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Phishing
Vishing campaign abuses Microsoft Teams to give attackers a foothold in company networks

A coordinated voice-phishing (vishing) campaign, named Spring Ring, used fake IT support accounts on Microsoft Teams to trick employees into installing malware or granting …

malware
Fake Claude Opus 5 app delivers malware and wipes its own tracks

A malicious GitHub repository impersonating Anthropic and claiming to offer free access to “Claude Opus 5” is delivering RevStealer, Windows information-stealing malware that …

Berlin
Berlin refuses to be blackmailed after network breach

Berlin’s state government has confirmed an extortion attempt following a data theft from its administrative network in August. Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Interior …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 1, 2026

Security Engineer, PSO Google | USA | On-site – View job details As a Security Engineer, you will provide technical guidance to customers adopting Google Cloud Platform, …

AI
Threat actors are posing as AI crawlers to hunt for exposed credentials

Attackers are disguising automated scanning as traffic from AI crawlers operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity and other companies while searching websites for …

data breach
ShinyHunters claims it stole 284 million patient records from McKesson

Healthcare company McKesson disclosed a cybersecurity incident in which hackers got into third-party applications and stole data. McKesson is a major U.S. healthcare company …

AI
Russian hackers plant nuclear weapon prompt in malware to trip AI safety guardrails

Russian state hackers are trying to interfere with AI-assisted malware analysis in Ukraine by deliberately setting off AI safety mechanisms, ESET has found. The technique, …

vulnerability
AI AppSec tools agree on just 5% of security findings

Software vulnerabilities are turning into exploits within hours, and application security teams carry patch backlogs that go back years. Top types of viable application …

North Korean
North Korean remote workers are broadening their job hunt beyond IT

North Korean (DPRK) remote workers are expanding their job searches beyond IT, according to Huntress. Recent investigations have identified suspected DPRK workers employed in …

Android
Android 17 adds new protections against sneaky Wi-Fi tracking and web snooping

Google introduced a batch of network security changes coming in Android 17, aimed at making it harder for network operators, snoops, and scammers to track what you do on your …

airplane
Manchester Airports Group breached, millions of customers’ data stolen

Someone broke into the systems of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and walked away with a “quantity” of customer data from three UK airports, the company has confirmed.

arrest
Two alleged TeamPCP hackers arrested over global supply chain attacks

Two men from Western Australia have been charged after police allege they were part of TeamPCP, a cybercrime group that planted malicious code in open-source software, then …

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