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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, …

ransomware
Medusa ransomware gang has hit over 500 organizations, CISA warns

Medusa ransomware has breached more than 500 organizations since it first appeared in June 2021, the FBI, CISA, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in …

Cisco
Cisco fixes vulnerability exploited to DoS its firewalls (CVE-2026-20349)

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-20349) is being leveraged by attackers to temporarily interrupt the operation of Cisco firewalls, the company has confirmed. The flaw …

gauge
US fuel gauge exposure fell by more than half in three months

Every month for the better part of a year, about 4,800 US internet addresses answered a query in the protocol that fuel tank gauges speak. In June the number was 2,354. The …

industry
What stops attackers wrecking industrial plants is knowing how

Engineers at an Israeli food producer spent most of a week rebuilding a refrigeration system after an intruder switched the gas cooler and receiver valves to manual and pinned …

N-able N-central
Attackers exploit N-able N-central flaw to reach managed endpoints (CVE-2026-18577)

Attackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-18577) in N-able N-central, a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution widely used by managed …

CISA
CISA lays out new guidance for using open-source software

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the Open Source Software: Security Principles and Practices guide, which provides federal agencies …

CISA
CISA sets a new SBOM baseline

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with its co-authoring partners, has released the 2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of …

Cisco
Cisco FMC static credentials exploited by attackers (CVE-2026-20316)

A static credentials vulnerability (CVE-2026-20316) in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC), a platform for centrally managing multiple Cisco Secure Firewall devices …

water critical infrastructure
Coordinated cyberattack hits more than 30 Minnesota water utilities

A coordinated cyberattack on July 26 and 27 hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across Minnesota, prompting an immediate response …

Ryan Dewhurst
200 new CVEs a day and no realistic way to patch them all

Ryan Dewhurst, CEO at KEVIntel, explains how his team confirms exploitation that CISA’s catalog has not listed yet. He describes a global honeypot sensor network, AI …

Russian flag
Russian hackers exploit unpatched Zimbra servers to steal emails

Russian state-backed hacker group Laundry Bear has been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a vulnerability in the Zimbra …

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