Reports claim Anthropic engineers are helping the NSA use its restricted AI model Mythos, known for advanced cybersecurity capabilities. This week, the Financial Times reported that Anthropic has placed approximately six “forward-deployed” engineers inside the National Security Agency to help…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-06-06 18h : 4 posts
4 posts were published in the last hour 16:2 : Chinese Spies Using LinkedIn, Job Sites to Recruit Western Workers 16:2 : Malicious Hugging Face Models Could Trigger Remote Code Execution 16:2 : Cisco Warns Agentic AI Will Put New…
Chinese Spies Using LinkedIn, Job Sites to Recruit Western Workers
Five Eyes agencies warn that fake online recruiters linked to Chinese intelligence are targeting workers for sensitive policy and defense information. The post Chinese Spies Using LinkedIn, Job Sites to Recruit Western Workers appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has…
Malicious Hugging Face Models Could Trigger Remote Code Execution
A flaw in Hugging Face Transformers could allow malicious AI models to execute code, exposing credentials and highlighting AI supply chain risks. The post Malicious Hugging Face Models Could Trigger Remote Code Execution appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has…
Cisco Warns Agentic AI Will Put New Pressure on Enterprise Networks
Cisco executives said agentic AI could triple network traffic, creating new infrastructure and security demands for enterprises. The post Cisco Warns Agentic AI Will Put New Pressure on Enterprise Networks appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed from…
AI Upgrades, Security Flaws, and SpaceX’s Record IPO Define the Week in Tech
See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from June 1–5. The post AI Upgrades, Security Flaws, and SpaceX’s Record IPO Define the Week in Tech appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed from Security Archives – TechRepublic…
Free Apps on Samsung and LG Smart TVs Secretly Turning Your Devices Into AI Proxies
Free apps available on Samsung, LG, Roku, and other major smart TV platforms have been quietly enrolling millions of living room devices into a commercial residential proxy network used to scrape web data for AI training all through a consent…
New ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Limits Tools That Could Enable Data Exfiltration
OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Lockdown Mode to ChatGPT for eligible personal accounts to reduce the risk of data exfiltration arising from prompt injection attacks. The feature is primarily designed for people and organizations that handle sensitive data…
SolarMarker / SOVA Malware
SolarMarker (also associated with SOVA) is a sophisticated information-stealing malware designed to harvest credentials, browser data, and sensitive files. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: SolarMarker / SOVA Malware
Scientists discover a hidden quantum world inside cobalt
Scientists have uncovered unexpected quantum complexity inside cobalt, a metal long thought to be fully understood. Advanced measurements revealed a dense network of topological electronic states that remain robust at room temperature. These states enable extremely fast electron behavior and…
AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine passes first human trial
Scientists have successfully tested an AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine in humans for the first time, finding it to be safe and well tolerated. The vaccine generated immune responses against multiple coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, SARS, and related bat viruses with pandemic…
China-Linked Espionage Cluster Deploys Custom ASPX/ASHX Shells on IIS
A previously disclosed China-linked threat cluster, tracked as OP-512, has been observed deploying a purpose-built web shell framework to compromise Internet Information Services (IIS) servers. Identified by ReliaQuest, the espionage operation targeted a Windows Server 2016 environment running an end-of-life…
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite mystery may have been solved, and more. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide…
Critical UniFi OS Auth Bypass Flaws Lead to Unauthenticated Root RCE
Ubiquiti has addressed three critical vulnerabilities within the UniFi OS Server that attackers can chain together to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) with root privileges. Disclosed on May 21, 2026, via Security Advisory Bulletin 064 (SAB-064), the flaws are…
Opal Security Raises $23 Million for AI-Native Identity Governance
Raising $59 million to date, Opal also announced five senior leadership appointments. The post Opal Security Raises $23 Million for AI-Native Identity Governance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: Opal Security…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-06-06 12h : 3 posts
3 posts were published in the last hour 10:4 : Malspam Campaign Abuses DoubleClick to Deploy Stealthy .NET Loader 10:4 : CISA Alerts on Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U Denial-of-Service Flaw 9:34 : UNC3753 Targets US Law Firms with Vishing, RMM…
Malspam Campaign Abuses DoubleClick to Deploy Stealthy .NET Loader
A sophisticated new malspam campaign is actively exploiting Google’s DoubleClick ad-tracking infrastructure to bypass enterprise email security gateways. Discovered by researchers at Huntress, the attack utilizes highly personalized dynamic lures to initiate a complex, five-stage infection chain that actively dismantles…
CISA Alerts on Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U Denial-of-Service Flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially added a critical vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Tracked as CVE-2026-28318, this flaw allows unauthenticated threat actors to remotely crash the file transfer service.…
UNC3753 Targets US Law Firms with Vishing, RMM Tools, and Physical Break-Ins
Threat cluster UNC3753, widely tracked as Silent Ransom Group or Luna Moth, is actively targeting professional, legal, and financial services in the United States. According to Mandiant’s Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), this financially motivated campaign leverages a highly effective…
CISA Adds Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U DoS Flaw to KEV Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity security flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U multi-protocol file server software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28318 (CVSS score:…
Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
A researcher has reverse-engineered the iOS SDK that Bright Data embeds in consumer apps and documented how it turns devices, including always-on smart TVs, into exit nodes that relay web-scraping traffic for a data business Bright Data markets heavily to…
Claude Opus Found a Four-Year-Old Hole in Zcash’s Privacy Layer. Nobody Knows If Someone Already Used It.
Claude Opus 4.8 helped uncover a four-year-old critical flaw in Zcash that could have enabled undetectable creation of counterfeit coins. On May 29, the security researcher Taylor Hornby found a critical vulnerability in Zcash Orchard privacy pool using Claude Opus…
Critical Hugging Face Transformers Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution Attacks
A newly disclosed critical vulnerability in the HuggingFace Transformers library, tracked as CVE-2026-4372, allows attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE) through malicious model configuration files. The flaw exposes a significant supply chain risk in one of the most widely…
Top 5 Best Tools for Simulated DDoS Attacks in 2026
Last year, a botnet hurled 31.4 Tbps of junk traffic at a single target—enough data to stream every Netflix movie at once. The record-shattering flood forced boards, regulators, and cloud teams to ask one question: are we sure our defenses…