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  • Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30%

    Bitcoin price dips on US stocks sell-off as Micron losses pass 30% 2026-07-16 at 21:23 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • Two Scattered Spider Hackers Get 5.5 Years Each for £29 Million TfL Hack

    Two Scattered Spider Hackers Get 5.5 Years Each for £29 Million TfL Hack 2026-07-16 at 20:09 By Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 20, were each sentenced to five and a half years at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday, 16 July 2026, for the 2024 hack of Transport for London. The attack left 148 TfL…


  • Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO

    Ethics in crypto market structure ‘really not our concern,’ says Blockchain Association CEO 2026-07-16 at 20:07 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure. This article…


  • Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash

    Morgan Stanley’s E*TRADE launches spot crypto trading through Zero Hash 2026-07-16 at 19:32 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom

    Tradable’s $1B Stellar deal adds to institutional tokenization boom 2026-07-16 at 19:19 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • The Cybersecurity Homework You Can’t Skip

    The Cybersecurity Homework You Can’t Skip 2026-07-16 at 19:08 By Summer might mean slightly fewer meetings, lighter inboxes, and the illusion of breathing room (in a perfect world), but we all know that attackers don’t take vacations, so neither should the fundamentals that keep your organization secure. If anything, now is the perfect time to…


  • ThreatsDay: Game Cheat Spyware, 24-Hour Ransomware, Chrome Sync Stalking + 12 More Stories

    ThreatsDay: Game Cheat Spyware, 24-Hour Ransomware, Chrome Sync Stalking + 12 More Stories 2026-07-16 at 18:41 By A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something that looks close enough. A familiar repo. A useful installer. A harmless sync setting. Then the handoff goes bad, the box starts talking to someone else, and the damage…


  • n8n Token Exchange Flaw Could Let Attackers Log In as Users From Another Issuer

    n8n Token Exchange Flaw Could Let Attackers Log In as Users From Another Issuer 2026-07-16 at 18:27 By n8n, the workflow automation platform, handed out the wrong accounts at login. On Enterprise instances configured to trust more than one external token issuer, it matched an incoming JWT to a local user on the sub claim alone and…


  • New TELEPUZ Malware Spreads via ClickFix to Steal Data and Run Commands

    New TELEPUZ Malware Spreads via ClickFix to Steal Data and Run Commands 2026-07-16 at 18:27 By Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new modular malware called TELEPUZ that’s been spreading via websites infected with ClickFix lures since late April 2026. “The malware is full-featured, lightweight, and modular,” Elastic Security Labs researcher Cyril François said…


  • New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password

    New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password 2026-07-16 at 18:27 By ClickLock Stealer, a new macOS infostealer, answers a victim’s refusal by killing their apps on a loop until they hand over the login password. It arrives as a command pasted into Terminal, asks for the password behind a…


  • 20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became
an Attack Channel

    20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became
an Attack Channel 2026-07-16 at 18:27 By More than 20 Brazilian government websites were hijacked and turned into malware delivery channels in an active PhantomEnigma campaign uncovered by ANY.RUN, a leading provider of interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence solutions. The investigation revealed previously undocumented backdoor behavior, hidden infrastructure relationships, and…


  • New Agent Data Injection Attack Can Make AI Agents Misclick or Run Attacker Commands

    New Agent Data Injection Attack Can Make AI Agents Misclick or Run Attacker Commands 2026-07-16 at 18:27 By Ask an AI agent to summarize the reviews on a product page, and a single planted review can make it click “Buy Now” instead. Ask a coding assistant to apply a maintainer’s fix from a GitHub thread,…


  • Legacy Systems, Real-World Impacts: The Reality of OT Security

    Legacy Systems, Real-World Impacts: The Reality of OT Security 2026-07-16 at 18:15 By Tod Beardsley Legacy systems, safety concerns, and critical infrastructure risks make OT vulnerability disclosure one of cybersecurity’s most challenging balancing acts. The post Legacy Systems, Real-World Impacts: The Reality of OT Security appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…


  • Scattered Spider members jailed over Transport for London hack that cost £29 million

