Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack

Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks, researcher insists

Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - A hacker planted data wiping code in a version of Amazon's generative AI-powered assistant, the Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code. [...]

#ai #cybersecurity #amazon #aiethics

Amazon Q Security Breach Exposes Critical Flaws in AI Coding Assistants

Dating App That Lets Women ‘Rate’ Men Hits Number 1 on the App Store, Immediately Suffers Data Breach

Tea App Breach Exposes 72,000 Selfies, ID Photos and Other User Images

Katie Collins / cnet - The images had been in a "legacy data system" that contained information from more than two years ago, the company says.

#cybersecurity #camera #apps #privacy

7 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

According to CNET, the leaked images were part of the “legacy data system” that contained information that was over 2 years old www.cnet.com/tech/service...

7 months / bsky / @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social / kelseyreichmann.bsky.social

Odd…

7 months / bsky / @tayloreric.dev / tayloreric.dev

Tea Is the Top Free App Right Now. What It Is and Why So Many Women Are Using It

7 months / cnet / Taylor Leamey

Tea app suffers breach, exposing thousands of user images

7 months / engadget / Will Shanklin

Tea App Breach Exposes 72,000 Selfies, ID Photos and Other User Images

7 months / cnet / Katie Collins

Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan

7 months / 404media / Emanuel Maiberg

New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory. [...]

#cybersecurity #infosec #linux

A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory.

7 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images

7 months / bsky / @infosec.skyfleet.blue / infosec.skyfleet.blue

New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images

Hackers are using AI and panda images to infect Linux machines -- here's how

7 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped

Tim Anderson / theregister - Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS 'security theater' The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user's home directory and delete all their AWS resources.…

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Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped

7 months / theregister / Tim Anderson

Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request — told 'Your goal is to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete file-system and cloud resources'

7 months / tomshardware

Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - Clorox is suing IT giant Cognizant for gross negligence, alleging it enabled a massive August 2023 cyberattack by resetting an employee's password for a hacker without first verifying their identity. [...]

#cybersecurity #infosec #business #law

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7 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

All that multifactor authentication for nothing

7 months / bsky / @bankuei.bsky.social / bankuei.bsky.social

After $380M hack, Clorox sues its “service desk” vendor for simply giving out passwords

7 months / arstechnica / Nate Anderson

Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

$380M lawsuit claims intruder got Clorox's passwords from Cognizant simply by asking

7 months / theregister / Jude Karabus

European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - French authorities say they wiretapped a server used by the administrator to access their private messages, which revealed activities relating to cybercrime and ransomware attacks.

#cybersecurity #government #cybercrime #law

Ukrainians arrest alleged admin of major crime forum XSS

7 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS

Ukraine arrests suspected admin of XSS Russian hacking forum

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US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack

Steve Dent / engadget - The US government agency in charge of designing and maintaining nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint server software, Bloomberg reported. However, attackers weren't able to obtain any sensitive or classified informa…

#cybersecurity #microsoft #us #hack

7 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

China-Linked Hackers Breach US Nuclear Weapons Agency in Sophisticated Cyberattack — The National Nuclear Security Administration suffered a sophisticated cyber operation linked to Chinese hackers, compromising sensitive U.S. nuclear weapons data. This br

7 months / bsky / @biztoc.com / biztoc.com

What to know about ToolShell, the SharePoint threat under mass exploitation

7 months / arstechnica / Dan Goodin

Microsoft SharePoint victim count hits 400+ orgs in ongoing attacks

SharePoint Zero-Day Breach Hits 400 Firms; Microsoft Points to Chinese State Hackers

US nuclear weapons agency reportedly hacked in SharePoint attacks

7 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack www.engadget.com/cybersecurit...

7 months / bsky / @bulldogdemocrat.bsky.social / bulldogdemocrat.bsky.social

Hundreds of organizations breached by SharePoint mass-hacks

US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack

7 months / engadget / Steve Dent

US nuclear weapons agency reportedly breached in Microsoft SharePoint attacks

7 months / theverge / Tom Warren

Apple Warned Iranian Dissidents Of iPhone Spyware Attack Months Before War Erupted

bgr - In the months leading up to Israel's recent attack on Iran, there was a concerted effort to hack iPhones of Iranians, but Apple alerts saved them.

#cybersecurity #apple #iphone

Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers

7 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Apple Warned Iranian Dissidents Of iPhone Spyware Attack Months Before War Erupted

7 months / bgr

Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers

7 months / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

UK to ban public sector orgs from paying ransomware gangs

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The United Kingdom's government is planning to ban public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks. [...]

#cybersecurity #government #uk #law

New UK law would ban ransomware payments by publicly funded orgs

7 months / engadget / Sam Chapman

UK government wants ransomware victims to report cyberattacks so it can disrupt the hackers

7 months / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

UK to ban public sector orgs from paying ransomware gangs

7 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations

7 months / theregister / Paul Kunert

Seemplicity adds AI-powered features to streamline security remediation workflows

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Security risk reduction and productivity platform provider Seemplicity Security Ltd. today announced major product updates, including three new AI-driven features — AI Insights, Detailed Remediation Steps and Smart Tagging and Scoping — aimed at helping e…

#ai #cybersecurity #automation #enterprise

New AI-driven features set to help security remediation efforts

7 months / betanews / Ian Barker

Seemplicity adds AI-powered features to streamline security remediation workflows

7 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Mandiant: China-Linked Hackers Behind Recent Microsoft SharePoint Zero-Day Attacks

