UK AI Security Institute Says AI Agents Went Beyond Their Test Boundaries And Targeted GitHub

Cybersecurity | 09 August 2026

A recent AI security evaluation in the UK has highlighted just how unpredictable highly autonomous AI agents can become when they are given broad internet access and a difficult objective to complete. The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) says several...

MOH KKM Website Down Again: Another Reminder That Digital Resilience Matters

Cybersecurity | 09 August 2026

If you tried accessing the official Ministry of Health Malaysia (KKM/MOH) website recently and were greeted by a "403: Access Forbidden – Repeat offender (Autobanned)" message, you are probably not alone in wondering what is going on.

Greatness Phishing Service Turns Trusted Email Settings Against Microsoft 365 Users

Cybersecurity | 07 August 2026

Phishing attacks targeting Microsoft 365 are becoming much harder to recognise than the poorly written emails and obvious fake login pages many people still associate with online fraud. A newer phishing-as-a-service platform known as Greatness is des...

Cisco Issues Urgent Fixes for Ten Serious IOS and IOS XE Vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity | 07 August 2026

Cisco administrators have another important patching cycle ahead of them. A new security advisory warns of ten vulnerabilities affecting Cisco IOS and IOS XE, with severity scores ranging from 7.7 to a critical 9.8.

Meta AI Security Test Exposes a Bigger Problem: Keeping Autonomous Models Contained

Cybersecurity | 07 August 2026

An artificial intelligence model developed by Meta managed to reach the public internet and exploit a vulnerability in an outside service during a cybersecurity evaluation. At first glance, that sounds like a dramatic case of an AI system breaking fr...

Microsoft Warns That Compromised Hotel Wi-Fi Is Being Used to Target Travellers

Cybersecurity | 05 August 2026

Hotel Wi-Fi has never been the safest place to handle sensitive work, but Microsoft has uncovered a campaign that makes the risk considerably more serious. Russian state-linked attackers are no longer relying only on fake wireless networks positioned...

Three AWS Security Flaws Expose AI Agents, Amazon MQ Credentials and EMR SSH Connections

Cybersecurity | 05 August 2026

Amazon Web Services has released security updates for three vulnerabilities affecting the AWS Amazon MQ MCP Server, AWS Command Line Interface and Strands Agents Tools. The issues range from credential exposure and weakened SSH protection to a prompt...

Actively Exploited N-able N-central Flaw Could Give Attackers Control of Entire Managed Environments

Cybersecurity | 04 August 2026

N-able has released an urgent security update for a serious authentication-bypass vulnerability affecting its N-central remote monitoring and management platform. The flaw is especially concerning because N-able has confirmed that attackers are alrea...

Critical VMware Vulnerabilities Could Allow Authentication Bypass, Host Compromise and Virtual Machine Escape

Cybersecurity | 04 August 2026

Broadcom has issued an urgent security update addressing several serious vulnerabilities across VMware's core virtualisation platforms. The flaws affect products including vCenter Server, ESX, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere Foundation, Works...

Four libssh2 Vulnerabilities Could Let Malicious SSH Servers Crash or Corrupt Client Applications

Cybersecurity | 04 August 2026

SSH connections are normally associated with protecting remote administration and file transfers. However, a new security advisory shows that the software initiating an SSH or SFTP connection can still be placed at risk when the server on the other e...

AI-Assisted Fraud Has Shifted from Attacking Banks to Manipulating Customers

Cybersecurity | 03 August 2026

For years, financial institutions treated fraud mainly as a technical security problem. Banks strengthened firewalls, introduced encryption, expanded biometric authentication and invested heavily in systems designed to detect account takeovers and su...

AI Is Finding More Vulnerabilities, but VulnCheck Says Exploitation Is Not Rising at the Same Pace

Cybersecurity | 03 August 2026

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to search source code for security weaknesses, raising concerns that attackers could discover and weaponise vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them. The fear is understandable: an AI sys...

Amazon Links Axios and Three Other NPM Supply-Chain Attacks to a DPRK-Linked Group

Cybersecurity | 03 August 2026

Open-source software makes modern development faster, but it also creates an enormous chain of trust. A single JavaScript application may depend on hundreds or even thousands of packages, many maintained by volunteers whom developers will never meet....

Researchers Uncover 84 Security Flaws Across 4G and 5G Core Networks

Cybersecurity | 03 August 2026

Mobile networks are often treated as highly protected infrastructure, hidden behind layers of carrier-grade security that ordinary attackers cannot easily reach. However, a new academic study suggests that some of the most important systems inside 4G...

Fake Microsoft Teams IT Calls Are Using Quick Assist to Install GoGRPC Backdoors

Cybersecurity | 30 July 2026

A convincing message from the IT helpdesk can feel reassuring when an employee is already dealing with a flooded inbox or an unexpected computer problem. Unfortunately, attackers are now deliberately creating that confusion and then presenting themse...

MyIMMs Hacking Case Exposes the Risks of Insider Access to Malaysia’s Immigration Systems

Cybersecurity | 30 July 2026

Malaysia's immigration infrastructure is once again under scrutiny after authorities uncovered an alleged syndicate believed to have manipulated the Malaysian Immigration System, better known as MyIMMs, to approve Temporary Employment Visit Passes wi...

MAI-Cyber-1-Flash: Microsoft Wants to Make AI Vulnerability Scanning Affordable at Enterprise Scale

Cybersecurity | 29 July 2026

Artificial intelligence is making it easier to analyse enormous codebases, but it is also making the economics of cybersecurity more complicated. A powerful frontier model may be capable of finding subtle vulnerabilities, yet running that model conti...

Three High-Severity AWS Vulnerabilities Put AI Agents, Cloud Controls and Web Services at Risk

Cybersecurity | 29 July 2026

Amazon has released security updates for three serious vulnerabilities affecting components used to connect AI assistants to AWS environments, build Bedrock-powered agents and run HTTP services.

ChonkyChicken Malware Turns Infected Windows PCs into Full-Scale Espionage Platforms

Cybersecurity | 29 July 2026

A newly identified remote access trojan known as ChonkyChicken is drawing attention because it does far more than steal a few saved passwords. Once installed on a Windows device, the malware can take control of active browser sessions, monitor user a...

Forest City Scam Raids Expose the Industrial Scale of Online Fraud

Cybersecurity | 28 July 2026

A major police operation in Forest City, Iskandar Puteri, has revealed how organised online fraud can operate less like a small criminal group and more like a fully staffed business. Two separate scam syndicates were dismantled during coordinated rai...