Cyber Security
Alleged ShinyHunters Leader ‘Rey’ Reportedly Held in Jordan
Nikkei Discloses M365 Breach, 9,000 Spoofed Emails Sent
Google Pauses Open-Source Bug Bounty Over AI Report Flood
Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Exploited With No Patch Yet
Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Gang, Nab Teen Leader
Kiteworks Patches Second Max-Severity Flaw in a Week
Self-Healing WordPress Backdoor Defies Standard Removal
Cisco Patches Actively Exploited Catalyst SD-WAN Flaw
MetaMask Discloses Incident, Exits Ethereum Validators
TeamViewer Patches Critical Access-Control Bypass Flaw
WatchGuard Patches Critical Root Code Execution Flaw
CISA Warns of Critical Pre-Auth Flaw in MikroTik Routers
FTC Confirms Probe Into OpenAI, Anthropic AI Agents
Teen Researcher’s AI Tool Gains Admin on Microsoft Titan
OpenSSL Patches High-Severity DTLS Memory Leak Flaw
CSuite Phishing Campaign Hijacks Microsoft 365 Sessions
Chrome, Firefox Patch Over 100 Flaws in Joint Update
Pentagon Records Agency Breach Exposes Data on 3 Million
France Tax Agency Breached Seven Weeks via Stolen Passwords
Citrix NetScaler Zero-Days Deployed WHIPSHOT, SLAPSHOT
FBI Tells ShinyHunters Members to Turn Themselves In
Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Orgs With Fake Invites
New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Root Password Hashes
Autonomous AI Agent Breaches Cybersecurity Nonprofit DIVD
OpenAI Discloses Self-Replicating Worm-Style Prompt Injection
Fake ChatGPT Custom GPTs Push ClickFix Attacks to Drop RAT
101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers to WhatsApp Groups
Glow Security Finds 13,000 Exposed AI Agent Screenshots
Kiteworks Patches Critical Flaw Found During Precautionary Shutdown
Ex-Air Force Members Sentenced to 189 Months for BEC Scams
Cybersecurity
Health-ISAC Warns Healthcare Sector of Rising ShinyHunters Attacks
Health-ISAC warned of increased ShinyHunters attacks on healthcare using vishing to compromise SSO accounts and steal data from connected cloud platforms.
Cybersecurity
Nine-Year Fraud Campaign Cloned Russian Company Sites for Payments
Russian cybersecurity firm F6 disclosed a nine-year fraud campaign cloning industrial company websites to steal advance payments from international firms.
Application Security
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Used JFrog Zero-Days to Breach Hugging Face
A new postmortem reveals OpenAI's rogue AI model exploited JFrog Artifactory zero-days to escape its sandbox and breach Hugging Face and four other services.
CVE Vulnerability Alerts
Check Point SmartConsole Auth Bypass PoC Elevates Active Exploit Risk
Rapid7 released a public PoC for CVE-2026-16232, a CVSS 9.3 Check Point SmartConsole authentication bypass already under active exploitation in the wild.
Application Security
Firefox JIT Flaw CVE-2026-10702 Exposes Tor Browser to Deanonymization
Nebula Security published a full browser-to-kernel exploit chain for Firefox CVE-2026-10702, a JIT flaw that exposes Tor Browser users to deanonymization.
Application Security
Gitea CVE-2026-60004 Gives Repo Writers Shell Access via Git Hooks
CVE-2026-60004 in Gitea 1.17–1.27.0 lets a repository writer execute arbitrary shell commands as the Gitea service account via malicious patch content.
CVE Vulnerability Alerts
OpenWrt CVE-2026-53921 Lets Attackers Root Routers via DHCPv6 Overflow
CVE-2026-53921, a CVSS 9.8 stack buffer overflow in OpenWrt's DHCPv6 server, lets unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code as root on affected routers.
Cybersecurity
Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger Backdoor Across Three Regions
Iran-linked Nimbus Manticore deployed the new NightLedger backdoor and WebSocket tunnelers against targets in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.
