North Korean Job Fraud Expands Beyond IT Into Healthcare and Sales
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed seeking job opportunities beyond the information…
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Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 Targets
Threat actors associated with Aurora (aka Aur0ra) ransomware have been observed using SpaceX’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor to break into target networks, according…
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…
What the Data Says About AI in Security Operations in 2026
AI is officially mainstream in security operations. According to Prophet Security’s State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report (produced from ViB’s survey of 250+…
Alleged TeamPCP Hackers Charged in Australia Over Major Supply Chain Attacks
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged two Western Australian men with a combined total of 14 offences over their alleged role in TeamPCP, the…
APT28-Linked HOOKEDGE Backdoor Targets European Government and Diplomatic Organizations
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of campaigns targeting government and diplomatic organizations in Romania, Spain, and Türkiye between late September 2025 and early…
Critical cPanel Flaw Could Let One Hosting Customer Take Root Control of a Whole Server
Swati KhandelwalAug 28, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security cPanel has released patches for a security flaw affecting domain parking and addon domain functionality in cPanel and…
TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor
Ravie LakshmananAug 30, 2026Social Engineering / Malware Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running…
China-Made ZBT Routers Ship With Two Implants Giving Unauthenticated Attackers Root Access
VulnCheck has disclosed two previously undocumented factory implants in firmware for routers built by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics (ZBT), each of which gives an unauthenticated remote…
Three CVSS 10.0 ServiceNow Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and SQL
Swati KhandelwalAug 28, 2026Vulnerability / Cloud Security ServiceNow has released patches for four security flaws impacting the ServiceNow AI Platform, three of them rated 10.0…
19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
Ravie LakshmananAug 28, 2026Web Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were…
Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE
Ravie LakshmananAug 29, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress,…