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Supermarket Refrigeration Attack Widens to Copeland, Dixell Controllers securityweek.com/supermarket…

Supermarket Refrigeration Attack Widens to Copeland, Dixell Controllers

Roughly 700 French supermarkets were hit by the cyberattacks, for which no group has claimed responsibility.

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Novel Android RAT ‘Hirudo’ Replaces Banking Apps With Trojanized Copies securityweek.com/novel-andro…

Novel Android RAT ‘Hirudo’ Replaces Banking Apps With Trojanized Copies

The Hirudo malware combines elements of a traditional banking trojan and a full-featured RAT.

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CikaBika Bot RAT Uses Discord for C&C securityweek.com/cikabika-bo…

CikaBika Bot RAT Uses Discord for C&C

Delivered via phishing, the malware provides reconnaissance, remote execution, and data exfiltration capabilities.

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CenterPoint Energy Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Texans securityweek.com/centerpoint…

CenterPoint Energy Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Texans

Personal information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers was compromised.

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CikaBika Bot RAT Uses Discord for C&C securityweek.com/cikabika-bo…

CikaBika Bot RAT Uses Discord for C&C

Delivered via phishing, the malware provides reconnaissance, remote execution, and data exfiltration capabilities.

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Cisco Warns of Exploited Secure Email Gateway Vulnerability securityweek.com/cisco-warns…

Cisco Warns of Exploited Secure Email Gateway Vulnerability

Unauthenticated, remote attackers could write arbitrary files to the operating system and execute commands with root privileges.

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Palo Alto Networks Patches PAN-OS Zero-Day Exploited for Remote Code Execution securityweek.com/palo-alto-n…

Palo Alto Networks Patches PAN-OS Zero-Day Exploited for Remote Code Execution

The company says it’s aware of limited exploitation against customers’ firewalls, and it has made IoCs available.

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CISO Conversations: James Robinson – Many Jobs, One Journey to Netskope CISO securityweek.com/ciso-conver…

CISO Conversations: James Robinson – Many Jobs, One Journey to Netskope CISO

James Robinson never planned a cybersecurity career — seven companies and one deputy CISO role later, he leads security at Netskope.

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UK Legal Aid Agency Hack Scope Widens After Forensic Review securityweek.com/uk-legal-ai…

UK Legal Aid Agency Hack Scope Widens After Forensic Review

Most of the data is related to applications, claims, and payments submitted between 2007 and 2025.

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In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit securityweek.com/in-other-ne…

In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: BofA adds 1,000 patching contractors, KGB RAT pairs data theft with jump scares, and Langflow flaw under attack.

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Largest M&A Announced in 2026: Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis securityweek.com/proofpoint-…

Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis

The Thoma Bravo-owned Proofpoint will acquire Varonis in an all-cash transaction and Varonis will become a private company.

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Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day securityweek.com/chinese-apt…

Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day

Armory Castle exploited CVE-2026-102764 for initial access, deployed custom tools, and deleted logs and artifacts.

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F5, Juniper Networks Patch Critical Vulnerabilities securityweek.com/f5-juniper-…

F5, Juniper Networks Patch Critical Vulnerabilities

Successful exploitation of some of these issues could lead to remote code execution and full device takeover.

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In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit securityweek.com/in-other-ne…

In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: BofA adds 1,000 patching contractors, KGB RAT pairs data theft with jump scares, and Langflow flaw under attack.

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Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel securityweek.com/israeli-ad-…

Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel

Israeli company Discover-Tech’s ads allow threat actors to fingerprint and track devices at scale and infect selected targets.

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Microsoft Patches Two Dozen RCE Flaws in Office securityweek.com/microsoft-p…

Microsoft Patches Two Dozen RCE Flaws in Office

In addition to RCE flaws, Microsoft fixed multiple information disclosure bugs and a security bypass issue in Office.

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BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts securityweek.com/bae-systems…

BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts

A cyber incident affecting contractor BAE Systems has knocked out the Bankruptcy Noticing Center, halting notices nationwide for a week.

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OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks securityweek.com/openai-mode…

OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks

Left without funds for a coding task, an OpenAI model spent test crypto from a stranger’s wallet and left it out of its report.

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Linda Jones retweeted
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US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand Soars securityweek.com/us-cybersec…

US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand Soars

CyberSN’s Cybersecurity Jobs Report provides visibility into the US cybersecurity job market. It’s a mixed bag.

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Anthropic Acquires Confidential AI Startup Opaque Systems securityweek.com/anthropic-a…

Anthropic Acquires Confidential AI Startup Opaque Systems

Opaque Systems has developed technology that lets AI systems use sensitive data while keeping it protected by the underlying hardware.

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