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New Microsoft Defender Update Issued for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Server Images
Microsoft has rolled out a fresh security intelligence update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus to help secure Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server images. Released on April 7, 2026, this update equips endpoints with the latest threat detection logic and…
Wynn Resorts Says 21,000 Employees Affected by ShinyHunters Hack
The high-end casino and hotel operator has likely paid a ransom to avoid a data leak. The post Wynn Resorts Says 21,000 Employees Affected by ShinyHunters Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…
50,000 WordPress Sites Running Ninja Forms Vulnerable to Critical File Upload RCE
A severe security flaw has been discovered in the Ninja Forms File Upload plugin, a widely utilized WordPress add-on that allows website administrators to accept documents, images, and other media from their visitors. Tracked officially as CVE-2026-0740, this unauthenticated arbitrary…
Microsoft Warns Storm-1175 Exploiting Web-Facing Vulnerabilities to Deploy Medusa Ransomware
Microsoft is warning that a fast‑moving threat actor it tracks as Storm‑1175 is aggressively exploiting vulnerabilities in internet‑exposed systems to deliver Medusa ransomware in days and sometimes in under 24 hours. Storm‑1175 is a financially motivated group known for high‑velocity…
Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed
Threat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remote code…
CISA Alerts Defenders to Actively Exploited Fortinet Zero-Day Vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet products. The agency officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 6, 2026, indicating that threat…
NSFOCUS Monthly APT Insights – February 2026
Regional APT Threat Situation In February 2026, the global threat hunting system of FUYING Lab detected a total of 21 APT attack activities. These activities were primarily concentrated in regions including South Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia, as shown…
The case for fixing CWE weakness patterns instead of patching one bug at a time
In this Help Net Security interview, Alec Summers, MITRE CVE/CWE Project Lead, discusses how CWE is moving from a background reference into active use in vulnerability disclosure. More CVE records now include CWE mappings from CNAs, which tends to produce…
Windows Defender 0-Day Published Online, Giving Attackers Potential Full Access
A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability, dubbed “BlueHammer,” has been publicly disclosed. The flaw, which has been linked to Windows Defender, allows attackers to achieve Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) and potentially gain full administrative access to compromised systems. Because a patch…
Fake TradingView Premium Reddit Posts Spread Vidar and AMOS Stealers
A new malware campaign is abusing Reddit to distribute fake “cracked” builds of TradingView Premium that secretly install Vidar and AMOS information‑stealing malware on Windows and macOS systems. The campaign targets users searching for free or pirated versions of TradingView…
How Mimecast brings enterprise-grade email protection to API deployment
In this Help Net Security video, Andrew Williams, Senior Product Manager at Mimecast, walks through the company’s API-based email security protection for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environments. The video covers a core problem: AI-generated phishing and business email compromise…
Researcher Released Windows Defender 0-Day Exploit Code, Allowing Attackers to Gain Full Access
A security researcher operating under the alias Chaotic Eclipse (@ChaoticEclipse0) has publicly dropped a working zero-day local privilege escalation (LPE) exploit for Windows, dubbed BlueHammer, along with full proof-of-concept (PoC) source code on GitHub. The disclosure was confirmed by vulnerability researcher Will Dormann, who…
Google study finds LLMs are embedded at every stage of abuse detection
Online platforms are running large language models at every stage of LLM content moderation, from generating training data to auditing their own systems for bias. Researchers at Google mapped how this is happening across what the authors call the Abuse…
North Korea’s $285M Crypto Heist, China Breaches FBI System, Delve Faces New Allegations
Host David Shiple covers major cybersecurity news: investigators attribute a record $285 million April 1 hack of crypto platform Drift Protocol to North Korea, describing a three-week setup involving a fake “Carbon Vote Token,” wash trading to inflate value, social…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-07 06h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 3:38 : Yahoo! Japan’s owner consolidating 164 OpenStack clusters into one
Yahoo! Japan’s owner consolidating 164 OpenStack clusters into one
Customizations are causing pain so new cloud will stick to upstream cuts of the open source stack LY Corporation, the Japanese web giant that dominates messaging, e-commerce and payments in many Asian countries, has revealed it is replacing a heavily-customized…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9882, (Tue, Apr 7th)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, April 7th, 2026…
Scientists find quantum computers forget most of their work
Quantum circuits are supposed to gain power as they grow longer, but noise changes the picture. A new study finds that earlier steps in these circuits gradually lose their impact, with only the final layers really mattering. As a result,…
How a Single Source of Truth Streamlines Regulatory Compliance
Key takeaways How a Single Source of Truth Benefits Regulatory Compliance In regulatory compliance, a single source of truth brings together the regulatory requirement and your processes and evidence of the requirement. The point is to maintain one governed record…
Quantum-Safe Key Encapsulation Mechanisms for Sensitive Context Transport
Learn how to implement quantum-resistant Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (KEMs) to secure sensitive context transport in AI infrastructure and MCP deployments. The post Quantum-Safe Key Encapsulation Mechanisms for Sensitive Context Transport appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-07 03h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 0:5 : 2027 POTUS Budget Proposal Targets CISA With Funding Cuts
2027 POTUS Budget Proposal Targets CISA With Funding Cuts
The proposed FY2027 budget cuts to CISA are raising concerns about weakened cyber defense and reduced collaboration. The post 2027 POTUS Budget Proposal Targets CISA With Funding Cuts appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity…
Why AI Bot Protection and Control Are Essential for Application Security
AI-driven automation is no longer emerging. It is already integrated and accepted as internet traffic. From AI assistants and crawlers to enterprise automation tools, websites are now routinely accessed by non-human actors operating at scale. Vulnerabilities or weaknesses in your…