Assured Data Protection has announced CleanRoom SCAN, a new managed service designed to strengthen cyber recovery by independently scanning isolated…
Supermarket Freezer Cyberattacks Spread Across Europe as Experts Warn of Wider IoT Risks
A second wave of suspected cyberattacks targeting supermarket fridges and freezers has spread across Europe, raising concerns about the security of…
UK ‘Be Ready’ Campaign Urges Household Emergency Prep
The UK government has launched a national preparedness campaign instructing households to stockpile emergency supplies for at least three days in response…
A hidden backdoor put 1.3 million TV boxes to work for criminals
Videostrong planted a backdoor in more than 1.3 million Android set-top boxes and sold criminals access to the resulting botnet.
CrowdStrike Reportedly Paying $495 Million for AI Security Firms Fiddler, Dreadnode
The acquisitions will add AI agent observability and automated AI security testing capabilities to the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
Supermarket fridges hacked across Europe
A coordinated cyber attack on commercial refrigeration systems has forced supermarkets and meat suppliers across seven European countries to discard…
Google Disrupts 1.3 Million-Device Android Botnet Linked to Manufacturer
Google disrupted the XCPE botnet affecting 1.3 million Android devices, exposing allegations of manufacturer-installed backdoors and supply-chain security…
Google expands Cloud VRP with $250K Root-in-Cloud reward
Google has launched a new top-tier reward of $250,000 for critical security vulnerabilities in its Cloud Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP), targeting…
Novee puts forgotten internet-facing assets through penetration testing
Novee’s External Surface Testing is a new capability in its AI penetration testing platform that helps security teams discover internet-facing assets and…
Gartner: Open Models Handle 90% of Agentic AI Work
Analyst firm Gartner projects that open-weight AI models will handle nine out of ten steps in enterprise agentic workflows by 2030, potentially saving…
UK Spy Agency Cannot Account for Thousands of Devices That May Hold Top Secrets
The UK intelligence agency GCHQ cannot account for thousands of storage devices, some of which may contain sensitive data. Here’s what security teams can…
Gorbag Hackers Exploit WinRAR Flaw
A Russia-aligned cyber threat group identified as Gorbag has launched a targeted campaign against Ukrainian organizations using information-stealing…
Russia-linked cyber spies target Ukraine’s war crimes investigations, military aid routes
The hackers use relatively simple malware to steal sensitive documents, login credentials and other information from Ukrainian organizations, particularly…
Police seizes over 100 servers in investment scam crackdown
European law enforcement authorities arrested seven suspects and seized more than 100 servers in a joint action targeting an unnamed company suspected of…
UK Warns of Unprecedented Rise in Cyberattacks as AI Accelerates Vulnerability Exploitation
The United Kingdom could face an unprecedented increase in cyberattacks over the coming months as artificial intelligence enables hackers to identify and…
3AM Affiliate Embraces AI-Like Loops in European School Attack
Evidence suggests a model may have generated and revised commands during the ransom gang’s breach, though researchers stopped short of claiming full…
Cyber-Attack on Refrigeration Systems Hits Supermarkets Across Europe
The incident has reportedly resulted in temperatures being changed on supermarket refrigerators, reminiscent of an attack that affected French retailers…
Russia dismantles infrastructure of VasyGrek cybercrime group, detains three suspects
Russia’s Interior Ministry said Monday that police had dismantled the group’s infrastructure and identified its suspected members following an…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-11-03 15h : 17 posts
17 posts published in the last hour 13:32Attackers exploit critical Node-RED flaw to deploy Linux bot and backdoors (CVE-2026-58115) 13:31Prompt Adware: How Hidden AI Instructions Could Create a New Enterprise Security Risk 13:31Researcher Discovers Path Traversal Flaw in Renault Navigation…
Attackers exploit critical Node-RED flaw to deploy Linux bot and backdoors (CVE-2026-58115)
Attackers are exploiting an authentication flaw (CVE-2026-58115) in Node-RED, a programming tool built into some industrial control products, to install a…
Prompt Adware: How Hidden AI Instructions Could Create a New Enterprise Security Risk
Check Point Research (CPR) discovered Haiou, an OpenAI Codex jailbreak bundle that persistently modifies an AI agent’s trusted instructions to inject…
Researcher Discovers Path Traversal Flaw in Renault Navigation System That Enables Root Code Execution
A malicious SD card can give an attacker root-level code execution on the TomTom Carminat LIVE navigation unit used in some Renault cars. Security…
Britain on notice: AI-powered ransomware attacks to arrive by 2028
Cyber agency warns critical infrastructure is a likely target as chief urges bosses to stop doing ‘tech on the cheap’
ARES AI Red Team Platform Automates 66 Attack Modules for Active Directory and Cloud Security Testing
A new open-core project called ARES is giving red teams a way to run planned, controlled attack tests against Active Directory and cloud systems. A…