European police have claimed a major scalp in the ongoing battle against rampant online fraud after a two-year operation resulted in 10 arrests at suspected Albanian scam call centers. Europol said the criminal network behind the call centers ran a… Read More "Europol Busts Albanian Scam Call Centers in Major Online Fraud Case"
The British public education sector has faced a significant increase in cyber breaches over the past year, despite stable threat levels recorded in the UK. These findings are part of the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/2026, released by two UK… Read More "UK: Education Sector Faces Surge in Cyber Breaches"
A new joint guide detailing how to apply zero-trust principles in operational technology (OT) environments has been released by US government agencies, outlining practical steps to secure critical infrastructure systems while meeting safety and uptime requirements. The publication, Adapting Zero… Read More "CISA and Partners Publish Zero Trust Guidance For OT Security"
A stealthy Python-based backdoor framework capable of long-term surveillance and credential theft has been identified targeting Windows systems. According to research from Securonix, the malware, dubbed Deep#Door, uses an obfuscated batch script to deploy a persistent implant while bypassing traditional… Read More "Deep#Door Python Backdoor Evades Detection On Windows"
Ravie LakshmananJun 17, 2026Endpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft has formally disclosed that it’s working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), with the… Read More "Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day, Says Patch is in Development"
Police have arrested three people suspected of hacking the accounts of over 610,000 Roblox users. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine said that a 19-year-old from Drohobych and a further two individuals aged 21 and 22 have been arrested for… Read More "Three Arrested for Hacking Over 610,000 Roblox Accounts"
Threat actors are targeting vulnerabilities in Joomla and the LiteSpeed cPanel plugin for code execution and privilege escalation. Affecting the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) for Joomla and tracked as CVE-2026-48907, the first bug is described as an improper access issue… Read More "Joomla, LiteSpeed Vulnerabilities Exploited in Attacks"
Runtime Protection Monitors live cloud workloads in real time: system calls, process trees, network connections, and file writes.Ask: do you use eBPF? At what scope (process, network, file system)? Get the technical answer, not the product slide. Real-time threat detection… Read More "What to Look for in a CWPP Solution"
Ravie LakshmananJun 17, 2026Malware / Social Engineering An unknown threat actor has been observed leveraging paid or promoted posts on legitimate news websites to drum up buzz for their warez, according to new findings from Check Point Research. The threat… Read More "Crypto Clipper Campaign Abuses Fake Reviews, AI Narrators, and VirusTotal Comments"
At Infosecurity Europe 2026, the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) will formally unveil the Agentic Research Council, a coordinated research effort created to close the widening gap between fast‑moving agentic AI capabilities and the slower pace of conventional security… Read More "Infosecurity Europe: OWASP Forms New Agentic Research Council"
