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First Foxconn, now Tata — Apple suppliers keep getting hacked

The recently reported cyberattack against Tata Electronics is shaping up to be one of the most consequential attacks exposing important trade secrets belonging to Apple and, conceivably, other clients, including a slew of details about the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro. The attack follows May’s assault against key Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn. World Leaks iPhone 18 Pro Hackers from […] more…

BlueHammer Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

The Microsoft Defender vulnerability CVE-2026-33825 was exploited in the wild as a zero-day before patches were released. The post BlueHammer Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks

Decades-old Bash shell tricks can bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents, potentially turning malicious repositories into supply chain attack vectors. The post Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million

Hackers accessed the insurance giant’s policyholder portal multiple times between June 15 and June 25. The post Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Hacker Conversations: Chris Thompson, Former Head of IBM X-Force Red, Co-Founder of RemoteThreat

Chris Thompson’s journey took him from hacking game controls as a teenager to founding IBM’s X-Force Red team. The post Hacker Conversations: Chris Thompson, Former Head of IBM X-Force Red, Co-Founder of RemoteThreat appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History

The ruling was made in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant. The post Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Exploitation of Recent Oracle E-Business Suite Vulnerability Begins

The critical-severity defect allows unauthenticated attackers to take over the E-Business Suite’s Payments product. The post Exploitation of Recent Oracle E-Business Suite Vulnerability Begins appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Microsoft unveils Memora to tackle AI agents’ memory problem

With AI agents increasingly expected to remember conversations, preferences, and decisions over extended periods, Microsoft Research has developed Memora, a memory system designed to provide more scalable and reliable long-term recall than existing approaches. AI agents are increasingly expected to retain context across weeks or months rather than individual chat sessions. Memory can become fragmented, […] more…

The AI Token Costs That Can Break Cybersecurity

As cybersecurity platforms embrace agentic AI, organizations must balance detection performance against the escalating costs of token consumption, deployment architecture, and AI credits. The post The AI Token Costs That Can Break Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Q&A: Nvidia exec on how ‘confidential computing’ can secure AI agents

There are a variety of security concerns about artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to the behavior of agentic AI. But until recently, the concept of locking down the models to prevent tampering hasn’t gotten a lot of attention. Now, a security technology called “confidential computing” has emerged that could help solve that problem: […] more…

Nissan Employee Data Breached in Oracle PeopleSoft Hack

Only a handful of the 100 organizations targeted in the PeopleSoft campaign have been confirmed. The post Nissan Employee Data Breached in Oracle PeopleSoft Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Critical SimpleHelp Vulnerability Exploited for Malware Delivery

The threat actor is focused on collecting credentials, SSH keys, cryptocurrency wallets, and development tooling. The post Critical SimpleHelp Vulnerability Exploited for Malware Delivery appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Quantifind Raises $200 Million for AI-Native Risk Intelligence

Quantifind will accelerate international expansion and extend its platform’s localized risk intelligence capabilities. The post Quantifind Raises $200 Million for AI-Native Risk Intelligence appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Disappointed with AI, Ford moves to re-hire 350 former workers

Ford has rehired approximately 350 experienced engineers after the company’s investment in AI and automated quality control systems failed to meet expectations, according to Bloomberg. In short, the technology did not detect enough problems. “We mistakenly believed that we could create a high-quality product simply by introducing artificial intelligence and inputting our design requirements,” Charles […] more…

WhatsApp Rolling Out Username Feature to Bolster Phone Number Privacy

An optional ‘username key’ adds another layer by requiring a secondary credential before someone can message users. The post WhatsApp Rolling Out Username Feature to Bolster Phone Number Privacy appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Apple’s memory problem is your problem, too

Apple’s ongoing problems with RAM shortages and higher prices won’t be solved anytime soon, because rapidly accelerating demand for high-end AI memory is devouring the consumer electronics industry. GoPro has already warned it might go out of business — and the scale of the crunch has prompted analysts to call it an “absolute existential crisis” for smaller tech […] more…

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