An automated roundup of 30 notable cybersecurity article(s) from the last 36 hours, aggregated from 5 source(s). Descriptions are pulled directly from each publisher's feed; follow the links for the full articles.
Krebs on Security
U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions
A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to hacking into multiple telecommunications companies and stealing mobile call and text metadata for more than 100 million AT&T customers in 2024 was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison today and ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in…
BleepingComputer
Kiteworks urges 6-hour server shutdown over potential zero-day attacks
Secure file-sharing software company Kiteworks is urging customers worldwide to temporarily shut down their servers on Saturday for a six-hour window after receiving threat intelligence warning of a potentially imminent cyberattack. [...]
ShinyHunters hacked Clop leak site using Grav CMS path traversal flaw
The Clop ransomware gang has moved its data leak site to a new Tor address after confirming its previous server was compromised and defaced through an unpatched Grav CMS flaw that BleepingComputer has learned is an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. [...]
Elementor WordPress flaw lets attackers create admin accounts
A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Elementor plugin for WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to create administrator accounts. [...]
CISA warns of Sharepoint, WSO2, Adobe Commerce flaws exploited in attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns that hackers are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-5430) affecting multiple products from enterprise software provider WSO2. [...]
Anthropic rolls out up to $250 in free Claude Code credits, but only for cloud sessions
Anthropic now allows you to run Claude Code via cloud sessions without signing up for the research preview, and it's offering up to $250 in free usage credits, so more users can give it a try. [...]
OpenAI is preparing a $500 ChatGPT Pro Max plan with faster Codex
OpenAI appears to be preparing a new ChatGPT Pro Max subscription that could cost $500 per month, but it's unclear when it'll begin rolling out. [...]
With the Rise of AI Agents, SOC 2 Should Adapt or Risk Irrelevance
AI agents can operate through human credentials and take actions that existing SOC 2 controls may not distinguish from human activity. Token Security explains why SOC 2 needs to adapt to address the security gaps created by agent identities. [...]
Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Deployment Services
Microsoft announced it will deprecate the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server role starting with the next Windows Server release. [...]
Rydox marketplace admin pleads guilty, faces 22 years in prison
A Kosovar national has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. [...]
Microsoft: Recent Windows updates cause desktop loading issues
Microsoft has confirmed that some users may experience desktop loading issues, including black screens, after installing the August 2026 preview updates and subsequent updates. [...]
Hackers steal $351.6 million in Bitget crypto exchange hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget disclosed today that suspected North Korean hackers have stolen $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets. [...]
MacSync malware uses public iCloud calendars to deliver new payloads
A new variant of the MacSync malware targeting macOS systems now uses public iCloud calendar events to deliver new native payloads. [...]
New Carbonato malware uses AI agents to hijack exposed Docker hosts
A new botnet malware called Carbonato is targeting insecure hosts running Docker daemons to install the Hermes Agent AI framework and take control. [...]
The Hacker News
Compromised GitHub Actions Came Back Online and Resumed Executing Mini Shai-Hulud Malware
Two actions-cool GitHub Actions have been disabled for a second time after the repositories became accessible last week, months after they were compromised during the May 2026 Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. The affected GitHub Actions are listed below - actions-cool/issues-helper…
PamStealer macOS Malware Adds Live C2 Payload Decryption and Multi-Layer Persistence
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of PamStealer that ensures that the main payload can only be recovered using a server-side decryption chain. The latest artifacts, per Jamf Threat Labs, continue to rely on the same JavaScript for Automation (JXA) dropper…
The SOC Doesn't Need to Start Over with Every Alert
Security leaders keep debating whether AI will produce an entirely new class of cyberattack. The nearer change is quieter and already visible: AI has made a failed attack cheap to retry. The routine version looks like this. An attacker lands on a low-privilege cloud account, and…
Bitget Says Suspected North Korean Hackers Stole $351.6M After Backend Compromise
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget said suspected North Korean threat actors have stolen $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets. "At 18:31 UTC on September 24, 2026, Bitget's security systems identified unauthorized transfers involving a limited number of hot wallets," BitGet…
Roundcube Pre-Auth SQL Injection Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has warned that a now-patched Roundcube Webmail vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-48842 (CVSS score: 8.1), a pre-authentication SQL injection in the virtuser_query plugin of…
Cloudflare Fixes Flaw That Let One Container Read Another Customer's Leftover Disk Data
A flaw in Cloudflare Containers let a paying customer read data that other customers' containers had left behind on the same server, Cloudflare and the researchers who found it said on Thursday. The data came from disk space that earlier containers had used and given up, not…
WSO2 and Adobe Commerce Flaws Exploited in Attacks, Added to CISA KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Thursday, added two critical security flaws impacting WSO2 and Adobe Commerce and Magento to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are…
Unpatched OnePlus Flaws Let Installed Android Apps Gain Root Without Permissions
A OnePlus 15 running the latest OxygenOS can be rooted by a malicious app the owner installs, one that asks for no special permissions. A researcher, Rasmus Moorats, chained two flaws in OnePlus's own software to gain root access, the highest level of control over an Android…
Dark Reading
AI Sandbox Escapes: Why Forensic Readiness Matters More Than Containment
When autonomous AI agents "escape the sandbox," the real story isn't rogue machines — it's the same access-control failures we've seen for decades.
What We Missed: Google Gemini Joins the AI Escape Party
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from Google Gemini models breaking containment to ShinyHunters ratting on TeamPCP hackers.
Stopping IT Worker Scams Requires Revamped HR Process
Training human-resource managers in the latest tactics and warning signs goes a long way toward blunting the threat, but automated analysis can help even more.
Russia's Hybrid Cyber-Physical War in Europe Heats Up
A storm is raging in the form of cyber sabotage, disinformation, and drone attacks on European nations, particularly those that provide material support to Ukraine.
'Salesbleed' Exploits Salesforce Agents to Enable Slack Phishing
Agentic AI can smuggle arbitrary instructions from the Web, across multiple apps, into trusted internal communications channels.
SectopRAT Returns, Hiding Inside a Legitimate Application
The latest activity from the remote access Trojan (RAT) shows why organizations should monitor the behavior of applications rather than blindly trusting them, experts say.
SANS Internet Storm Center
A Closer Look at Malware From the Macfinger ClickFix Campaign, (Fri, Sep 25th)
Introduction