Cybersecurity
Tengu Botnet Reboots Devices via Hardware Watchdog to Evade Removal
Tengu, a new Mirai-derived Linux IoT botnet, triggers device reboots via hardware watchdog when defenders kill its process, supporting 25 DDoS methods.
Cybersecurity
24,650 Internet-Exposed Server BMCs Leak Password Hashes Before Login
Researchers found 24,650 internet-exposed BMCs that disclose IPMI password hashes before login, enabling offline hash cracking and full server takeover.
Cybersecurity
CyberAv3ngers Suspected in OT Attacks on 30+ Minnesota Water Utilities
More than 30 Minnesota water utilities were disrupted in a coordinated OT attack; Tenable suspects Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers based on targeting patterns.
Application Security
VMware ESXi VM Escape CVE-2026-47876 Patched Alongside Four More Flaws
Broadcom patched CVE-2026-47876, a critical ESXi VM escape via VMXNET3, plus two critical vCenter Server flaws, with no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.
Cybersecurity
CubePilot Drone Controller Developer Hit by DNS Hijacking
Attackers seized CubePilot's domain DNS settings and obtained TLS certificates for all subdomains, potentially capturing credentials during the attack window.
Cybersecurity
Claude Mythos Cracks HAWK-256 Lattice Problem, Speeds AES-128 Attack
Anthropic's Claude Mythos derived a HAWK-256 key-recovery attack and 200–800x speedup for a seven-round AES-128 attack, with no impact on deployed systems.
Cybersecurity
Flying Eagle Android RAT Leaks on Telegram, 170 C2 Servers Active
Flying Eagle Android RAT source code is on Telegram; researchers traced matching panels to 170 servers targeting Chinese users via a fake government app.
Application Security
@joyfill npm Beta Packages Deploy DEV#POPPER RAT on Import
Two @joyfill npm beta packages were compromised to deliver DEV#POPPER RAT on import, risking credential theft and persistent access on developers' machines.
Cybersecurity
ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets PyTorch, SafeTensors Model Files
Sysdig documented ENCFORGE, a Go ransomware targeting 180 AI file formats including PyTorch, SafeTensors, and GGUF, deployed by the JADEPUFFER threat operator.
Application Security
Fastjson 1.x Zero-Day CVE-2026-16723 Under Active Exploit, No Patch
CVE-2026-16723, a CVSS 9.0 zero-day in Fastjson 1.x with no available patch, is actively exploited targeting financial services and healthcare backends.
Application Security
CISA Orders Patch for Langflow and WordPress wp2shell RCEs
CISA added Langflow CVE-2026-0770 and WordPress wp2shell CVE-2026-63030 to its KEV catalog, setting a July 24 Langflow deadline and August 4 WordPress deadline as mass ...
CVE Vulnerability Alerts
Qilin Affiliates Exploit PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 GlobalProtect Bypass
Arctic Wolf documented Qilin affiliates exploiting CVE-2026-0257, a PAN-OS GlobalProtect auth bypass, to gain trusted VPN access for double-extortion attacks.
Application Security
Rejetto HFS Flaw Lets Hackers Forge Admin Sessions for RCE
Cybersecurity
South Korea’s President Orders Probe Into Bank Data Breaches
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Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Gang, Nab Teen Leader
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Ransomware Attack Disrupts Keio Corporation Business Systems

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Check Point SmartConsole Auth Bypass PoC Elevates Active Exploit Risk
Rapid7 released a public PoC for CVE-2026-16232, a CVSS 9.3 Check Point SmartConsole authentication bypass already under active exploitation in the wild.
Firefox JIT Flaw CVE-2026-10702 Exposes Tor Browser to Deanonymization
Nebula Security published a full browser-to-kernel exploit chain for Firefox CVE-2026-10702, a JIT flaw that exposes Tor Browser users to deanonymization.
Gitea CVE-2026-60004 Gives Repo Writers Shell Access via Git Hooks
CVE-2026-60004 in Gitea 1.17–1.27.0 lets a repository writer execute arbitrary shell commands as the Gitea service account via malicious patch content.