    Scattered Spider members jailed over Transport for London hack that cost £29 million 2026-07-16 at 16:48 By Sinisa Markovic Two members of the notorious “Scattered Spider” hacking collective have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison each for a cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) that disrupted services for thousands of commuters…


  • Adaptiva simplifies secure patch management for air-gapped networks

    Adaptiva simplifies secure patch management for air-gapped networks 2026-07-16 at 16:46 By Industry News Adaptiva has announced AirGap for OneSite Patch, a new capability that extends autonomous patch management to air-gapped environments. Developed in response to growing demand from government agencies, critical infrastructure operators, and large enterprises managing highly secure environments, AirGap for OneSite Patch…


  • ClickFix on macOS: Blockchain-Powered Infostealer Hidden Inside Compromised Websites

    ClickFix on macOS: Blockchain-Powered Infostealer Hidden Inside Compromised Websites 2026-07-16 at 16:43 By Rodel Mendrez You’re browsing a legitimate small business website. Before the page loads, a familiar Cloudflare box appears: “Verify you are human.” It asks you to open Terminal, paste a code, and press Enter. You’ve seen this before. You follow the steps.…


  • 20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became
an Attack Channel

    20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became
an Attack Channel 2026-07-16 at 16:41 By More than 20 Brazilian government websites were hijacked and turned into malware delivery channels in an active PhantomEnigma campaign uncovered by ANY.RUN, a leading provider of interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence solutions. The investigation revealed previously undocumented backdoor behavior, hidden infrastructure relationships, and…


  • New Agent Data Injection Attack Can Make AI Agents Misclick or Run Attacker Commands

    New Agent Data Injection Attack Can Make AI Agents Misclick or Run Attacker Commands 2026-07-16 at 16:41 By Ask an AI agent to summarize the reviews on a product page, and a single planted review can make it click “Buy Now” instead. Ask a coding assistant to apply a maintainer’s fix from a GitHub thread,…


  • Daxin Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside Stupig Pre-Login SYSTEM Backdoor

    Daxin Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside Stupig Pre-Login SYSTEM Backdoor 2026-07-16 at 16:41 By An advanced malware previously attributed to a China-linked threat actor has resurfaced after more than four years within a Taiwan manufacturing firm, along with a previously unreported backdoor dubbed Stupig. Daxin (“srt64.sys”), as the kernel-mode rootkit is referred to, was first documented…


  • Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure

    Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure 2026-07-16 at 16:34 By Cointelegraph by Robert Lakin The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • Gambling on random Pokémon cards: Onchain gagcha hits record high as crypto sinks

    Gambling on random Pokémon cards: Onchain gagcha hits record high as crypto sinks 2026-07-16 at 16:30 By Cointelegraph by Artem G Users spent a record $324 million on onchain gacha in June, even as Bitcoin hit a 21-month low. The thrill of scoring a top Pokemon card from a random pack is becoming big business…


  • CISA folds its own hard-won lessons into coordinated vulnerability disclosure guidance

    CISA folds its own hard-won lessons into coordinated vulnerability disclosure guidance 2026-07-16 at 16:23 By Zeljka Zorz On Wednesday, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and four allied cyber authorities published a guide telling software vendors how to build a coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) program. Six days earlier, CISA published a blog post…


  • Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to Jail in UK

    Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to Jail in UK 2026-07-16 at 16:21 By Eduard Kovacs Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL). The post Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to Jail in UK appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original…


  • Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko

    Prediction markets defy crypto downturn with record Q2 volume: CoinGecko 2026-07-16 at 16:05 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Prediction markets reached a record $113.8 billion in notional volume in Q2 as spot CEX trading, derivatives volume and stablecoin market cap declined. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • AI Data Centers Are Being Built Faster Than They Can Be Secured

    AI Data Centers Are Being Built Faster Than They Can Be Secured 2026-07-16 at 16:00 By Kevin Townsend AI infrastructure introduces new security risks that traditional data center designs were never built to handle. The post AI Data Centers Are Being Built Faster Than They Can Be Secured appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is…


