- Researchers find ultimate Windows kill switch which can disable antivirus with almost no user interaction
August 14, 2026
Microsoft has recently fixed a vulnerability that allowed threat actors to bypass advanced security measures, disable antivirus software, and expose the target device to full system takeover. All of this, it seems, could have been possible with a very simple script, and a single click from the victim’s side. Luckily, the vulnerability was discovered by white hat hackers, ...
- APT group HoneyMyte upgrades CoolClient
August 14, 2026
CoolClient is a backdoor family attributed to the HoneyMyte APT group (also known as Mustang Panda) that has been used in their cyber-espionage campaigns targeting organizations across Asia and Russia. It supports such capabilities as keylogging, clipboard theft, credential harvesting, file management, system reconnaissance, and plugin-based extensions. Since its first public disclosure by Sophos in 2022 and subsequent ...
- New Android malware lets criminals use your bank card in real time
August 13, 2026
Researchers at Group-IB have discovered a new NFC relay malware family, purpose-built to capture live card data via NFC and forward it in real time to attackers. They dubbed it “WindRelay.” NFC (Near Field Communication) is wireless technology that allows devices such as smartphones, payment cards, and payment terminals to communicate when they’re very close together. So, ...
- Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit
August 13, 2026
In May 2026, Kaspersky researches discovered a new cyber-espionage campaign by the Armored Likho group, also known as Eagle Werewolf, that targets private individuals and organizations across various industries in Russia, including major corporations, the public sector, IT, and education. The attackers used a fake app as bait that mimics a service for donations. However, ...
- Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach
August 12, 2026
A hacking and extortion gang has taken credit for a cyberattack and data breach at Uber Freight, the ridesharing giant’s logistics subsidiary. A spokesperson for Uber Freight told Reuters, which first reported the incident, that there was no effect on its business operations and that its systems were running normally. (The company did not immediately respond to ...
- Patch Tuesday: Update now to fix 421 flaws, including three zero-days
August 12, 2026
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 421 Microsoft vulnerabilities, including 62 rated Critical. One Windows vulnerability has been exploited in the wild by the Lazarus group to gain SYSTEM privileges. The August update is smaller than July’s record-breaking release, but it’s still among Microsoft’s largest Patch Tuesday batches. More importantly, it includes several flaws likely to attract attacker interest: ...
- The CEVA Logistics data breach is having major knock-on effects across Europe – here’s what we know
August 11, 2026
CEVA Logistics, one of the biggest shipping and logistics companies in the world, has suffered a major cyberattack, the effects of which are trickling down to many of its clients. The details of the hack itself, however, are not yet publicly available and what little information is out there came from the affected clients themselves. CEVA has ...
- Fake CCleaner installs GhostDesk Chrome spyware
August 11, 2026
A fake version of the popular PC cleaning tool CCleaner is being used to infect Windows users with a malicious Chrome extension called GhostDesk, which acts as spyware inside the browser. With more than 2 billion downloads worldwide, CCleaner is one of the best-known Windows utilities, making it an attractive target for cybercriminals looking to distribute ...
- Attackers pick Levi’s pockets in social engineering attack
August 10, 2026
Levi Strauss is investigating a data breach after attackers used social engineering to access three employees’ work computers. In a regulatory filing, the jeans maker said the intruders accessed and exfiltrated what it described only as “certain corporate information.” Levi’s said it spotted the intrusion, kicked off its incident response procedures, brought in outside cybersecurity experts, and managed ...
- UK MoD says no data leaked to China via drone vulnerability
August 10, 2026
Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Monday that there is no evidence that military data was compromised after a cyber vulnerability was discovered in Royal Navy drones. The issue was identified during routine cybersecurity testing, the ministry said, adding that it continues to conduct security checks across its equipment and systems. Read more… Source: EUROACTIV Sign up for the ...
- StopRansomware: Gunra Ransomware
August 10, 2026
Gunra is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) used by affiliates to target government, critical infrastructure, and other organizations. The Gunra ransomware variant first appeared in 2025 and expanded to RaaS operations in 2026. The actors leverage a double-extortion model, both encrypting data and threatening to publish exfiltrated data to a dedicated leak site (DLS) if the ransom ...
- Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers
August 10, 2026
Wetherspoons has stopped short of banning Meta-style smart glasses from its pubs, but told The Register that customers should switch off their cameras and refrain from filming. “Like many hospitality companies, Wetherspoon has CCTV cameras for security reasons, but their use is strictly controlled by data legislation,” a spokesperson said. “Apart from that, the general code that applies in ...
- Top US hedge funds targeted by major vishing campaign
August 9, 2026
Some of the biggest US hedge funds and law firms have been targeted by a highly sophisticated data breach and extortion campaign, conducted by a group of criminals previously known as BlackFile, experts have warned. BlackFile (or Redact, as the group is now calling itself) has a relatively simple modus operandi, also used by ShinyHunters – ...
- Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager
August 9, 2026
Turns out the fastest way to get a company to consider paying a ransom isn’t calling the CEO – it’s targeting the 46-year-old IT manager. That’s according to Zscaler, whose ThreatLabz researchers tracked 351 victims across 334 organizations caught up in a single ransomware campaign over the course of a month. The data suggests today’s ransomware crews have ...
- Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks
August 7, 2026
Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks and quickly found that thousands of public agencies and websites were at risk of being hacked. At the Def Con cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Friday, security researchers Robert Kruczek and Kamil Szczurowski said they wanted to understand ...
- Intrusion at US healthcare software provider puts 3.8M people’s data at risk
August 7, 2026
A US healthcare software provider has admitted that hackers may have made off with sensitive data belonging to 3.8 million people, making it the largest healthcare breach reported to regulators so far this year. The attack dates to last October, when Ohio-based medical software maker Unlimited Technology Systems (UTS) detected someone poking around its commercial datacenter. ...
- Swiss government says SharePoint-linked data breach affected hundreds of accounts
August 7, 2026
Cybercriminals broke into the IT network of the Swiss government and stole data from roughly 200 accounts. As a result, the Swiss government disconnected some of its servers from the wider internet and launched an investigation. In an announcement, the Swiss government said that on July 28 2026 its security specialists noticed “abnormalities” in the Federal ...