Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Initial Access Broker / Firewall Security A Russian-speaking initial access broker (IAB) driven by financial gain is assessed to be behind a large-scale credential-harvesting operation known as FortiBleed that has targeted over…
Security firm AIR built a fake AI agent skill, pushed it through a popular skill marketplace and an Instagram ad, and says it reached roughly 26,000 agents, including some on corporate accounts. Every skill security scanner the…
Swati KhandelwalJun 23, 2026Cryptography / Quantum Computing President Trump signed an executive order on June 22 setting hard deadlines for federal agencies to move high-value assets and high-impact systems to post-quantum cryptography. Key establishment must move by…
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Workflow Security / Software Supply Chain GitHub is moving to strengthen software supply chain security by updating “actions/checkout” to block pwn request attacks that exploit the risky use of the “pull_request_target workflow”…
Every weapon begins as an extension of the hand that holds it. The spear lengthened the reach of the arm. The bow sent the point flying without the throw. The rifle placed a man’s death…
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Supply Chain Attack / Developer Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver a Windows-based remote access trojan (RAT). The list of identified packages,…
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Malware / Social Engineering Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBScript) files that lead to the installation of legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)…
OpenAI on Monday said it’s releasing an improved version of its GPT‑5.5‑Cyber model to trusted defenders as part of the Daybreak initiative, the artificial intelligence (AI) company announced last month. Calling GPT‑5.5‑Cyber its “strongest model…
Ravie LakshmananJun 22, 2026Supply Chain Attack / Malware Multiple WordPress plugins from ShapedPlugin were compromised in a supply chain attack after unknown threat actors managed to tamper with the official release channels and push backdoor…
Ravie LakshmananJun 22, 2026AI Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four vulnerabilities in Dify, an open-source agentic workflow platform with more than 146,000 GitHub stars, that could allow attackers to stealthily read…