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The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

While large language models present real risks to society, experts say they can be tested and largely controlled using w...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
China's FamousSparrow APT Spies on US Politics in Latin America

Amid the US and China's fight for eco-colonial influence in Latin America, a stealthy backdoor has taken flight.

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

A critical vulnerability in Check Point's Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login cred...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. This week, those k...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Improving email security outcomes with real-world Microsoft Defender insights

The latest email security benchmarking reports show strong Microsoft Defender performance across pre-delivery and post-d...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files

Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
FamousSparrow Swaps SparrowDoor For New SparroWocky Backdoor

ESET said FamousSparrow has replaced SparrowDoor with SparroWocky

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords

The Iran-linked "hacktivist" persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure to Plant Decoys Inside Networks

CISA released guidance on using cyber decoys to detect & disrupt malicious activity inside networks

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Authorities seize popular, long-running DDoS-for-hire service domains

Cybercriminals used NightmareStresser to launch hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks since at least 2022. Threat actors...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Odyssey and Trojans again: MovieReaper attacks users in multiple countries through compromised torrents

Kaspersky experts have discovered a new MovieReaper campaign. The multi-stage Trojan spreads through movie torrents, suc...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
New Chinese-Made ‘RatHat’ Android Malware Leverages AI to Steal Financial Data

Researchers at Zimperium have uncovered a new Android malware strain, dubbed RatHat, with spyware and backdoor capabilit...

China · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Critical Unbound DNSSEC Validator Flaw Could Allow RCE via a Malicious DNS Zone

Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer...

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Cyber Essentials Has Record Year but Takeup Remains Low

New government figures reveal a 20% annual increase in certifications

United Kingdom · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Cisco Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical ISE Flaw

Cisco urged ISE customers to apply a software update, as well as check for signs of exploitation

No location · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America

The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreporte...

China · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Ransomware incidents in Japan in the first half of 2026: Investigation of The Gentlemen’s infrastructure and evidence of Qilin's AI use

Ransomware incidents in Japan rose 4.7% year over year. The Gentlemen was the most active group, with leak-site listings...

Japan · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
America’s cyber strategy overlooks the infrastructure that actually keeps the military moving

Ports, railroads, and utilities keep the military operational. They're all vulnerable to Iranian cyberattacks. The post ...

Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
OpenAI Reveals Six Model Incidents Involving Hidden Failures and Unauthorized Uploads

OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances of "unexpected or concerning model behavior" that took place over the pa...

San Francisco, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Beware the SparroWock: The backdoor that bites, the commands that catch

ESET researchers document SparroWocky, the new flagship backdoor of the FamousSparrow APT group

Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
AI Agent Carries Out Multi-Stage Data Theft Attack

Spanish data protection agency AEPD reveals the country’s first AI-powered data breach

Madrid, Spain · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
BIND 9 Update Fixes 14 Flaws, Including an Unauthenticated Crash Over DNS-over-HTTPS

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29 and 9.21.26 to fix fourteen security flaws it disclosed ...

Cambridge, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Gyazo Breach Exposes 23.62 Million User Records and 490 Million Image Metadata Records

A security breach at Gyazo, Helpfeel's image-sharing service, exposed about 23.62 million user records, including email ...

Tokyo, Japan · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active Attacks

Cisco has warned of a fresh maximum-severity security flaw impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has come under ...

San Jose, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
On research security, our divisions are the real vulnerability

Scholars named in public for entanglement with a foreign regime, international research collaborations quietly binned, a...

Canberra, Australia · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
U.S. Seizes NightmareStresser Domains Linked to Hundreds of Thousands of DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the court-authorized seizure of internet domains associated wi...

Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Cyber Gap

Executive Summary Over the past decade, China has built a sophisticated hacking apparatus to penetrate the water systems...

Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026 · Wedgetail
AI military targeting may move faster than humans can authenticate, critics warn

AI military targeting may move faster than humans can authenticate, critics warned during a Wednesday hearing in Washing...

Washington, D.C. · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
The lesson from Germany: under-reacting to hybrid threats is dangerous

Berlin’s hurried shift to actively defending against hybrid threats shows the danger of cumulative under-reaction to hos...

Germany · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
AI Security Spending Jumps as Fear Outpaces Proof of Value

CISOs are not waiting for AI to prove its cybersecurity value before investing in the technology. Is it the right move?

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack

Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
CISA promotes a fresh way to deter cyberattackers: Lie to them

It’s the first guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on deploying decoys, like honeypots, t...

United States · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
When scanners miss the attack: how Cloudflare Client-Side Security protects storefronts

A modern storefront can look healthy while malicious JavaScript quietly siphons revenue, hijacks clicks, or rewrites ana...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

The consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
BragJack Attack Can Turn a Browser's Agentic AI Against It

A new type of attack hijacks the AI assistant built directly into various browsers to access sensitive information, exec...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Attackers Exploit Issabel Framework Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated OS Command Execution

A critical security flaw in Issabel Framework, a web-based framework for the open-source unified communications PBX soft...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Three Threat Groups Target Russian Enterprises With Backdoors, Ransomware, and Wipers

Enterprises in Russia have emerged as the target of three threat activity clusters tracked as NightEagle, Hacking Cat, a...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Anatomy of an AI-powered hack

Palo Alto Networks revealed to Semafor fresh details about an AI-powered hack over the summer that targeted a European I...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
PHP Webshell Campaign Targets WordPress Through Critical WooCommerce Plugin Bug

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in a third-party WooCommerce plugin to upload PHP webshells

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail
Coast Guard, FBI board US-bound foreign ships in order to probe for cyberattacks

The agencies issued a joint statement saying the “joint security boardings” came in response to “indications that the ne...

No location · Sep 16, 2026 · Wedgetail

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