Cybersecurity

Palo Alto VPN Flaw Exploited to Bypass Authentication

Palo Alto Networks has confirmed active exploitation of a critical VPN vulnerability, CVE-2026-0257, allowing unauthorized access.The vulnerability, which affects PAN-OS software, enables attackers to...

Critical Splunk Vulnerability Allows Unauthenticated RCE

Splunk has patched a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-20253, rated 9.8 on the CVSS scale, allowing unauthenticated file operations and potential remote code execution.The flaw exists...

US Orders Anthropic to Disable AI Models Citing Security

Anthropic disabled its most advanced AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all users after a U.S. government order.The directive cited national...

Google Sues Chinese Hackers Over Gemini AI Phishing

Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle a Chinese cybercrime network using its Gemini AI for phishing scams.The "Outsider" service sent over 2.5 million...

Agentjacking Attack Tricks AI Coding Assistants

Researchers at Tenet Security have uncovered a new attack class called "Agentjacking" that tricks AI coding agents into executing malicious code.The exploit uses a...

ShinyHunters Exploit Oracle Zero-Day, Hit Universities

The ShinyHunters cybercrime group exploited a critical zero-day flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft to steal data from enterprise systems.The vulnerability, CVE-2026-35273, allows unauthenticated remote code...

GreatXML Bypass Exposes Windows BitLocker Security

A new Windows BitLocker encryption bypass tool named GreatXML has been released by security researcher Chaotic Eclipse.The vulnerability can be triggered if a user...

Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026 Winners Announced

The Hacker News unveiled the winners of the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards.Victors were judged on innovation, impact, and technical excellence, not brand popularity.Awards span...

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Worldcoin’s 100 Wallets Hold 90% of Supply: Grayscale Filing

Grayscale’s SEC filing for a Worldcoin ETF reveals that 100 wallets hold roughly 90% of all circulating WLD tokens.The...

New Linux bug grants root access via snap-confine flaw

Security researchers at Qualys disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2026-8933) in snap-confine, affecting default Ubuntu Desktop installations.An...

Brent Oil Hits $95 as US-Iran Conflict Escalates

Brent crude oil hit $95 per barrel on Wednesday, the highest level in six weeks, as the US-Iran conflict...