The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent
Most email defenses still do the job they did a decade ago. Scan the message, look for something malicious, block it. That worked when the danger sat in the payload, a bad link or an…
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StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track the status…
Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation
Ravie LakshmananAug 19, 2026Vulnerability / Ransomware The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating they are being exploited in the wild.…
Microsoft Links 30+ Rotating Domains to MacSync Stealer Infrastructure
Microsoft Defender Experts have linked more than 30 web domains to MacSync Stealer, a macOS-focused information stealer, after correlating recurring endpoint and network behaviors across changing infrastructure, tracing the malware from payload retrieval through data…
Clop-Linked Windchill Web Shell Decrypts Credentials and Maps Engineering Data
A JavaServer Pages (JSP) web shell deployed following the exploitation of a critical security flaw in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers is specifically designed for the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, according to new…
Microsoft Copilot Personal Flaws Could Let One Click Exfiltrate Data From Connected Apps
Varonis Threat Labs has disclosed three vulnerabilities in Microsoft Copilot Personal that it said could allow a single click on a crafted link to silently pull data from connected apps and other information available to…
Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF Flaw to Steal Cloud Credentials and Secrets
Ravie LakshmananAug 18, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence Two critical vulnerabilities impacting MLflow, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, and FUXA, an open-source, web-based SCADA / HMI software built for operational technology (OT) and industrial automation,…
Ransom Busters Claims It Hacked Ransomware Servers, Asks Victims for Up to $60,000
A ransomware affiliate calling itself Ransom Busters has been spotted proactively sending emails to victim organizations and claims to delete stolen data from ransomware groups’ servers in exchange for a fee ranging from $20,000 to…
AI “Mind Viruses” Can Spread Between Agents Through Persistent Prompt Files
Security researchers at Anthropic and Switzerland’s EPFL have demonstrated that self-propagating payloads can spread from one artificial intelligence (AI) agent to the next through the editable system prompt files that autonomous agent harnesses use to…
TWINLOOT Abuses SharePoint and Teams to Steal Credentials and Move Across Networks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented Python implant framework dubbed TWINLOOT. “TWINLOOT is a modular, PyArmor-hardened Python implant designed to operate its entire command-and-control infrastructure inside trusted Microsoft services,” Ontinue said in…