TL;DR: Key Takeaways The Agentic Shift: APIs have evolved into the “Agentic Action Layer,” serving as the operational backbone for autonomous AI agents. A Massive Visibility Crisis: Nearly half of organizations (48.9%) are entirely blind to machine-to-machine traffic and cannot…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-08 15h : 19 posts
19 posts were published in the last hour 12:32 : Python Supply-Chain Compromise 12:32 : AWS and Anthropic Advancing AI-powered Cybersecurity With Claude Mythos 12:32 : Docker Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Authorization and Gain Host Access 12:32 : Amazon S3…
Python Supply-Chain Compromise
This is news: A malicious supply chain compromise has been identified in the Python Package Index package litellm version 1.82.8. The published wheel contains a malicious .pth file (litellm_init.pth, 34,628 bytes) which is automatically executed by the Python interpreter on…
AWS and Anthropic Advancing AI-powered Cybersecurity With Claude Mythos
As cyber threats evolve at an unprecedented pace, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Anthropic have teamed up to introduce the next generation of artificial intelligence for cybersecurity. Announced as part of Anthropic’s new Project Glasswing, a specialized AI model named…
Docker Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Authorization and Gain Host Access
A newly discovered high-severity vulnerability in Docker Engine could allow attackers to bypass authorization plugins and potentially gain unauthorized access to the underlying host system. Tracked as CVE-2026-34040, this security flaw stems from an incomplete patch for a previously known…
Amazon S3 Files, Turns S3 Buckets as File System to Access Your Data
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a major update to its cloud storage infrastructure with the launch of Amazon S3 Files. This new feature allows organizations to access their Amazon S3 buckets directly as fully functional shared file systems, eliminating…
Google Expands Chrome Lazy Loading to Video and Audio in New Browser Update
Google is bringing a major performance enhancement to its browser by expanding native lazy loading capabilities to include video and audio elements. By adding the loading=”lazy” attribute directly to <video> and <audio> HTML tags now allow developers to defer the download of heavy media resources until…
Microsoft Confirms Recent Windows 11 Update Breaks Start Menu Search Function
Microsoft has acknowledged a server-side issue that disrupted Start Menu search functionality for a subset of Windows 11 23H2 users, and has since deployed a fix to address the problem without requiring users to install any additional updates. The issue,…
Data trust is the hidden reason most AI initiatives fail
Ready, Fire, AI. Ninety percent of enterprises are already running Enterprise GenAI at scale. That number comes from new research conducted by MIND in partnership with CISO ExecNet, and it should give every security leader pause. Not because AI adoption…
Social engineering attacks on open source developers are escalating
North Korean hackers spent weeks socially engineering an Axios maintainer through a fake Slack workspace, a cloned company identity, and a fabricated Microsoft Teams call that tricked him into installing a RAT posings as a software update. They used the…
Iranian Hackers Target US Infrastructure
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Hacker Breaches China Supercomputer
A hacker has reportedly infiltrated a state-run supercomputer in China, making off with approximately 10 petabytes of highly sensitive defense and scientific data. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: Hacker Breaches China Supercomputer
Feds neutralize APT28 espionage network
A significant espionage network orchestrated by Russian state-sponsored hackers, known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, has been dismantled by U.S. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: Feds neutralize APT28 espionage network
Record $21B Lost to Cybercrime
Cybercrime has reached unprecedented levels in the United States, with victims losing nearly $21 billion last year. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: Record $21B Lost to Cybercrime
Anthropic Previews Mythos AI Model
Anthropic is launching a preview of its Mythos AI model designed to help major technology firms and infrastructure providers identify and repair security vulnerabilities. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: Anthropic Previews Mythos AI Model
EvilTokens Uses Stolen Microsoft 365 Tokens, AI to Supercharge BEC
EvilTokens is a new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform that turns stolen Microsoft 365 tokens and AI into an end‑to‑end factory for Business Email Compromise (BEC) at scale. By combining device-code phishing, custom tooling, and large language models, it enables low- to…
Hackers Target Adobe Reader Users With Sophisticated Zero-Day Exploit
Security researchers at EXPMON have uncovered a highly sophisticated, unpatched zero-day vulnerability actively targeting Adobe Reader users. The exploit, first detected in the wild late last month, allows threat actors to silently steal local files, gather sensitive system information, and…
Project Glasswing powered by Claude Mythos: defending software before hackers do
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a powerful AI for cybersecurity that could also be misused to enhance cyberattacks. Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model designed to strengthen cybersecurity through Project Glasswing, aiming to secure critical software before it…
Evasive Masjesu DDoS Botnet Targets IoT Devices
Focused on persistence, the botnet does not engage in widespread infection and avoids blacklisted IPs and critical infrastructure entities. The post Evasive Masjesu DDoS Botnet Targets IoT Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…
Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)
The Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise Identity Enterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems. The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits outside…
Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing to Use AI to Find and Fix Critical Software Vulnerabilities
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing, using its Claude Mythos Preview AI to autonomously identify and fix undiscovered vulnerabilities in critical software This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing to Use AI to Find…
Russian Forest Blizzard Hackers Hijack Home Routers for Global Spying
Microsoft Threat Intelligence reveals how Russian hacking group Forest Blizzard uses home routers for DNS hijacking and spying. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original article: Russian Forest Blizzard…
Dutch healthcare software vendor goes dark after ransomware attack
ChipSoft’s website remains down but emails are functioning A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Dutch healthcare software…
Hackers Targeting Ninja Forms Vulnerability That Exposes WordPress Sites to Takeover
The vulnerability allows hackers to upload arbitrary files to a site’s server and achieve remote code execution. The post Hackers Targeting Ninja Forms Vulnerability That Exposes WordPress Sites to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…