Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-07-09 08:00 PDT
- New Forg365 phishing platform uses AI to target Microsoft 365 accounts
BleepingComputer • 2026-07-09 07:39 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation called Forg365 focuses on stealing Microsoft 365 accounts by combining adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) and device code methods with AI-assisted lure generation. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-forg365-phishing-platform-uses-ai-to-target-microsoft-365-accounts/ - The Hidden Security Risks of Reduced Summer IT Coverage
BleepingComputer • 2026-07-09 07:02 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Security operations don’t slow down when IT teams take vacation, but staffing levels often do. Kaseya explains how AI-driven automation can help organizations maintain consistent security operations and reduce reliance on manual processes year-round. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-hidden-security-risks-of-reduced-summer-it-coverage/ - Invited to a “job interview” with Netflix or OpenAI? Beware! Your Google password could be at risk
Graham Cluley • 2026-07-09 06:17 • www.bitdefender.com
Have you received an email from a recruiter at Adobe, Netflix, or OpenAI offering you an exciting new marketing role? Well, before you start brushing up your interview technique, take a closer look at who is really behind it.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/invited-job-interview-netflix-openai-beware-google-password - AI Attacks Move in Minutes. Join This Webinar on Building a Defense That Keeps Up
The Hacker News • 2026-07-09 05:26 • thehackernews.com
AI has changed how fast attacks move. Work that once took an attacker days now takes minutes. Using models like Mythos, attackers write tailored bait, pick targets, test what lands, and jump to the next host before your team clears the first alert.That is the gap, and it is not your fault. The tools and runbooks most teams run on were built for attackers who work at human speed. AI-driven
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/ai-attacks-move-in-minutes-join-this.html - The Language of AI Could Change How Humans Speak
Schneier on Security • 2026-07-09 04:00 • www.schneier.comBecause of the way they are trained, large language models capture only a slice of human language. They’re trained on the written word, from textbooks to social media posts, and our speech as captured in movies and on television. These models have minimal access to the unscripted conversations we have face to face or voice to voice. This is the vast majority of speech, and a vital component of human culture.
There’s a risk to this. The increased use of large language models means we humans will encounter much more AI-generated text. We humans, in turn, will begin to ad…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/the-language-of-ai-could-change-how-humans-speak.html - Microsoft to retire the OWA Light client in Exchange Server
BleepingComputer • 2026-07-09 04:00 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has announced plans to disable Outlook Web Access (OWA) Light, the lightweight version of the Outlook Web App email client, in a future Exchange Server update. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-owa-light-retirement-in-exchange-server/ - Summer of Clearinghouses
The Hacker News • 2026-07-09 04:00 • thehackernews.com
Everyone seems to have announced a clearinghouse over the past few weeks. We did too. Ours is called Athena, and the main thing that sets it apart is that it was already real and running when we announced it — built quietly months earlier, heads down, taking findings and shipping fixes, because customers kept asking us to. We only announced it now because everyone else started announcing theirs,
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/summer-of-clearinghouses.html - GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses
The Hacker News • 2026-07-09 03:43 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the PoisonX kernel driver to neutralize security software as part of its defense evasion strategy.According to a new report published by the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec, the ransomware was first publicly spotted in the wild on May 21, 2026. It’s assessed to be a rebrand of the Beast ransomware,
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/goddamn-ransomware-uses-poisonx-driver.html - Police arrests 5,800 suspects in global anti-fraud crackdown
BleepingComputer • 2026-07-09 02:47 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrests-5-800-suspects-in-global-anti-fraud-crackdown/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
