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Chinese hackers breached North American research institutions via REDCap servers

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Chinese hackers breached North American research institutions via REDCap servers 2026-06-15 at 21:41 By Sinisa Markovic A China-linked cyber espionage operation targeted North American medical research institutions through compromised REDCap servers, using custom malware to gain persistent access and collect sensitive information, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers found. UNC6508 exploits vulnerable REDCap servers GTIG […]

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China-linked spies backdoored authentication stack to stay hidden for years

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China-linked spies backdoored authentication stack to stay hidden for years 2026-06-15 at 18:27 By Zeljka Zorz A China-linked cyber espionage group known as Velvet Ant spent nearly a decade inside the internal network of an unnamed organization without being detected, according to the results of a forensic investigation published by cybersecurity firm Sygnia. The group’s […]

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Onspring CISO on where automated GRC systems fall short

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Onspring CISO on where automated GRC systems fall short 2026-06-15 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Nichole Windholz, CISO at Onspring, talks about the limits of automated GRC systems and continuous control monitoring. She explains why color-coded dashboards can hide nuance, how teams can check the data feeding their […]

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Open-source CI/CD abuse detector guards against stolen credential attacks

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Open-source CI/CD abuse detector guards against stolen credential attacks 2026-06-15 at 08:30 By Sinisa Markovic CI/CD Abuse Detector is an open-source project that uses a large language model to flag suspicious changes to continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, workflows, and automation configurations. The repository contains drop-in templates for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure […]

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A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sight

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A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sight 2026-06-15 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz Deep learning systems on phones, cars, and other edge devices increasingly run on custom silicon. Specialized chips such as FPGAs and ASICs give these systems the speed and low power consumption that edge applications need. Many of these chips […]

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Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem

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Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem 2026-06-15 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic Defense contractors build AI systems that task drones automatically and propose kill-chains to support soldiers. Several of these contractors have partnered with frontier AI companies to put advanced models into military tools. Anduril works with OpenAI, Palantir […]

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Senior engineers are spending their week cleaning up AI-generated code

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Senior engineers are spending their week cleaning up AI-generated code 2026-06-15 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec At most U.S. technology companies, machines now write the bulk of the code that ships each week. The engineer’s job has shifted toward reviewing what the AI produces, and that review gives the code high marks. Leaders rate AI-generated […]

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Week in review: Exploited Check Point VPN zero-day, Oracle PeopleSoft servers under attack

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Week in review: Exploited Check Point VPN zero-day, Oracle PeopleSoft servers under attack 2026-06-14 at 11:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: DockSec: Open-source AI-powered Docker security scanner DockSec is an OWASP Incubator Project that combines three container security scanners with a language-model […]

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Google sues China-based scammers over Gemini AI abuse

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Google sues China-based scammers over Gemini AI abuse 2026-06-12 at 15:43 By Sinisa Markovic Google has filed a lawsuit against Outsider Enterprise, a China-based cybercrime network for using AI tools, including Gemini, to build phishing websites and scam infrastructure. The company said the operation has affected “hundreds of thousands of victims,” with losses estimated in […]

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Researchers release details, PoC for exploited Check Point VPN flaw (CVE-2026-50751)

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Researchers release details, PoC for exploited Check Point VPN flaw (CVE-2026-50751) 2026-06-12 at 15:14 By Zeljka Zorz WatchTowr researchers have disclosed a technical analysis and a “Detection Artefact Generator” for CVE-2026-50751, an authentication bypass flaw in Check Point’s Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access, which the vendor confirmed to be actively exploited. The attacks were […]

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Cybercriminals are moving away from mass phishing campaigns

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Cybercriminals are moving away from mass phishing campaigns 2026-06-12 at 13:47 By Sinisa Markovic Phishing activity declined by roughly 20% in both 2024 and 2025, according to research from Zscaler’s ThreatLabz team. The drop followed years of growth that pushed phishing activity above 2 billion hits in 2023. “Phishing volume measured by blocked emails is […]

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How to use NIST and ISO frameworks to govern AI agents

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How to use NIST and ISO frameworks to govern AI agents 2026-06-12 at 11:07 By Help Net Security Security leaders no longer need convincing that AI agents introduce risk. What’s missing is how to govern them once they move into production and begin operating autonomously across enterprise environments. AI agents already read sensitive documents, invoke […]

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The assembly line behind 1.5 million malicious domains

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The assembly line behind 1.5 million malicious domains 2026-06-12 at 11:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers registered roughly 1.5 million malicious domains during the first five months of 2026. The registration patterns resemble industrial output. Most of the domains were created by attackers, put to use within weeks, and concentrated among a small set of registrars, […]

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Authorities dismantle crypto laundering service that moved €336 million for cybercriminals

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Authorities dismantle crypto laundering service that moved €336 million for cybercriminals 2026-06-12 at 10:58 By Sinisa Markovic An international law enforcement operation has dismantled a cryptocurrency laundering service linked to ransomware groups and other cybercriminals that processed more than €336 million in illicit funds. The domain seizure notice (Source: Europol) Europol said the service, known […]

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CISA orders federal agencies to “patch smarter”

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CISA orders federal agencies to “patch smarter” 2026-06-11 at 20:18 By Zeljka Zorz The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a Binding Operational Directive that will change how the US federal government approaches vulnerability management. The directive arrives as the patching problem has become nearly unmanageable, driven by a surge in newly […]

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Proxmox releases Mail Gateway 9.1 with quarantine and backup encryption changes

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Proxmox releases Mail Gateway 9.1 with quarantine and backup encryption changes 2026-06-11 at 20:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.1 adds updated system components, changes to the spam quarantine interface, and encryption for backups. It works as a mail proxy positioned between the firewall and internal mail servers, screening incoming and outgoing traffic for […]

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FBI seizes 13 websites linked to alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering effort

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FBI seizes 13 websites linked to alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering effort 2026-06-11 at 17:12 By Sinisa Markovic Federal authorities have seized 13 internet domains allegedly used to target current and former U.S. government employees and military personnel with access to classified and sensitive information. The post FBI seizes 13 websites linked to alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering effort […]

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9 out of 10 people can no longer distinguish real from AI-generated content

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9 out of 10 people can no longer distinguish real from AI-generated content 2026-06-11 at 17:12 By Sinisa Markovic Online fraud is becoming harder to distinguish from legitimate activity as AI-generated messages, voices, photos, reviews, and identities become more convincing. Nearly nine in ten adults say they can no longer tell what is real from […]

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Fake Spotify Premium tutorials on TikTok and Instagram Reels spread malware

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Fake Spotify Premium tutorials on TikTok and Instagram Reels spread malware 2026-06-11 at 16:51 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals are using TikTok and Instagram Reels videos to spread Vidar, an infostealer malware, through fake downloads for popular paid software, according to ReversingLabs. The researchers uncovered two campaigns behind the activity, each using a different approach to […]

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Oracle PeopleSoft servers under attack, Oracle pushes out-of-band security alert

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Oracle PeopleSoft servers under attack, Oracle pushes out-of-band security alert 2026-06-11 at 15:41 By Zeljka Zorz A zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-35273) in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools is being exploited in the wild, Charles Carmakal, CTO at cybersecurity firm Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, warned today. The warning comes a day after Oracle published an out-of-band security alert […]

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