Veeam has addressed a high-severity vulnerability in its Backup & Replication platform that could enable attackers to escalate privileges and gain deeper access to enterprise systems. The issue impacts Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.0.1.2067 and all earlier version 13…
Google Unveils AI Threat Defense Platform to Fight AI-Powered Cyberattacks
New AI Threat Defense platform combines capabilities from Mandiant, Wiz and Gemini to help customers fight AI with AI. The post Google Unveils AI Threat Defense Platform to Fight AI-Powered Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…
A single typo could derail your World Cup plans
Cybercriminals are spoofing Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) websites ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the FBI warns. The attackers are registering lookalike domains with small spelling changes or different domain endings to impersonate FIFA websites and services.…
ClearFake Abuses BSC Testnet Contracts for Resilient C2 Operations
Threat actors behind the ClearFake campaign have adopted a novel and highly resilient command-and-control (C2) architecture by leveraging BNB Smart Chain (BSC) testnet smart contracts, creating an infrastructure that is effectively immune to traditional takedown efforts. Unlike conventional malware campaigns…
Oil shipments, drone makers, and a poisoned code library targeted in recent APT campaigns
Geopolitical pressure drove much of the state-sponsored cyber activity recorded between October 2025 and March 2026, according to ESET’s latest APT Activity Report. Espionage groups aligned with China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran adjusted their targets to match the economic…
JINX-0164 Targets Cryptocurrency Firms with Fake Recruiter Lures and macOS Malware
A new campaign orchestrated by a previously undocumented threat actor has targeted cryptocurrency organizations with an aim to facilitate digital asset theft using recruitment-themed social engineering and bespoke macOS malware. “These campaigns leveraged sophisticated social engineering techniques, custom macOS malware,…
Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Execute Malicious SQL Queries
Roundcube Webmail users are being urged to update their systems immediately after the disclosure of multiple security vulnerabilities, including a critical pre-authentication SQL injection flaw that allows attackers to execute malicious database queries without requiring login access. The vulnerabilities were…
19.6 Billion Files Are Sitting Open on the Internet. No Password Required
19.6 Billion files are exposed in misconfigured cloud buckets, including 685K credential files and nearly 1M database dumps. There’s a comfortable myth most people carry around: that the data they hand to companies is locked somewhere safe. Researchers at Mysterium…
Hackers Spread VIP Keylogger via Fake Business Emails
Hackers are actively deploying VIP Keylogger through phishing emails disguised as routine business documents, using multi‑layered loaders, steganography, and in‑memory execution to quietly steal credentials and other sensitive data from compromised systems. Recent VIP Keylogger campaigns rely heavily on social…
Kemper – 269,299 breached accounts
In April 2026, the American insurance holding company Kemper Corporation was named by the ShinyHunters ransomware group in a “pay or leak” extortion campaign. The attackers allegedly accessed Kemper’s Salesforce environment via social engineering as part of a broader campaign…
FortiClient EMS Code Execution Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy EKZ Malware
A newly observed exploitation campaign targeting FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) has weaponized trusted administrative infrastructure to silently deploy a previously unreported credential stealer across managed enterprise endpoints. In May 2026, Arctic Wolf researchers identified a cluster of malicious activity…
SBI Warns of Scammers are Sending Fake Messages Claiming Your YONO App Will be Deactivated
A new wave of social engineering attacks is targeting millions of State Bank of India customers across the country. Fraudsters are sending fake messages warning users that their YONO banking app will be deactivated unless they update their Aadhaar number…
Silent Ransom Group Targets Law Firms With IT Support Impersonation Attacks
A threat group known as the Silent Ransom Group is actively targeting US-based law firms using a bold and deceptive social engineering playbook. Rather than deploying ransomware in the traditional sense, this group goes straight for the data and then…
Ketch brings multi-agent AI orchestration to enterprise privacy programs
Ketch has unveiled its vision for agentic privacy with the Ketch Agent Network, a multi-agent orchestration layer for enterprise privacy programs. The platform is designed to continuously reason across legal obligations, internal policies, and operational realities within a unified AI-driven…
Microsoft Warns Against Public Release of Zero-Day Details Before Vendor Coordination
Microsoft has issued a strong warning to the cybersecurity community following a recent surge in publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities without prior coordination. According to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), several vulnerabilities were disclosed without prior notification to Microsoft, leaving…
Motorola App Allegedly Hijacks Amazon App Activity to Insert Affiliate Referral Codes
Motorola is facing scrutiny after researchers and users discovered that its preinstalled Smart Feed app was silently hijacking launches of the Amazon Shopping app to inject affiliate referral codes into user traffic. The behavior, now disabled after public backlash, raises…
Pirates in the crosshairs: how one cybercrime gang has been infecting book, movie, and TV show fans for years
Our experts continue to track attacks targeting consumers of pirated content, both books and movies. 2026 saw the discovery of new target sites with tens of millions of visitors, while the miner gained a RAT module. This article has been…
Police arrest suspect in Ajax football club hack that exposed 300,000 fan records
The Dutch National Police arrested a man suspected of hacking into the computer systems of AFC Ajax, a football club from Amsterdam. “On the morning of Tuesday, May 26, detectives arrested a 35-year-old man from the municipality of Buren for…
XM Cyber enhances identity risk visibility with continuous exposure management capabilities
XM Cyber has announced platform enhancements aimed at helping organizations reduce identity risk, compounded by AI-enabled attackers. According to Gartner, “By 2028, 70% of CISOs will use identity visibility and intelligence capabilities to shrink the IAM attack surface, reducing the…
Checksum introduces Continuous Quality Agent for automated test generation and healing
Checksum has launched its Continuous Quality Agent, an autonomous system that runs nightly against deployed applications and automatically heals broken tests without waiting for an engineer to open a dashboard or write a prompt. AI coding has changed the constraint…
Glassworm botnet shattered, China overhauls surveillance, Charter confirms ShinyHunters breach
Glassworm botnet gets shattered China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network Charter confirms ShinyHunters data breach Check out your show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-glassworm-botnet-shattered-china-overhauls-surveillance-charter-confirms-shinyhunters-breach/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Guardsquare AI is speeding up development, but at what cost? While ninety-six percent…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-05-28 09h : 8 posts
8 posts were published in the last hour 7:4 : Derby Council Says AI Call Centre Feedback ‘Positive’ 7:4 : Threat Actors Launch FIFA Website Spoofing Campaign to Steal User Details 7:4 : Hackers Host JS Malware on GHOSTYNETWORKS and…
Derby Council Says AI Call Centre Feedback ‘Positive’
Derby City Council says ‘pioneering’ AI tools able to resolve about half of inquiries from public without human intervention This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Derby Council Says AI Call Centre Feedback ‘Positive’
Threat Actors Launch FIFA Website Spoofing Campaign to Steal User Details
Threat actors are actively launching spoofing campaigns targeting FIFA-themed websites ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a Public Service Announcement (Alert I-052726-PSA) issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 27, 2026. The campaign is…