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OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues [email protected] (The Hacker News)
OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent that’s designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities. The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex web with free usage for the next month. “It builds deep context…
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Anthropic Finds 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities Using Claude Opus 4.6 AI Model [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Anthropic on Friday said it discovered 22 new security vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser as part of a security partnership with Mozilla. Of these, 14 have been classified as high, seven have been classified as moderate, and one has been rated low in severity. The issues were addressed in Firefox 148, released late last…
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Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like Nim, Zig, and Crystal and rely on trusted…
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Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOID#GEIST by Securonix Threat Research. At a high level, the obfuscated batch script is…
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News brief: Strikes on Iran put cybersecurity teams on alert
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.Read More
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The MSP Guide to Using AI-Powered Risk Management to Scale Cybersecurity [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Scaling cybersecurity services as an MSP or MSSP requires technical expertise and a business model that delivers measurable value at scale. Risk-based cybersecurity is the foundation of that model. When done right, it builds client trust, increases upsell opportunities, and drives recurring revenue. But to deliver this consistently and efficiently, you need the right technology…
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Iran-Linked MuddyWater Hackers Target U.S. Networks With New Dindoor Backdoor [email protected] (The Hacker News)
New research from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team has discovered evidence of an Iranian hacking group embedding itself in several U.S. companies’ networks, including banks, airports, non-profit, and the Israeli arm of a software company. The activity has been attributed to a state-sponsored hacking group called MuddyWater (aka Seedworm). It’s affiliated with…
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China-Linked Hackers Use TernDoor, PeerTime, BruteEntry in South American Telecom Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been targeting critical telecommunications infrastructure in South America since 2024, targeting Windows and Linux systems and edge devices with three different implants. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-9244, describing it as closely associated with another cluster known as FamousSparrow. It’s worthRead…
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Microsoft Reveals ClickFix Campaign Using Windows Terminal to Deploy Lumma Stealer [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed details of a new widespread ClickFix social engineering campaign that has leveraged the Windows Terminal app as a way to activate a sophisticated attack chain and deploy the Lumma Stealer malware. The activity, observed in February 2026, makes use of the terminal emulator program instead of instructing users to launch the…
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Hikvision and Rockwell Automation CVSS 9.8 Flaws Added to CISA KEV Catalog [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting Hikvision and Rockwell Automation products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The critical-severity vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2017-7921 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An improper authentication vulnerability affectingRead More
