Browser-Only Ransomware Abuses Chrome File System Access API to Encrypt Android Photos

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July 2, 2026 A new ransomware technique can now run entirely inside a web browser, with no app installation or root access required. It targets Android photo directories by abusing …

Multiple ClamAV Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Attacker to Cause a DoS Condition

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July 2, 2026 Multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Cisco’s ClamAV engine allow remote attackers to crash the antivirus scanning process, causing a denial-of-service (DoS) on affected Cisco Secure Endpoint Connector deployments. …

Medtronic Confirms Data Breach – Hackers Gained Access to Corporate IT Systems

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July 2, 2026 Medical technology giant Medtronic Inc. has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to its corporate IT systems, potentially affecting sensitive personal and health-related information of patients …

Critical Flaws Double as Elevation of Privilege Dominates the Cyber Threats – Analysis of Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report 2026

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Microsoft’s vulnerability landscape just sent a mixed signal that every security team needs to understand. According to the newly released Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report 2026 — the 13th annual edition published …

FortiBleed Password Stealing Attack Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations

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July 2, 2026 FortiBleed credential-harvesting campaign, which has compromised more than 430,000 FortiGate firewalls worldwide, is directly feeding two active ransomware-as-a-service operations, INC Ransom and Lynx. SOCRadar’s Threat Research Unit …

Alleged Scattered Spider Member Extradited to the US for His Role in Hacking 100+ Networks

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July 2, 2026 A dual U.S.-Estonian citizen accused of belonging to the notorious Scattered Spider hacking collective has been extradited from Finland to face federal charges in the Northern District …

WhatsApp Username Reservations Go Live – What Are the Security Concerns for 2 Billion Users

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WhatsApp has begun allowing users to reserve usernames ahead of a broader feature launch planned for later this year, prompting a wave of questions about security, impersonation risk, and account …

CISA Warns of SimpleHelp Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

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July 2, 2026 CISA has issued a warning about a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in SimpleHelp that is actively being exploited in the wild, raising concerns among organizations relying on …

Critical Cursor IDE RCE Vulnerabilities Enable Prompt Injection in Zero-Click

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July 1, 2026 Two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in Cursor IDE, the AI-powered development environment used by more than half of Fortune 500 companies. Cato AI Labs has …