Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorist Activity https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/x-post-telegram.jpg Ravie LakshmananJul 29, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on Wednesday said it charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov for allegedly facilitating terrorist activities and for failing to remove prohibited information in violation of Russian law. The principal security agency said the instant ...
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OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ breach at startup
OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ breach at startup https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-132550729,imgsize-95548,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/openai-says-ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-at-startup.jpg FILE – The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing part of the company website in this photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File) OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by ...
Read More »Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware
Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/malware-hacker.jpg The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called Cruciferra. According to a new analysis by Proofpoint, Cruciferra has been utilized by various unrelated cybercriminal threat clusters ...
Read More »Security breaches are inevitable, your response is not
Security breaches are inevitable, your response is not https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-132555659,imgsize-124819,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/security-breaches-are-inevitable-your-response-is-not.jpg Enterprise security leaders have tried to prevent attacks for years. Boards invested in firewalls, perimeter defenses and access restrictions while measuring success by the absence of breaches. Yet, AI is increasing the speed and scale of attacks, causing organizations in India and around the world to reevaluate how they define security ...
Read More »Russian Espionage Group Exploited Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Mail and 2FA Codes
Russian Espionage Group Exploited Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Mail and 2FA Codes https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/zimbra-email.jpg A Russian state-supported espionage group spent months reading Western mailboxes through a then-unknown flaw in Zimbra’s webmail client. The payload goes after the last 90 days of email, the organization’s entire email directory, the password saved in the browser and the codes kept for two-factor recovery. Opening ...
Read More »World’s Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent
World’s Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/huggingface.jpg Ravie LakshmananJul 20, 2026AI Security / Vulnerability 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 ...
Read More »Fake Coding Tests Deliver OtterCookie-Aligned Malware Hidden in SVG Flag Images
Fake Coding Tests Deliver OtterCookie-Aligned Malware Hidden in SVG Flag Images https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/northkorean-hacker.jpg Ravie LakshmananJul 17, 2026Social Engineering / Malware North Korean threat actors linked to the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed employing steganography in SVG image files to conceal malicious payloads as part of a campaign using fake job postings and coding challenges. “Any user who ran the project ...
Read More »AI Coding Agents Found Triggering Endpoint Security Rules Built to Catch Attackers
AI Coding Agents Found Triggering Endpoint Security Rules Built to Catch Attackers https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/alarm.jpg Sophos looked at a week of its own endpoint data and found that AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenAI Codex are setting off detection rules written to catch human intruders. The agents are not malicious. They just do a lot of things that, ...
Read More »U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case
U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/county-hacked.jpg A U.S. government entity paid about $1 million to keep stolen files from being leaked, according to a new case study by Rakesh Krishnan for Ransom-ISAC, built on a leaked negotiation chat and the blockchain trail the payment left. The odd part: the group that took the money calls ...
Read More »Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices
Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/proxy.jpg Swati KhandelwalJul 02, 2026Cybercrime / Botnet Google has significantly degraded NetNut, one of the biggest networks that turns home devices into rented relays for other people’s traffic. Working with the FBI, Lumen, and others, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said this week it had reduced the network’s pool of usable ...
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