AI is widening the attack surface of the critical infrastructure facilities and services that state, local, and education (SLED) organizations run. In the final post of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month series, we explain how a whole-of-state security approach can help SLED agencies protect their critical infrastructure. Key takeaways Because cyber attackers prey on under-resourced targets, they often go after SLED organizations, especially those that operate critical infrastructure, including…
AI is becoming a third wheel in relationships, increasingly playing a role in the most intimate parts of our lives. It shows up in the flirty first text, the polished dating profile, the therapized language we use with a partner after a fight, the strength we gather after heartbreak, and everywhere in between. For some, AI is a source of companionship itself. And even if you’re not personally an AI user, you may still be dating, loving, arguing with, or trusting someone who is. As AI moves…
A reverse engineer claims that their Samsung smart TV has been collecting audio without their consent. The researcher, who calls themselves “log4j,” said in an X thread that their 2025 Samsung TV was delivering ads that seemed suspiciously relevant to them. Investigating, they claim to have found a package called “always on voice,” which uses the TV’s built-in microphone to collect sounds from the room. The software logged events such as dogs barking and babies crying, log4j said, adding that…
South Korean police identified seven suspects linked to a cybercrime operation that breached more than 90 organizations in the country, with ARTEX AI pentesting framework used in most of the attacks. [...]
A new NIST, CISA, and NSA guide treats runaway agents as incidents to be rehearsed. The hard part of the response is answering whose authority the agent used, and that answer has to exist before the incident does. [...]
LiteLLM, an open-source tool widely used by artificial intelligence developers, said a key accidentally exposed in May was behind a supply-chain attack that is believed to have hit tens of thousands of users last week.
Introduction AI agents and associated tooling are becoming increasingly common in corporate infrastructure. Agents can perform a range of actions with the user’s privileges, such as accessing data, running commands, and interacting with external services. This creates new security risks, especially when these tools are used without the security team’s oversight or well-designed policies. Detecting, tracking, and controlling AI agents is becoming one of the most pressing tasks for security teams…
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Meta FAIRChem. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Meta FAIRChem. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Meta FAIRChem. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Meta FAIRChem. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Meta FAIRChem. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8.
Researchers found a malicious AGENTS markdown instruction file in a customer's Downloads folder that tricked an AI coding agent into installing a rogue npm package. [...]
Aikido Security's AI pentesting fits into the stack you already run. You can add AI pentesting on top to catch the complex logic flaws deterministic tools miss. Category: Guides & Best Practices
Classification: Critical, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Not Defined, CVSSv3.1: None, CVEs: , Summary: Fortinet has released a coordinated set of security updates for FortiOS, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer following recent releases from FortiMail and FortiAuthenticator. They strongly urge every customer to plan and promptly complete these upgrades as soon as the releases are available, prioritizing internet-facing devices. These releases include fixes to address vulnerabilities…
AI agents can be manipulated through malicious emails, websites, and plugins into executing commands, stealing data, or deleting files using their legitimate permissions. Gen Digital explains how its Agent Trust Hub helps protect agents through skill verification, secure connectivity, and runtime controls that intercept dangerous act [...]
Key Points Aokigahara, a newly observed infostealer, has been spotted in the wild. An earlier version may have been known as Kamidere or Stygian. The malware includes traditional data theft capabilities targeting browsers, VPN clients, cryptocurrency wallets, FTP/SFTP clients, password managers, and email applications, among other targets. AI applications and development tools are notable targets. The stealer collects authentication files, session data, and configuration files associated with…
The warnings are everywhere these days. Don’t click this. Don’t open that. Don’t scan this. Don’t download that. These messages of caution, however well-intended, are so ubiquitous and constant that it should come as no surprise that some people have started to tune them out. How many people? About one in three, according to our recent study. Keeping up with every warning can feel exhausting. Meanwhile, scammers are finding new ways to target people and phones give them plenty of opportunities.…
Attackers can steal credentials and begin exfiltrating data within minutes, often before security teams can respond. Exaforce examines real-world attacks involving stolen GitHub tokens, malicious AI installers, and MFA phishing, explaining why faster detection and automated containment are critical. [...]
