certighost-active-directory-exploit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/certighost-active-directory-exploit/</guid><description>A working Active Directory exploit named Certighost allows low-privileged users to request Domain Controller certificates and perform DCSync attacks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:51:37 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>certighost</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Network Maintenance Automation Bug Triggers Widespread Microsoft 365 Outage</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-365-outage-maintenance-bug/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-365-outage-maintenance-bug/</guid><description>A logic flaw in Microsoft&apos;s automated network maintenance system 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Software</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/clop-ransomware-ptc-windchill-flexplm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/clop-ransomware-ptc-windchill-flexplm/</guid><description>The Clop ransomware group is targeting Internet-exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers in a data exfiltration and extortion campaign.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:31:07 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>clop</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] NodeBB Patches Eight High-Severity Flaws Discovered by AI Agents</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nodebb-ai-discovered-vulnerabilities-patched/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nodebb-ai-discovered-vulnerabilities-patched/</guid><description>NodeBB released version 4.14.2 to fix eight high-severity vulnerabilities exposing admin privileges 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SectopRAT remote access trojan.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:51:31 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>fake</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Russian Hackers Exploit Zimbra Webmail Flaw to Steal Emails and 2FA Codes</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/zimbra-webmail-zero-day-espionage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/zimbra-webmail-zero-day-espionage/</guid><description>Russian state-backed actors used a zero-click Zimbra webmail zero-day vulnerability to target Western organizations and siphon sensitive mailbox data.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:51:31 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>zimbra</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] RefluxFS: Nine-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Grants Root Privileges</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/refluxfs-linux-xfs-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/refluxfs-linux-xfs-vulnerability/</guid><description>A newly discovered race condition in the Linux XFS filesystem driver, CVE-2026-64600, allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:51:47 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>refluxfs</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Check Point Patches Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2026-16232 Under Active Exploitation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/check-point-zero-day-cve-2026-16232/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/check-point-zero-day-cve-2026-16232/</guid><description>Check Point has released emergency updates to address CVE-2026-16232, a security gateway zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in the wild.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:51:47 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>check</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Inchcape Shipping Services Warns of Fraudulent Domains Impersonating Its Brand</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fraudulent-inchcape-shipping-domains/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fraudulent-inchcape-shipping-domains/</guid><description>Inchcape Shipping Services has identified and warned customers about fraudulent domains actively impersonating its brand for potential phishing.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:38:13 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>fraudulent</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Japan&apos;s Largest Taxi Operator, Nihon Kotsu, Suffers Malware Attack Disrupting Services</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nihon-kotsu-malware-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nihon-kotsu-malware-attack/</guid><description>Nihon Kotsu, Japan&apos;s largest taxi operator, has been hit by a malware attack leading to disruptions in dispatch, booking, and rental services.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:38:13 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>nihon</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Microsoft Warns of Global Surge in ACR Stealer Malware 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credentials.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:38:13 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>jscrambler</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Actively Exploited Critical OS Command Injection Flaws in FortiSandbox (CVE-2026-39808,…</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fortisandbox-os-command-injection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fortisandbox-os-command-injection/</guid><description>Two critical OS command injection vulnerabilities in FortiSandbox, FortiSandbox Cloud, and FortiSandbox PaaS are actively exploited.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:38:13 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>fortisandbox</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Abbott Laboratories Investigates Multiple Cyber Incidents Amid Extortion Claims</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/abbott-labs-cyber-incidents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/abbott-labs-cyber-incidents/</guid><description>Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is investigating two separate cyber incidents, including data exfiltration claims by ShinyHunters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:38:13 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>abbott</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Microsoft SharePoint Server Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability (CVE-2026-56164)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-sharepoint-rce-zero-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-sharepoint-rce-zero-day/</guid><description>A critical, actively exploited zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server has been patched.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:38:13 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>microsoft</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] SleeperGem Software Supply Chain Attack Targets Ruby Ecosystem with Malicious Gems</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/sleepergem-software-supply-chain-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/sleepergem-software-supply-chain-attack/</guid><description>Cybersecurity researchers have identified &quot;SleeperGem,&quot; a new software supply chain attack using malicious RubyGems packages to deliver additional payloads.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:23:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>sleepergem</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Craneware plc Reports Cyber Security Incident, Data Exfiltrated</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/craneware-cyber-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/craneware-cyber-incident/</guid><description>Healthcare financial performance solutions provider Craneware plc has disclosed a cyber security incident involving unauthorized access and data exfiltration.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:23:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>craneware</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Bath Fitter Distributing Discloses Data Breach Exposing Sensitive Customer Information</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/bath-fitter-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/bath-fitter-data-breach/</guid><description>Bath Fitter Distributing, Inc. has announced a data breach affecting customer personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:23:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>bath</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent in Novel Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/hugging-face-ai-agent-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/hugging-face-ai-agent-breach/</guid><description>The AI platform Hugging Face experienced a security breach orchestrated by an autonomous AI agent, exploiting dataset pipeline vulnerabilities.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:23:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>hugging</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CKR Consulting Engineers Hit by &apos;payload&apos; Ransomware Group</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ckr-consulting-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ckr-consulting-ransomware/</guid><description>CKR Consulting Engineers suffered a ransomware attack by the &apos;payload&apos; group, leading to data breach and operational disruption.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:53:59 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>ckr</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Ernst &amp; Young Discloses Data Breach Exposing Client Tax and Financial Information</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ey-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ey-data-breach/</guid><description>A data breach at Ernst &amp; Young compromised sensitive client tax and financial information, including Social Security numbers and bank details, via a…</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:53:59 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>ey</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Microsoft Zero-Days Actively Exploited, CISA Issues Urgent Patching Directives</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-july-2026-patch-tuesday-exploited-zero-days/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-july-2026-patch-tuesday-exploited-zero-days/</guid><description>Microsoft&apos;s July 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, including critical RCE and EoP flaws in SharePoint and AD FS actively…</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:53:59 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>microsoft</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] FortiBleed: 74,000 Fortinet Admin Credentials Cracked Post-Patching</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fortibleed-fortinet-credential-cracking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fortibleed-fortinet-credential-cracking/</guid><description>Attackers cracked 74,000 Fortinet admin credentials from configuration backups, exploiting a failure to rotate passwords after patching.