Latest news as of 7/2/2026, 3:29:28 PM
The Register
Developer-targeted, supply-chain attacks all the rage these days
Bleeping Computer
The Glassworm botnet targeting developers in software supply-chain attacks has been disrupted after researchers took down its resilient command-and-control infrastructure relying on Solana blockchain transactions and the BitTorrent DHT network. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Strong Active Directory passwords don't have to come at the expense of usability. Specops Software explains how passphrases, breached password protection, and self-service resets can improve security without frustrating users. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Threat actors are targeting systems with high-performance computers in an ongoing cryptojacking campaign spread through a coordinated SEO poisoning operation that also manipulated AI chatbot recommendations. [...]
Bleeping Computer
The FBI warned on Tuesday that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) extortion gang is now targeting U.S.-based law firms in in-person data theft attacks. [...]
The Hacker News
When an employee installs an AI writing assistant, connects a coding copilot to their IDE, or starts summarizing meetings with a new browser tool, they are doing exactly what a productive employee should do: finding faster ways to work. Across most organizations today, employees are running three to five AI tools on any given day. Most were never reviewed by IT. A significant portion connects
Dark Reading
A recent congressional hearing highlighted how states are reeling from federal cutbacks to important cyber grants and information sharing initiatives amid damaging attacks to critical infrastructure.
The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw in Gitea, an open-source, self-hosted platform for version control, that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to pull private container images from Gitea deployments without requiring an account, password, or other credentials. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-27771 (CVSS score: N/A), affects all versions of Gitea prior to 1.26.2
Bleeping Computer
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given U.S. federal agencies four days to secure their servers against a critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed cPanel user-end plugin, which is actively being exploited in attacks. [...]
Bleeping Computer
The Dutch National Police arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking the professional football club Ajax Amsterdam (AFC Ajax) earlier this year. [...]