July 7, 2026

Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities 2026-07-07 at 12:51 By A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign. The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source

CERT/CC Warns of Hidden Admin Backdoor in Tenda Router Firmware 2026-07-07 at 09:40 By Several versions of firmware released by Chinese network device manufacturer Tenda have been found to embed an undocumented authentication backdoor that enables administrative access to the devices’ web management interfaces, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) warned Monday. “An attacker can exploit

BeyondTrust Patches Critical Auth Bypass Flaws in Remote Support and PRA 2026-07-07 at 08:16 By BeyondTrust has released updates to address two critical security flaws affecting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated attackers to take control of susceptible devices. The vulnerabilities are listed below –

Bitcoin bounces back after Trump calls himself ‘a big crypto guy’ 2026-07-07 at 05:56 By Taylor Herzlich Bitcoin bounced back Monday after President Trump called himself “a big crypto guy” and gave a positive, if noncommittal, answer when asked about the prospect of digital assets becoming part of his newly-launched Trump Accounts. This article is

Major crypto holder Strategy sells $216M of Bitcoin as it abandons Michael Saylor’s ‘never sell’ mantra 2026-07-07 at 05:56 By Taylor Herzlich Crypto-treasury giant Strategy sold $216 million of Bitcoin last week – a sign that it is abandoning co-founder Michael Saylor’s “Never sell your Bitcoin” mantra as a slumping digital asset market hits its

Microsoft lays off nearly 5K workers, most of them at Xbox:  ‘Our business today is not healthy’ 2026-07-07 at 05:56 By Marc Vartabedian Microsoft is axing about 3,200 jobs across its Xbox video game business as the company moves to restructure the struggling division and pours resources into artificial intelligence.  The layoffs include 1,600 employees