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Model Security Is the Wrong Frame – The Real Risk Is Workflow Security [email protected] (The Hacker News)
As AI copilots and assistants become embedded in daily work, security teams are still focused on protecting the models themselves. But recent incidents suggest the bigger risk lies elsewhere: in the workflows that surround those models. Two Chrome extensions posing as AI helpers were recently caught stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek chat data from over 900,000…
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4 Outdated Habits Destroying Your SOC’s MTTR in 2026 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
It’s 2026, yet many SOCs are still operating the way they did years ago, using tools and processes designed for a very different threat landscape. Given the growth in volumes and complexity of cyber threats, outdated practices no longer fully support analysts’ needs, staggering investigations and incident response. Below are four limiting habits that may…
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Microsoft Legal Action Disrupts RedVDS Cybercrime Infrastructure Used for Online Fraud [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has taken a “coordinated legal action” in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt a cybercrime subscription service called RedVDS that has allegedly fueled millions in fraud losses. The effort, per the tech giant, is part of a broader law enforcement effort in collaboration with law enforcement authorities that…
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Palo Alto Fixes GlobalProtect DoS Flaw That Can Crash Firewalls Without Login [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Palo Alto Networks has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, for which it said there exists a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0227 (CVSS score: 7.7), has been described as a denial-of-service (DoS) condition impacting GlobalProtect PAN-OS software arising as a result of an improper check…
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Researchers Null-Route Over 550 Kimwolf and Aisuru Botnet Command Servers [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies said it null-routed traffic to more than 550 command-and-control (C2) nodes associated with the AISURU/Kimwolf botnet since early October 2025. AISURU and its Android counterpart, Kimwolf, have emerged as some of the biggest botnets in recent times, capable of directing enslaved devices to participate in distributed denial-of-service…
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AI Agents Are Becoming Privilege Escalation Paths [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI agents have quickly moved from experimental tools to core components of daily workflows across security, engineering, IT, and operations. What began as individual productivity aids, like personal code assistants, chatbots, and copilots, has evolved into shared, organization-wide agents embedded in critical processes. These agents can orchestrate workflows across multiple systems, for example:Read More
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Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Security experts have disclosed details of an active malware campaign that’s exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in a legitimate binary associated with the open-source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity trojans and stealers. “Attackers achieve evasion by pairing a malicious libcares-2.dll with any signed version of the legitimate…
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Vibe coding security risks and how to mitigate them
Vibe coding with generative AI is transforming software development, accelerating innovation and introducing new security risks to manage.Read More
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Fortinet Fixes Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Fortinet has released updates to fix a critical security flaw impacting FortiSIEM that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve code execution on susceptible instances. The operating system (OS) injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-64155, is rated 9.4 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. “An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS…
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New Research: 64% of 3rd-Party Applications Access Sensitive Data Without Justification [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Research analyzing 4,700 leading websites reveals that 64% of third-party applications now access sensitive data without business justification, up from 51% in 2024. Government sector malicious activity spiked from 2% to 12.9%, while 1 in 7 Education sites show active compromise. Specific offenders: Google Tag Manager (8% of violations), Shopify (5%), Facebook Pixel (4%). Download…
