Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) is urging customers to shut down their systems as a precautionary measure for nine hours over the weekend after it received threat intelligence about an imminent cyber attack. "Kiteworks received credible threat intelligence from federal intelligence authorities indicating that a threat actor may attempt to target some Kitew...
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Secure file-sharing software company Kiteworks is urging customers worldwide to temporarily shut down their servers on Saturday for a six-hour window after receiving threat intelligence warning of a potentially imminent cyberattack. [...]
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The Clop ransomware gang has moved its data leak site to a new Tor address after confirming its previous server was compromised and defaced through an unpatched Grav CMS flaw that BleepingComputer has learned is an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. [...]
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Organizations where CISOs and CFOs align on cybersecurity strategy to protect assets, manage risk, and enable business growth are better prepared to face today's threat landscape.
When autonomous AI agents "escape the sandbox," the real story isn't rogue machines - it's the same access-control failures we've seen for decades.
A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Elementor plugin for WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to create administrator accounts. [...]
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from Google Gemini models breaking containment to ShinyHunters ratting on TeamPCP hackers.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that hackers are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-5430) affecting multiple products from enterprise software provider WSO2. [...]
Anthropic now allows you to run Claude Code via cloud sessions without signing up for the research preview, and it's offering up to $250 in free usage credits, so more users can give it a try. [...]
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: BragJack attack against browser AI assistants, TDengine flaw threatens industrial telemetry uptime, Ubuntu update overhaul. The post In Other News: Clop Leak Site Takeover, Docker Botnet Hunts AI Keys, Water Utility Exposure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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OpenAI appears to be preparing a new ChatGPT Pro Max subscription that could cost $500 per month, but it's unclear when it'll begin rolling out. [...]
AI agents can operate through human credentials and take actions that existing SOC 2 controls may not distinguish from human activity. Token Security explains why SOC 2 needs to adapt to address the security gaps created by agent identities. [...]
Training human-resource managers in the latest tactics and warning signs goes a long way toward blunting the threat, but automated analysis can help even more.
Two actions-cool GitHub Actions have been disabled for a second time after the repositories became accessible last week, months after they were compromised during the May 2026 Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. The affected GitHub Actions are listed below - actions-cool/issues-helper actions-cool/maintain-one-comment Visiting either of the repositories now shows t...
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Bitget’s security systems caught the unauthorized transfers on September 24, and some wallet addresses linked to the attacker have been frozen. The post North Korea Suspected in $351 Million Bitget Crypto Heist appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of PamStealer that ensures that the main payload can only be recovered using a server-side decryption chain. The latest artifacts, per Jamf Threat Labs, continue to rely on the same JavaScript for Automation (JXA) dropper mechanism, but modify the lure and the delivery method. "Where earlier variants em...
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Microsoft announced it will deprecate the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server role starting with the next Windows Server release. [...]
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin tasked CISA with developing the plan in July. The post CISA Election Security Plan Flags Patching Barriers, Voter Database Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.