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University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people
BleepingComputer · 2h ago

The University of Copenhagen in Denmark confirmed that hackers accessed one of its test environments containing personal data belonging to 525,000 people. [...]

Risks & Rewards: How AI Is Redefining the CISO's Role
Dark Reading · 3h ago

Nvidia security executive Mark Weatherford says CISOs must help business leaders weigh AI's pros and cons, and ensure those deploying it own the risks.

Former pentester used ARTEX AI to steal 8.2 million data records
BleepingComputer · 4h ago

South Korean police identified seven suspects linked to a cybercrime operation that breached more than 90 organizations in the country, with ARTEX AI pentesting framework used in most of the attacks. [...]

In-the-Wild Attack Abuses AI Agents' Trust in Markdown
Dark Reading · 4h ago

A new AI agent prompt injection technique exploits how coding assistants consume local instruction files, blurring the line between text documents and executable actions.

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra with 3x faster AI agents, 50% lower pricing
BleepingComputer · 4h ago

OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Terra, a new model focused on computer use, visual reasoning, coding, and everyday work, while costing significantly less than its larger models. [...]

DreamHost forces password resets in ongoing "incident"
BleepingComputer · 5h ago

DreamHost has forced password resets for email and FTP/SFTP users following an incident that disrupted connections to the File Manager interface. [...]

Hackers Infect 953 Online Stores With Scanner-Evading JavaScript, Mostly on Magento
The Hacker News · 7h ago

An unknown threat actor has infected 953 online stores, most of them running Magento, as part of a long-running campaign active since July 2025. According to Dutch e-commerce security company Sansec, the activity is designed to add a small piece of code to the store's pages that, when visited by unsuspecting users, serves malicious JavaScript loader code through Magento CMS blocks. "When you

'Gheist' Weaponizes GitHub Tokens to Steal Cloud Secrets
Dark Reading · 7h ago

An ongoing supply chain attack is harvesting credentials and sensitive data from thousands of developer repositories.

PHP Issues Second Windows Security Update in Five Days to Fix Brotli Code Execution Flaw
The Hacker News · 7h ago

PHP has rebuilt its official Windows packages for PHP 8.2 through 8.5 to fix CVE-2026-111497, a flaw in the Brotli compression library that the packages include. The flaw can let an attacker corrupt memory and potentially run code. PHP says the flaw can be reached through the cURL extension when the extension decompresses HTTP responses automatically. cURL leaves that off by default, but

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Critical 'HTTP2Shell' Brotli vulnerability triggers emergency patches
BleepingComputer · 8h ago

A critical flaw dubbed 'HTTP2Shell' in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, could allow attackers to corrupt memory and access sensitive data. [...]

Attackers Use Microsoft Teams IT Support Scams to Deploy Malware and Ransomware
The Hacker News · 9h ago

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to what they say is a "recurring social engineering pattern" across hundreds of cases in which threat actors use Microsoft Teams' external chat creation feature to conduct impersonation scams or to deliver malware. "A consistent pattern of attacker behavior has emerged across these incidents: the use of the same throwaway tenants, the same 'IT

Microsoft releases emergency .NET patches for critical Brotli flaw
BleepingComputer · 9h ago

Microsoft released emergency .NET security updates to patch a critical vulnerability known as Broccoli2Shell, also tracked as Node2Shell and HTTP2Shell. [...]

⚡ Weekly Recap: This2Shell, That2Shell, Everything's an RCE? Rogue AI, Supply Chain Chaos and More
The Hacker News · 11h ago

This2Shell, That2Shell, Everything2Shell. That's pretty much how the last week went. Critical bugs that let attackers run code remotely are showing up everywhere. Hackers are scanning for targets, some flaws are already being used in attacks, and security teams have more urgent patches than they can keep up with. And that's not even the full story. A leaked key led to a software supply-chain

When an AI Agent Is the Incident, the Identity Record Is the Evidence
BleepingComputer · 11h ago

A new NIST, CISA, and NSA guide treats runaway agents as incidents to be rehearsed. The hard part of the response is answering whose authority the agent used, and that answer has to exist before the incident does. [...]

10 Software Security Practices Built for the Next 250 Years
Dark Reading · 11h ago

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month's theme, "Securing the Next 250," asks us to look beyond vulnerabilities and consider what will make our digital systems resilient for generations.

