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Hackers use n-day exploits in zero-click attacks on iOS, Android devices

A large-scale watering hole attack associated with Russian hackers has been targeting iOS and Android users visiting compromised sites or fake ones impersonating legitimate portals.

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Hackers hijack cPGuard autoupdate to deploy backdoor, steal data

Attackers have compromised the update infrastructure for the cPGuard web security suite to distribute a backdoor and a data-stealing script.

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WorkOS says attacker used ARTEX AI to breach internal sales app

Developer platform WorkOS suffered a data breach after a threat actor accessed business contact records and summaries of customer communications.

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Binance says fake job interview led to $6.3 billion crypto heist

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance says North Korean hackers used a fake job interview to trick an employee into installing malware that ultimately let them compromise the company's wallet infrastructure and steal about $6.34 billion in…

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Google: LLMjacking attacks rack up $1 million in cloud AI charges

Large language model hijacking attacks, also known as LLMjacking, are generating large fraudulent cloud charges, with some organizations losing more than $100,000 per day.

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Barracuda warns of critical flaws allowing root access to devices

Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks warned customers to patch two vulnerabilities that can let attackers run commands with root privileges.

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Gartner Predicts SOCs Will Have 50% More Engineers Than Analysts by 2028

Gartner predicts that security operations centers will have 50% more engineers than analysts by 2028 as AI agents take over routine alert handling. Prophet Security examines how AI is reshaping SOC roles, from analyst responsibilities and…

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UK school estate hit by 3AM ransomware in suspected AI-assisted attack

A 3AM ransomware affiliate targeted a school estate in the UK and successfully encrypted around 37 of nearly 50 machines reached from an unmanaged host.

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Police seizes over 100 servers in investment scam crackdown

European law enforcement authorities arrested seven suspects and seized more than 100 servers in a joint action targeting an unnamed company suspected of providing fraudulent trading websites to criminal gangs.

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Google adds new $250,000 Cloud VRP reward for Root-in-Cloud bugs

Google has expanded its Cloud Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) with a new top-tier reward for high-impact architectural security flaws.

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Harvard University data breach exposed info of 851,000 accounts

Hackers who breached Harvard University's Alumni Affairs and Development systems in November 2025 stole data linked to more than 850,000 unique email addresses, according to breach notification service Have I Been Pwned.

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Chinese hackers use ARTEX AI in automated attacks against 200 orgs

Chinese hackers used ARTEX, an open-source, multi-agent AI penetration-testing framework, in attacks against more than 200 organizations across 14 countries.

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Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack

Financial technology company Abrigo has restored its Sageworks risk management application, except for borrower-facing capabilities, following an outage triggered by "irregular activity" in its environment.

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Google disrupts million-device XCPE Android malware botnet, bans TV box maker

Google and industry partners have dismantled the XCPE malware botnet consisting of more than 1.3 million Android TV streaming TV boxes that Google says its manufacturer intentionally infected with malware to generate revenue through…

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BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet crypto thefts on outdated instances

The maintainer of BTCPay Server, an open-source cryptocurrency payment processor, has urged users to install the latest version as hackers have been draining "hot wallets" on instances running older versions.