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โ€ŠShinyHunters claims Resecurity hack, firm says itโ€™s a honeypot

The ShinyHunters hacking group claims it breached the systems of cybersecurity firm Resecurity and stole internal data, while Resecurity says the attackers only accessed a deliberately deployed honeypot containing fake information used to monitor their activity. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claims-resecurity-hack-firm-says-its-a-honeypot/
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โ€ŠNordVPN denies breach claims, says attackers have "dummy data"

NordVPN denied allegations that its internal Salesforce development servers were breached, saying that cybercriminals obtained "dummy data" from a trial account on a third-party automated testing platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nordvpn-denies-breach-claims-says-attackers-have-dummy-data/
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โ€ŠAgentic AI Is an Identity Problem and CISOs Will Be Accountable for the Outcome

As agentic AI adoption accelerates, identity is emerging as the primary security challenge. Token Security explains why AI agents behave like a new class of identity and why CISOs must manage their access, lifecycle, and risk. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/agentic-ai-is-an-identity-problem-and-cisos-will-be-accountable-for-the-outcome/
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โ€ŠVSCode IDE forks expose users to "recommended extension" attacks

Popular AI-powered integrated development environment solutions, such as Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Trae, recommend extensions that are non-existent in the OpenVSX registry, allowing threat actors to claim the namespace and upload malicious extensions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vscode-ide-forks-expose-users-to-recommended-extension-attacks/
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โ€ŠUS broadband provider Brightspeed investigates breach claims

Brightspeed, one of the largest fiber broadband companies in the United States, is investigating security breach and data theft claims made by the Crimson Collective extortion gang. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-broadband-provider-brightspeed-investigates-breach-claims/
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โ€ŠClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screens to trick users into manually compiling and executing malware on their systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clickfix-attack-uses-fake-windows-bsod-screens-to-push-malware/
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โ€ŠCloud file-sharing sites targeted for corporate data theft attacks

A threat actor known as Zestix has been offering to corporate data stolen from dozens of companies likely after breaching their ShareFile, Nextcloud, and OwnCloud instances. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloud-file-sharing-sites-targeted-for-corporate-data-theft-attacks/
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โ€ŠAre Copilot prompt injection flaws vulnerabilities or AI limits?

Microsoft has pushed back against claims that multiple prompt injection and sandbox-related issues raised by a security engineer in its Copilot AI assistant constitute security vulnerabilities. The development highlights a growing divide between how vendors and researchers define risk in generative AI systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/are-copilot-prompt-injection-flaws-vulnerabilities-or-ai-limits/
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โ€ŠHow generative AI accelerates identity attacks against Active Directory

Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective. Specops Software explains how AI-driven cracking techniques exploit weak and predictable AD passwords. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-generative-ai-accelerates-identity-attacks-against-active-directory/
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โ€ŠSedgwick confirms breach at government contractor subsidiary

Claims administration and risk management company Sedgwick has confirmed that its federal contractor subsidiary, Sedgwick Government Solutions, was the victim of a security breach. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sedgwick-confirms-breach-at-government-contractor-subsidiary/
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โ€ŠKimwolf Android botnet abuses residential proxies to infect internal devices

The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target devices on internal networks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kimwolf-android-botnet-abuses-residential-proxies-to-infect-internal-devices/
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โ€ŠOpenAI is reportedly getting ready to test ads in ChatGPT

Multiple reports suggest that OpenAI is going ahead with its plans to add ads to ChatGPT, but the experiment will be initially limited to its employees. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-reportedly-getting-ready-to-test-ads-in-chatgpt/
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โ€ŠUK announces plan to strengthen public sector cyber defenses

The United Kingdom has announced a new cybersecurity strategy, backed by more than ยฃ210 million ($283 million), to boost cyber defenses across government departments and the wider public sector. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-announces-plan-to-strengthen-public-sector-cyber-defenses/
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