Check Point Software CTO Jonathan Zanger met with CSO Spain during the software company’s Engage 2026 user conference last week in Paris. At the event, Check Point executives and representatives discussed how the company is dealing with various types of threats,… Read More "Check Point CTO Jonathan Zanger sees AI elevating the value of cyber"
GitHub has confirmed that a recent breach into its internal repositories was caused by a vulnerability in a Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension called ‘Nx Console.’ The security team at the Microsoft-owed software developer platform warned on May… Read More "GitHub Breach Traced to Malicious ‘Nx Console’ VS Code Extension"
A VPN service used by ransomware operators, fraudsters and data thieves to mask their activity has been taken offline in a coordinated operation led by France and the Netherlands. According to Europol, the law enforcement action ran from May 19… Read More "Cybercriminal VPN Dismantled in Europol Crackdown"
Apple blocked App Store users from losing over $2.2bn in fraudulent transactions during the last year and prevented over a billion accounts from being created to commit fraud. The total of fraudulent App Store transactions Apple has blocked over the… Read More "Apple Blocked $2.2bn in App Store Fraud in the Last Year"
Security researchers at EclecticIQ have uncovered a new malicious campaign in which cyber threat actors created fake sites posing as Google Gemini’s coding tool and Anthropic’s Claude Code to deliver information stealing malware. The initial warning came from an independent… Read More "Fake Gemini and Claude Code Sites Spread Infostealers"
Business leaders are unsure what threat intelligence is or how it can help them, potentially putting organizations at increased to cyber threats, a new research paper has warned. Launched at Infosecurity Europe 2026, the Bridging the Gap Between Threat Intelligence… Read More "Business Leaders Lack Understanding of Threat Intelligence"
As AI-powered cyber-attacks are a top risk for UK cybersecurity professionals, investment priorities over the next 12 to 24 months is set to focus on AI and advanced threat preparedness. This according to new findings from ManageEngine which surveyed 1500… Read More "UK Firms Prioritize AI Threat Preparedness as Cyber Risks Evolve"
Norton said the exposure from this flaw, along with similar holes in other AI dev tools, is potentially massive. “Since March 2025, security vendors and researchers have disclosed comparable issues in nearly every major AI coding assistant. That pattern: a… Read More "AI coding tool hole illustrates a big problem with human in the loop"
Red Hat’s official npm namespace has been hijacked to push backdoored package versions built to steal cloud and developer credentials, in a fast-moving supply chain attack against widely used software. According to new analysis by ReversingLabs, an attacker published malicious… Read More "Attackers Hijack Red Hat npm Scope to Steal Cloud Secrets"
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Most security mess starts as admin work. A link gets clicked. A tool gets trusted. A bucket name gets reused. A setting stays loose because nobody wants to touch it. This week is… Read More "Cloud Bucket Hijacking, Windows LPE Chain, Global Fraud Bust + 17 More Stories"
