Health-ISAC warns of rising ShinyHunters data theft attacks on healthcare
Health-ISAC, a cybersecurity information-sharing organization for the health sector, is warning healthcare and medical technology organizations of an observed increase in successful attacks by ShinyHunters. ShinyHunters is an extortion gang that primarily conducts supply chain and identity attacks to breach cloud SaaS and storage platforms in data theft attacks, Over the past two years, the threat […]
OpenAI agent used exposed credentials at 4 services in Hugging Face breach
In a new update, OpenAI says its AI models also used publicly exposed credentials to compromise accounts on four third-party services during the recent attack on Hugging Face, expanding the scope of the four-day security incident to other organizations. One account was used as an outbound relay and staging server during the attack, while another […]
Hackers disrupt over 30 Minnesota water utilities in coordinated OT attack
The Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) agency activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities across the entire state after hackers targeted more than 30 community water systems in “a coordinated cyberattack.” ​The attacks occurred on Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27, and targeted operational technology (OT) systems at local water utilities. In a statement early Monday, […]
Windows 11 KB5101684 update released with 42 changes and fixes
​​Microsoft has released the KB5101684 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, which 42 bug fixes and additional feature improvements for the operating system. The KB5101684 update is part of the company’s optional non-security preview update schedule, which releases updates at the end of each month to test new fixes and features coming to the next month’s […]
CubePilot drone software dev hit by DNS hijacking to intercept traffic
CubePilot, an Australian firm that designs flight controllers for drones (UAVs), announced a severe operational disruption caused by a DNS hijacking attack. Hijacking domain name system (DNS) records allows threat actors to redirect users to their infrastructure, diverting traffic intended for a legitimate service. This exposes users to dangerous scenarios such as sensitive data interception, […]
OpenAI models used Artifactory zero-days to escape to the internet
JFrog has confirmed that OpenAI models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in self-hosted Artifactory servers to help escape an isolated testing environment and gain access to the internet before attacking Hugging Face. The vulnerabilities were exploited during the incident in which OpenAI models hacked Hugging Face’s production infrastructure to steal answers for a cybersecurity benchmark. OpenAI disclosed […]
CISA shares advice on isolating vital systems during cyberattacks
The U.S. and Australian governments have released new guidance urging critical infrastructure organizations to prepare to isolate vital operational technology systems in the event of a cyberattack or other major disruptions. The guidance, titled “CI Fortify – Advice for isolating vital systems,” was developed by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian […]
Over 24,000 exposed server BMCs leak password hash via decades-old flaw
More than 24,000 internet-exposed servers are leaking authentication password hashes due to a 20-year-old vulnerability in their Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interface. For at least a third of them, researchers were able to find the correct password using dictionaries and the patterns on factory stickers for default credentials. The exposed servers are vulnerable to CVE-2013-4786, an IPMI […]
vBulletin fixes critical pre-auth RCE flaw with public exploit
A critical vulnerability in the vBulletin forum software allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code through template rendering. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-61511 and affects vBulletin versions in the 5.x and 6.x branches up to 5.7.5 and 6.2.1, respectively. vBulletin is a PHP-based proprietary forum platform released in 2000 and used by large online […]
Data breach at medical billing firm MCBS affects 1.26 million people
Healthcare billing company Medical Computer Business Services (MCBS) has disclosed that a 2025 network breach exposed the sensitive information of more than 1.2 million people. The security incident was disclosed late last month without any details about the number of potentially affected individuals. In a disclosure to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, […]