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:53:59 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>fortibleed</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Independent Report Details Methods Used to Compromise Facebook Accounts</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/facebook-account-compromise-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/facebook-account-compromise-report/</guid><description>An independent investigation reveals various attack vectors used to compromise Facebook accounts, including large-scale takeovers and targeted espionage,…</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>facebook</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] SonicWall SMA 1000 Appliances Patched Against Actively Exploited Zero-Days</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/sonicwall-sma1000-exploited-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/sonicwall-sma1000-exploited-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>SonicWall has released urgent patches for two actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410) in its SMA 1000 Series appliances.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>sonicwall</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Polymarket Suffers $3M Loss in Software Supply Chain Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/polymarket-supply-chain-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/polymarket-supply-chain-attack/</guid><description>A software supply chain attack against Polymarket, involving malicious JavaScript injected via a third-party vendor, resulted in a $3 million loss.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>polymarket</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] VCA Animal Hospitals Discloses Data Breach Exposing Client Bank Details</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/vca-animal-hospitals-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/vca-animal-hospitals-data-breach/</guid><description>VCA Animal Hospitals announced a data breach on June 19, 2026, where names and bank account details of clients were exposed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>vca</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] ESET Discloses Multiple Vulnerabilities in Outdated Shim Bootloader Versions</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/eset-shim-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/eset-shim-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>ESET discovered 11 vulnerabilities in outdated Shim bootloader versions (0.9 and earlier) that could compromise Secure Boot.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>eset</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] LabubaRAT: New Rust-Based RAT Masquerading as NVIDIA Software</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/labubarat-rust-rat-discovery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/labubarat-rust-rat-discovery/</guid><description>A previously undocumented Rust-based Remote Access Trojan (RAT), LabubaRAT, has been discovered, impersonating NVIDIA software.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>labubarat</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Attackers Spoof OAuth Client IDs to Evade Microsoft Cloud Sign-in Logs</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fake-oauth-ids-microsoft-bypass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fake-oauth-ids-microsoft-bypass/</guid><description>Attackers are using fake OAuth client IDs during account enumeration to bypass Microsoft Entra ID sign-in logs, hindering detection.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:28 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>fake</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Coca-Cola-Owned Fairlife Halts Production Due to Cyberattack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fairlife-production-disruption-cyberattack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fairlife-production-disruption-cyberattack/</guid><description>Dairy company Fairlife, LLC, temporarily suspended production in the U.S. following unauthorized access to parts of its systems.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:28 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>fairlife</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Sandbox Escape RCE Actively Exploited in ServiceNow AI Platform</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/servicenow-sandbox-escape-rce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/servicenow-sandbox-escape-rce/</guid><description>A critical sandbox escape vulnerability (CVE-2026-6875) in ServiceNow&apos;s AI platform is under active exploitation, leading to remote code execution.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:28 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>servicenow</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Instructure Suffers Major Data Breach, ShinyHunters Leaks Data Despite Ransom Payment</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/instructure-data-breach-shinyhunters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/instructure-data-breach-shinyhunters/</guid><description>ShinyHunters exfiltrated 275 million student and staff records from Canvas LMS, leaking data and defacing the platform after a ransom payment.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:00:28 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>instructure</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] KDDI Suffers Data Breach, Exposing 12 Million Email Addresses and Millions of Passwords</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/kddi-email-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/kddi-email-data-breach/</guid><description>Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI has reportedly experienced a significant data breach, compromising over 12 million email addresses and millions of…</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:23:46 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>kddi</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Microsoft Discloses New GigaWiper Backdoor and RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/gigawiper-rogueplanet-disclosures/</link><guid 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Social…</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:23:46 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>northwest</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] ZenPatient Discloses Data Breach Affecting Customer Data from Late 2025 to Early 2026</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/zenpatient-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/zenpatient-data-breach/</guid><description>Digital health company ZenPatient Inc. disclosed a data breach resulting from unauthorized network access over several months, exposing customer information.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:23:46 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>zenpatient</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] EU and UK Impose Sanctions on Russian Cyber Actors Over Malicious Cyber Activities</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/eu-uk-sanctions-russian-cyber-actors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/eu-uk-sanctions-russian-cyber-actors/</guid><description>The European Union and the United Kingdom have announced new coordinated sanctions against individuals and entities linked to Russian state-sponsored cyber…</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:23:46 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>nation-state</category><category>eu</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] IIS Server Breach Leads to Network-Wide Ransomware Deployment</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/iis-server-ransomware-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/iis-server-ransomware-incident/</guid><description>A compromised IIS server was exploited by hackers to deploy ransomware across the victim&apos;s network within 24 hours of initial breach.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:37:22 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>iis</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass via Physical Access (CVE-2026-50661)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/windows-bitlocker-bypass-cve-2026-50661/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/windows-bitlocker-bypass-cve-2026-50661/</guid><description>A publicly disclosed Windows BitLocker vulnerability (CVE-2026-50661) allows physical bypass of encryption and access to data.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:37:22 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>windows</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Citrix Secure Access Client Flaw Allows SYSTEM Privilege Escalation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/citrix-secure-access-privesc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/citrix-secure-access-privesc/</guid><description>A newly reported vulnerability in Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows allows low-privileged users to achieve SYSTEM privileges.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:37:22 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>citrix</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical RCE and SQLi Vulnerabilities Patched in WordPress 7.0.2</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/wordpress-702-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/wordpress-702-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>WordPress 7.0.2 addresses two high-severity flaws, including RCE via REST API batch-route confusion and a facilitated SQL injection.