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AI appears to be helping scammers with little web development skill build convincing fake antivirus-renewal pages, Malwarebytes found. The researchers came across a scam page impersonating Avast, aimed at users in Belgium, that was more polished than most sites of its kind. The page told visitors their Avast Premium Security subscription had renewed for €129.99, covered five devices, and would renew again in February. A green checkmark sat beside a badge reading “Active,” and a … More → The post Scammers leave AI fingerprints all over fake antivirus renewal page appeared first on Help Net Security.

The China-linked espionage group FamousSparrow has been using a new backdoor named SparroWocky in attacks on government organizations in Latin America. [...]

Microsoft shared a temporary fix on Wednesday for a known issue that prevents Windows 11 users from logging in with valid domain credentials after installing the September 2026 security updates. [...]

Attackers built a website for a fake AI crypto trading agent and used it to install Needle Stealer, malware that replaces a victim’s browser wallet with a copy that sends the wallet password to the attacker. HP caught the campaign between April and June 2026. The Needle campaign targets people who download AI agents from search results or ads, and users of seven browser wallet extensions, among them MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet and Phantom. HP also … More → The post Fake AI trading agent steals crypto wallet passwords appeared first on Help Net Security.

Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity Identity Services Engine vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild. [...]

Tuskira has announced Vector, its autonomous red teaming agentic capability, which identifies an organization’s exploitable attack surface by simulating what an attacker can do from outside it. Tuskira validates every external finding against the organization’s deployed compensating controls, the internal risks already reported by its security tools, and the architecture of its application and infrastructure topologies. The result is autonomous adversarial exposure validation across vulnerabilities, identities, and control configurations, so security teams act only on … More → The post Tuskira Vector brings autonomous red teaming to attack surface validation appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Frederic Bull, Security Officer at Gremlin, talks about what AI means for security teams. The conversation covers why asking what data a model was trained on is only part of the picture, and why least privilege and access controls still matter for AI agents. It also looks at how AI has narrowed the skill gap between attackers and defenders, how the team handled about nine times as many vulnerabilities … More → The post The AI security question leaders should be asking instead appeared first on Help Net Security.

Agency's shift from static CVSS scores to risk-based prioritization sends the old format packing September 28

Government agencies are warning that Iranian state-linked hackers are using a Windows malware strain named CHOSEN BRICK to target dissidents, activists, and journalists worldwide. [...]

A banking malware operation active since mid-2025 has been using a toolkit named KREMLIN to install malicious Chrome and Edge extensions that steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive data. [...]

Spanish regulators say an AI agent chained together a successful login, vulnerability discovery, and access to personal data in a potential milestone for autonomous cyberattacks. The post First Agentic AI Data Breach Reported to Spanish Regulator appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Enterprises in Russia have emerged as the target of three threat activity clusters tracked as NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls, according to multiple reports from Kaspersky. The cybersecurity vendor said it has identified attacks mounted by NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95), a threat actor known to be active since at least 2023, that involve new techniques for persistence and lateral movement.

Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in a third-party WooCommerce plugin to upload PHP webshells

The ransom itself can be only a fraction of the total cost of a ransomware attack, with downtime, recovery, remediation, and legal obligations adding millions to the bill. Datto explains how a mature BCDR strategy can reduce downtime and provide a faster, more predictable path to recovery. [...]

US, UK, and Dutch government agencies published a report detailing the malware, and the FBI described the abuse of Telegram for C&C. The post US, UK, Dutch Agencies Expose Iranian ‘Chosen Brick’ Surveillance Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek.

N0va is targeting organizations across North America and Europe with phishing campaigns that impersonate trusted services and abuse legitimate authentication flows. Successful attacks can give threat actors access to valid accounts without relying on obvious malware activity. From there, a single compromised identity can open the door to sensitive data, business systems, and additional cloud

Vulnerabilities in The Events Calendar can provide attackers with remote code execution capabilities. The post Unauthenticated RCE Flaws Could Expose 200,000+ WordPress Sites to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.

A leaked credential shows up in a criminal marketplace, or a vulnerability gets a disclosure advisory, and either one can be weaponized against a real target before most security teams have triaged the alert. Attackers are combining that kind of intelligence with AI-assisted exploitation to accelerate the path from exposure to breach faster than most security programs are built to react.

Attackers now exploit a critical-severity ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability in the wild, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). [...]

The company will use the new capital to expand its vulnerability operations platform and support international growth. The post Hackuity Raises $19 Million for AI-Powered Vulnerability Management appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Nozomi Networks announced Nozomi Compass, an OT asset and service management platform designed to help organizations manage industrial assets, vulnerabilities, and exposures. The platform brings asset data, remediation workflows, and operational processes together, reducing reliance on spreadsheets, IT ticketing systems, and manual workflows that may not account for OT requirements. “Nozomi Compass underpins our vision to provide a single source of truth for visibility, threat detection, governed workflows, compliance evidence, and trusted AI-enabled operational decision-making,” … More → The post Nozomi Compass helps industrial teams manage OT assets and vulnerabilities appeared first on Help Net Security.

OPSWAT researchers find two zero-days in TP-Link cameras