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SEP21
CISO Conversations: Noopur Davis – The Accidental Global CISO at Comcast

Noopur Davis never planned a career in cybersecurity. She was a developer at Intergraph, and for many years that was all she wanted to be. The post CISO Conversations: Noopur Davis – The Accidental Global CISO at Comcast appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Kevin Townsend
SEP21
⚡ Weekly Recap: Cisco 0-Day, AI Agent RCE, ClickFix Attacks, ClickFix Surge, and Browser Hijacks

A browser. A plugin. A package. A login screen. Normal stuff. That is basically the problem this week. The trouble keeps showing up inside things people already trust: code that takes a bad turn, old payloads coming back, exposed systems, weak checks, fake fixes, and attack paths that look almost too easy. Even the research side is getting messy, with more findings, more automation, and not

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SEP21
TASK#STOMP PowerShell Backdoor Steals Documents, Wi-Fi Passwords, and Clipboard Data

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed TASK#STOMP that delivers a PowerShell backdoor designed to harvest sensitive data from compromised hosts. The backdoor "automatically harvests and exfiltrates business documents, watches the filesystem for new files in real time, steals Wi-Fi passwords and clipboard contents, takes screenshots, and accepts arbitrary

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SEP21
Dragos Completes NetRise and runZero Acquisitions Following Accenture Deal

The transaction is part of the $4.1 billion deal in which Accenture acquired a majority stake in Dragos in an OT cybersecurity push. The post Dragos Completes NetRise and runZero Acquisitions Following Accenture Deal appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
SEP21
RatHat Android Trojan Uses AI for Automation

The malware relies on AI for real-time device navigation and control, increasing adaptability and evasion. The post RatHat Android Trojan Uses AI for Automation appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
SEP21
Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls

It’s unclear if the attacks are part of previous campaigns against Rust, but the techniques used by the attackers match those used by North Korea. The post Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
SEP21
CrowdSec Confirms Source Code Stolen in Supply Chain Attack

The cybersecurity firm believes the data breach was the result of the May 2026 TanStack supply chain attack. The post CrowdSec Confirms Source Code Stolen in Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
SEP21
Colorado Water Utilities Hit by Cyberattacks Targeting OT Systems

The hackers changed equipment settings, disabled remote access and alarms, and altered pumping cycles, officials said. The post Colorado Water Utilities Hit by Cyberattacks Targeting OT Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
SEP21
Organizations Warned of 3 Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

Attackers could exploit the flaws to cause denial-of-service conditions, disclose memory, or modify memory. The post Organizations Warned of 3 Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
SEP21
ClickFix Lures Deploy ChainScript RAT Using Polygon to Rotate C2 Infrastructure

Threat actors are leveraging ClickFix-like lures to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) called ChainScript. "ChainScript has appeared under multiple build names, including ComponentTask33, UpdateDigital, HostShared, and OrchidViolet66, while presenting itself as Spotify, Zoom Workplace, and Microsoft Teams software," Blackpoint Adversary Pursuit Group (APG)

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SEP21
Google Confirms Gemini AI Breached Three Firms

Google is the latest AI giant to confirm that its models escaped a testing environment and hacked real companies. The post Google Confirms Gemini AI Breached Three Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
SEP21
Jade Sleet Linked to Indian IT Provider Breach With FLATROOF and ROOFDECK Backdoors

The North Korean threat actor known as Jade Sleet has been attributed to the compromise of an India-based "much smaller organization" in the information technology (IT) services industry, once again highlighting how the adversary continues to target developers to breach target networks. Cybersecurity company SentinelOne, which disclosed details of the activity, said it involved the use of Apple

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SEP19
Claude Opus 5 Helped Researchers Take Over OpenAI Staff Accounts via Chained Flaws

Three researchers at the security firm Hacktron used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to chain two flaws and take over the ChatGPT and Codex accounts of several OpenAI employees, then reach an internal OpenAI code repository. The chain began with a bug in the software that runs OpenAI's public help forum and moved through a weakness in OpenAI's own login system. This was security research,

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SEP19
TigerByte Cyber Emerges From Stealth With $3 Million in Funding

The company has secured over $7 million in contracts with US government agencies, including the US Space Force, the US Navy, and DARPA. The post TigerByte Cyber Emerges From Stealth With $3 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
SEP19
Can You Prove a New CVE Is Exploitable Before Attackers Do? Learn How in This Webinar

A new CVE drops. Your scanner finds it. The severity score looks ugly. But that still does not answer the question that matters: Can it actually be exploited in your environment? Mythos-class AI is compressing the time between disclosure and working exploitation, while many security programs still validate risk on weekly or quarterly cycles. The dangerous gap is no longer just technical. It is

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