Latest news as of 5/22/2026, 7:42:00 AM
The Register
Too slow react-ion time Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.…
The Register
Don't relax: This is a 'when, not if' scenario AI agents and other systems can't yet conduct cyberattacks fully on their own – but they can help criminals in many stages of the attack chain, according to the International AI Safety report.…
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As analyst house Gartner declares AI tool ‘comes with unacceptable cybersecurity risk’ and urges admins to snuff it out If you’re brave enough to want to run the AI assistant OpenClaw, several clouds have already started offering it as a service.… demonstrably insecure
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Affected police officers squeezed mental health services, relocated over safety fears Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) employees who had their details exposed in a significant 2023 data breach will each receive £7,500 ($10,279) as part of a universal offer of compensation.…
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Gang walks away with nothing, victims are left with irreparable hypervisors Cybersecurity experts usually advise victims against paying ransomware crooks, but that advice goes double for those who have been targeted by the Nitrogen group. There's no way to get your data back from them!…
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US agencies told to patch by Friday Attackers are exploiting a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug - less than a week after the vendor disclosed and fixed the 9.8-rated flaw. That's according to America's lead cyber-defense agency, which set a Friday deadline for federal agencies to patch the security flaw.…
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LLMs automated most phases of the attack A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an AI speed assist.… UPDATED
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Picks chap who used to lead Redmond’s security, lures replacement from Google Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has decided Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar, and shifted Charlie Bell, the company’s executive veep for security, into the new role.…
The Register
It's a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect Sleeper agent-style backdoors in AI large language models pose a straight-out-of-sci-fi security threat.…
Bleeping Computer
Autonomous AI agents are creating a new identity blind spot as they operate outside traditional IAM controls. Token Security shows why managing the full lifecycle of AI agent identities is becoming a critical CISO priority. [...]