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Critical FortiMail zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-104286)

Critical FortiMail zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-104286) 2026-10-02 at 11:50 By Sinisa Markovic Fortinet is warning customers that attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-104286) in FortiMail, its email security gateway. Fortinet says the flaw has been reported to be exploited in the wild, and urges customers to apply the workaround it shared until […]

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New Cisco SD-WAN zero-day exploited in-the-wild (CVE-2026-76504)

New Cisco SD-WAN zero-day exploited in-the-wild (CVE-2026-76504) 2026-10-01 at 13:18 By Zeljka Zorz For the fifth time this year, Cisco revealed attackers have exploited a vulnerability (CVE-2026-76504) in its SD-WAN solution in zero-day attacks. The vendor’s incident responders became aware of active exploitation of this vulnerability in September 2026, after getting pinged and resolving a […]

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Some car apps are slipping owners’ data to big tech companies

Some car apps are slipping owners’ data to big tech companies 2026-10-01 at 12:52 By Sinisa Markovic The app that comes with your car may be sharing what it knows about you with some of the biggest tech companies. Northeastern University researchers tested 21 vehicles and 30 carmaker apps and found some sending vehicle identification […]

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Suspected state-sponsored hackers exploited NetScaler zero-day since early September (CVE-2026-88772)

Suspected state-sponsored hackers exploited NetScaler zero-day since early September (CVE-2026-88772) 2026-09-30 at 15:33 By Zeljka Zorz “Advanced and suspected state-sponsored threat actors” are likely to be behind the initial targeted intrusions that leveraged CVE-2026-88772, one of the two recently disclosed NetScaler vulnerabilities that have been exploited as zero-days, says Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal. Mandiant and […]

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AI coding agents leaked 13,000 internal company screenshots to public GitHub repos

AI coding agents leaked 13,000 internal company screenshots to public GitHub repos 2026-09-30 at 14:52 By Sinisa Markovic When developers ask AI coding agents to prove that a user interface fix works, some agents have been posting the evidence where anyone can find it, according to Glow Labs. Diagram showing how AI agents leak screenshots […]

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OpenInfra Europe’s JFrog Artifactory instance breached, packages potentially compromised

OpenInfra Europe’s JFrog Artifactory instance breached, packages potentially compromised 2026-09-30 at 13:39 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have compromised a self-hosted JFrog Artifactory instance operated by OpenInfra Europe, the regional hub of the OpenInfra Foundation warned in a security notice prominently displayed on its homepage. OpenInfra Europe’s security incident notice “Anyone who downloaded or installed artifacts […]

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EU Cyber Resilience Act requirements for containers and Kubernetes

EU Cyber Resilience Act requirements for containers and Kubernetes 2026-09-30 at 08:00 By Help Net Security Starting in full force on Dec. 10, 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a regulation (EU 2024/2847) that defines mandatory cybersecurity requirements for all products with digital elements sold in EU markets. Reporting obligations will begin on Sept. 11, 2026, […]

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NetScaler zero-day exploitation escalates into mass attacks (CVE-2026-88771)

NetScaler zero-day exploitation escalates into mass attacks (CVE-2026-88771) 2026-09-29 at 17:59 By Zeljka Zorz The hacking of internet-exposed, vulnerable Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway deployments has escalated. What started as stealthy targeting via zero-day exploits has now become widespread “spray and pray” exploitation, fueled by the publication of a root-cause analysis and a proof-of-concept exploit […]

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Malicious Custom GPT on chatgpt.com lures users into installing a RAT

Malicious Custom GPT on chatgpt.com lures users into installing a RAT 2026-09-29 at 14:55 By Zeljka Zorz Malware peddlers are using sponsored Google results to push a malicious ChatGPT Custom GPT named “Plus 5.6,” created to lead users to a fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA check and, ultimately, make them download and run a remote access trojan […]

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FBI job portals remain offline after ShinyHunters claims breach via PeopleSoft zero-day