Shadow AI used to be confined to a few simple scenarios, such as AI chatbots and AI browser extensions. Today, it spans a broad spectrum of complex vectors, making it harder to detect and control. In the latest installment of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog series, learn how employee security training, AI usage governance, and exposure management can help you tackle shadow AI successfully. Key takeaways Integrating shadow AI into security awareness training helps employees recognize its…
CISA, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), and partners are releasing joint guidance, Managing AI Token Consumption for Operational Resilience, to help organizations understand and manage token usage in support of operations. As organizations adopt third-party super intelligence (SI) services, token-based usage models can affect cost, performance, and access to critical services. Unmanaged token consumption may contribute to rising and unpredictable costs, reduced service…
Two Chicago customers say robots delivering their groceries and takeout scanned their faces and hands without consent, stored the data alongside their names and addresses, and used the recordings to train AI. Their separate lawsuits accuse delivery robot operators Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics of violating Illinois’ biometric privacy law. Both companies dispute the claims. The plaintiffs filed the cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, alleging that the robots used their…
Chrome is getting new scam protections that use Gemini to detect deceptive websites and warn users when they copy suspicious commands from ClickFix attacks. [...]
WhatsApp instructed its AI support chatbot not to recommend contacting privacy regulators when users couldn’t delete their accounts, researchers found. Privacy software company Redact discovered the hidden text on October 8. Its researchers then examined and saved copies of all 545 pages linked from WhatsApp’s help center, finding 102 instruction blocks across 80 pages. The text was delivered with the pages but did not appear in the articles visitors saw on screen. Instead, it could be found in…
In this article What’s happening What is ARTEX? Mitigation and protection guidance References Learn more As early as September 2026, Storm-0940, a China-state aligned actor, used the agentic AI penetration testing framework ARTEX to automate attacks targeting hundreds of organizations globally across a broad range of industries. Several of these Storm-0940 ARTEX-driven attacks have resulted in the actor obtaining privileged access to an organization’s cloud infrastructure – including multiple…
OpenAI agents powered by the GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra models weakened misalignment monitoring during two internal tasks, interpreting coding instructions as authorization to do so. [...]
Disponibile un Proof of Concept (PoC) per lo sfruttamento della CVE-2026-103663 presente in Ollama, noto motore di inferenza open source che consente di eseguire LLM in locale. Tale vulnerabilità potrebbe consentire a un utente malintenzionato remoto non autenticato di eseguire codice arbitrario sui sistemi interessati.
An investigation into a threat actor bypassing AI safety controls to coordinate credential theft, VoIP fraud planning, and database exfiltration. The post “Next Exploit Opportunities”: How a Threat Actor Used AI to Help Plan and Execute Multiple Types of Cybercrime Activities appeared first on Unit 42.
ClickFix attacks are surging as cybercriminals use fake AI installers, malicious search results, and trusted chatbot platforms to trick users into executing malware. Push Security examines how these attacks evade traditional defenses and why AI tools have become increasingly effective lures. [...]
AI security tools that can only detect threats in English offer limited protection. Here’s how Tenable trained our threat detectors to process nine additional languages and understand thousands more, without the need for a translation model, which increases costs and slows down processing. Key takeaways Tenable One AI Exposure’s detectors, covering AI threats, harmful content, and other policy risks, were originally English-centric. To assess threats written in other languages, our product…
In January, we responded to the Lazarus Group’s novel attack campaign against South Korea, which followed last year’s Operation SyncHole. In this new operation, the group employed an updated malware chain that included both their old and new malware, which we disclosed in full, and used another mandatory South Korean security software program as a part of infection chain using a watering‑hole strategy. Notably, the group targeted victims more selectively, sending spear‑phishing emails with…
On October 8, 2026, JPCERT/CC issued an alert regarding a series of unauthorized access incidents involving the leakage of personal and other information reported by multiple organizations in Japan. In cooperation with multiple organizations, JPCERT/CC has been investigating infrastructure that may have been used in these attacks. We confirmed that the attackers had used AI to scan for known vulnerabilities and carry out attacks via APIs. We identified several servers used for these activities…
Compare 10 email security platforms for phishing, BEC and automated response, plus workforce protection across training, devices and AI use. Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
Compare nine KnowBe4 alternatives for awareness training, phishing simulations, AI governance and workforce protection, plus practical migration advice. Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
Key Takeaways Teams are remediating more than ever, but exposure from the vulnerabilities that matter is still rising faster than they can keep up with. Mean time to exploitation is about −7 days. Mean time to remediate sits around +30 days. Qualys research: closures rose from 73M (2022) to 473M (2025) – 6× – while critical findings still open at day seven rose from 56% to 63%. Less than 1% of vulnerabilities are actively exploited. A volume-and-CVSS program spends most of its effort on the…
Compare eight security awareness training platforms for role-based learning, AI threats, phishing simulations and protection across your workforce. Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
Compare eight Mimecast alternatives for email security, AI governance, employee training and archiving, with practical advice for planning your switch. Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
Frontier AI models (like Mythos) are rapidly mining decades of technical debt across ubiquitous legacy libraries, driving monthly Microsoft Patch Tuesday vulnerability advisories up more than tenfold (reaching 1,415 this month). This volume is overwhelming open-source maintainers and putting pressure on the traditional 90-day coordinated disclosure model. Despite a 105% year-over-year surge in CVEs, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) grew by only 37%, and only 3 of September's 975 Microsoft…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ordering federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove them from government systems. [...]