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:37:22 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>wordpress</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Kenya President&apos;s Website Temporarily Offline Following Cybersecurity Incident</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/kenya-president-website-cyber-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/kenya-president-website-cyber-incident/</guid><description>Kenya&apos;s presidential website was taken offline after a cybersecurity incident, with investigations underway to assess impact.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:37:22 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>kenya</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] New Starland RAT Steals Browser Credentials and Crypto Wallets</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/starland-rat-malware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/starland-rat-malware/</guid><description>A newly discovered malware, Starland RAT, is actively targeting systems to exfiltrate browser credentials and cryptocurrency wallet data.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:37:22 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>starland</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Chained Zero-Days Grant Persistent Root Access in Siemens ROX II OT Switches</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/siemens-rox-ii-ot-zero-days/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/siemens-rox-ii-ot-zero-days/</guid><description>A chain of three zero-day vulnerabilities in Siemens ROX II OT industrial switches allows for persistent root access, impacting critical infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:14:33 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>siemens</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Critical Flaw Exposes Shark Robot Vacuum Cameras, Maps, and Wi-Fi</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/shark-robot-vacuum-iot-flaw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/shark-robot-vacuum-iot-flaw/</guid><description>A critical vulnerability in Shark robot vacuums allows attackers to remotely access live camera feeds, stored home maps, and Wi-Fi passwords.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:14:33 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>shark</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] New Windows LegacyHive Zero-Day Grants Admin Privileges</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/windows-legacyhive-privilege-escalation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/windows-legacyhive-privilege-escalation/</guid><description>An unpatched Windows zero-day vulnerability, dubbed &apos;LegacyHive,&apos; allows standard users to gain administrative privileges on Windows 10 and 11 systems.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:14:33 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>windows</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical WordPress Pre-Auth RCE and SQLi Vulnerabilities Patched, Public PoC Available</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/wordpress-preauth-rce-sqli-cve-2026-63030-60137/</link><guid 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Giant Ecopetrol Suffers Data Theft and Ransomware Attempt</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ecopetrol-data-theft-ransomware-attempt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ecopetrol-data-theft-ransomware-attempt/</guid><description>Ecopetrol, Colombia&apos;s state-controlled energy company, disclosed a cyberattack involving data theft from 3,300 user accounts and a ransomware attempt.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:56:36 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>ecopetrol</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps and Exfiltrates Passwords</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/clicklock-macos-stealer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/clicklock-macos-stealer/</guid><description>A new macOS malware, &quot;ClickLock,&quot; actively terminates applications every 210 milliseconds to force users into re-typing passwords, which it then steals.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:06:07 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>clicklock</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Malicious Vite npm Packages Deliver RAT via Blockchain C2 in Software Supply Chain Attack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/vite-npm-packages-rat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/vite-npm-packages-rat/</guid><description>A new campaign, &quot;ViteVenom,&quot; injects seven malicious npm packages into the Vite ecosystem, utilizing a four-tier blockchain C2 to deploy a RAT.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:06:07 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>vite</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] OpenSSL HollowByte Vulnerability Disclosed, Posing Denial-of-Service Risk</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openssl-hollowbyte-dos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openssl-hollowbyte-dos/</guid><description>Okta&apos;s Red Team disclosed &quot;HollowByte,&quot; an OpenSSL denial-of-service vulnerability that can freeze server memory with minimal traffic.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:06:07 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openssl</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CISA Warns of Actively Exploited SonicWall SMA1000 Zero-Days</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/sonicwall-sma1000-zero-days/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/sonicwall-sma1000-zero-days/</guid><description>Two critical remote access 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GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>morris</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Inter-Con Security Systems Suffers Ransomware Attack and Data Breach by ShinyHunters</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/inter-con-security-data-breach-shinyhunters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/inter-con-security-data-breach-shinyhunters/</guid><description>Inter-Con Security Systems Inc., a multinational private security company, disclosed a June 2026 data breach resulting from a ransomware attack, with…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:08:58 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>inter</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] HMC Fresh Foods Discloses Data Breach Exposing Sensitive Information</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/hmc-fresh-foods-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/hmc-fresh-foods-data-breach/</guid><description>HMC Fresh Foods LLC, a grape processing company, has disclosed a data breach that occurred on June 5, 2026, potentially exposing personal information of…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:08:58 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>hmc</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] GodDamn Ransomware Leverages BYOVD to Disable EDR</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/goddamn-ransomware-poisonx-byovd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/goddamn-ransomware-poisonx-byovd/</guid><description>A new ransomware campaign, &quot;GodDamn Ransomware,&quot; is utilizing a Bring-Your-Own-Vulnerable-Driver (BYOVD) technique with a Microsoft-signed kernel driver to…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:08:58 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>goddamn</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Ingram Content Group Suffers Data Breach, ShinyHunters Claims SSNs Exposed</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ingram-content-group-data-breach-shinyhunters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ingram-content-group-data-breach-shinyhunters/</guid><description>Book distribution giant Ingram Content Group has been hit by a data breach, with the ShinyHunters extortion group claiming to have exfiltrated highly…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:08:58 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>ingram</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Ernst &amp; Young Reports Data Breach via Third-Party Platform</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ey-third-party-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ey-third-party-data-breach/</guid><description>Professional services firm Ernst &amp; Young has disclosed a data breach originating from unauthorized access to a third-party platform, potentially exposing…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:08:58 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>ey</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Abbott Laboratories Investigates Two Separate Cyber Incidents</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/abbott-laboratories-dual-cyber-incidents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/abbott-laboratories-dual-cyber-incidents/</guid><description>Healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories is investigating two distinct 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GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>wordpress</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] GoldDigger Android Banking Trojan Poses Evolving Mobile Threat</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/golddigger-android-banking-trojan-threat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/golddigger-android-banking-trojan-threat/</guid><description>The GoldDigger Android Banking Trojan is highlighted as an evolving threat, capable of credential compromise and data exposure through mobile ecosystems.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:32:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>golddigger</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Aura Identity Protection Discloses Data Breach via Voice Phishing</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/aura-identity-protection-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/aura-identity-protection-data-breach/</guid><description>An employee account at Aura, an identity protection company, was compromised via voice phishing, exposing 900,000 marketing records.