  • New TELEPUZ Malware Spreads via ClickFix to Steal Data and Run Commands

    New TELEPUZ Malware Spreads via ClickFix to Steal Data and Run Commands 2026-07-16 at 15:50 By Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new modular malware called TELEPUZ that’s been spreading via websites infected with ClickFix lures since late April 2026. “The malware is full-featured, lightweight, and modular,” Elastic Security Labs researcher Cyril François said…


  • ‘ClickLock Stealer’ Bypasses macOS Security With Social Engineering, Process Killing

    ‘ClickLock Stealer’ Bypasses macOS Security With Social Engineering, Process Killing 2026-07-16 at 15:43 By Eduard Kovacs The new macOS malware has targeted at least 100 users to steal their passwords and cryptocurrency.  The post ‘ClickLock Stealer’ Bypasses macOS Security With Social Engineering, Process Killing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…


  • New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password

    New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password 2026-07-16 at 15:33 By ClickLock Stealer, a new macOS infostealer, answers a victim’s refusal by killing their apps on a loop until they hand over the login password. It arrives as a command pasted into Terminal, asks for the password behind a…


  • Russian cybercriminal used jailbroken Gemini CLI to rebuild botnet infrastructure in six minutes

    Russian cybercriminal used jailbroken Gemini CLI to rebuild botnet infrastructure in six minutes 2026-07-16 at 15:08 By Sinisa Markovic A Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” used a jailbroken Gemini CLI, Google’s open-source terminal-based AI agent, to deploy and operate a small command-and-control (C2) botnet, according to Trend Micro. Operational overview (Source: Trend Micro) In…


  • FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases

    FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases 2026-07-16 at 15:05 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun The global task force said criminal networks are using stablecoins and developing proprietary tokens to evade asset freezes as countries struggle to enforce crypto AML rules. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • ValorC3 extends SaaS protection with immutable cloud backups

    ValorC3 extends SaaS protection with immutable cloud backups 2026-07-16 at 14:48 By Industry News ValorC3 Data Centers today announced the general availability of Backup as a Service, a fully managed offering that protects the SaaS data businesses rely on most, including Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Salesforce. Every backup is immutable, so data stays recoverable…


  • ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim

    ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim 2026-07-16 at 14:35 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…


  • Intruder brings AI-powered, on-demand penetration testing to web applications

    Intruder brings AI-powered, on-demand penetration testing to web applications 2026-07-16 at 14:30 By Industry News Intruder has announced the launch of AI Pentesting for web applications, providing on-demand penetration testing. Following its initial release of issue-level investigations last quarter, the platform now allows organizations to securely connect their codebases via GitHub or GitLab to automatically…


  • Oak Emerges From Stealth Mode With $60 Million in Funding

    Oak Emerges From Stealth Mode With $60 Million in Funding 2026-07-16 at 14:23 By Ionut Arghire The startup has built an AI-powered Identity Operating System that governs all identities across an organization’s environment. The post Oak Emerges From Stealth Mode With $60 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…


  • US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF

    US Senate unanimously adopts resolution opposing clemency for SBF 2026-07-16 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The Senate approved a resolution opposing clemency for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried as prediction markets put the odds of a Trump pardon by July 31 below 1%. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…


  • Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaw Could Let Attackers Control Other Vacuums Region-Wide

    Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaw Could Let Attackers Control Other Vacuums Region-Wide 2026-07-16 at 14:05 By Pull the certificate off the flash of a Shark RV2320EDUS robot vacuum, and you can run root commands on other people’s Shark vacuums across the same AWS region: watch the camera, drive the robot, read the map of the house,…


  • Splunk, Zoom Patch Critical Vulnerabilities

    Splunk, Zoom Patch Critical Vulnerabilities 2026-07-16 at 13:54 By Ionut Arghire The flaws could allow attackers to access credentials and data, take over accounts, and escalate their privileges. The post Splunk, Zoom Patch Critical Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source


  • Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis

    Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis 2026-07-16 at 13:33 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Visa and Artemis found that infrastructure bottlenecks are preventing broader commercial adoption of the autonomous AI agent economy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • Romania’s land registry hit by cyber attack, data allegedly for sale

