Security Issues, Vulnerabilities, Exploits & Government Alerts
Most enterprises assume their asset inventory is close enough to accurate. The evidence suggests otherwise. According to a survey of over 600 security leaders in the 2026 Axonius Actionability Report, only 45% of organizations consolidate…
A cybercrime crew left one of its own servers wide open on the internet for three weeks, and it exposed the operation’s inner workings: the hacking tools, the activity logs, and target lists naming more…
Researchers ran 281 of the most popular free VPN apps on the Google Play Store through a new testing system and found that many fail at the basics people install a VPN for, i.e., keeping…
Ravie LakshmananJul 10, 2026Enterprise Security / Authentication A threat actor has been targeting organizations spanning multiple sectors with voice-based fake security requests that prompt Microsoft 365 users to enroll a new Entra passkey with an…
Security firm Coinspect has disclosed a crypto wallet flaw it calls Ill Bloom, and attackers are already using it. The flaw is in how some wallet software generated its recovery phrase, the words that control the money. When…
Ravie LakshmananJul 10, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring with the now-defunct…
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Developer Security / Supply Chain Security Datadog Security Labs is warning of “several overlapping campaigns” that are systematically enumerating corporate GitHub organizations, repositories, and user accounts through the GitHub API. “Operators rely on…
Microsoft has taken apart a destructive Windows backdoor it calls GigaWiper. What stands out is how it is built: not one tool but three older destructive programs bolted into one, offered as commands the operator…
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Supply Chain Security / DevSecOps GitHub has officially announced the release of npm version 12 with install scripts disabled by default, along with deprecating granular access tokens (GATs) designed to bypass two-factor…
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Most security mess starts as admin work. A link gets clicked. A tool gets trusted. A bucket name gets reused. A setting stays loose because nobody wants…