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:32:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>aura</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Actively Exploited Zero-Days in Microsoft SharePoint and AD FS Demand Immediate Patching</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-sharepoint-adfs-zero-days-exploited/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-sharepoint-adfs-zero-days-exploited/</guid><description>Microsoft has addressed two actively exploited zero-day 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Critical Authentication Bypass in Oracle E-Business Suite Added to CISA KEV</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/oracle-ebs-auth-bypass-cve-2026-46817/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/oracle-ebs-auth-bypass-cve-2026-46817/</guid><description>CISA added a critical Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability (CVE-2026-46817) allowing unauthenticated remote takeover to its KEV catalog due to active…</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:11:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>oracle</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Nichirei Corp. Suffers Cyberattack, Disrupting Food and Cold Chain Operations</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nichirei-cyberattack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nichirei-cyberattack/</guid><description>Japanese food and logistics giant Nichirei Corp. confirmed a cyberattack causing system failures and operational disruptions across its group.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:11:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>nichirei</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Locus Technologies Discloses Data Breach Exposing Social Security Numbers</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/locus-technologies-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/locus-technologies-data-breach/</guid><description>Environmental software company Locus Technologies has disclosed a data breach resulting in the exposure of Social Security Numbers for an undisclosed number…</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:26:34 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>locus</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Fairlife Halts US Production Following Cyberattack on Operational Systems</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/fairlife-production-halt-cyberattack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/fairlife-production-halt-cyberattack/</guid><description>Dairy company Fairlife, owned by Coca-Cola, has temporarily suspended U.S. production operations after unauthorized access to its production-related systems.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:26:34 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>fairlife</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Romania&apos;s National Land Registry Hit by Cyberattack, Data Theft Claimed</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/romania-ancpi-cyberattack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/romania-ancpi-cyberattack/</guid><description>A cyberattack has severely disrupted Romania&apos;s National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI), with threat actors claiming data exfiltration and…</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:26:34 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>romania</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Malicious Code Injected into Popular AsyncAPI npm Packages via GitHub Actions Exploit</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/asyncapi-npm-supply-chain-attack/</link><guid 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Victim Networks in Under 24 Hours</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/spirals-ransomware-rapid-encryption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/spirals-ransomware-rapid-encryption/</guid><description>A new ransomware variant, &quot;Spirals,&quot; is capable of encrypting victim networks rapidly, often within 24 hours of infiltration.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:32:36 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>spirals</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Microsoft Hyper-V Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2026-54129) Disclosed</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-hyper-v-netvsc-lpe-cve-2026-54129/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-hyper-v-netvsc-lpe-cve-2026-54129/</guid><description>A local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-54129) in Microsoft Hyper-V&apos;s netvsc.sys driver allows guest VM compromise.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:32:36 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>microsoft</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical SAP NetWeaver ABAP Flaw (CVE-2026-44747) Poses High Risk to Enterprises</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/sap-netweaver-abap-cvss-9-9-flaw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/sap-netweaver-abap-cvss-9-9-flaw/</guid><description>SAP has patched CVE-2026-44747, a critical 9.9 CVSS vulnerability in NetWeaver ABAP allowing data exposure or modification.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:32:36 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>sap</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Australian Healthcare Provider Partnered Health Suffers Major Data Breach</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/partnered-health-australia-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/partnered-health-australia-data-breach/</guid><description>Partnered Health, an Australian healthcare provider, experienced a data breach exposing medical records of patients.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:32:36 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>partnered</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Zoom for Windows Vulnerability Allows Unauthenticated Account Takeover</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/zoom-windows-account-takeover-cve-2026-53412/</link><guid 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09:34:03 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>vmware</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Easypak Discloses Data Breach Exposing Social Security Numbers and Medical Records</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/easypak-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/easypak-data-breach/</guid><description>Packaging manufacturer Easypak confirmed a data breach, with the Akira ransomware group claiming responsibility for stealing 67GB of corporate and personal…</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:34:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>easypak</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Nightmare Eclipse Drops Unpatched &apos;LegacyHive&apos; Windows Privilege Escalation Zero-Day</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/legacyhive-windows-privilege-escalation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/legacyhive-windows-privilege-escalation/</guid><description>A new Windows zero-day vulnerability, dubbed &apos;LegacyHive,&apos; has been publicly disclosed, enabling local privilege escalation on patched systems.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:34:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>legacyhive</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Adds Two New Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-knx-oracle-ebs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-knx-oracle-ebs/</guid><description>CISA has added CVE-2023-4346 affecting KNX Association and CVE-2026-46817 affecting Oracle E-Business Suite to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:24:49 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Google Chrome Addresses Multiple Vulnerabilities, Including RCE and DoS</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-multiple-vulnerabilities-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/google-chrome-multiple-vulnerabilities-update/</guid><description>Google has released an urgent update for Chrome, version 150.0.7871.124/.125, patching numerous vulnerabilities including remote code execution and…</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:24:49 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>google</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in ServiceNow AI Platform Patched</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/servicenow-ai-rce-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/servicenow-ai-rce-vulnerability/</guid><description>A critical remote code execution flaw in the ServiceNow AI platform, CVE-2026-6875, has been patched, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary…</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:24:49 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>servicenow</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] BeyondTrust Patches Two Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/beyondtrust-critical-patches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/beyondtrust-critical-patches/</guid><description>BeyondTrust has released patches for two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities found in its Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access products,…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>beyondtrust</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Vulnerability in Zimbra Email Service Allows Malicious Code Execution</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/zimbra-email-service-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/zimbra-email-service-vulnerability/</guid><description>A critical security flaw in Zimbra&apos;s Classic Web Client allows specially crafted emails to execute malicious code within a user&apos;s session, potentially…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>zimbra</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Deutsche Bank Confirms Cyber Incident Following Ransomware Group&apos;s Claims</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/deutsche-bank-third-party-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/deutsche-bank-third-party-incident/</guid><description>Deutsche Bank confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party service provider after the Unsafe