July 1, 2026

SEO-Poisoned Software Sites Abuse ScreenConnect to Deploy AsyncRAT 2026-07-01 at 20:53 By Unknown threat actors are leveraging the ScreenConnect remote access tool as a way to deploy and execute AsyncRAT. Kaspersky said the activity is part of a “massive, multi-domain, multi-language” campaign that distributes malicious installer archives hosted on spoofed websites. These installers masquerade as

VEIL#DROP Malware Chain Uses Blogger Platform to Deliver PureLogs Stealer 2026-07-01 at 20:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new multi-stage malware delivery attack chain that uses social engineering and Blogger pages to deliver an information stealer called PureLogs. The activity has been codenamed VEIL#DROP by Securonix. It’s suspected that the initial payloads are distributed

Sony to stop releasing PlayStation games on discs as online sales dominate 2026-07-01 at 18:38 By Reuters The change will not apply to games released, or already scheduled for disc release, before 2028. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Ousaban Banking Trojan Targets Iberian Bank Users with Fake PDF Lures 2026-07-01 at 18:26 By A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs identified the campaign in May 2026. It opens with a phishing PDF disguised as a corrupted file, checks that the visitor is

Adobe Patches 7 CVSS 10.0 Flaws in ColdFusion and Campaign Classic 2026-07-01 at 18:25 By Adobe has released patches for multiple maximum-severity security flaws impacting Adobe ColdFusion and Adobe Campaign Classic. The ColdFusion updates “resolves critical and important vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, arbitrary file system read, and security feature bypass,” Adobe

Critical Cursor Flaws Could Let Prompt Injection Escape Sandbox and Run Commands 2026-07-01 at 17:42 By Two flaws in Cursor, an AI code editor, could let a single, ordinary-looking prompt break out of the editor’s safety sandbox and run any command on a developer’s computer. There is no click to fall for and no approval

Meta contractors posed as teens to test rival AI chatbots on suicide, sex and drugs: report 2026-07-01 at 17:28 By Ariel Zilber The covert effort was managed by Meta contractor Covalen and targeted OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Character.AI, according to Wired. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

US-based ‘Amazon of South Korea’ forced to recover laptop from bottom of Chinese river in bizarre data privacy clampdown: report 2026-07-01 at 16:12 By Thomas Barrabi A Coupang rep traveled to Shanghai on Dec. 17 to meet with the suspect and his lawyer, who handed over a desktop PC, four hard drives and copies, a

2026 Cybersecurity Assessment: The Gap Between Awareness and Resilience 2026-07-01 at 16:02 By Organizations have never had greater awareness of cyber risk. Yet turning that awareness into operational resilience has never been more challenging. The 2026 Bitdefender Cybersecurity Assessment confirms this is the case, as this year’s findings reveal a series of surprising contradictions. Here

Microsoft Accelerates Post-Quantum Cryptography Shift to 2029 2026-07-01 at 15:12 By Microsoft on Tuesday said it’s accelerating its quantum safe security roadmap, stating technology advances in quantum computing are making it essential to replace existing encryption standards sooner than previously expected. “Advances in quantum research and development have shifted the risk horizon,” Mark Russinovich, chief