FBI job portals remain offline after ShinyHunters claims breach via PeopleSoft zero-day 2026-09-28 at 16:56 By Zeljka Zorz The FBI’s online portals for job applicants (at apply.fbijobs.gov) and special agent applicants (at fbijobs.gov/special-agents) are still unavailable, following what appears to be successful compromises by the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group. Last week, the United States’ domestic […]

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16-year-old researcher breaks into Microsoft analytics service with access to 17 trillion rows of data

16-year-old researcher breaks into Microsoft analytics service with access to 17 trillion rows of data 2026-09-28 at 16:50 By Sinisa Markovic A flaw in Titan, an internal Microsoft analytics service, could have let an attacker read employee records and Bing search analytics, a 16-year-old security researcher has disclosed. The researcher, who goes by Faav, found […]

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Citrix NetScaler RCE zero-days exploited globally for weeks (CVE-2026-88771, CVE-2026-88772)

Citrix NetScaler RCE zero-days exploited globally for weeks (CVE-2026-88771, CVE-2026-88772) 2026-09-28 at 12:51 By Zeljka Zorz Citrix has patched eight critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, two of which (CVE-2026-88771, CVE-2026-88772) have been exploited in zero-day attacks to plant webshells on compromised devices. Rumors about their existence and active exploitation popped […]

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Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts

Ex-US soldier gets 70 months for role in AT&T, Snowflake data thefts 2026-09-28 at 11:45 By Sinisa Markovic A former U.S. Army soldier who was part of a group that stole data from telecom companies, including AT&T, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was part of the group that […]

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If you do one security check this quarter, make it agent memory

If you do one security check this quarter, make it agent memory 2026-09-28 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Chris Latimer, CEO of Vectorize, talks about the security risks hiding in AI agent memory. He found coding agents storing API keys, credentials, and sensitive documents in plain text on […]

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Fake payroll desktop apps hand attackers a route to company paychecks

Fake payroll desktop apps hand attackers a route to company paychecks 2026-09-25 at 10:52 By Sinisa Markovic An attacker has been offering “desktop apps” for three large US payroll and HR platforms that have never released one, Allure Security have found. Anyone who runs the installer gets a copy of ScreenConnect, a legitimate remote access […]

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Stop watching what AI agents say and start watching what they do

Stop watching what AI agents say and start watching what they do 2026-09-25 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Ariel Assaraf, CEO of Coralogix, explains why a system prompt can describe a boundary for an AI agent but cannot enforce one. Assaraf covers how his team builds AI agent […]

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OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website

OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website 2026-09-24 at 15:53 By Zeljka Zorz Before the Hugging Face and RubyGems hacks, autonomous OpenAI agents attempted to hack into three other websites, including an Australian government public health website, independent research lab Transluce revealed on Wednesday. “Notably, the tasks the agents were trying to […]

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New Android malware RemControl steals banking PINs and blocks removal attempts

New Android malware RemControl steals banking PINs and blocks removal attempts 2026-09-24 at 12:40 By Sinisa Markovic A new Android banking trojan called RemControl tricks victims into installing a fake TV app, then takes control of their phones to steal banking PINs, Group-IB has found. Researchers confirmed that the malware targets customers of more than […]

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What to do first when you get 90 days to secure AI agent data

What to do first when you get 90 days to secure AI agent data 2026-09-24 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Kelly Herrell, CEO at Nol8, explains where AI agents create exposure inside organizations. The first thing to examine is the data path: what an agent can reach, what […]

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Attackers hit Check Point Management Servers and Spark firewalls, F5 BIG-IP APM instances

Attackers hit Check Point Management Servers and Spark firewalls, F5 BIG-IP APM instances 2026-09-23 at 13:22 By Zeljka Zorz Check Point Software has released emergency fixes for a critical Check Point Management Server vulnerability (CVE-2026-93616) that has been exploited as far back as July 23, 2026. The company also confirmed that a pre-authentication remote code […]

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