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GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses 2026-07-09 at 15:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the PoisonX kernel driver to neutralize security software as part of its defense evasion strategy. According to a new report published by the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec, the ransomware […]

Summer of Clearinghouses 2026-07-09 at 15:46 By Everyone seems to have announced a clearinghouse over the past few weeks. We did too. Ours is called Athena, and the main thing that sets it apart is that it was already real and running when we announced it — built quietly months earlier, heads down, taking findings […]

AI Attacks Move in Minutes. Join This Webinar on Building a Defense That Keeps Up 2026-07-09 at 15:26 By AI has changed how fast attacks move. Work that once took an attacker days now takes minutes. Using models like Mythos, attackers write tailored bait, pick targets, test what lands, and jump to the next host […]

Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges 2026-07-09 at 14:30 By Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine […]

Do you need ‘personalized sunlight’? New device boosts vitamin D —without going outside 2026-07-09 at 13:29 By Allie Yang A new product is on the market eliminating the 95% of UVA present in sunlight, claiming to deliver just enough UVB to stimulate vitamin D production. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | […]

GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses 2026-07-09 at 13:00 By Threat Hunter Team Third iteration of ransomware from Hyadina developers who first launched the Monster ransomware in 2022. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Meta’s New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images 2026-07-09 at 11:28 By Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it’s enabled by default. “You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in […]

The Good Hackers Security Leaders Can’t Afford to Ignore 2026-07-09 at 10:00 By Not all hackers are adversaries. Some are among our most valuable allies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It 2026-07-09 at 08:15 By Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker’s code on your own machine instead. That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack […]

GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents 2026-07-09 at 07:27 By Researchers at Wiz found that a flaw in six popular AI coding assistants lets a booby-trapped code project quietly take control of a developer’s computer. The assistant asks permission to edit one harmless-looking file, but the write lands on a […]

Fake 7-Zip Installers Turn Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes 2026-07-09 at 07:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new threat actor dubbed Lurking Lizard that has been operating an end-to-end malicious residential proxy business using an infrastructure comprising more than 230 lookalike domains. The activity dates back to at least August 2022, according […]

Biden-appointed judge reluctantly approves Elon Musk’s settlement with SEC over Twitter disclosures 2026-07-09 at 02:12 By Reuters US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan questioned whether the Trump administration let the world’s richest person off too easily. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Sun Valley’s ‘summer camp for billionaires’ is offering knitting classes this year — here’s why we shouldn’t be surprised 2026-07-09 at 00:28 By Charles Gasparino It was as if the bankers at Allen & Co. had set out to prove that big media as we know it is on its last legs. This article is […]

Fiat launching tiny European EV in the US with low price tag — but there’s a catch 2026-07-08 at 23:51 By Fox Business The EV is about 8 feet long, weighs 1,073 pounds and gets up to 46 miles of range from a 5.4-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

AI Coding Agents Found Triggering Endpoint Security Rules Built to Catch Attackers 2026-07-08 at 20:02 By Sophos looked at a week of its own endpoint data and found that AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenAI Codex are setting off detection rules written to catch human intruders. The agents are not malicious. […]

Anthropic leases new NYC office building, set to double local workforce by end of year 2026-07-08 at 19:38 By Thomas Barrabi Anthropic will begin moving into the office later this summer and has space in the facility for about 1,700 desks, according to the company. New York already ranked as Anthropic’s second-largest office hub aside […]

6 Data Breaches to Know About (June 2026) 2026-07-08 at 19:18 By Security magazine dives into 6 data breach stories from the last month.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New HalluSquatting Attack Could Trick AI Coding Assistants Into Installing Botnet Malware 2026-07-08 at 19:18 By AI coding assistants have a habit of making things up. Ask one to fetch a popular tool, and it will sometimes hand back a real-sounding name for a project that does not exist. New research, which its authors call HalluSquatting, […]

Accenture Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim Source Code Theft 2026-07-08 at 19:02 By IT services organization Accenture has confirmed it experienced a data breach.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

China Claims “Backdoor” Security Risk in Claude Code, Anthropic Responds 2026-07-08 at 18:30 By A Chinese cybersecurity platform has claimed to discover a “backdoor” security concern in Anthropic’s Claude Code.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source