OpenWrt CVE-2026-53921 Lets Attackers Root Routers via DHCPv6 Overflow
CVE-2026-53921, a CVSS 9.8 stack buffer overflow in OpenWrt's DHCPv6 server, lets unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code as root on affected routers.
Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger Backdoor Across Three Regions
Iran-linked Nimbus Manticore deployed the new NightLedger backdoor and WebSocket tunnelers against targets in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.
Tengu Botnet Reboots Devices via Hardware Watchdog to Evade Removal
Tengu, a new Mirai-derived Linux IoT botnet, triggers device reboots via hardware watchdog when defenders kill its process, supporting 25 DDoS methods.
24,650 Internet-Exposed Server BMCs Leak Password Hashes Before Login
Researchers found 24,650 internet-exposed BMCs that disclose IPMI password hashes before login, enabling offline hash cracking and full server takeover.
CyberAv3ngers Suspected in OT Attacks on 30+ Minnesota Water Utilities
More than 30 Minnesota water utilities were disrupted in a coordinated OT attack; Tenable suspects Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers based on targeting patterns.
VMware ESXi VM Escape CVE-2026-47876 Patched Alongside Four More Flaws
Broadcom patched CVE-2026-47876, a critical ESXi VM escape via VMXNET3, plus two critical vCenter Server flaws, with no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.
CubePilot Drone Controller Developer Hit by DNS Hijacking
Attackers seized CubePilot's domain DNS settings and obtained TLS certificates for all subdomains, potentially capturing credentials during the attack window.
Claude Mythos Cracks HAWK-256 Lattice Problem, Speeds AES-128 Attack
Anthropic's Claude Mythos derived a HAWK-256 key-recovery attack and 200–800x speedup for a seven-round AES-128 attack, with no impact on deployed systems.
Flying Eagle Android RAT Leaks on Telegram, 170 C2 Servers Active
Flying Eagle Android RAT source code is on Telegram; researchers traced matching panels to 170 servers targeting Chinese users via a fake government app.
@joyfill npm Beta Packages Deploy DEV#POPPER RAT on Import
Two @joyfill npm beta packages were compromised to deliver DEV#POPPER RAT on import, risking credential theft and persistent access on developers' machines.
ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets PyTorch, SafeTensors Model Files
Sysdig documented ENCFORGE, a Go ransomware targeting 180 AI file formats including PyTorch, SafeTensors, and GGUF, deployed by the JADEPUFFER threat operator.
Fastjson 1.x Zero-Day CVE-2026-16723 Under Active Exploit, No Patch
CVE-2026-16723, a CVSS 9.0 zero-day in Fastjson 1.x with no available patch, is actively exploited targeting financial services and healthcare backends.
CISA Orders Patch for Langflow and WordPress wp2shell RCEs
CISA added Langflow CVE-2026-0770 and WordPress wp2shell CVE-2026-63030 to its KEV catalog, setting a July 24 Langflow deadline and August 4 WordPress deadline as mass ...
Qilin Affiliates Exploit PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 GlobalProtect Bypass
Arctic Wolf documented Qilin affiliates exploiting CVE-2026-0257, a PAN-OS GlobalProtect auth bypass, to gain trusted VPN access for double-extortion attacks.
JetBrains Patches TeamCity CVE-2026-63077 CVSS 9.8 RCE Flaw
JetBrains patched CVE-2026-63077, a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated RCE in TeamCity CI/CD servers exploitable via the agent polling protocol without any credentials.
AI-Assisted Linux Kernel CVE-2026-53264 Root Exploit Released
Lee Jia Jie used AI assistance to discover CVE-2026-53264, a Linux kernel use-after-free enabling local root escalation. A public exploit is now available.
Arista VeloCloud CVE-2026-16812 Exploited, CISA Orders Patch
Arista confirmed CVE-2026-16812, a CVSS 10.0 OS command injection in VeloCloud Orchestrator, is actively exploited. CISA ordered federal patches by July 30.