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- N0va Phishkit Targets US and EU Businesses: A New Challenge for Identity Security
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
The Hacker News - Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack
Data protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models
The Register - Google Patches Pixel Modem Flaw Amid Signs of Limited Targeted Exploitation
Google has disclosed that a high-severity security flaw in its Pixel Cellular Modem has come under exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58704 (CVSS score: 8.0), is a privilege escalation flaw. "In Cellular Modem, there is a possible permission bypass due to a logic error in the code," according to a description of the bug in the NIST National Vulnerability Database
CriticalUsed in attacksThe Hacker NewsGoogle - Threat Intelligence Alone Won't Close the Exploitation Gap
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.
The Hacker News - Critical ScreenConnect flaw now actively exploited in attacks
Attackers now exploit a critical-severity ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability in the wild, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
BleepingComputer - Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Acronis has warned that a high-severity security flaw in its Backup plugin for cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) deployments has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-87886 (CVSS score: 7.8), is described as a case of local privilege escalation due to insecure file permissions. It affects the following versions - Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux
The Hacker NewsLinux - Cyber-Attacks Cost Organizations $52,000 on Average
Hiscox highlighted the huge financial and operational costs of cyber-attacks, with the average cost of an incident at $52,000
Infosecurity Magazine - Ministry of Justice apologizes after court staff accessed Southport victims' files
Sensitive personal data was involved, but there is no evidence it was shared with third parties
The Register - Zero-Day Flaw in TP-Link Cameras Enables Eavesdropping
OPSWAT researchers find two zero-days in TP-Link cameras
Infosecurity Magazine - Windows Server 2022 reaches end of mainstream support next month
Microsoft has reminded customers that Windows Server 2022 will reach the end of mainstream support next month and enter extended support until October 2031.
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