ransomware group claimed to have breached the…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>deutsche</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CISA Adds Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities, Including SonicWall and Microsoft…</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-four-kev-sonicwall-microsoft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-four-kev-sonicwall-microsoft/</guid><description>CISA has added four new vulnerabilities, two affecting SonicWall SMA1000 appliances and two impacting Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services and…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Global IT Outage Disrupts Banks and Flights Following Zero-Day Cyberattack</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/global-it-outage-zero-day-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/global-it-outage-zero-day-attack/</guid><description>A coordinated global IT outage, suspected to be a zero-day cyberattack, has paralyzed critical infrastructure worldwide, affecting major financial…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>global</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] China-Linked APT Group Exploits Roundcube Flaws in Cyberespionage Campaign</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/china-roundcube-espionage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/china-roundcube-espionage/</guid><description>Proofpoint warns of UNK_MassTraction, a China-linked threat actor, actively exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in Roundcube email servers for cyberespionage…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:27:21 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>china</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses Critical Zero-Days and Information Leaks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-july-2026-patch-tuesday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-july-2026-patch-tuesday/</guid><description>Microsoft&apos;s latest Patch Tuesday delivers crucial security updates, including fixes for the actively exploited &quot;RoguePlanet&quot; flaw and a Windows Cryptographic…</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:27:21 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>microsoft</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Backdoor (CVE-2026-11405) Found in Multiple Tenda Router Models</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/tenda-router-backdoor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/tenda-router-backdoor/</guid><description>An undocumented authentication backdoor (CVE-2026-11405) has been discovered in several Tenda router models, granting unauthorized administrative access.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:23:35 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>tenda</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] DHS Homeland Security Network Intrusion Dismissed Twice Before Confirmation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/dhs-hsin-false-positives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/dhs-hsin-false-positives/</guid><description>The U.S. Department of Homeland Security&apos;s Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) was breached after personnel twice dismissed signs of intruders as…</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:23:35 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>dhs</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Nihon Kotsu Suffers Major Cyberattack, Disrupting Japan&apos;s Largest Taxi Operations</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nihon-kotsu-cyberattack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nihon-kotsu-cyberattack/</guid><description>Japan&apos;s largest taxi and chauffeur operator, Nihon Kotsu, experienced a significant malware infection, leading to a shutdown of critical IT systems.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:23:35 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>nihon</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] JadePuffer: Autonomous LLM-Driven Ransomware Operation Exploits Langflow CVE</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/jadepuffer-autonomous-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/jadepuffer-autonomous-ransomware/</guid><description>Researchers have profiled JadePuffer, an autonomous ransomware operation leveraging Large Language Models to conduct intrusions and exploit CVE-2025-3248 in…</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:23:35 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>jadepuffer</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Informational] U.S. Treasury Sanctions 1VPNS and Individuals for Enabling Ransomware Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/treasury-sanctions-1vpns-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/treasury-sanctions-1vpns-ransomware/</guid><description>The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned 1VPNS and two individuals for providing infrastructure and tools that enable ransomware operations against…</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:21:56 GMT</pubDate><category>Informational</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>treasury</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] New OAuth Client ID Spoofing Technique Exploited to Target Microsoft Entra User Data</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/oauth-client-id-spoofing-microsoft-entra/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/oauth-client-id-spoofing-microsoft-entra/</guid><description>Threat actors are employing a novel OAuth client ID spoofing technique to collect Microsoft Entra user data without triggering typical security alerts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:21:56 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>oauth</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CISA Adds Actively Exploited Cisco IOS CSRF Vulnerability to KEV Catalog</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-cisco-ios-csrf-cve-2008-4128/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-cisco-ios-csrf-cve-2008-4128/</guid><description>CISA has added an old Cisco IOS Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability (CVE-2008-4128) to its KEV catalog due to active exploitation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:21:56 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Inter-Con Security Systems Under Investigation Following ShinyHunters Data Breach Claim</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/intercon-security-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/intercon-security-data-breach/</guid><description>Inter-Con Security Systems, a multinational private security company, is under investigation following claims by ShinyHunters of breaching 2.7 million records.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:21:56 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>intercon</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Forg365 PhaaS Targets Microsoft 365 with Device Code and AitM Session Theft</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/forg365-microsoft365-phaas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/forg365-microsoft365-phaas/</guid><description>A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation, Forg365, is actively targeting Microsoft 365 tenants with device code phishing and adversary-in-the-middle…</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:14:12 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>phishing-social-engineering</category><category>forg365</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] NSA and Partners Warn of Russian State-Sponsored Router Targeting</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/nsa-cisa-russian-router-targeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/nsa-cisa-russian-router-targeting/</guid><description>NSA, CISA, and international partners issued a joint advisory detailing ongoing Russian FSB exploitation of poorly configured routers targeting critical…</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:14:12 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>nsa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] Lidl Online Shop Customers Affected by Third-Party Data Breach</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/lidl-online-shop-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/lidl-online-shop-data-breach/</guid><description>Lidl has informed online shop customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands of a data breach at an external IT service provider.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:14:12 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>lidl</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Injective Labs Suffers Supply Chain Attack Via Malicious npm Packages</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/injective-labs-supply-chain-compromise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/injective-labs-supply-chain-compromise/</guid><description>Blockchain software developer Injective Labs experienced a supply chain compromise involving malicious npm packages that exfiltrated crypto wallet keys.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:14:12 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>injective</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Moody Bible Institute Breach Exposes 2.3 Million Records via ShinyHunters</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/moody-bible-institute-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/moody-bible-institute-data-breach/</guid><description>Moody Bible Institute has disclosed a data breach affecting over 2.3 million individuals, with the ShinyHunters group publishing stolen data.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:14:12 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>moody</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Irish Consultancy eclective.ie Hit by m3rx Ransomware Group</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/eclective-ie-m3rx-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/eclective-ie-m3rx-ransomware/</guid><description>Irish organization eclective.ie has fallen victim to a ransomware attack by the m3rx group, underscoring ongoing ransomware threats.