Hackers are targeting college athletes’ accounts to steal intimate photos, prompting a new FBI and NCAA initiative focused on prevention and support.
Ransomware Attacks Fall as Business Defenses Improve
Ransomware has long been one of the biggest cyber threats to businesses, often forcing victims into costly downtime and data loss. Recently, analysts have…
IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Non-mobile statistics
The report presents key trends and statistics on malware that targeted personal computers running Windows and macOS, as well as internet of things (IoT)…
Go-Based macOS Malware Steals Crypto and Secrets
A macOS malware variant has been detected stealing crypto, passwords and more
Picus Blue Report Reveals Persistent Detection Gaps
Picus finds that cyber defenses are improving, but detection, post-compromise, and ransomware prevention gaps persist.
AnMed Health Ransomware Attack Highlights Growing Patient Safety Risks in Healthcare
AnMed Health is the latest healthcare organization to be disrupted by a ransomware-related cybersecurity incident after having to cancel procedures and…
Cloudflare Report Shows Massive Spike in High-Volume DDoS Attacks: Here Is What the Data Shows
Cloudflare says 805 DDoS attacks topped 1 Tbps in Q2 2026 as high-bandwidth attacks surged, raising new concerns for network defenses.
New Ransomware Targets AI Model Weights but Fails to Collect Ransom
An updated ransomware campaign is targeting an important but often overlooked asset in artificial intelligence environments: trained AI models and their…
Veracode Finds AI-Generated Code Still Struggles With Security
Veracode finds that AI-generated code remains vulnerable despite near perfect syntax performance.
OpenAI Discloses AI Agent Breached Hugging Face and Accessed Four Other Services
OpenAI has disclosed that an autonomous AI agent involved in an internal cybersecurity evaluation accessed four accounts across four publicly available…
Critical Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code
Adobe has issued critical security updates for ColdFusion 2025 and ColdFusion 2023, addressing multiple vulnerabilities that could allow threat actors to…
IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Mobile statistics
This report contains mobile threat statistics for Q2 2026, along with noteworthy discoveries and quarterly trends: the Anatsa banker and a transition to…
Eclipse Ransomware Launches RaaS Platform Targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi Infrastructure
A threat actor operating under the handle EclipseSupport is actively promoting a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation named Eclipse Ransomware on…
Hackers abuse AI models to find new entry paths
Network defenders are racing to secure their IT systems before criminal and state-actors circumvent existing guardrails.
WhatsApp Unveils New Scam Alert Feature to Protect Users from Social Engineering Attacks
WhatsApp has announced a new optional feature called Scam Alert, designed to warn users about potential scam messages using an on-device machine learning…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-12 18h : 17 posts
17 posts were published in the last hour 15:31 : Cisco says software vulnerability could let hackers crash firewalls 15:31 : After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug 15:31 : US Sanctions Iranian…
Cisco says software vulnerability could let hackers crash firewalls
Threat actors have already begun exploiting the flaw, according to the U.S. government.
After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug
This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to take legal action against them.
US Sanctions Iranian $6bn Crypto “Exchange” Shelbit
TRM Labs explains that sanctioned Iranian firm Shelbit was a fake crypto exchange
Google Chrome 151 Patches Five High-Severity Use-After-Free Flaws in V8, Blink, and Extensions
Google has officially released Chrome 151 to the Stable channel, mitigating five high-severity security vulnerabilities impacting key browser engine…
SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release
The vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in July and CISA warned that it could end up being exploited in the wild.
“Zoomsday” flaws could let one Zoom participant attack another
Update Zoom now to protect against critical vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker in the same meeting to run malicious code on your device.
DeepSeek Restarts Second Funding Round
AI start-up reportedly recommences second funding round, seeking funds for data centre investment, at valuation of nearly $74bn
WindRelay Malware Pairs With SpyNote RAT in Live-Call Scam
New WindRelay NFC malware paired with SpyNote RAT let a fraudster clone a card mid-call