Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to AI agents and chatbots to autonomously plan and carry out cyber-attacks, according to new analysis of hacker activity. Cybersecurity researchers at ESET examined 900,000 AI skills, small functional components used by AI agents, listed in… Read More "Cybercriminals Plant Malicious AI Agents in Open Source Tools"
Google on Wednesday announced a Chrome 150 security update that resolves 27 vulnerabilities, including two critical-severity flaws. The two critical bugs are use-after-free issues in Chrome’s Ozone and Views components. Both were found by Google last month. The Chrome refresh… Read More "Chrome 150 Update Patches 27 Vulnerabilities"
Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it’s enabled by default. “You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app… Read More "Meta’s New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images"
“A reachable server may still be protected by identity controls, endpoint monitoring, access policies, or other safeguards,” Datta tells CSO. “The practical risk also depends on the privileges an attacker has gained, the controls around each protocol, and how quickly… Read More "Lateral movement risk rises as enterprises emphasize convenience over containment"
ESET Research Threat Reports A view of the H1 2026 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts. 08 Jul 2026 • , 2 min. read The first half of… Read More "ESET Threat Report H1 2026"
The leaders of the Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies have warned that frontier AI will “fundamentally” transform offensive and defensive capabilities within months. In a public statement issued on June 22, the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia called on… Read More "Five Eyes Group Issues Urgent Call to Tackle Frontier AI Threats"
Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker’s code on your own machine instead. That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack it calls… Read More "Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It"
Two British youngsters who hacked Transport for London (TfL) in 2024 have pleaded guilty to their crimes, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). Thalha Jubair, 20, from East London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, were teenagers… Read More "Scattered Spider Teens Convicted of TfL Cyber-Attack"
A security researcher has discovered an undocumented backdoor in multiple Tenda firmware versions that provides attackers with administrative access to a device’s web management interface. The security hole appears to affect Tenda routers, switches, and other types of networking devices.… Read More "Unpatched Backdoor in Tenda Firmware Grants Admin Access to Devices"
As Rockstar Games announced pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) will be available from June 25, scammers have already whipped up fake websites offering early access. These websites are offering access to GTA 6 and VIP early access… Read More "GTA 6 Scams Emerge as Pre-Orders Open"
