The flaws were chained to hijack sessions, achieve remote code execution, and elevate privileges to root. The post Zammad Zero-Days Exploited in AI-Powered DIVD Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI on Wednesday said it identified and disrupted a coordinated distillation campaign that was designed to illicitly extract protected reasoning from its artificial intelligence (AI) models. A "core cluster of the activity," going back to the first week of July, has been attributed to individuals associated with Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI company based in Beijing. It did not cite any
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical authentication bypass flaw impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV), following reports of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76504 (CVSS score: 9.8), could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access an affected system with
What really frustrates an adversary? Eight Cisco Talos researchers share practical ways to make their next move slower and riskier. From deception and behavioral detection to breaking attack dependencies and resisting manufactured urgency.
The Pentagon's Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) is notifying millions of military service members that hackers stole their data after breaching the Pentagon's human resources management system in October 2025. [...]
Roughly 200,000 of the credentials were exposed after GitHub enabled push protections by default. The post 500,000 Active Credentials Left Exposed on GitHub appeared first on SecurityWeek.
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-76504 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability resides in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager’s […]
The flaw could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to access vulnerable appliances with administrative privileges. The post Cisco Patches Exploited Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
DIVD was breached through two Zammad zero-days that let an AI agent reach root in seconds, steal data and pivot to other services before being stopped. The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, a nonprofit organization of volunteer security researchers whose whole job is finding and responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities in other people’s software, just disclosed that […]
The company says its new frontier AI model found a critical vulnerability in software used by hospitals worldwide. The post Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Guardrail-Free Access for Vetted Defenders appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google on Wednesday announced its latest frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 4 Argon, that it said is being rolled out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. "It delivers frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software engineering, enterprise knowledge work like legal and finance, and cybersecurity defense," Koray Kavukcuoglu,
On Thursday, cryptocurrency wallet provider MetaMask has disclosed an ongoing infrastructure security incident affecting some of its infrastructure. [...]
Security researchers have published the first public proof-of-concept for CVE-2026-86950, an Apple CoreGraphics flaw Apple says may have been used in attacks against specific targeted individuals. The trigger is a malicious PDF with a crafted embedded font that crashes unpatched iPhones and Macs. The code causes a crash, not an execution error. Turning the memory corruption into a working
Threat Actors do not always use top-notch techniques or very complex malware to perform their attacks. Sometimes, they just abuse of existing applications...
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget on Wednesday confirmed that attackers who stole $387.5 million last week exploited a zero-day flaw in third-party security products, citing ongoing investigation findings from SlowMist. "Their investigation identified malicious activity involving third-party security products, including a zero-day vulnerability, and recovered a customized tool used by the attacker
MetaMask on Thursday said it's responding to what it described as an "ongoing security incident" impacting part of its infrastructure. "We are actively addressing and remediating the issue internally, in coordination with external partners and security advisors," the software cryptocurrency wallet maker said. "At this time, we have identified no immediate threat to MetaMask wallets." MetaMask
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 8.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-50375.
Threat actors have been observed exploiting a critical pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway to drop web shells and attempt theft of configuration data. LevelBlue's Threat Hunt Operations & Research (THOR) team, which analyzed the exploitation activity across multiple customer environments, said it identified malicious NetScaler
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An FTC spokesperson confirmed the investigation but declined further comment. The post FTC is Investigating OpenAI and Anthropic Over Possible Risks to Consumers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted multiple Venezuelan nationals and several companies they control that are part of the effort to launder the money stolen from dozens of ATMs.
In yet another ClickFix-style campaign, threat actors abuse legitimate domains from OpenAI and Google to fool unsuspecting users.
The new White House Accord on so-called "Super Intelligence" calls on companies to implement greater controls and oversight over AI safety.
The Russian state actor Star Blizzard has been using a new malware installation tactic dubbed "RedFlick" to deploy its signature CosmicPulse backdoor. [...]
A new study reveals fresh details about how drivers are exposed to a web of large corporations participating in the advertising ecosystem.
Unit 42 is aware of possible 0-day activity against NetScaler devices. Citrix reports CVE-2026-88771, CVE-2026-88772 have been exploited in the wild. The post Threat Brief: NetScaler Zero Days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 Exploited in the Wild (Updated September 30) appeared first on Unit 42.
The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) says that the breach of its network was possible by exploiting a chain of two zero-day vulnerabilities in the open-source Zammad ticketing system. [...]
An August 31 memo obtained by Recorded Future News shows that the Pentagon's assistant secretary for cyber policy made specific demands of U.S. Cyber Command leadership after reports of a cluster of suicide deaths.
This year at Microsoft Ignite, we spotlight our AI-first, end-to-end security platform designed to protect identities, devices, data, applications, clouds, infrastructure, and the AI agents now working alongside your teams. The post Secure what’s next: Your guide to Microsoft Security at Microsoft Ignite 2026 appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
WatchGuard fixes 15 Fireware OS flaws, including a critical RCE bug that could give attackers root access to vulnerable Firebox appliances. WatchGuard has released security updates for Fireware OS that address 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical code injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-86131 (CVSS score of 9.2), that could allow an attacker to execute commands with […]