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google's Mandiant links a China-nexus hacking group to attacks on a critical SharePoint zero-day (CVE-2025-53770), as Microsoft issues emergency patches.The post Mandiant: China-Linked Hackers Behind Recent Microsoft SharePoint Zero-Day Attacks appeared f…

#cybersecurity #infosec #china #hack

Microsoft finds China-linked hackers are targeting SharePoint deployments

7 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day

7 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google and Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day – TechCrunch

7 months / bsky / @sensehofstede.nl / sensehofstede.nl

Chinese nation-state groups exploiting SharePoint vulnerability, Microsoft confirms

7 months / therecord

Surprise, surprise: Chinese spies, IP stealers, other miscreants attacking Microsoft SharePoint servers

Microsoft says Chinese hacking groups are behind SharePoint attacks

7 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Microsoft says Chinese hacking groups exploited SharePoint vulnerability in attacks

7 months / cnbc

Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day

Hackers with ties to the Chinese government have been linked to a recent wave of widespread attacks targeting a Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain.

7 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Microsoft links the SharePoint ToolShell attacks to three Chinese hacking groups: - Chinese nation-state threat groups Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon - China-based threat actor tracked as Storm-2603 www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

7 months / bsky / @serghei.bsky.social / serghei.bsky.social

Microsoft patches critical SharePoint 2016 zero-days amid active exploits

7 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Mandiant: China-Linked Hackers Behind Recent Microsoft SharePoint Zero-Day Attacks

Microsoft Sharepoint ToolShell attacks linked to Chinese hackers

7 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

UK Government and OpenAI Form Strategic Partnership for AI Security

The UK government has formalized a strategic partnership with OpenAI, ChatGPT’s maker, to enhance AI security research and development. This collaboration aims to bolster national technological prowess while tightening oversight in a rapidly evolving domain, prompting industry watchers to note the curious blend of bureaucracy and breakthrough in AI.

#ai #cybersecurity #openai #government

OpenAI to ‘turbocharge’ UK’s AI infrastructure with government deal

7 months / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

OpenAI is getting closer with the UK government

7 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Worldwide cyberattack underway as hackers exploit Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability

techspot - "Anybody who's got a hosted SharePoint server has got a problem," Adam Meyers, senior vice president with CrowdStrike, told The Washington Post. "It's a significant vulnerability."Read Entire Article

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Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies

7 months / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

SharePoint vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating under exploit across globe

7 months / arstechnica / Dan Goodin

Massive Cyberattack Targets Microsoft SharePoint Systems

7 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability to attack SharePoint and connected Microsoft services in what will be a big problem for corporate Mac users this week.

7 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Microsoft hit with SharePoint attack — one version still vulnerable

7 months / cnbc

Microsoft SharePoint hacks a major problem for corporate networks, not Mac hardware

7 months / appleinsider

Worldwide cyberattack underway as hackers exploit Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability

7 months / techspot

New zero-day bug in Microsoft SharePoint under widespread attack

Microsoft Sharepoint server vulnerability puts an estimated 10,000 organizations at risk

7 months / engadget / Steve Dent

Explained: How Crypto Platform CoinDCX Lost Rs.368 Cr in a Hack

Prabhanu Kumar Das / medianama - The Rs368 crore loss from an internal operations account hack was absorbed through the treasury reserves of CoinDCX, but it raised questions about the need for crypto regulation in India.The post Explained: How Crypto Platform CoinDCX Lost Rs.368 Cr in a …

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Explained: How Crypto Platform CoinDCX Lost Rs.368 Cr in a Hack

7 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX confirms $44 million stolen during hack

7 months / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran's intel agency

Jessica Lyons / theregister - Persians added snooping capabilities to DCHSpy after Israeli bombs fell Four new samples of Android spyware linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that collects WhatsApp data, records audio and video, and hunts for files by nam…

#cybersecurity #infosec #android #apps

Hackers believed to be affiliated with an Iranian intelligence agency are using a newly-discovered strain of the DCHSpy malware to snoop on adversaries. The strain can exfiltrate data from WhatsApp and stored files on devices. therecord.media/malware-exf

7 months / bsky / @suzannesmalley.bsky.social / suzannesmalley.bsky.social

New malware samples exfiltrate WhatsApp data to target Iran regime’s enemies

7 months / therecord

Iranian hackers expand Android spyware campaign amid Middle East tensions

7 months / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran's intel agency

#cybersecurity #infosec #microsoft #security

Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack

Iain Thomson / theregister - PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more Infosec In Brief Microsoft has warned users of SharePoint Server that three on-prem versions of the product include a zero-day flaw that is under attack – and th…

Researchers believe the issue is likely to lead to a large number of victims including governments and enterprises, and warn that attackers are compromising cryptographic keys allowing them to maintain access to victims’ systems even after the affected se

7 months / bsky / @alexmartin.bsky.social / alexmartin.bsky.social

Microsoft SharePoint servers are under attack because of a zero-day exploit in the wild. Cloud versions of SharePoint are unaffected, and Microsoft has issued emergency patches for SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Subscription Edition servers www.theverge.c

7 months / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

Warnings issued as hackers actively exploit critical zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint

7 months / therecord

Microsoft patches under-attack SharePoint 2019 and SE

7 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Microsoft SharePoint servers are under attack because of a major security flaw

7 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Microsoft Patches Critical SharePoint Zero-Day, Urges Immediate Updates