Targeting production infrastructure, the attack compromised internal datasets and service credentials.
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Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks
Attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-6875) in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. […]
New 7-Zip Vulnerability Could Let Crafted XZ Archives Run Code During Extraction
Opening a crafted XZ archive in 7-Zip could let an attacker run code on the machine. The flaw, CVE-2026-14266, is a heap-based buffer overflow in how the archiver processes XZ chunked data, and Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) detailed it on July 15. A fix shipped on June 25 in 7-Zip 26.02.
The overflow lets an attacker “execute code in the context of the current process,” per the
Russian-Speaking Hacker Uses Google Gemini CLI to Control Botnet of Eight Dental Clinic PCs
A solo Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” outsourced a chunk of their operations to Google’s open-source Gemini CLI artificial intelligence (AI) and commandeered a live botnet.
The findings come from an analysis of 200 Gemini CLI session logs between March 19 and April 21, 2026, which found the threat actor using AI, among other things, to crack passwords, set up a residential
Chrome 150 Update Patches Severe Memory Safety Bugs
The fresh security update resolves six critical and high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities.
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World’s Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent
In an ironic twist, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform Hugging Face revealed that it was the victim of a hack perpetrated by an autonomous AI agent system.
The company said it detected and responded to the incident targeting its production infrastructure earlier last week.
“We identified unauthorized access to a limited set of internal datasets and to several credentials used by
WP2Shell WordPress Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
Exploitation of the new WordPress vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030 started soon after disclosure.
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SleeperGem Uses Three Malicious RubyGems Packages to Target Developer Machines
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new software supply chain attack codenamed SleeperGem targeting the Ruby ecosystem after three malicious gems were published to RubyGems with the end goal of serving additional payloads.
The rogue gems are listed below –
git_credential_manager (versions 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3) – Published on July 18, 2026
Dendreo (versions 1.1.3, 1.1.4) –
Critical NGINX Vulnerability Can Crash Workers and May Allow Remote Code Execution
F5 has shipped fixes for a critical nginx flaw that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker trigger a heap buffer overflow in the worker process with crafted HTTP requests. CVE-2026-42533 was patched on July 15 in nginx 1.30.4 (stable) and 1.31.3 (mainline), and in NGINX Plus 37.0.3.1; anyone on an earlier build should upgrade.
Triggering it can crash or restart the worker, causing a denial of
Hackers abuse ViPNet software to target Russian govt agencies
An advanced threat actor is abusing the update mechanism for the ViPNet private networking product suite to target Russian organizations, including government agencies. […]