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EU Targets Russian Intelligence Officers Accused of Running a Yearslong Cyber Spying Campaign

Security Week - Mon, 07/13/2026 - 6:00am

The move targeted people and entities accused of links to an online spying network that the EU claims targeted governments and carried out sabotage operations against critical infrastructure.

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Organizations Warned of Exploited Joomla Extension Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Mon, 07/13/2026 - 5:08am

Threat actors have been targeting Balbooa Forms and iCagenda Joomla extension flaws for remote code execution.

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Progress Prompts ShareFile Storage Zone Controller Shutdown Amid Security Concerns

Security Week - Mon, 07/13/2026 - 4:20am

The company notified customers to manually shut down their servers while it is investigating a credible threat.

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Centers Laboratory Data Breach Affects 540,000 Individuals

Security Week - Mon, 07/13/2026 - 4:10am

The WorldLeaks extortion group claimed to have stolen 720 GB of data from the healthcare testing and laboratory services provider.

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Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign

Security Week - Sat, 07/11/2026 - 1:30pm

Multiple campaigns are using ghost accounts to map GitHub organizations, including their repositories and members.

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In Other News: DHS Database Hacked, Adobe Boosts Patch Cadence, Canada Disrupts Ransomware Ops

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 11:01am

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Abnormal AI sued by Anthropic, AssuranceAmerica data breach affects 7 million people, NSA brings back TAO.

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Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 8:58am

Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, was sentenced to 70 months for helping the BlackCat/Alphv group.

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China, India-Linked Hackers Both Targeted Same Pakistani Police Force

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 7:55am

Both foes and allies have targeted the Balochistan Police force in Pakistan for at least two years, according to SentinelOne.

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Okta Warns of Vishing Attacks Targeting Microsoft 365 Customers

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 7:06am

The attackers call victims to direct them to phishing websites mirroring Microsoft Entra ID login pages.

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GigaWiper Combines Multiple Malware for System-Level Sabotage

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 5:12am

The backdoor’s destructive capabilities include a standalone wiper, ransomware encryption, and a multi-pass wiping command.

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‘HalluSquatting’ Turns AI Hallucinations Into Botnet Delivery Mechanism

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 4:32am

Researchers demonstrate adversarial hallucination squatting against popular AI assistants to achieve remote code execution.

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Network of 200 GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection

Security Week - Fri, 07/10/2026 - 4:00am

A Go module is used to load PowerShell code that fetches a resolver from public dead drops to execute Windows malware.

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QIZ Security Raises $17 Million for Cryptographic Governance Platform

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 11:03am

The Israeli company has developed a cryptographic posture and post-quantum cryptography management platform.

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UK Government Rolls Out Agentic AI Defense Plan Alongside Industry Pledge

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 10:19am

Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government’s determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK.

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Palo Alto Networks Patches 13 Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 9:49am

Buffer overflow, DoS, command injection, SSRF, authentication bypass, and other types of vulnerabilities have been found in PAN-OS software.

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12 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Japanese Telco KDDI

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 8:18am

Hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party system to access a KDDI email system for ISPs.

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15-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability ‘GhostLock’ Earns Researchers $92k From Google

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 7:52am

Affecting every major distribution since 2011, the Linux kernel vulnerability allows attackers to gain root access.

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Microsoft Patches Defender ‘RoguePlanet’ Vulnerability

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 6:28am

The privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-50656 has been patched with a Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.

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Mount Royal University Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 6:06am

Hackers accessed the institution’s internal network and deleted two drives containing employee, student, and university data.

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AI Coding Tools Tricked Into Hacking Developer Machine via Decades-Old Technique

Security Week - Thu, 07/09/2026 - 4:52am

Wiz has disclosed the details of a new AI coding assistant attack method it has dubbed GhostApproval.

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