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Hackers are targeting some of the biggest names in private equity and finance with a sprawling social engineering campaign that shows attackers do not need sophisticated malware when they can simply convince employees to hand over access. According to Google threat intelligence and internet infrastructure data reviewed by Reuters, attackers created at least 72 malicious websites designed to steal credentials from employees at firms including Blackstone, Apollo Global Manageme

A malware attack knocked municipal systems offline in Suisun City, California, disrupting 911 routing, police and fire communications, and online government services while exposing the growing cyber risk facing local governments. Suisun City has declared a state of emergency after a cyberattack forced officials to shut down the Northern California municipality’s IT network, disrupting systems connected to emergency communications and other government operations. The incident

Security researchers at Zenity Labs say a vulnerability class affecting some of the biggest names in agentic browsing can let attackers hijack AI agents, steal sensitive data and, in some cases, take control of a victim’s computer without requiring an intentional click. The research, presented at Black Hat USA 2026, expands on Zenity’s earlier work involving Perplexity Comet and shows what the company calls “PleaseFix” attack chains affecting Claude in Chrome, Gemini in Chrom

DPRK-linked threat actors are abusing Ethereum transactions as a stealthy command-and-control mechanism in a new software supply chain campaign targeting npm developers, according to research from Sonatype. Sonatype Research Labs said it discovered six npm packages carrying the same malicious loader, including three legitimate packages that appear to have been compromised and three packages created with the malware already embedded. The affected legitimate packages include @k

OpenAI has paused some internal work involving an unreleased AI model called Astra after preliminary testing raised the possibility that the system could autonomously carry out sophisticated cyberattacks. The disclosure adds to growing concern over the cybersecurity capabilities of frontier AI models following a series of incidents involving systems developed by OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. OpenAI said Astra may have reached what the company classifies as a “Critical” cybersec

This guest article was contributed by Mike Collett, Executive Director, Business Development (DOJ), ITC Federal Today’s cyber threats develop faster than enterprise technology refresh cycles. New vulnerabilities can emerge overnight, and the longer it takes technology environments to adapt, the higher the operational risk. Technology investments that once remained effective for years can become operational liabilities if they are not designed to transform. And that’s a criti