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'BusySnake' Infostealer Slithers into Critical Infrastructure Networks

by Jai Vijayan / 4h

A threat group researchers call "Armored Likho" has gained access to government agencies and electrical power entities in Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan.

CitrixBleed-ing Again? NetScaler Vulnerability Under Attack

by Rob Wright / 5h

Attackers wasted little time targeting the latest memory disclosure flaw in Citrix's NetScaler products, after researchers published a proof-of-concept exploit (PoC).

JadePuffer: The First Complete LLM-Driven Ransomware Attack

Jadepuffer AI ransomware emerges

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by Elizabeth Montalbano / 9h

An "agentic threat actor" successfully exploited a Langflow flaw to steal data from a production database server and encrypt other systems.

Jul 3, 2026

Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders

by Robert Lemos / 3d

Two new models from Chinese firms compete with top US mainstream and frontier models. Should cyber-defenders be worried?

Jul 2, 2026

Aussies Face Reduced Cybercrime Risk, as Pressure Shifts to SMBs

by Nate Nelson / 4d

Improved institutional safeguards and stricter regulations have pushed the burdens of protection and risk reduction on to Australian businesses.

Apple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to Keep Up With AI

Apple speeds iOS updates

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by Nate Nelson / 4d

Expect more compressed patching cycles from Apple going forward, as attackers leverage artificial intelligence to reduce time to exploit.

FortiBleed Actors Collaborating With Inc, Lynx Ransomware Gangs

FortiBleed linked to INC Lynx

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by Rob Wright / 4d

After gaining a foothold in thousands of Fortinet firewalls, the attackers are starting to monetize that access, and are also piling on a Nextcloud zero-day bug.

Ransomware Thugs Masquerade as Interpol to Entice Small Biz

by Jai Vijayan / 4d

The ransomware campaign relies on basic social engineering and stretches across multiple regions, including the US, Europe, Middle East, and elsewhere.

Anthropic's AI Finds Bugs. IBM Bets $5B It Can Fix Them.

by Jeffrey Schwartz / 4d

IBM and Red Hat assign 20,000 engineers to the new Project Lightwell service as Anthropic's Mythos findings ignite debate over how to secure the open source software supply chain.

When Too Much Security Data Becomes the Risk

by Joan Goodchild / 4d

Rapid growth turned routine firewall logs into a security and budget liability. One CISO used artificial intelligence to filter what data truly belongs in the SIEM.

Jul 1, 2026

Crafty Phishing Campaigns Auto-Adapt to Victim's Device, OS

by Alexander Culafi / 5d

Attackers fingerprint victims through user-agent data to deliver OS-specific payloads, increasing compromise rates and campaign profitability.

And the Winner in Dominant Malware Delivery? ClickFix

ClickFix API driven malware

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by Rob Wright / 5d

Researchers say the highly effective social engineering technique is no longer the exception for malware attacks — it's now the rule.

'Phantom Squatting': An Emerging AI-Driven Supply Chain Threat

Phantom squatting hijacks hallucinated domains

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by Elizabeth Montalbano / 5d

LLMs consistently hallucinate Web domains for legitimate brands that attackers can register for malicious activity in a difficult-to-detect attack vector.

Safe Events Start With Threat Intel & Digital Security

by Olga Polishchuk / 5d

Planning ahead to defend against cyber threats is the work that keeps events uneventful.