    Romania’s land registry hit by cyber attack, data allegedly for sale 2026-07-16 at 13:21 By Zeljka Zorz Romania’s National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI) suffered a major disruption on Tuesday, July 14, when its e-Terra cadastre and land registry app became unavailable to users. What was first declared to be a “major technical…


  • AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them

    AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them 2026-07-16 at 13:10 By Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing offensive security, but it has not changed the standard that matters most: a finding has to be proven before it becomes useful. AI-assisted tools can read code quickly, generate payloads, summarize attack surfaces, explain unfamiliar APIs,…


  • Spirals: New Stealthy Ransomware Deployed Against Asian IT Company

    Spirals: New Stealthy Ransomware Deployed Against Asian IT Company 2026-07-16 at 13:00 By Threat Hunter Team Attack using previously unseen ransomware payload occurred in June 2026. The skill of its operators suggests wider campaigns may follow. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source


  • Bitcoin $107K buyers providing ‘early signals’ of 2026 bear-market bottom: Glassnode

    Bitcoin $107K buyers providing ‘early signals’ of 2026 bear-market bottom: Glassnode 2026-07-16 at 12:30 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin realized losses appeared to be copying a reversal structure that marked previous bear-market bottoms, with $69,000 a new BTC price battleground. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source


  • OpenAI’s GPT-Red Automates Prompt Injection Testing to Harden GPT-5.6 Sol

    OpenAI’s GPT-Red Automates Prompt Injection Testing to Harden GPT-5.6 Sol 2026-07-16 at 12:29 By OpenAI has disclosed details of GPT-Red, an internal automated red-teaming model that scales prompt injection vulnerability discovery with an aim to fix issues before the tools are deployed widely. “GPT‑Red is a strong red-teamer, and our previous models are highly vulnerable…


  • Tenable One unifies code risks with enterprise exposure data

    Tenable One unifies code risks with enterprise exposure data 2026-07-16 at 12:24 By Industry News Tenable has announced the expansion of the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform, unifying application security risks with all other exposure data. By integrating static code vulnerability data, Tenable One delivers complete, code-to-runtime visibility across the entire attack surface. Security teams…


  • F5 Patches Multiple NGINX, BIG-IP Vulnerabilities

    F5 Patches Multiple NGINX, BIG-IP Vulnerabilities 2026-07-16 at 12:20 By Ionut Arghire Attackers could exploit the bugs to modify configurations, terminate or restart processes, cross security boundaries, leak memory, and execute code. The post F5 Patches Multiple NGINX, BIG-IP Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source


  • Lineation.ai focuses on runtime security for autonomous AI agents

    Lineation.ai focuses on runtime security for autonomous AI agents 2026-07-16 at 12:12 By Industry News Lineation.ai has announced the public launch of its comprehensive agentic security platform. Delivering a solution at the intersection of GenAI Application Security and Runtime Defense, Lineation introduces a Zero Trust unified control plane and a lightweight endpoint daemon that secures…


  • Hazel Cerra — Women in Security 2026

    Hazel Cerra — Women in Security 2026 2026-07-16 at 12:00 By Hazel Cerra shares the valuable lessons learned from her decades-long career with the U.S. Secret Service. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source


  • China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans

    China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans 2026-07-16 at 11:49 By Eduard Kovacs Chinese cybersecurity firms are facing action from the country’s military, but it’s not due to product or technical failures. The post China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an…


  • Microsoft makes Windows SSO prompts easier to manage

    Microsoft makes Windows SSO prompts easier to manage 2026-07-16 at 11:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft is introducing a new registry-based policy that lets IT administrators automatically accept Windows SSO permissions on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 devices managed with Microsoft Entra ID. Users with personal Microsoft accounts and devices outside policy-managed environments will continue…


  • Zoom Patches Critical Windows Flaw That Could Enable Account Takeover

    Zoom Patches Critical Windows Flaw That Could Enable Account Takeover 2026-07-16 at 11:36 By Zoom has released security updates for a critical security flaw impacting Zoom Workplace for Windows that could facilitate account takeover. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53412 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom…


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