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TruffleHog AWS Analyze reduces remediation time on leaked AWS credentials

Truffle Security announced TruffleHog AWS Analyze, a new addition to TruffleHog Enterprise. TruffleHog AWS Analyze enriches found AWS credentials to highlight permissions and …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 25, 2026

Specialist Compliance Security AT&T | USA | On-site – View job details As a Specialist Compliance Security, you will serve as AT&T’s liaison for law …

job
Cybersecurity job ads demanding AI skills double in a year

Job postings asking for AI skills in cybersecurity have doubled in a single year in G7 countries according to new research from the Cisco-founded AI Workforce Consortium. …

connected car
Android car head units infected with proxy botnet malware through built-in software updaters

A newly discovered Android malware, distributed through the built-in updaters in affected Android-based car head units, turns infected devices into ad-fraud tools and nodes in …

Phishing
Fake bank websites play dead to evade security scanners

A phishing method, named Chameleon SEO Poisoning, that uses manipulated search results and cloaked fake banking websites to steal credentials while evading security scanners …

Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft patches critical Entra ID vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836)

Microsoft has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836) in Entra ID, initially reported to have been exploited in the wild. Entra ID is …

Eye
Attackers impersonate popular AI brands to spread malware

Attackers are impersonating popular AI brands like Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot to spread information stealers, backdoors, malicious browser extensions, and other …

Citrix
Citrix urges customers to fix critical NetScaler authentication bypass (CVE-2026-19490)

Citrix has patched two vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, including a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-19490, and is urging …

financial crime
A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains

A phrase on a suspicious website turned into an investigation of phantom banks built to support scams, according to new research from Allure Security. Molly DeQuattro, the …

danger
Fake Gemini installer delivers Vidar infostealer via Google Colab lure

A malicious executable masquerading as a Google Gemini installer was used to deliver the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, according to Darktrace …

critical infrastructure
US agencies warn of AI-powered attacks on Siemens industrial controllers

Threat actors are using AI to write exploit scripts targeting internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used across water, energy, …

espionage
US charges 17 Iranian hackers over 31-terabyte academic data theft

The U.S. has charged 17 alleged members of Mabna Institute, an Iranian hacking-for-hire company accused of running a years-long campaign that stole data from American …

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