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digital code
Hackers hijack exposed AI models to launch cyberattacks at victims’ expense

An attack tool built around AI goes looking for AI models that anyone on the internet can reach, then uses them to plan break-ins while the model’s owner pays for the …

LiteLLM
LiteLLM hit by second supply chain attack this year, users urged to rotate credentials

A malicious release of LiteLLM pushed to PyPI and Docker registries on Wednesday carried malware built to harvest cloud logins, developer secrets and API keys for AI services …

Signal
Signal flaw could expose audio and video even after users hang up

A flaw in Signal’s calling library could let the other person on a call keep receiving a user’s audio, and possibly video, after that user hangs up. Tracked as …

certificates
eMudhra security blunder left trusted CA signing keys exposed to anyone

Eight intermediate certificates issued by Indian certificate authority eMudhra were secured with private keys so weak that anyone could recover them from the public …

Palo Alto Networks
Ransomware gangs have been exploiting Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN flaw since June

Several ransomware groups are exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS GlobalProtect patched in May, to break into organizations in …

OVHcloud
Info-stealing malware slipped into OVHcloud CLI releases on GitHub

OVHcloud, the French cloud computing and web hosting company, alerted customers that a hacker tampered with its open-source command-line interface (CLI) tool to spread …

vulnerability
Incomplete security patches show hackers where to look next

Security patches are turning into roadmaps for attackers, with a growing share of fixes later found incomplete or open to bypass. Oren Yomtov, a security researcher at Terra …

threat
Attackers exploit Siemens Software Center flaw in active ClickFix malware campaign

Siemens has confirmed the active exploitation of CVE-2026-110936, a DLL side-loading vulnerability in Siemens Software Center, the company’s tool for downloading, installing …

AI
US Army is developing AI agents that could strike enemy networks and vanish without a trace

The US Army is looking for AI agents that can slip into an adversary’s network, find their target, copy themselves onto nearby tablets and computers, and then erase …

AI
With open-weight AI, more of the security burden falls on enterprises

Organizations that run open-weight AI models on their own infrastructure may have to supply safety and security controls that an AI provider would otherwise handle for them, …

Phishing
Hackers disguise phishing as promising business opportunities

Attackers are breaking into business email accounts with short messages asking whether a company can quote on an upcoming project, the kind of request sales and procurement …

fraud
Scammers clone candidates’ voices to steal cash and voter data ahead of 2026 midterms, FBI warns

Three weeks before Americans vote in the 2026 midterm election, fraudsters are borrowing candidate names, logos and slogans to collect fake donations and harvest personal …

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