Chinese man extradited for role in $36 million cryptocurrency scam
BleepingComputer · 11h ago

A Chinese national was arraigned in California after being extradited from the Netherlands for his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency investment scam that stole nearly $37 million from 174 victims in the United States. [...]

Two Critical Wasmtime Flaws Could Let Malicious WebAssembly Modules Escape Sandboxes
The Hacker News · 13h ago

Two critical flaws in Wasmtime, a WebAssembly runtime that can be built into other software, could allow a malicious WebAssembly module to escape the sandbox intended to contain it, the project's maintainers say. An attacker would first need a vulnerable Wasmtime build to compile a module they control, and one of the flaws affects only ARM64 systems. Fixed versions were released on

Between alerts: What Attackers Do in the Spaces Ordinary Detection Misses
The Hacker News · 13h ago

Every SOC struggles with a pile of alerts. Very few of those alerts explain how an attack started or how it progressed. Network data, like that from a network detection and response (NDR) platform, connects individual alerts into one timeline, and it feeds the defensive systems that can tie all events together into one coordinated view. SOC teams often first see the shape of an intrusion

Kali Linux 2026.3 released with 6 new tools, desktop updates
BleepingComputer · 14h ago

Kali Linux has released version 2026.3, its third release this year, featuring six new hacking tools, desktop environment improvements, refreshed build scripts, and more. [...]

Kali Linux 2026.3 released with 7 new tools, desktop updates
BleepingComputer · 14h ago

Kali Linux has released version 2026.3, its third release this year, featuring six new hacking tools, desktop environment improvements, refreshed build scripts, and more. [...]

uCreator Android Spyware Can Steal Telegram 2FA Passwords and Clone WeChat Accounts
The Hacker News · 15h ago

A rentable Android spyware kit called uCreator takes over Telegram and WeChat accounts by hiding its code inside working copies of the two apps, researcher Ovi found. It only reaches people who install one of these tampered copies, spread outside the official app stores, or who run WeChat inside the kit makers' own container app. The kit's Telegram part matches Baohuo, a backdoor that Doctor

PHP2Shell security flaws now sucessfully exploited in the wild
BleepingComputer · 15h ago

Two critical RCE vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), collectively tracked as PHP2Shell, have been successfully exploited in the wild. [...]

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Microsoft 365 Token-Replay Attacks Compromise 97 Accounts at 79 Organizations
The Hacker News · 16h ago

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a Microsoft 365 campaign that has been observed leveraging an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) relay to capture sign-in sessions and then replay the stolen tokens to break into email accounts at 79 organizations. Huntress, which observed the activity between July 14 and September 22, 2026, said it detected 497 successful Microsoft 365 sign-in events across

Gheist Uses Stolen GitHub Tokens to Steal Private Repository Secrets via Actions Logs
The Hacker News · 17h ago

An automated campaign is using stolen GitHub tokens to plant workflows that print a repository's secrets into its GitHub Actions logs, which the attackers then download before deleting the runs. The attacks have succeeded in private repositories and GitHub Enterprise environments, according to an analysis by cloud security company Wiz. A GitHub safeguard that pauses

Malicious File in Downloads Folder Tries to Trick AI Coding Agent Into Installing Malware
The Hacker News · 19h ago

A malicious instruction file sitting in a developer's Downloads folder tried to make their AI coding agent install a known-malicious npm package, security firm Forever Security said in a report published last week. The company caught the attempt on a real customer's machine and stopped the agent before any code ran. It could not determine how the file got into the folder. The file

Unpatched Tailscale SSH Flaws Could Let a Hacked Device Reach Root on Other Servers
The Hacker News · 1d ago

A single hacked device on a Tailscale network can be used to gain root access to other servers it can reach, according to a security researcher who published the findings this week. The attack requires two things: Tailscale SSH set up to allow port forwarding, and an attacker who already controls one device that the network's access rules permit to connect to the target. The findings were

PHP2Shell Exploitation Hits Government Entity Amid Global Scanning and Signs of AI-Assisted Hacking
The Hacker News · 1d ago

Threat actors have been observed using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for post-exploitation activity following the abuse of the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. "In one case, the attackers targeted a government entity in Europe and within two hours of the initial exploitation they had successfully accessed password hashes and multi-factor

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AI coding agents hijacked using AGENTS.md file in Downloads folder
BleepingComputer · 1d ago

Researchers found a malicious AGENTS markdown instruction file in a customer's Downloads folder that tricked an AI coding agent into installing a rogue npm package. [...]