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n8n Token Exchange Flaw Could Let Attackers Log In as Users From Another Issuer

16 July 2026
n8n, the workflow automation platform, handed out the wrong accounts at login. On Enterprise instances configured to trust more than one external token issuer, it matched an incoming JWT to a local user on the sub claim alone and ignored iss. A valid token from issuer A carrying a sub that belongs to someone under issuer B logged you in as them. Their password never

Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to Jail in UK

16 July 2026
Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL). The post Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to Jail in UK appeared first on SecurityWeek.

AI Data Centers Are Being Built Faster Than They Can Be Secured

16 July 2026
AI infrastructure introduces new security risks that traditional data center designs were never built to handle. The post AI Data Centers Are Being Built Faster Than They Can Be Secured appeared first on SecurityWeek.

New TELEPUZ Malware Spreads via ClickFix to Steal Data and Run Commands

16 July 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new modular malware called TELEPUZ that's been spreading via websites infected with ClickFix lures since late April 2026. "The malware is full-featured, lightweight, and modular," Elastic Security Labs researcher Cyril François said in a technical report. "While the number of C2 [command-and-control] domains is currently small, the daily

‘ClickLock Stealer’ Bypasses macOS Security With Social Engineering, Process Killing

16 July 2026
The new macOS malware has targeted at least 100 users to steal their passwords and cryptocurrency.  The post ‘ClickLock Stealer’ Bypasses macOS Security With Social Engineering, Process Killing appeared first on SecurityWeek.

New ClickLock macOS Stealer Kills Apps Every 210ms Until Victims Type Their Password

16 July 2026
ClickLock Stealer, a new macOS infostealer, answers a victim's refusal by killing their apps on a loop until they hand over the login password. It arrives as a command pasted into Terminal, asks for the password behind a fake system dialog, and when the victim cancels, installs two LaunchAgents and quietly exits. At the next login, Finder, the Dock, Spotlight, Terminal, Activity Monitor, and

‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed

16 July 2026
‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39mThe data of millions of commuters was stolen, Londoners were left out of pocket and 27,000 Transport for London staff were forced to reset their passwords.Over four days in 2024 a pair of teenage hackers had London’s transport network at their mercy. Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers had burrowed into the heart of Transport for London’s IT systems and held the “keys to the kingdom”. Continue reading...

20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became
an Attack Channel

16 July 2026
More than 20 Brazilian government websites were hijacked and turned into malware delivery channels in an active PhantomEnigma campaign uncovered by ANY.RUN, a leading provider of interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence solutions. The investigation revealed previously undocumented backdoor behavior, hidden infrastructure relationships, and multiple attack arms behind a campaign

New Agent Data Injection Attack Can Make AI Agents Misclick or Run Attacker Commands

16 July 2026
Ask an AI agent to summarize the reviews on a product page, and a single planted review can make it click "Buy Now" instead. Ask a coding assistant to apply a maintainer's fix from a GitHub thread, and a fake comment can make it run a stranger's command on your computer. Neither trick hijacks the agent's task. Each one just corrupts the facts it trusts and lets it carry on with the job you

Oak Emerges From Stealth Mode With $60 Million in Funding

16 July 2026
The startup has built an AI-powered Identity Operating System that governs all identities across an organization’s environment. The post Oak Emerges From Stealth Mode With $60 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Daxin Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside Stupig Pre-Login SYSTEM Backdoor

16 July 2026
An advanced malware previously attributed to a China-linked threat actor has resurfaced after more than four years within a Taiwan manufacturing firm, along with a previously unreported backdoor dubbed Stupig. Daxin ("srt64.sys"), as the kernel-mode rootkit is referred to, was first documented by Broadcom-owned Symantec in March 2022, with evidence indicating its use in targeted attacks aimed

Splunk, Zoom Patch Critical Vulnerabilities

16 July 2026
The flaws could allow attackers to access credentials and data, take over accounts, and escalate their privileges. The post Splunk, Zoom Patch Critical Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them

16 July 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing offensive security, but it has not changed the standard that matters most: a finding has to be proven before it becomes useful. AI-assisted tools can read code quickly, generate payloads, summarize attack surfaces, explain unfamiliar APIs, and run repetitive testing workflows at impressive speed. That is a real advantage for security teams. It also

Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaw Could Let Attackers Control Other Vacuums Region-Wide

16 July 2026
Pull the certificate off the flash of a Shark RV2320EDUS robot vacuum, and you can run root commands on other people's Shark vacuums across the same AWS region: watch the camera, drive the robot, read the map of the house, and take the Wi-Fi password in plaintext. A researcher publishing under the handle tokay0 put the method online on Monday, having tested it only against vacuums he

F5 Patches Multiple NGINX, BIG-IP Vulnerabilities

16 July 2026
Attackers could exploit the bugs to modify configurations, terminate or restart processes, cross security boundaries, leak memory, and execute code. The post F5 Patches Multiple NGINX, BIG-IP Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans

16 July 2026
Chinese cybersecurity firms are facing action from the country’s military, but it’s not due to product or technical failures. The post China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans appeared first on SecurityWeek.

OpenAI’s GPT-Red Automates Prompt Injection Testing to Harden GPT-5.6 Sol

16 July 2026
OpenAI has disclosed details of GPT-Red, an internal automated red-teaming model that scales prompt injection vulnerability discovery with an aim to fix issues before the tools are deployed widely. "GPT‑Red is a strong red-teamer, and our previous models are highly vulnerable to its prompt injection attacks," the artificial intelligence (AI) company said. "We use GPT‑Red to adversarially train

Old UEFI Shims Expose Systems to Secure Boot Bypass

16 July 2026
Signed by Microsoft, the vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders could be abused on any system, regardless of the OS. The post Old UEFI Shims Expose Systems to Secure Boot Bypass appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Zoom Patches Critical Windows Flaw That Could Enable Account Takeover

16 July 2026
Zoom has released security updates for a critical security flaw impacting Zoom Workplace for Windows that could facilitate account takeover. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53412 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows. "Improper Input Validation in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for

Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘LegacyHive’ Windows Zero-Day 

16 July 2026
The researcher stripped the proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit to prevent immediate exploitation of the vulnerability. The post Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘LegacyHive’ Windows Zero-Day  appeared first on SecurityWeek.