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Chrome’s new agentic browsing protections include user alignment critic, expanded origin-isolation capabilities, and user confirmations. The post Google Fortifies Chrome Agentic AI Against Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed JS#SMUGGLER that has been observed leveraging compromised websites as a distribution vector for a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT. The attack chain, analyzed by Securonix, involves three main moving parts: An obfuscated JavaScript loader injected into a website, an HTML Application (HTA) that runs encrypted

From a basement computer lab to the C-Suite: How Keith McCammon built his career and Red Canary with zero formal training. The post CISO Conversations: Keith McCammon, CSO and Co-founder at Red Canary appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The cybersecurity startup will use the investment to accelerate product development and fuel global expansion. The post Resemble AI Raises $13 Million for AI Threat Detection appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Tri-Century Eye Care was targeted recently by the Pear ransomware group, which claimed to have stolen over 3 Tb of data. The post Tri-Century Eye Care Data Breach Impacts 200,000 Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek.

It’s been a week of chaos in code and calm in headlines. A bug that broke the internet’s favorite framework, hackers chasing AI tools, fake apps stealing cash, and record-breaking cyberattacks — all within days. If you blink, you’ll miss how fast the threat map is changing. New flaws are being found, published, and exploited in hours instead of weeks. AI-powered tools meant to help developers

Ransomware payments reached the highest level in 2023, at $1.1 billion paid in 1,512 reported incidents. The post Ransomware Payments Surpassed $4.5 Billion: US Treasury appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The holiday season compresses risk into a short, high-stakes window. Systems run hot, teams run lean, and attackers time automated campaigns to get maximum return. Multiple industry threat reports show that bot-driven fraud, credential stuffing and account takeover attempts intensify around peak shopping events, especially the weeks around Black Friday and Christmas. Why holiday peaks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two new Android malware families dubbed FvncBot and SeedSnatcher, as another upgraded version of ClayRat has been spotted in the wild. The findings come from Intel 471, CYFIRMA, and Zimperium, respectively. FvncBot, which masquerades as a security app developed by mBank, targets mobile banking users in Poland. What's notable about the malware

The bug allows attackers to carry out XML External Entity (XXE) injection attacks via crafted XFA files inside PDF files. The post Critical Apache Tika Vulnerability Leads to XXE Injection appeared first on SecurityWeek.

An increasing number of threat actors have been attempting to exploit the React vulnerability CVE-2025-55182 in their attacks. The post Exploitation of React2Shell Surges appeared first on SecurityWeek.

A critical security flaw in the Sneeit Framework plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited in the wild, per data from Wordfence. The remote code execution vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-6389 (CVSS score: 9.8), which affects all versions of the plugin prior to and including 8.3. It has been patched in version 8.4, released on August 5, 2025. The plugin has more than 1,700 active

The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater has been observed leveraging a new backdoor dubbed UDPGangster that uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) for command-and-control (C2) purposes. The cyber espionage activity targeted users in Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan, according to a report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs. "This malware enables remote control of compromised systems by allowing

Over 30 security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in various artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) that combine prompt injection primitives with legitimate features to achieve data exfiltration and remote code execution. The security shortcomings have been collectively named IDEsaster by security researcher Ari Marzouk (MaccariTA). They affect popular