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>eclective</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CSA Warns of Critical Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Windows File System Proxy (WinFsp)</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/winfsp-integer-overflow-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/winfsp-integer-overflow-vulnerability/</guid><description>A critical integer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-7162) in WinFsp, an open-source Windows file system software, allows attackers to achieve system-level…</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>winfsp</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Latvijas Valsts Meži Suffers Ransomware Attack, 44GB Data Leaked</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/latvijas-valsts-mezi-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/latvijas-valsts-mezi-ransomware/</guid><description>Latvia&apos;s state-owned forestry company, Latvijas Valsts Meži, was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted systems and led to the leakage of 44GB of internal…</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>latvijas</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Centers Laboratory Discloses Breach Affecting Over 540,000 Individuals</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/centers-laboratory-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/centers-laboratory-data-breach/</guid><description>Healthcare diagnostics provider Centers Laboratory disclosed a data breach exposing personal and medical information of over 540,000 individuals.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>centers</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CISA Adds Actively Exploited Joomla iCagenda and Balbooa Forms RCEs to KEV Catalog</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/joomla-extension-rce-cisa-kev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/joomla-extension-rce-cisa-kev/</guid><description>Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in Joomla&apos;s iCagenda and Balbooa Forms extensions are being actively exploited in the wild.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>joomla</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] EU Condemns Russia&apos;s State-Sponsored Cyber Activities, Exposes FSB&apos;s Role</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/eu-denounces-russia-cyber-ecosystem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/eu-denounces-russia-cyber-ecosystem/</guid><description>The European Union and its member states have denounced Russia&apos;s malicious cyber ecosystem, identifying the FSB&apos;s 16th Centre as controlling groups like TURLA.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:38:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>nation-state</category><category>eu</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Aflac Japan Subsidiary Breach Exposes 4.38 Million Customer Records</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/aflac-customer-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/aflac-customer-data-breach/</guid><description>Insurance giant Aflac disclosed a breach affecting its Japan subsidiary, exposing personal and bank account data for approximately 4.38 million customers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:38:52 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>aflac</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] ShinyHunters Leverages Oracle PeopleSoft Flaw, Breaches 100+ Orgs</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/shinyhunters-oracle-peoplesoft-nissan-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/shinyhunters-oracle-peoplesoft-nissan-breach/</guid><description>The ShinyHunters group exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability to breach over 100 organizations, including Nissan, exfiltrating sensitive employee data.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:38:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>shinyhunters</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Adds Actively Exploited SharePoint RCE (CVE-2026-45659) to KEV Catalog</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/sharepoint-rce-cve-2026-45659-kev/</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>citrix</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Critical Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability Found in Jinher OA</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/jinher-oa-sql-injection-cve-2026-15517/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/jinher-oa-sql-injection-cve-2026-15517/</guid><description>Jinher OA version 1.0 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-15517) allowing remote arbitrary SQL command execution.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:52:50 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>jinher</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Accenture Faces Data Breach: 35GB of Source Code Allegedly Stolen</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/accenture-source-code-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/accenture-source-code-breach/</guid><description>A threat actor claims to have breached Accenture, exfiltrating over 35GB of source codes.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:52:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>accenture</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Eureka Construction INC Hit by Titan Ransomware Group</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/eureka-construction-titan-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/eureka-construction-titan-ransomware/</guid><description>US-based Eureka Construction INC suffers a ransomware attack by the Titan group, leading to a data breach.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:52:50 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>eureka</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Allied Plumbing &amp; Heating Hit by Qilin Ransomware Group</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/allied-plumbing-heating-qilin-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/allied-plumbing-heating-qilin-ransomware/</guid><description>Allied Plumbing &amp; Heating, a New Hampshire-based organization, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by the Qilin group.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:03:30 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>allied</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Adds Langflow Authorization Bypass (CVE-2026-55255) to KEV Catalog</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-langflow-cve-2026-55255-kev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-langflow-cve-2026-55255-kev/</guid><description>CISA has added an actively exploited Langflow Authorization Bypass vulnerability, CVE-2026-55255, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:03:30 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability (CVE-2026-48282) Actively Exploited In The Wild</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/adobe-coldfusion-cve-2026-48282-exploited/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/adobe-coldfusion-cve-2026-48282-exploited/</guid><description>A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-48282, in Adobe ColdFusion is being 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Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Rockstar Games Suffers Data Breach Affecting Corporate Assets via Third-Party</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/rockstar-games-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/rockstar-games-data-breach/</guid><description>Rockstar Games confirmed a data breach affecting corporate assets, with ShinyHunters claiming responsibility and seeking a ransom.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:03:30 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>rockstar</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] DarkSword iOS Spyware Actively Deployed Against Hundreds of Millions of Devices</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/darksword-ios-spyware-deployment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/darksword-ios-spyware-deployment/</guid><description>A sophisticated iOS spyware named DarkSword has been found in active deployment, targeting hundreds of millions of iOS devices globally.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:03:30 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>malware</category><category>darksword</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Eleveo Call Recording Software Vulnerabilities Allow Improper Authorization</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/eleveo-improper-authorization-cves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/eleveo-improper-authorization-cves/</guid><description>Multiple improper authorization vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-15474, CVE-2026-15472) in Eleveo Call Recording Software 9.7.0 allow remote attacks.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:53 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>eleveo</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Zimbra Collaboration Suite Patches Stored XSS Vulnerability</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/zimbra-stored-xss-fix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/zimbra-stored-xss-fix/</guid><description>Zimbra has released a patch for its Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 10.1.19 to address a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Classic Web Client.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:53 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>zimbra</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] OpenClaw AI Assistant Vulnerabilities Enable Remote Code Execution via WhatsApp</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/openclaw-whatsapp-rce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/openclaw-whatsapp-rce/</guid><description>Multiple high-severity flaws in the OpenClaw AI coding assistant allow remote code execution through specially crafted WhatsApp messages.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>openclaw</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Conduent Data Breach Exposes Health and Personal Information of Millions</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/conduent-health-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/conduent-health-data-breach/</guid><description>A significant data breach at Conduent has exposed the personal health information of over 25 million individuals in Texas and Oregon.