iProov has launched iProov Verified Meetings, a new solution that enables organizations to verify the identity of video call participants without adding friction to the user experience. Video meetings have become a trusted and scalable communication channel, but attackers are…
Babel Street targets AI-driven threats with new agentic investigation capabilities
Babel Street has launched Insights Investigator, a new agentic capability that puts tradecraft-trained AI agents at the front edge of investigative work while ensuring analysts remain in control of scope, logic, and outcomes of their missions. As part of the…
YouTube Expands AI Likeness Detection to All Creators Aged 18 and Over
YouTube is set to roll out its likeness detection feature to all eligible creators aged 18 and over in the coming weeks. Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post YouTube Expands AI Likeness Detection to All Creators Aged…
JavaScript Malware Campaign Drops Crypto Clipper via PowerShell
A large-scale CountLoader campaign that uses layered obfuscation, multi-stage payload delivery, and covert command-and-control (C2) communication to deploy cryptocurrency clipper malware. The campaign stands out for its complex infection chain, combining JavaScript, PowerShell, and in-memory shellcode execution to evade detection…
Hackers Abuse Microsoft Entra ID Accounts to Exfiltrate Microsoft 365 and Azure Data
A compromised version of the widely used Nx Console VS Code extension was published to the Visual Studio Code Marketplace on May 18, 2026, silently targeting developer credentials, cloud infrastructure tokens, and CI/CD pipeline secrets across thousands of machines. The…
Egnyte unveils Email Capture and AI features to unify fragmented data
Egnyte has announced a new set of capabilities designed to consolidate fragmented knowledge. Email Capture centralizes critical communications and attachments from siloed inboxes into the Egnyte folder structure, assisting users to make more informed data-driven decisions based on their entire…
Linus Torvalds talks AI bug hunters, 7-Eleven ransom demand, MENA’s new cybercrime op
Linus Torvalds not into AI bug hunters 7-Eleven hit with ransom demand MENA runs new cybercrime op Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-linus-torvalds-talks-ai-bug-hunters-7-eleven-ransom-demand-menas-new-cybercrime-op/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, ThreatLocker ThreatLocker is extending Zero Trust beyond endpoint control. With their recent…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-05-19 09h : 4 posts
4 posts were published in the last hour 7:2 : Compromised GitHub Action Steals Workflow Credentials 7:2 : Popular GitHub Action Tags Redirected to Imposter Commit to Steal CI/CD Credentials 6:32 : Mini Shai-Hulud Attack Hits @antv npm Packages 6:32…
Compromised GitHub Action Steals Workflow Credentials
A widely used GitHub Action, actions-cool/issues-helper, has been compromised in a supply chain attack that exposes sensitive CI/CD secrets to an attacker-controlled domain. The attack hinges on a subtle but powerful manipulation of Git tags. Instead of altering the visible commit…
Popular GitHub Action Tags Redirected to Imposter Commit to Steal CI/CD Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. “Every existing tag in the repository has been…
Mini Shai-Hulud Attack Hits @antv npm Packages
A large-scale npm supply chain attack has compromised multiple widely used packages within the @antv ecosystem, to investigate what appears to be an active and rapidly evolving campaign linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud malware family. The attack centers on the…
Critical Vulnerability Exposes Industrial Robot Fleets to Hacking
The vulnerability, CVE-2026-8153, affects Universal Robots PolyScope 5 and it can be exploited for OS command injection. The post Critical Vulnerability Exposes Industrial Robot Fleets to Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…
Microsoft to Retire Teams Together Mode to Improve Performance
Microsoft has announced it will retire the “Together mode” feature in Microsoft Teams, marking a shift toward simplified meeting layouts designed to improve performance, usability, and consistency across devices. The change, confirmed by Microsoft Product Manager Katarina Tranker in the…
CISA Admin Reportedly Exposes AWS GovCloud Credentials in Public GitHub Repository
A significant security lapse involving the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has come to light after a contractor reportedly exposed highly sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials in a public GitHub repository. The incident, disclosed by security researchers on May…
Public Instagram posts provide raw material for AI phishing campaigns
A handful of public Instagram posts can give attackers enough material to generate convincing phishing emails with GenAI. Research from the University of Texas at Arlington and Louisiana State University showed how public social media activity can be turned into…
Compromised Nx Console VS Code Extension Steals Developer and Cloud Secrets
Nx Console’s popular VS Code extension was briefly weaponized into a credential-stealing tool that can leak developer and cloud secrets and plant a persistent backdoor. Anyone who installed v18.95.0 should treat their environment as fully compromised. On May 18, 2026,…
Mythos Preview Automates PoC Exploit Creation for Vulnerability Research
A new AI model from Anthropic is changing how security teams find and prove software vulnerabilities. It is raising hard questions about what happens when the same technology falls into the wrong hands. Cloudflare has published findings from its participation…
SEPPmail Gateway Flaws Expose Organizations to RCE and Email Traffic Interception
Multiple critical vulnerabilities in the SEPPmail Secure E-Mail Gateway are putting thousands of organizations at risk of remote code execution (RCE) and the interception of sensitive email. The flaws, tracked under several CVEs, impact widely deployed SEPPmail appliances used for…
Earbud sensors can authenticate users by their heartbeat, study finds
Researchers built a continuous authentication system called AccLock that identifies a wearer by the tiny vibrations a heartbeat makes inside the ear canal. The signal comes from an accelerometer of the kind already sitting inside many wireless earbuds, so no…
Mini Shai-Hulud Pushes Malicious AntV npm Packages via Compromised Maintainer Account
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has compromised various npm packages associated with the @antv ecosystem as part of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud attack wave. “The attack affects packages tied to the npm maintainer…
GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Redirects Tags to Steal CI/CD Credentials
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. “Every existing tag in the repository has been…
AI infrastructure is cracking under sovereignty demands
AI deployments are moving into environments with tighter controls around data, infrastructure, and system operations. Organizations are building AI systems across multiple providers, platforms, and computing environments while managing governance, security, and compliance obligations within defined boundaries. NTT DATA’s 2026…
Mythos Preview Builds PoC Exploits in Automated Vulnerability Research
Anthropic’s Mythos Preview security-focused AI model is crossing a critical threshold in automated vulnerability research, not just finding bugs, but chaining them together into working proof-of-concept exploits. That’s the finding from Cloudflare’s security team, which spent several weeks running the…
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