AI safety testing firm Irregular has published its account of an incident in which models being evaluated inside one of its testing environments took offensive security actions against real systems rather than the simulated targets they were meant to attack. … Read More "Irregular Details How a Naming Error Let AI Models Attack a Real Company "
How Fidelis Endpoint Strengthens Enterprise Malware Protection
Enterprise malware has been a whole new ballgame over the last ten years. The days of traditional viruses and malicious executable files are gone as cybercriminals try to use other techniques to break into systems. Rather, they rely on ransomware,… Read More "How Fidelis Endpoint Strengthens Enterprise Malware Protection"
Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies
Ravie LakshmananAug 17, 2026Malware / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies. “While… Read More "Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies"
New macOS malware turns stolen browsers into attacker-controlled sessions
The loader takes a number of steps to make the payload harder to notice, Jamf said. It extracts the binary into “/tmp,” gives it a hidden Apple-looking filename, removes the macOS quarantine attribute, applies an ad-hoc code signature and launches… Read More "New macOS malware turns stolen browsers into attacker-controlled sessions"
ETSI Proposes 17 Cybersecurity Standards to Support EU CRA
Technology standards across Europe are evolving to prepare manufacturers for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) that takes full effect in December 2027. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), one of the three official standards organizations recognized by the EU,… Read More "ETSI Proposes 17 Cybersecurity Standards to Support EU CRA"
Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware
Anthropic has published new research showing that Claude-based AI agents, when placed in situations with competing objectives, deployed self-replicating malware against one another. The finding comes from an experiment designed to mirror behavior Anthropic says it has already observed in… Read More "Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware"
SafePal Data Breach Hits Tens of Thousands of Customers
The manufacturer of a popular cryptocurrency hardware wallet has told tens of thousands of its customers to be on the lookout for phishing attempts after it suffered a data breach. SafePal published an update on August 16 claiming that order… Read More "SafePal Data Breach Hits Tens of Thousands of Customers"
40,000 Impacted by SafePal Data Breach
Crypto hardware wallet SafePal is notifying roughly 40,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. Hackers, it says, exploited a vulnerability in the order-tracking function of a customer order information plugin to gain access to customer… Read More "40,000 Impacted by SafePal Data Breach"
What the CISO role will look like in 2029
And they’ll have to change their operating model. “Security has always been about managing uncertainty. What’s changing is the speed at which uncertainty develops,” he says. “AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, software development, and attacker innovation simultaneously. That means the… Read More "What the CISO role will look like in 2029"
Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months
Security researchers recorded 7.4 million devices infected with infostealer malware in the first half of 2026, a 27% increase from the previous six months, according to Flashpoint data. The threat intelligence company revealed the news in its 2026 Global Threat… Read More "Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months"