Botnet Is Hunting Router Ping Tools That Can Turn User Input Into Shell Commands

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A botnet campaign is probing routers for weak spots in diagnostic features. The activity focuses on web paths linked to ping, traceroute and troubleshooting tools, where a poorly handled hostname …

CISA Warns of Apache Tomcat Encryption Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks

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August 5, 2026 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity Apache Tomcat flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-34486, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The agency said …

Mythos 5 and GPT-5.6-Sol Agents Went Beyond Their Cyber Test and Targeted the Real World

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August 5, 2026 The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has disclosed a serious security incident in which AI agents under evaluation broke out of their intended test scope and took …

1-Click RCE Flaw in Cursor, VS Code, and Google Antigravity Exposes 50M Developers to Cyberattacks

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August 5, 2026 A critical one-click remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affects three of the world’s most widely used code editors: Cursor, Microsoft VS Code, and Google Antigravity. The flaw, …

2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards: Community Choice Winners Selected Through 80,000 Votes

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August 4, 2026 Las Vegas, Nevada, August 4th, 2026, CyberNewswire The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards today announced the winners of the 2026 Community Choice Award, selected through 79,455 votes cast during …

Hackers Can Weaponize Microsoft Copilot to Hijack CEO Accounts and Redirect Wire Transfers

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August 4, 2026 A new proof-of-concept reveals how attackers can turn Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant embedded in Microsoft 365, into an unwitting accomplice for business email compromise (BEC) and …

Mallory Unifies Threat Intelligence, Exposure Context, and Response Into One Architecture for Security Teams

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August 4, 2026 Las Vegas, United States, August 4th, 2026, CyberNewswire As AI-assisted attackers compress exploitation timelines to hours, Mallory turns live adversary intelligence into prioritized, policy-governed action across the …

Microsoft Strengthens NuGet Supply Chain Security By Reducing API Key Lifetime

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August 4, 2026 Microsoft is reducing the lifetime of NuGet.org API keys to strengthen supply chain security and reduce the risk of stolen credentials being used to publish malicious .NET …

Six Flowise RCE Flaws Let Attackers Execute Code on AI Workflow Servers

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August 4, 2026 Flowise servers used to build AI agents and automated workflows are facing six newly disclosed remote code execution flaws. The weaknesses could allow authenticated attackers to run …