Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed one Foxit Reader vulnerability, and six LibRaw file reader vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, all in adherence to Cisco’s third-party vulnerability…
Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here
Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read…
European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks
Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: European police email 75,000…
Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital data breach impacts 337,917 people
A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital (Tennessee) exposed data of 337,000 people after hackers stole 500GB of sensitive information from its systems. A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Tennessee led to a major…
Legacy AppSec Is Out of Step with the Speed of AI
The timing is off, and it seems to be getting worse. Traditional application security pipelines were designed way back in the days when only humans wrote code … two years ago, that is. Way back then, reviews took hours or…
Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that’s targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. “PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-16 21h : 16 posts
16 posts were published in the last hour 18:43 : AVEVA Pipeline Simulation 18:43 : Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft 18:43 : Anviz Multiple Products 18:43 : Horner Automation Cscape and XL4, XL7 PLC 18:43 : SpankRAT Exploits Windows Explorer Processes for…
AVEVA Pipeline Simulation
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to modify simulation parameters, training configuration and training records. The following versions of AVEVA Pipeline Simulation are affected: Pipeline Simulation <=2025_SP1_build_7.1.9497.6351 CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 9.1…
Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The following versions of Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft are affected: ASDA-Soft <=V7.2.2.0 CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 7.8 Delta Electronics Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft Stack-based Buffer…
Anviz Multiple Products
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to conduct reconnaissance, capture or decrypt sensitive data, alter device configurations, gain unauthorized administrative or root‑level access, execute arbitrary code, compromise credentials or communications, and ultimately obtain full control…
Horner Automation Cscape and XL4, XL7 PLC
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to systems and services. The following versions of Horner Automation Cscape and XL4, XL7 PLC are affected: Cscape v10.0 XL7 PLC v15.60 XL4 PLC…
SpankRAT Exploits Windows Explorer Processes for Stealth and Delayed Detection
A newly identified two-component Remote Access Trojan (RAT) toolkit built in Rust, dubbed SpankRAT, is being used by threat actors to abuse legitimate Windows processes, bypass reputation-based security controls, and maintain persistent access to compromised environments while largely evading detection…
North Korea targets macOS users in latest heist
Social engineering: ‘low-cost, hard to patch, and scales well’ North Korean criminals set on stealing Apple users’ credentials and cryptocurrency are using a combination of social engineering and a fake Zoom software update to trick people into manually running malware…
Point-in-time GRC is obsolete. What’s replacing it? It isn’t AI alone
The last generation of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software built a multi-billion dollar ecosystem by becoming systems of record for risk. ServiceNow became the system of IT workflows. Archer for audits. Diligent for policy management. Own the control framework,…
AI Security Risks in 2026
Explore the top AI security risks in 2026, from OAuth abuse to shadow AI, and how SaaS access drives modern AI threats. The post AI Security Risks in 2026 appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from…
Microsoft Introduces Secure Boot Status Dashboard Ahead of Certificate Expiry
Microsoft is preparing for the upcoming expiration of its original 2011 Secure Boot certificates, set for June 2026, by introducing a new Secure Boot status dashboard within Windows. This feature is designed to help users verify whether their systems…
Building your cryptographic inventory: A customer strategy for cryptographic posture management
Learn how to build a comprehensive cryptographic inventory and strengthen quantum‑safe readiness using Microsoft Security tools, best‑practice lifecycle models, and partner solutions. The post Building your cryptographic inventory: A customer strategy for cryptographic posture management appeared first on Microsoft Security…
Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload Plugin
On April 6th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 50,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files,…
The Q1 vulnerability pulse
Thor provides an overview of the Q1 2026 vulnerability statistics, highlighting key trends in legacy CVEs and the evolving impact of AI on the threat landscape. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: The…
UK Government Sound Alarm Over AI Security Risk
This week, UK government leaders and cyber officials are sounding an increasingly urgent alarm over the security risks posed by artificial intelligence, warning that the technology is both amplifying existing cyber threats and reshaping the balance between attackers and defenders.…
Q&A: Your Face Is Now Part of the Threat Landscape, Warns Sarah Armstrong-Smith
Sarah Armstrong-Smith brings rare front-line authority to the cyber resilience conversation, with a career shaped by some of the most defining digital threats of the modern era. From the Millennium Bug through to board-level cyber strategy at Microsoft and the…
Women-in-cyber training model SHE@CYBER spreads beyond EU funding as new countries adopt it independently
A cybersecurity training programme designed to widen access to the profession for women and non-technical entrants is expanding without EU funding, after being voluntarily adopted by organisations in Poland and North Macedonia following the formal close of its Erasmus+ project…
What to do When Your AI Guardrails Fail
I want to talk about a bug. Not because the bug itself was exceptional, but because what it exposed should change how every organisation architects AI governance. For several weeks earlier this year, Microsoft 365 Copilot read and summarised confidential…
It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down
Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down