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Arista patches VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day exploited in attacks
Arista has patched a maximum-severity command injection vulnerability in on-premises VeloCloud Orchestrator deployments that is being actively exploited in attacks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arista-patches-velocloud-orchestrator-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
New Certighost PoC exploit lets attackers hijack Windows domains
A proof-of-concept exploit for "Certighost," a Windows Active Directory Certificate Services vulnerability, has been released that can allow authenticated attackers to potentially compromise a Windows domain. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-certighost-poc-exploit-lets-attackers-hijack-windows-domains/
Coca-Cola confirms data theft in Fairlife ransomware attack
The Coca-Cola Company has confirmed that hackers stole data from its dairy subsidiary, Fairlife, during a ransomware attack earlier this month. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coca-cola-confirms-data-theft-in-fairlife-ransomware-attack/
Shadow AI agents are multiplying. Here's how to find and secure them.
Shadow AI agents are rapidly spreading across enterprise platforms, often without IT or security visibility. Nudge Security explains how organizations can discover, assess, and govern AI agents before unmanaged permissions and autonomous actions create security risks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shadow-ai-agents-are-multiplying-heres-how-to-find-and-secure-them/
Steam forum ClickFix attacks infect gamers with XMRig cryptominers
Steam discussion forums are being abused in ClickFix attacks that pretend to be fixes for game and computer problems but actually infect devices with cryptominers. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/steam-forum-clickfix-attacks-infect-gamers-with-xmrig-cryptominers/
ShinyHunters data leaks fuel $2,000 sextortion email scam
Threat actors are using email addresses exposed in data breaches leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group to send sextortion emails demanding $2,000 in Bitcoin. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-data-leaks-fuel-2-000-sextortion-email-scam/
OnTrac notifies customers of data breach after network hack
OnTrac parcel delivery company is informing that hackers breached its corporate network and may have accessed personal details belonging to its customers. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ontrac-notifies-customers-of-data-breach-after-network-hack/
Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accounts
Hackers are changing the DNS settings on Wi-Fi devices at hotels and conference centers to redirect users to fake Microsoft 365 login pages. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-hotel-wi-fi-dns-to-steal-microsoft-365-accounts/
Chick-fil-A data breach affects more than 13,000 customers
Chick-fil-A has confirmed that over 13,000 customers had their accounts breached in a wave of credential stuffing attacks targeting its website and mobile app between June 17 and June 19. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chick-fil-a-data-breach-affects-more-than-13-000-customers/
Europol flags 4,340 URLs for removal in 'The Com' crackdown
Europol has flagged 4,340 URLs for removal during a multi-week operation targeting online content linked to "The Com," a loosely organized network of nihilistic violent extremist groups. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/europol-flags-4-340-urls-for-removal-in-the-com-crackdown/
Clop ransomware targets Windchill, FlexPLM in data theft attacks
The Clop ransomware gang (also tracked as Cl0p) is targeting Internet-exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM instances in a new data theft extortion campaign. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clop-ransomware-targets-windchill-flexplm-in-data-theft-attacks/
Australian energy provider Origin says data breach exposes client data
Origin Energy has confirmed that an unauthorized party accessed and subsequently leaked customer data online, exposing sensitive personally identifiable information (PII), among others. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-energy-provider-origin-says-data-breach-exposes-client-data/
Russian hackers exploit Zimbra zero-click flaw for email theft
CISA is warning that the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is targeting organizations using Zimbra Collaboration email servers by combining phishing attacks with the exploitation of a now-patched Zimbra vulnerability. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-exploit-zimbra-zero-click-flaw-for-email-theft/
Microsoft 365 outage affects Teams, SharePoint and other services
Microsoft Teams and several Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an ongoing outage, with users reporting problems accessing Teams, SharePoint, Excel and the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-365-outage-affects-teams-sharepoint-and-other-services/
EU fines Google $1 billion for search, app store antitrust violations
The European Commission fined Google €890 million ($1 billion) on Thursday after finding the company had violated the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which ensures fair online competition. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/eu-fines-google-1-billion-for-digital-markets-act-breaches-in-search-and-play-store/
