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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 …

attack
Cyberattack causes network outage at Boston Scientific, disrupts global operations

Medical technology company Boston Scientific suffered a cyberattack that disrupted its IT systems and caused a network outage, affecting global operations. Boston Scientific …

Netscaler
Previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-8452)

CISA added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a previously patched Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway flaw, tracked as …

China
FBI takes down China-linked hacking network behind attacks on NASA, DOJ and U.S. Senate

The Justice Department and FBI have seized domains tied to two hacking tools built and run by a Chinese state-sponsored group, cutting off access to malware that had been used …

Phishing
AnonyMousKIT phishing-as-a-service uses AI voice calls to steal iPhone passcodes

A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called AnonyMousKIT is automating the theft of Apple ID credentials needed to remove Activation Lock from stolen iPhones, SOCRadar …

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