A Chinese threat actor has exploited the bug to exfiltrate sensitive information from nearly 1,000 ZyXEL switches.
SharePoint Flaw Initially Listed as Spoofing by Microsoft Enables Authenticated RCE
A SharePoint Server vulnerability that Microsoft initially classified as a spoofing flaw with a CVSS score of 6.5 actually enables authenticated remote…
Introducing Unit 42 Continuous Frontier AI Defense
Cybersecurity is in the middle of a generational shift. AI has disrupted a 30-year balance of power between defenders and adversaries. Armed with agentic…
New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory
A new flaw in the Linux kernel’s KVM virtualization code for ARM64 processors can leave a freed piece of host memory exposed to a guest virtual machine on…
Malicious B-tree NPM Package Accumulates Millions of Downloads
Posing as the legitimate sorted-btree package, indexed-btree hides a malware trigger in its prototype method.
DORA Year Two: Can Your SOC Actually See the Attack?
When the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) became enforceable across the European Union in January 2025, it triggered an administrative sprint.…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-22 14h : 15 posts
15 posts published in the last hour 11:31Hackers Exploit Veeam Agent Vulnerability to Gain SYSTEM-Level Access on Windows 11:31Meta’s Muse AI assistant has a zero-day that can turn it into a Mac backdoor 11:31GPT-6 Astra Breaks an Old Enigma Message…
Hackers Exploit Veeam Agent Vulnerability to Gain SYSTEM-Level Access on Windows
A newly discovered privilege escalation flaw in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could allow attackers with local access to compromised endpoints to…
Meta’s Muse AI assistant has a zero-day that can turn it into a Mac backdoor
A simple terminal command can hijack Muse and use its extensive permissions to spy on Mac users and control their connected accounts.
GPT-6 Astra Breaks an Old Enigma Message
This is pretty amazing: However, the most astonishing thing about this break is that the GPT6 Astra did it entirely on its own. Carter Leffer only…
Public PoC Exposes Critical Veeam Agent Privilege Escalation
A Veeam Agent flaw lets local users gain SYSTEM privileges. A public PoC is available, raising the risk of exploitation on shared Windows systems. If…
New TASK#STOMP Windows Backdoor Enables Continuous Document Theft
TASK#STOMP Windows backdoor uses PowerShell, scheduled tasks and runtime C# compilation to steal business documents and maintain remote access.
Red Hat OpenShift Flaw Lets Attackers Poison Disconnected Registries With Malicious Releases
Red Hat disclosed an important OpenShift vulnerability that could let attackers bypass release-image signature checks and introduce malicious payloads…
Andorran Police joins Europol’s secure communication network
Through this connection, the Andorran Police will be able to securely share law enforcement information with Europol and a wide network of European and…
AI Drives Surge in Bot and API Threats
Akamai report warns of increase in bot traffic, API threats, chatbot leaks and other AI-related threats
How a Managed SOC works: What happens when a cyberattack begins?
Cyberattacks often begin in an inconspicuous way – for example, by clicking on an email attachment or a phishing link. Whether this leads to a serious…
Critical MaxKB AI Agent Flaw Lets Prompt Injection Execute System Commands
A critical vulnerability in the MaxKB AI knowledge-base platform could let attackers exploit prompt injection and run operating system commands on…
Attacker compromised nearly 1000 Zyxel switches since August (CVE-2026-7273)
A Chinese-speaking threat actor has exploited a vulnerability (CVE-2026-7273) in unpatched ZyXEL GS1900 Smart Managed Switches and has exfiltrated…
Malicious npm Package indexed-btree Hid Its Loader in Runtime Code Before Removal
A malicious npm package named “indexed-btree” has been observed hiding its malicious behavior within application code rather than using lifecycle scripts,…
Linux BambooToken Malware Uses MQTT C2 for Remote Shell Access and File Exfiltration
A Linux variant of the BambooToken backdoor uses MQTT as its command-and-control channel, enabling operators to profile compromised hosts, execute shell…
Somewhere in your traffic logs, a bot is doing more than looking
Akamai has watched verified AI crawlers, ChatGPT among them, move from reading web pages to sending high-frequency POST requests. In a 30-day analysis of…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-22 13h : 23 posts
23 posts published in the last hour 10:32Rogue AI agents put trusted access under scrutiny 10:32WordPress Patches ‘Click2Shell’ Vulnerability 10:32Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI 10:32U.S. CISA adds Zyxel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog 10:32A New Tool Found…
Rogue AI agents put trusted access under scrutiny
Two newly disclosed incidents involving rogue AI agents are raising questions about what happens when autonomous software operates through apparently…
WordPress Patches ‘Click2Shell’ Vulnerability
The bug lets attackers automatically install and preview themes and could lead to remote code execution.