Threat Actors Don’t Want Better Attacks. They Want Repeatable Ones
The most common way into a company last year was to ask.
A web page tells the visitor to prove they are not a robot. While they read the instructions,...
Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 Targets
Threat actors associated with Aurora (aka Aur0ra) ransomware have been observed using SpaceX's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor to break into target networks, according to findings from CloudSEK...
Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City’s State Network
Berlin's state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city's state administrative network, and said it will not...
ThreatsDay: 296K IoT Botnet, 100+ Water Systems Targeted, SharePoint RCE Chain + 27 New...
Ravie LakshmananAug 27, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
A fake login page. A fake security scan. A fake productivity app. Apparently, pretending to be useful is still one of the...
WordlistLoader Delivers Amatera via ClickFix, SynkLoader Phishes Windows Passwords
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two new malware families called WordlistLoader and SynkLoader that's used to deliver next-stage payloads and likely sell access to ransomware groups.
According to findings from...
ThreatsDay: Gogs 10.0 RCE, n8n Workflow-to-RCE, $10M Reward, GLM-5.3 AI Exploit, and More
Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something trusted doing exactly what it was allowed to do.
Signed drivers get turned against...
ThreatsDay: Gogs 10.0 RCE, n8n Workflow-to-RCE, $10M Reward, GLM-5.3 AI Exploit and More
Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News
A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something trusted doing exactly what it was allowed to do.
Signed drivers get turned against...
Clop-Linked Windchill Web Shell Decrypts Credentials and Maps Engineering Data
A JavaServer Pages (JSP) web shell deployed following the exploitation of a critical security flaw in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers is specifically designed for the enterprise Product Lifecycle...
Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation
Ravie LakshmananAug 19, 2026Vulnerability / Ransomware
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating they are...
StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity...
