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attack
Chinese hackers used VMware ESX zero-day; PHP2Shell and Fragnesia chained to root firewalls

China-nexus threat actors have exploited a VMware ESX zero-day to hide their tracks and chained PHP2Shell flaws with the “Fragnesia” Linux kernel bug to root …

PHP
What the PHP2Shell vulnerability means for Fortinet, Cisco and Palo Alto customers

Palo Alto Networks confirmed that PAN-OS and Panorama are affected by PHP2Shell, a pair of critical PHP vulnerabilities that let an attacker run code on a web server without …

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 …

vulnerability
CISA flags exploited flaws in Palo Alto, Cisco and Ahsay products

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2026-0322, a …

critical infrastructure
Even with OT network visibility, critical infrastructure operators struggle with legacy equipment

Large critical infrastructure operators run seven separate security tools on average, and most still cannot see every asset on their operational technology (OT) networks. That …

AI agents
Palo Alto Networks and NVIDIA want tighter control over AI agents

Palo Alto Networks is expanding its work with NVIDIA to help companies control what AI agents can access and do. The collaboration covers agent activity, network traffic and …

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 …

broken
Code review used to be the only way to catch these bugs

An automated system called NOVA read the source code of 3,915 open-source projects over two months and came back with 14,090 vulnerabilities, each one confirmed through the …

AI
Chinese hacker used DeepSeek to launch autonomous cyberattacks on vulnerable servers

A Chinese threat actor operating under the aliases “knaithe” and “KnYuan” used multiple LLMs to automate cyberattacks against internet-facing systems …

money
AI agents are changing where cybersecurity seed funding lands

Founders pitching a cybersecurity seed round this summer are joining a line that keeps getting longer. Product Hunt launches hit their highest level since late 2023 last …

Microsoft 365 phishing
Extortion crew hijacks Microsoft 365 accounts via fake passkey setup

The Pink cyber extortion crew is tricking employees into giving them access to their Microsoft 365 accounts by faking Entra passkey enrollment requests. The attack The attack …

phishing
New Browser-in-the-Browser phishing uses fake login popups to steal Microsoft 365 credentials

A new Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) phishing campaign is targeting Microsoft 365 users with fake login popups designed to closely mimic legitimate browser authentication …

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