Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-03-31 08:00 PDT
- How to Categorize AI Agents and Prioritize Risk
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-31 07:00 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
AI agent risk isn’t equal, it scales with access to systems and level of autonomy. Token Security explains how CISOs should categorize agents and prioritize what to secure first. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-categorize-ai-agents-and-prioritize-risk/ - Hackers compromise Axios npm package to drop cross-platform malware
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-31 06:53 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Hackers hijacked the npm account of the Axios package, a JavaScript HTTP client with 100M+ weekly downloads, to deliver remote access trojans to Linux, Windows, and macOS systems. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-compromise-axios-npm-package-to-drop-cross-platform-malware/ - Vertex AI Vulnerability Exposes Google Cloud Data and Private Artifacts
The Hacker News • 2026-03-31 06:09 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security “blind spot” in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform that could allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents to be weaponized by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and compromise an organization’s cloud environment.
According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the issue relates to how the Vertex AI permission model can be misused
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/vertex-ai-vulnerability-exposes-google.html - Microsoft fixes Outlook Classic crashes caused by Teams Meeting add-in
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-31 05:04 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that rendered the classic Outlook email client unusable for users who enabled the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-outlook-classic-crashes-caused-by-teams-meeting-add-in/ - The AI Arms Race – Why Unified Exposure Management Is Becoming a Boardroom Priority
The Hacker News • 2026-03-31 04:50 • thehackernews.com
The cybersecurity landscape is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. What is emerging is not simply a rise in the number of vulnerabilities or tools, but a dramatic increase in speed. Speed of attack, speed of exploitation, and speed of change across modern environments.
This is the defining challenge of the new era of digital warfare: the weaponization of Artificial Intelligence. Threat actors
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/the-ai-arms-race-why-unified-exposure.html - Silver Fox Expands Asia Cyber Campaign with AtlasCross RAT and Fake Domains
The Hacker News • 2026-03-31 04:46 • thehackernews.com
Chinese-speaking users are the target of an active campaign that uses typosquatted domains impersonating trusted software brands to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan named AtlasCross RAT.
“The operation covers VPN clients, encrypted messengers, video conferencing tools, cryptocurrency trackers, and e-commerce applications, with eleven confirmed delivery domains impersonating
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/silver-fox-expands-asia-cyber-campaign.html - Inventors of Quantum Cryptography Win Turing Award
Schneier on Security • 2026-03-31 04:05 • www.schneier.comCharles Bennett and Gilles Brassard have won the 2026 Turing Award for inventing quantum cryptography.
I am incredibly pleased to see them get this recognition. I have always thought the technology to be fantastic, even though I think it’s largely unnecessary. I wrote up my thoughts back in 2008, in an <a href+https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2008/10/quantum_cryptography.html”>essay titled “Quantum Cryptography: As Awesome As It Is Pointl…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/inventors-of-quantum-cryptography-win-turing-award.html - Hacker charged with stealing $53 million from Uranium crypto exchange
BleepingComputer • 2026-03-31 02:15 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with stealing more than $53 million after hacking the Uranium Finance crypto exchange twice and laundering the proceeds through a cryptocurrency mixer. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-charged-with-stealing-53-million-from-uranium-crypto-exchange/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