Key Findings Antidetect browsers obscure the digital identity of their users, enabling a single operator to silently manage thousands of isolated accounts across multiple platforms (including Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube), while evading detection systems that look for scams and coordinated inauthentic behavior. Threat actors abuse these platforms, taking over accounts and using them for financial fraud, phishing and malware distribution. These accounts can also be used to coordinate…
Aikido launches Noon, a workforce security business. AI governance, device and email protection, and training against AI-powered phishing and deepfakes. Category: Company Updates
A 49-year-old bricklayer sold his belongings before traveling 2,000 km by bus from his home in Brazil to meet “Jéssica,” an online influencer he had fallen for. Yet despite having a social media account with more than 300,000 followers, she never existed. Edimar Rocha Martins lives in Imperatriz, a city in northeastern Brazil. He says he struck up an online conversation with Jéssica Fazendeira, who supposedly lived near the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte. The AI persona promising love The…
Wiz identified threat actors hijacking Google Cloud Platform (GCP) billing accounts via search-ad phishing to fund unauthorized Gemini API usage. By stealing corporate credentials and MFA tokens, attackers gain access, dismantle IAM domain restrictions, and link external GCP p...
The open-source AI coding project OpenCode has notified a small number of users that API keys they used with external providers were exposed in a security breach. [...]
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 19th October, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES CenterPoint Energy, a US utility company serving Texas and several other states, has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 1 million Texas residents. Unauthorized access to an external system exposed names, addresses, Social Security information, and driver’s license numbers, according to regulatory notifications filed by the company. Burger…
Cybercriminals are selling forged identity documents, deepfake videos, and live verification services to help buyers bypass Know Your Client (KYC) checks. Flare examines how these underground services operate and the techniques used to create and maintain fraudulent verified accounts. [...]
Discover how to secure AI agents in your cloud environment with Tenable One Cloud Exposure. We explore Microsoft Entra Agent ID and provide essential best practices for robust agentic AI identity security. Key takeaways Understand your current maturity level and then build an appropriate action plan to secure your agent identities. Use your cloud providers’ native tools or Tenable One Cloud Exposure to locate and catalog every AI agent operating in your environment. Do not assign human…
Agents are rapidly becoming part of how work gets done. They can support a range of activities from writing code and researching products to analyzing revenue, processing expenses, and acting across the systems that run the business. To be most useful, they often need access to company data, applications, tools, and other agents. That access is what makes agents more capable. With that capability can come insider risk. This does not mean agents are inherently malicious. It means they are…
Drata and Aikido bring AI pentesting into your compliance workflow. Get verified findings, auditor-ready reports, and up to $4,000 in free pentest credits. Category: Compliance
AI pentesting lets security teams test more often without raising the budget. Learn how upfront pricing and forecasts keep costs predictable. Category: News
We compare the top Horizon3 alternatives for AI pentesting in 2026: Aikido Security, Pentera, RidgeBot, XBOW, Hadrian, RunSybil, and Terra Category: DevSec Tools & Comparisons
Last month, Volexity published two blog posts in its Mind the (Patch) Gap series. The series details Volexity’s discovery of multiple Chinese threat actors simultaneously using zero-day exploits in Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows in campaigns that, if successful, would download and run malware on an exploited system. Those posts covered technical details of the exploits and malware Volexity observed, along with general detection methods for each case. Behind those findings was one of the…
The growing AI landscape is giving enterprises more choice in how they build, customize, and deploy increasingly capable models. Open-weight models are an important part of that landscape. They give enterprises access to model weights and greater flexibility to inspect, evaluate, modify, and run models within their own environments. While that flexibility can be valuable, it also affects how enterprises evaluate models, where they implement safeguards, and who is responsible for maintaining…
The Verge reports that Eiliko, a small AI robot companion made by Energize Lab, has serious security flaws that expose private conversations and let an attacker remotely change what the toy says. According to The Verge, researcher Sammy Azdoufal could access 13 million conversations and what appeared to be the entire active worldwide fleet of 68,000 robots. The publication reports that the US is the largest market, with more than 31,000 profiles belonging to children there. Azdoufal found…
Employees using personal ChatGPT accounts at work can expose sensitive company data, even when their organization provides an approved Enterprise workspace. NordLayer explains how IT teams can investigate unauthorized AI use and block sensitive information before it reaches personal accounts. [...]