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Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft’s Official X Account

Hackers used the account, which has 13 million followers, to amplify a Clippy-themed cryptocurrency account. The post Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft’s Official X Account appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Why CISOs Struggle to Answer the Board's Three Hardest Questions, and How to Fix the Report

The quarterly board meeting is two weeks out. The security team is pulling exports from the identity provider, the cloud posture tool, the vulnerability scanner, the SIEM and the EDR console. Someone is building a spreadsheet to reconcile them. Someone else is turning that spreadsheet into slides. Then a board member asks three questions: How secure is the organization, overall? What is

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In Rare Move, Alleged Iranian State Hacker Extradited to US

Amir Barati, an alleged member of the Mabna Institute, was indicted for targeting universities, private organizations, and government entities in the US and abroad. The post In Rare Move, Alleged Iranian State Hacker Extradited to US appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks

The China-based hacking group has been exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities since July 2025. The post Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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AI Agents Aimed SQL Injection at US and Canadian Government Sites

The attacks targeted the US Department of Education and Library and Archives Canada, and researchers linked some agents to OpenAI. The post AI Agents Aimed SQL Injection at US and Canadian Government Sites appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Exploited Fortinet FortiMail Zero-Day Calls for Urgent Action

CVE-2026-104286 is a critical-severity path traversal vulnerability that could allow attackers to write arbitrary files to the system. The post Exploited Fortinet FortiMail Zero-Day Calls for Urgent Action appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Android 17 Advanced Protection Locks Accessibility Services to Verified Accessibility Tools

Google has announced a new security measure that limits access to Android's accessibility services to verified applications classified as Accessibility Tools when Advanced Protection is enabled. With malicious Android applications abusing the API serving as the main conduit for malware and financial fraud, the tech giant said the move would block a major attack pathway. Advanced Protection is a

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Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Writes

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Thursday, added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiMail to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-104286 (CVSS score: 9.8), allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files on the underlying system. "An improper

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Zero Trust Creator Says Model Holds Firm Against AI-Assisted Attacks

Fifteen years after coining the framework, John Kindervag insists zero trust still works in the AI era—if you get the implementation right. The post Zero Trust Creator Says Model Holds Firm Against AI-Assisted Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Osavul Lands $10 Million to Spot Hostile Intent Across Cyber, Physical Domains

Hybrid risk intelligence company Osavul has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by 33N Ventures. The post Osavul Lands $10 Million to Spot Hostile Intent Across Cyber, Physical Domains appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running KillSec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers

Police in Spain have arrested a 16-year-old whom investigators suspect of running the KillSec ransomware group. KillSec is accused of stealing data from organizations and threatening to publish it on its leak site unless they paid. The 16-year-old was one of 3 people arrested on September 30, when police also took control of that site. Investigators identified him as KillSec's suspected

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ThreatsDay: AI-Powered Zero-Day Chain, 543K Live Secrets, Model Inspection RCE and 13 More Stories

This week, the useful words are boring ones: inspect, cache, compile, store, trust. Each sounds harmless. Each can become an attack path when a system does a little more than people expect. A model check can run code. A cache can mix up requests. A public secret can stay useful for years. That is the lesson running through the list. Attackers do not always need a brilliant new trick. They can

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WordPress Backdoor Rebuilds Itself After Cleanup Using Files, Database, and Shared Memory

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a WordPress compromise in which threat actors deployed multiple persistence mechanisms to ensure that the final payload kept returning without having to infect the site again. The backdoor has been codenamed SC after the "SC_" markers present in the injected content. Sucuri has described the malware as a "self-healing mesh" that's

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Enterprises Struggle to Prepare for AI and Quantum Threats, PwC Says

PwC’s survey found that only 22% of leaders would use fully autonomous AI for cyber defense, while just 21% are implementing quantum-resistant security measures. The post Enterprises Struggle to Prepare for AI and Quantum Threats, PwC Says appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hacker Conversations: Rob Juncker, a Knock at the Door and a Moral Compass

Rob Juncker is chief product and technology officer at Mimecast. Is he a hacker? “Unequivocally yes,” he says. The post Hacker Conversations: Rob Juncker, a Knock at the Door and a Moral Compass appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Police Shut Down KillSec Ransomware, Identify Alleged Teen Leader

Police took control of KillSec’s leak site and secured at least 110 terabytes of data stolen from victims. The post Police Shut Down KillSec Ransomware, Identify Alleged Teen Leader appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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AI Has Changed Attack Speed, Not Security Fundamentals

As AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and exploitation, so-called virtual patching still comes down to defense-in-depth and strong application security fundamentals. The post AI Has Changed Attack Speed, Not Security Fundamentals appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Prior to Public Disclosure

Under certain conditions, CVE-2026-73570 can be exploited via specially crafted emails without user interaction. The post Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild Prior to Public Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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How Financial Services Companies Can Modernize Their Software Supply Chain

Every security leader at a bank, insurer, or asset manager has had a version of this conversation: Security wants to eliminate a class of vulnerabilities. Engineering explains what it would take to upgrade the platform where they live. Somebody prices out the regression testing. Somebody else raises the change-freeze calendar. The finding gets an exception, a compensating control, and a date

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Kevin Mandia’s Armadin Raises $255 Million at $2.5 Billion Valuation

The Series B brings the AI-powered offensive security startup’s total funding to roughly $445 million only seven months after its public launch. The post Kevin Mandia’s Armadin Raises $255 Million at $2.5 Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek.