Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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1,800 Hit in Mini Shai-Hulud Attack on SAP, Lightning, Intercom

The compromised Lightning and Intercom packages have a combined monthly download count of nearly 10 million. The post 1,800 Hit in Mini Shai-Hulud Attack on SAP, Lightning, Intercom appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Anthropic Unveils Claude Security to Counter AI-Powered Exploit Surge

With Mythos signaling a new era of near-instant exploitation, Anthropic positions Claude Security to help defenders keep pace. The post Anthropic Unveils Claude Security to Counter AI-Powered Exploit Surge appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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AI Fuels ‘Industrial’ Cybercrime as Time-to-Exploit Shrinks to Hours

Industrialized cybercrime delivers attacks with greater scale, speed and success. Defenders must match this with use of AI and automation. The post AI Fuels ‘Industrial’ Cybercrime as Time-to-Exploit Shrinks to Hours appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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PyTorch Lightning Compromised in PyPI Supply Chain Attack to Steal Credentials

In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to conduct credential theft. According to Aikido Security, Socket, and StepSecurity, the two malicious versions are versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, both of which were published on April 30, 2026. The campaign is assessed to be an extension of the

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SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities

The bugs could be exploited to bypass security controls, access restricted services, and crash firewalls. The post SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SAP NPM Packages Targeted in Supply Chain Attack

The Mini Shai-Hulud attack introduced a preinstall hook to fetch and execute a Bun binary and bypass security monitoring. The post SAP NPM Packages Targeted in Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs

A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm's chief executive says the malicious activity resulted from a security breach and was likely the work of a competitor trying to tarnish his company's public image.

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ThreatsDay Bulletin: SMS Blaster Busts, OpenEMR Flaws, 600K Roblox Hacks and 25 More Stories

The internet is noisy this week. We are seeing some wild new tactics, like people using fake cell towers to send scam texts, while some developers are accidentally downloading tools that peek into their private files during a simple install. It is definitely a busy time to be online. Security is always a moving target. Millions of servers are currently sitting online without any passwords, and

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Benn Jordan, Musician, Scientist, and YouTuber on Flock Safety Cameras, Privacy & Surveillance

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Apr. 30, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video Flock Safety, an Atlanta, Ga.-based surveillance company, is facing increasing community pushback as it secures contracts with law enforcement agencies across the country, reports WABE, The post Benn Jordan, Musician, Scientist, and YouTuber on Flock Safety Cameras, Privacy & Surveillance appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

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New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and harvest a wide range of sensitive information from compromised hosts. "The intrusion chain begins with execution of a batch script ('install_obf.bat') that disables Windows security controls, dynamically extracts an

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Critical Gemini CLI Flaw Enabled Host Code Execution, Supply Chain Attacks

An attacker could have planted a malicious configuration to execute commands outside the sandbox. The post Critical Gemini CLI Flaw Enabled Host Code Execution, Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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EnOcean SmartServer Flaws Expose Buildings to Remote Hacking

Claroty researchers discovered two vulnerabilities that can be exploited for security bypass and remote code execution. The post EnOcean SmartServer Flaws Expose Buildings to Remote Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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EtherRAT Distribution Spoofing Administrative Tools via GitHub Facades

Intro A sophisticated, high-resilience malicious campaign was identified by Atos Threat Research Center (TRC) in March 2026. This operation specifically targets the high-privilege professional accounts of enterprise administrators, DevOps engineers, and security analysts by impersonating administrative utilities they rely on for daily operations. By integrating Search Engine Order (SEO)

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Critical cPanel & WHM Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day for Months

The authentication bypass flaw allows attackers to gain administrative access to vulnerable servers. The post Critical cPanel & WHM Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day for Months appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover

Affecting the kernel’s authencesn cryptographic template, the vulnerability was introduced in 2017 and impacts all distributions. The post ‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root. The high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8) has been codenamed Copy Fail by Xint.io and Theori. "An unprivileged local user can write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file on a Linux

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Sandhills Medical Says Ransomware Breach Affects 170,000

It took the healthcare organization nearly one year to publicly disclose a data breach after it was targeted by Inc Ransom. The post Sandhills Medical Says Ransomware Breach Affects 170,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Fixes CVSS 10 Gemini CLI CI RCE and Cursor Flaws Enable Code Execution

Google has addressed a maximum severity security flaw in Gemini CLI -- the "@google/gemini-cli" npm package and the "google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli" GitHub Actions workflow -- that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on host systems. "The vulnerability allowed an unprivileged external attacker to force their own malicious content to load as Gemini configuration,"

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SAP npm Packages Compromised by “Mini Shai-Hulud” Credential-Stealing Malware

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware. According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign – calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud – has affected the following packages associated with SAP's JavaScript and cloud application

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New Wave of DPRK Attacks Uses AI-Inserted npm Malware, Fake Firms, and RATs

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious code in an npm package after a malicious package as a dependency to the project by Anthropic's Claude Opus large language model (LLM). The package in question is "@validate-sdk/v2," which is listed on npm as a utility software development kit (SDK) for hashing, validation, encoding/decoding, and secure random generation. However, its real