Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-03-07 12:00 PST
- OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues
The Hacker News • 2026-03-07 08:28 • thehackernews.com
OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent that’s designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities.
The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex web with free usage for the next month.
“It builds deep context about your project to identify
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/openai-codex-security-scanned-12.html - Termite ransomware breaches linked to ClickFix CastleRAT attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-07 08:14 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Ransomware threat actors tracked as Velvet Tempest are using the ClickFix technique and legitimate Windows utilities to deploy the DonutLoader malware and the CastleRAT backdoor. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/termite-ransomware-breaches-linked-to-clickfix-castlerat-attacks/ - Microsoft: Hackers abusing AI at every stage of cyberattacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-07 07:15 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft says threat actors are increasingly using artificial intelligence in their operations to accelerate attacks, scale malicious activity, and lower technical barriers across all aspects of a cyberattack. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-hackers-abusing-ai-at-every-stage-of-cyberattacks/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