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:53 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>conduent</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Dell BIOS Flaw (CVE-2026-40639) Exposes Admin Passwords</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/dell-bios-cve-2026-40639/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/dell-bios-cve-2026-40639/</guid><description>A critical vulnerability in Dell BIOS allows attackers to recover administrator and user passwords from SPI flash in milliseconds due to a broken encryption…</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:23:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>dell</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Exposed Hacker Server Reveals WP SHELLSTORM Backdooring Thousands of WordPress Sites</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/wpshellstorm-backdooring-wordpress/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/wpshellstorm-backdooring-wordpress/</guid><description>An exposed cybercrime server linked to WP SHELLSTORM has revealed the compromise of thousands of WordPress sites through outdated plugins and injected…</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:14:17 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>wpshellstorm</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Malicious JScrambler npm Package Release Drops Rust Infostealer During Install</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/jscrambler-npm-infostealer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/jscrambler-npm-infostealer/</guid><description>Version 8.14.0 of the JScrambler npm package was compromised to silently deploy a native 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Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Exposed Hacker Server Reveals WP SHELLSTORM Backdooring Thousands of WordPress Sites</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/wp-shellstorm-backdoor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/wp-shellstorm-backdoor/</guid><description>An exposed cybercrime server linked to WP SHELLSTORM has revealed the compromise of thousands of WordPress sites through outdated plugins and injected…</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:14:17 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>wp</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] WeedHack Malware Offered as Service, Targets Minecraft Users with Info-Stealing…</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/weedhack-minecraft-malware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/weedhack-minecraft-malware/</guid><description>A new 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GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>gitea</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Linux Kernel FUSE Page Cache Overflow (CVE-2026-31694) Enables Root Access</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/linux-fuse-page-cache-overflow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/linux-fuse-page-cache-overflow/</guid><description>A critical local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel&apos;s FUSE subsystem allows unprivileged local attackers to gain root privileges.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>linux</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Novo Nordisk Confirms Breach, AI/ML Asset Theft Claimed by FulcrumSec</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/novo-nordisk-ai-ml-asset-theft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/novo-nordisk-ai-ml-asset-theft/</guid><description>Novo Nordisk confirmed a breach and data exfiltration, with FulcrumSec claiming theft of proprietary AI models and research assets.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:50 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>novo</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2026-46817) in Oracle EBS Payments Actively Exploited</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/oracle-ebs-unauthenticated-rce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/oracle-ebs-unauthenticated-rce/</guid><description>A critical unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite Payments module is under active exploitation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>oracle</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] U.S. DHS Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) Compromised</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/dhs-hsin-compromise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/dhs-hsin-compromise/</guid><description>The U.S. Department of Homeland Security&apos;s HSIN, a platform for interagency coordination, was compromised by an unidentified threat actor.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:50 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>dhs</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Instructure Suffers Data Breach by ShinyHunters, Affecting Millions of Users</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/instructure-shinyhunters-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/instructure-shinyhunters-data-breach/</guid><description>Edtech giant Instructure, behind the Canvas LMS, experienced a data breach with ShinyHunters accessing user data and defacing pages.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:49 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>instructure</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Adds Actively Exploited iCagenda and Balbooa Forms Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-icagenda-balbooa-forms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-icagenda-balbooa-forms/</guid><description>CISA has added two new unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in iCagenda and Balbooa Forms to its Known 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Over…</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/progress-sharefile-shutdown-order/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/progress-sharefile-shutdown-order/</guid><description>Progress Software issued an urgent advisory for ShareFile customers to shut down on-premises Storage Zone Controllers due to a credible security threat.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:51:16 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>progress</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Discloses Internal AWS GovCloud Credential Leak and Lack of Incident Response Plan</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-aws-govcloud-credential-leak/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-aws-govcloud-credential-leak/</guid><description>CISA revealed a contractor exposed AWS GovCloud credentials on GitHub, highlighting the 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Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Django GeoDjango SQL Injection (CVE-2026-1207) Under Active Exploitation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/django-geodjango-sql-injection-exploitation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/django-geodjango-sql-injection-exploitation/</guid><description>A high-severity SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-1207) in Django&apos;s GeoDjango GIS module is now actively exploited, affecting applications with a PostGIS…</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:27:23 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>django</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273) Actively Exploited, NAIC Affected</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/oracle-peoplesoft-zero-day-exploitation-naic/</link><guid 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Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/langflow-rce-ai-agent-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/langflow-rce-ai-agent-ransomware/</guid><description>An AI agent has been observed exploiting a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Langflow to automate database ransomware attacks, highlighting…</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:11:22 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>langflow</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656) Local Privilege Escalation in Defender</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-defender-rogueplanet-cve-2026-50656/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-defender-rogueplanet-cve-2026-50656/</guid><description>Microsoft has released a security update to address CVE-2026-50656, 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Randomness</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ill-bloom-crypto-wallet-vulnerability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ill-bloom-crypto-wallet-vulnerability/</guid><description>A newly disclosed vulnerability, dubbed &quot;Ill Bloom,&quot; in certain crypto wallet software allows attackers to drain funds due to weak recovery phrase generation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:11:22 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>ill</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Cisco Talos Discloses Multiple Vulnerabilities in WolfSSL, GeoVision, and VTK-DICOM</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/wolfssl-geovision-vtk-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/wolfssl-geovision-vtk-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>Cisco Talos has identified and reported 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Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CitrixBleed 2 Exploitation Leads to DragonForce Ransomware Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/citrixbleed2-dragonforce-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/citrixbleed2-dragonforce-ransomware/</guid><description>Threat actors leverage the CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability (CVE-2025-5777) in NetScaler appliances for initial access, culminating in DragonForce ransomware…</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:32:03 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>citrixbleed2</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] All About Women&apos;s Care Reports Network Server Data Breach</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/all-about-womens-care-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/all-about-womens-care-breach/</guid><description>Healthcare provider All About Women&apos;s Care discloses a data breach affecting approximately 12,000 patients with sensitive medical information.