Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries. […]
AI Coding Tools Tricked Into Hacking Developer Machine via Decades-Old Technique
Wiz has disclosed the details of a new AI coding assistant attack method it has dubbed GhostApproval.
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Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges
Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (“mpengine.dll”), which provides scanning, detection, and cleaning capabilities for its antivirus and
AssuranceAmerica data breach exposes records of 6.9 million drivers
American insurance company AssuranceAmerica has disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 7 million drivers after attackers gained access to its systems earlier this year. […]
Chrome 150 Update Patches 27 Vulnerabilities
The security refresh resolves 13 use-after-free bugs, including two critical-severity flaws found by Google.
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Meta’s New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images
Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it’s enabled by default.
“You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific Instagram profiles right into your images,” the social media giant said in a post.
“Whether you want to design a custom event invitation
8Layers Raises $2.9 Million for Identity Security Platform
The Spanish startup has closed an extended pre-seed funding round two months after launching its digital identity protection platform.
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Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft has released a security patch to address a Defender zero-day vulnerability known as “RoguePlanet,” disclosed after the June 2026 Patch Tuesday. […]
Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It
Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker’s code on your own machine instead.
That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack it calls “Friendly Fire.” It works against Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex when either is running in an autonomous mode that approves its own
Unpatched Backdoor in Tenda Firmware Grants Admin Access to Devices
Tracked as CVE-2026-11405, the vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to access a device’s web management interface.
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