ATM Flaws Reveal Key Weaknesses in the Software Supply Chain
For the past five years, security researcher Matt Burch has immersed himself in the esoteric and high-stakes world of ATM security, in which small software…
Month: August 2026
Aurora Ransomware Hackers Use Cursor AI Agent for Hands-On Exploitation and ESXi Attacks
Aurora ransomware operators have been observed using Cursor Agent, powered by Claude Sonnet, to support hands-on intrusion activity across ten victim organizations, while deploying a…
Cylake: Cybersecurity Wasn’t Built for the AI Era
In this episode of Inside Cybersecurity, Cylake founder and CEO Nir Zuk joins René Bonvanie to discuss one of the biggest misconceptions shaping cybersecurity today: the belief that…
AWS Console Private Access can block sign-ins to personal accounts
The AWS Management Console now loads inside a network with no path to the public internet. Console Private Access became generally available on August 28…
ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus Exclusions
Swati KhandelwalAug 31, 2026Malware / Endpoint Security The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed…
PaperCut Issues Second Emergency Patch As Researchers Break Fix For Exploited Zero-Days
PaperCut released a second emergency patch last Friday, for two vulnerabilities in its NG and MF print management servers that attackers are already exploiting, after…
Boston Scientific Cyberattack Disrupts Orders And Operations
As per Boston Scientific’s Aug. 30 update, “the unauthorized activity is limited to certain on-premises systems,” providing the clearest indication yet of the scope of…
REA Group finds its first chief AI officer
Key points REA Group has appointed Thyago Liberalli to a newly-created chief AI officer role, announced via a LinkedIn post. Liberalli spent 13 years at…
What the Hugging Face Incident Teaches Security Leaders About AI Agent Access
Most security leaders (92%) worry that the growing use of AI agents will create new security risks. And for good reason. AI agents can now…
China-linked Fire Ant Hides Inside Trusted Infrastructure
China-linked Fire Ant Hides Inside Trusted Infrastructure Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2026 Fire Ant hijacked Cisco routers, stole credentials and altered logs to hide its…
The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Policymakers alarmed by the recent incidents of autonomous AI agents breaking through guardrails to hack other companies…
ValleyRAT is spreading disguised as adware
Attackers typically try to pass off malware as legitimate applications or as potentially unwanted programs that users deliberately search for and download, such as cheats…