New Dysphoria DDoS botnet spreads to 200k devices worldwide
A botnet called Dysphoria has compromised around 200,000 devices across the world and is using them for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and traffic relay operations. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dysphoria-ddos-botnet-spreads-to-200k-devices-worldwide/
Apple sued over fake App Store crypto wallet app stealing $1.8M in Bitcoin
Apple is being sued by three people who claim approximately $1.8 million in Bitcoin was stolen after downloading and using a fraudulent Sparrow Wallet application from the App Store. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-sued-over-fake-app-store-crypto-wallet-app-stealing-18m-in-bitcoin/
Ernst & Young data breach claimed by ShinyHunters extortion gang
The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for a recently disclosed Ernst & Young data breach, saying it obtained credentials for some of the company's systems via a supply-chain attack. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ernst-and-young-data-breach-claimed-by-shinyhunters-extortion-gang/
GitHub, PyPI add time-absed defenses against supply chain attacks
GitHub and PyPI (Python Package Index) have introduced a time-based mechanism in the Dependabot dependency management tool to protect against supply-chain attacks and to limit their impact. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-pypi-add-time-absed-defenses-against-supply-chain-attacks/
Malicious sites use JavaScript to build malware in browser memory
A massive malvertising campaign is using fake Solana, Luno, and TradingView webpages with malicious JavaScript that instructs browsers to assemble malware directly in memory. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-sites-use-javascript-to-build-malware-in-browser-memory/
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down worldwide
ChatGPT, the famous artificial intelligence chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics, has connectivity issues worldwide. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-confirms-chatgpt-is-down-worldwide/
Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry
A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended "YOLO" mode to automate post-exploitation activity during an alleged breach of Thailand's Ministry of Finance. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hermes-ai-agent-used-to-automate-attack-on-thai-finance-ministry/
Microsoft blames massive Microsoft 365 outage on maintenance bug
Microsoft says a bug in its automated network maintenance request system caused Thursday's massive outage by mistakenly removing IP routes from more devices than intended, disrupting Azure and Microsoft 365 services. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-massive-microsoft-365-outage-on-maintenance-bug/
Slopsquatting, Phantom Domains, and HalluSquatting Are the Same AI Attack
Slopsquatting, phantom squatting, and HalluSquatting all exploit the same late-binding attack pattern, where AI coding agents trust hallucinated package, repo, or domain names. ActiveState explains how pre-fetch verification and governed dependency management can help stop these attacks before malicious code enters the pipeline. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slopsquatting-phantom-domains-and-hallusquatting-are-the-same-ai-attack/
Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts
An Illinois man was sentenced on Tuesday to 76 months in prison and three years of supervised release for hacking the Snapchat accounts of over 750 women to steal nude photos. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-womens-snapchat-accounts/
New Dolphin X malware uses AI to rank high-value targets
A new Dolphin X remote access trojan claims to use an AI-powered profiling feature to score and rank infected users, helping cybercriminals identify which victims should be targeted first. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dolphin-x-malware-uses-ai-to-rank-high-value-targets/
Fake Claude app promoted by Bing ads pushes SectopRAT malware
A malvertising campaign on the Bing search service is pushing a fake Claude desktop app installer hosted on a legitimate Claude.ai domain to deliver the SectopRAT malware. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-claude-app-promoted-by-bing-ads-pushes-sectoprat-malware/
Hackers abuse Notepad++ plugins to stealthily install malware
Ukraine's CERT has uncovered attacks distributing an archive containing the legitimate Notepad++ application and a malicious utility called LunchPoke disguised as a plugin to establish persistence. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-notepad-plus-plus-plugins-to-stealthily-install-malware/
FedRAMP Rev5 Is Ending: What the 20x Transition Really Requires
FedRAMP 20X replaces point-in-time assessments with continuous, machine-readable evidence that demonstrates security controls are working. Anecdotes explains what the transition from Rev5 to FedRAMP 20X means and how organizations can prepare for continuous, evidence-based assurance. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fedramp-rev5-is-ending-what-the-20x-transition-really-requires/
New RefluXFS Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges
A nine-year-old race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local attackers to overwrite protected files and gain root privileges. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/new-refluxfs-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/