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:32:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>all</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Aitkin County HHS Data Breach Exposes Health and Personal Information</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/aitkin-county-hhs-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/aitkin-county-hhs-breach/</guid><description>Aitkin County Health and Human Services reports a data breach affecting 83,114 individuals with exposed PII and PHI from email accounts.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:32:03 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>aitkin</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] LLM-Driven Agentic Ransomware &quot;JADEPUFFER&quot; Marks New Threat Landscape</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/agentic-ransomware-jadepuffer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/agentic-ransomware-jadepuffer/</guid><description>Researchers uncover JADEPUFFER, the first fully autonomous LLM-driven ransomware operation exploiting Langflow vulnerability.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:32:03 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>agentic</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Low] US Army Websites Defaced with Pro-Kurdish Messages</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/us-army-websites-defaced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/us-army-websites-defaced/</guid><description>Two U.S. Army websites were temporarily defaced on error pages with pro-Kurdish messages and criticism of former President Donald Trump.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:26:05 GMT</pubDate><category>Low</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>us</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Finance Yorkshire Hit by Cmdorganization Ransomware Group</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/finance-yorkshire-ransomware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/finance-yorkshire-ransomware/</guid><description>UK-based funding provider Finance Yorkshire suffered a ransomware attack by the Cmdorganization group, potentially impacting SME data.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:26:05 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>finance</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Deutsche Bank Implicated in Ransomware Incident via External Service Provider</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/deutsche-bank-third-party-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/deutsche-bank-third-party-breach/</guid><description>The &quot;Unsafe&quot; ransomware group claims to have breached Deutsche Bank, though the bank states a third-party service provider was the actual target.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:26:05 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>deutsche</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Mercado Libre Reportedly Hit by &quot;The Gentleman&quot; Ransomware Group</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/mercado-libre-ransomware-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/mercado-libre-ransomware-attack/</guid><description>Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre is reportedly targeted by &quot;The Gentleman&quot; ransomware group, with claims of data exfiltration.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:26:05 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>ransomware</category><category>mercado</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in Adobe ColdFusion and Joomla Page Builders</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/cisa-kev-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>CISA added critical vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion, Joomlack Page Builder, and JoomShaper SP Page Builder to its KEV Catalog, citing active exploitation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:26:05 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>cisa</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Medium] United HealthCare Data Breach Affects Over 34,000 Individuals</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/unitedhealthcare-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/unitedhealthcare-data-breach/</guid><description>United HealthCare Services Inc. disclosed a data breach affecting 34,574 individuals, with details of the exposed information publicly undisclosed.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:25 GMT</pubDate><category>Medium</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>unitedhealthcare</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Ubiquiti UniFi OS Ecosystem</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ubiquiti-unifi-critical-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ubiquiti-unifi-critical-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>Ubiquiti has released critical security updates addressing seven severe vulnerabilities in its UniFi OS, including a maximum-severity command injection flaw…</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:25 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>ubiquiti</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] AssuranceAmerica Data Breach Exposes 6.9 Million Driver&apos;s Licenses</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/assuranceamerica-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/assuranceamerica-data-breach/</guid><description>A cyberattack on AssuranceAmerica compromised data for 6.9 million individuals, including driver&apos;s license numbers and other sensitive information.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>assuranceamerica</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Langflow IDOR for Credential Harvesting</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/langflow-idor-credential-harvesting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/langflow-idor-credential-harvesting/</guid><description>CISA has added an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Langflow (CVE-2026-55255) to its KEV catalog due to active exploitation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>langflow</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Vulnerabilities in University Attacks</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/china-apt-exploits-roundcube/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/china-apt-exploits-roundcube/</guid><description>A suspected China-aligned APT group is actively exploiting patched Roundcube flaws (e.g., CVE-2024-42009) targeting U.S. and Canadian universities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:25 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>china</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical Gitea Authentication Bypass Under Active Exploitation</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/gitea-auth-bypass-exploited/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/gitea-auth-bypass-exploited/</guid><description>A critical vulnerability in Gitea (CVE-2026-20896) allows authentication bypass and is being actively exploited in the wild.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:25 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>gitea</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] KDDI Email Platform Breach Exposes 12 Million User Credentials</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/kddi-email-platform-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/kddi-email-platform-breach/</guid><description>A zero-day vulnerability in a third-party email platform led to the exposure of 12 million email addresses and passwords from Japanese ISPs, including KDDI.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>kddi</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] BeyondTrust Fixes Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Remote Access Products</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/beyondtrust-multiple-vulnerabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/beyondtrust-multiple-vulnerabilities/</guid><description>BeyondTrust has released security updates addressing critical vulnerabilities in its Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access products.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>beyondtrust</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Microsoft Patches &quot;RoguePlanet&quot; Local Privilege Escalation in Defender</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-defender-rogueplanet-lpe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/microsoft-defender-rogueplanet-lpe/</guid><description>Microsoft has released a patch for CVE-2026-50656, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender&apos;s Malware Protection Engine.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Resolved</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>microsoft</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[Critical] Critical 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability &quot;GhostLock&quot; Grants Root Access</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/ghostlock-linux-privesc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/ghostlock-linux-privesc/</guid><description>A newly disclosed 15-year-old Linux kernel flaw (CVE-2026-43499) allows local users to achieve root privileges and escape containers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate><category>Critical</category><category>Open</category><category>news</category><category>vulnerability-disclosure</category><category>ghostlock</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item><item><title>[High] Accenture Confirms Data Breach After Source Code and Credentials Stolen</title><link>https://samithota.com/security-news/accenture-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samithota.com/security-news/accenture-data-breach/</guid><description>A hacker claims to have stolen 35GB of sensitive data, including source code and access keys, from consulting giant Accenture.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate><category>High</category><category>Mitigated</category><category>news</category><category>data-breach</category><category>accenture</category><author>Samit Hota</author></item></channel></rss>