South Korea disclosed that hackers breached the National Diplomatic Academy’s online education system for ten months and stole personal information belonging to current and former employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), including overseas diplomats. […]
GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier
Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while its permanent invite-only VIP tier will pay $30,000 or more.
Reports filed before that date, including those already in GitHub’s growing triage queue, will retain the previous payout terms.
GitHub said the
Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of a target environment.
The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS score: 7.8), impacts default installations of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04, 25.10, and 26.04. The disclosure comes as
Swiss rail giant Stadler rejects $12.3M ransom demand after cyberattack
Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail says the Everest ransomware gang demanded about $12.3 million after breaching a data exchange platform shared with one of its suppliers. […]
How enterprise GenAI can amplify ransomware risk — and how to contain it
Enterprise AI can accelerate ransomware attacks when AI assistants and agents inherit excessive permissions or compromised identities. Acronis explains how identity controls, governance, and least-privilege access help reduce AI-enabled ransomware risk while supporting secure AI adoption. […]
Suno, Paidwork Data Breaches Affect Tens of Millions of Accounts
Hackers leaked names, email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, and financial information stolen from the two platforms.
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Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that has over 314 million users, which, if exploited, could facilitate a silent hijack of a user’s WhatsApp data.
The shortcoming has been codenamed HermeticReader by Guardio Labs. It’s officially tracked as CVE-2026-48294 (CVSS score: 7.4), with the vulnerability
Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Observability Platform Provider Embrace
Acquisition follows January’s Chronosphere deal, deepening Palo Alto Networks’ push beyond core security into observability.
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Flaw in Adobe Extension With 300M Installs Enabled WhatsApp Data Theft
An attacker only needed to convince the targeted user to visit a malicious website to exfiltrate WhatsApp messages and contacts.
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New InfraTrust report reveals infrastructure flaws admins should patch first
Eclypsium has launched InfraTrust, a new infrastructure cybersecurity knowledge base and monthly InfraTrust Pulse report designed to help organizations prioritize vulnerabilities affecting infrastructure, firmware, networking, and edge devices. […]