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β€ŠAnthropic confirms Claude is down worldwide

Claude is down for some users, with Anthropic confirming elevated errors across multiple AI models. The disruption is causing requests to fail with a "529 Overloaded" message, including in Claude and tools that rely on its API. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-worldwide/
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β€ŠRussian hackers exploit Exchange OWA zero-day for long-term mailbox access

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is exploiting an Exchange Outlook Web Access vulnerability in email campaigns to deliver a sophisticated backdoor called OWAReaper. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-exploit-exchange-owa-zero-day-for-long-term-mailbox-access/
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β€ŠAfter the Break-In: What Attackers Do Once They're Already Inside

Attackers rarely stop after gaining initial access. Huntress analyzes a real-world intrusion to show how threat actors establish persistence, disable defenses, and reshape compromised systems, and why defenders must investigate the original entry point rather than simply remove the malware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/after-the-break-in-what-attackers-do-once-theyre-already-inside/
β€ŠMicrosoft Teams vishing attacks lead to Chaos ransomware attacks

Threat actors are impersonating IT support staff in Microsoft Teams calls to gain remote access to corporate devices and deploy Chaos ransomware in attacks targeting North American organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-vishing-attacks-lead-to-chaos-ransomware-attacks/
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β€ŠGoogle says AI helped Chrome fix 1,072 security bugs in two releases

Google says artificial intelligence is dramatically increasing the number of security vulnerabilities it can find and fix in Chrome, with more than 1,000 security bugs patched across the browser's two most recent releases as it expands its use of AI. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-says-ai-helped-chrome-fix-1-072-security-bugs-in-two-releases/
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β€ŠVMware fixes three critical flaws allowing auth bypass, VM escapes

Broadcom has released security updates to fix five vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter, ESX, Workstation, and Fusion, including three critical flaws that allow attackers to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary code, or escape from a virtual machine to the host. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-three-critical-flaws-allowing-auth-bypass-vm-escapes/
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β€ŠSouth Korea fines telco giant KT $39 million for customer data breach

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has fined telecommunications giant KT Corporation KRW 53.979 billion ($39 million) over data protection violations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-fines-telco-giant-kt-39-million-for-customer-data-breach/
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β€ŠAnthropic's Claude breached 3 orgs, uploaded PyPI malware during tests

One of Anthropic's Claude models built and uploaded a malicious Python package to PyPI during a botched security evaluation, where it ran on 15 real systems and stole credentials from a security vendor. It was one of three incidents affecting real companies. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anthropics-claude-breached-3-orgs-uploaded-pypi-malware-during-tests/
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β€ŠESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware

Attackers are adapting established techniques to AI platforms, emerging technologies, and changing user behavior. ESET's new threat report examines the rise of malicious AI skills, AI-assisted malware, ClickFix attacks, record quishing activity, and ransomware tools designed to disable security software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eset-tracks-rise-in-malicious-ai-skills-and-adaptable-malware/
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β€ŠCISA warns of cyberattacks disrupting U.S. water utilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a significant increase in attacks targeting internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the water and wastewater systems sector. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-cyberattacks-disrupting-us-water-utilities/
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β€ŠHacker uses DeepSeek AI to autonomously attack vulnerable servers

A Chinese-speaking threat actor is using the DeepSeek AI model and the open-source Hermes Agent to conduct autonomous cyberattacks on exposed servers with limited human involvement. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-uses-deepseek-ai-to-autonomously-attack-vulnerable-servers/
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β€ŠOpenAI says its new GPT 5.6 models are becoming more cost-efficient

OpenAI says it has reduced the price of two GPT-5.6 models, cutting Luna's API price by 80% and Terra's by 20% as it works to make its models more efficient. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-says-its-new-gpt-56-models-are-becoming-more-cost-efficient/
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β€ŠOnline ad firm Adform’s script compromised to steal cryptocurrency

Online advertising firm Adform suffered a supply-chain attack that delivered cryptocurrency-stealing scripts to websites using its ad platform, replacing wallet addresses copied to visitors' clipboards with ones controlled by an attacker. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-ad-firm-adforms-script-compromised-to-steal-cryptocurrency/
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β€ŠArch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood

The Arch Linux project has temporarily disabled adoption of Arch User Repository (AUR) packages after a surge in malicious takeovers of existing packages. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arch-linux-disables-aur-package-adoption-to-stop-malware-flood/
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β€ŠAmgen says cloud data breach exposed patient health, proprietary info

Pharmaceutical company Amgen says it suffered a data breach after threat actors stole corporate data and patient information stored in multiple cloud systems operated by third-party service providers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amgen-says-cloud-data-breach-exposed-patient-health-proprietary-info/
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β€ŠRails patches critical Active Storage flaw with RCE potential

A critical vulnerability in the Active Storage framework can allow an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from a Rails application, and potentially escalate to remote code execution (RCE). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rails-patches-critical-active-storage-flaw-with-rce-potential/
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β€ŠGoogle Chrome may soon block New Tab hijacker extensions by default

Google is preparing a new Chrome security feature that would block policy-installed extensions from hijacking the New Tab page or changing the default search engine. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-may-soon-block-new-tab-hijacker-extensions-by-default/
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