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OpenAI’s GPT-Red Automates Prompt Injection Testing to Harden GPT-5.6 Sol https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/openais-gpt-red-automates-prompt.html 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

Zoom Patches Critical Windows Flaw That Could Enable Account Takeover https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/zoom-patches-critical-windows-flaw-that.html 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

TuxBot v3 Evolution Shows Signs of LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Development https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/tuxbot-v3-evolution-shows-signs-of-llm.html Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unreported Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet framework dubbed TuxBot v3 Evolution that shows signs of being developed with assistance from a large language model (LLM), albeit with not so successful results. "While the AI complied with their request to generate botnet code, it included a safety disclaimer that the developer failed

OkoBot Malware Framework Injects Seed Phrase Phishing Into Ledger and Trezor Apps https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/okobot-malware-framework-injects-seed.html A malware framework called OkoBot has been running on Windows machines since April 2025, and one of its modules is built to con hardware wallet owners out of their recovery phrase. On an infected PC, the request comes from inside the wallet's own desktop software. Sometimes it waits until you plug the device in first. The page is malicious. The app around it is the real one you installed, and

Firefox, Chrome, Adobe, and VMware Updates Fix Multiple Critical Security Flaws https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/firefox-chrome-adobe-and-vmware-updates.html Mozilla has released updates to address two critical flaws in Firefox for which it warned that exploit code has been published. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-15718, an invalid pointer in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component CVE-2026-15719, a site isolation in the DOM: Navigation component "We are aware that exploit code for this is public, however we are not aware of

SASE Has An AI Blind Spot. Inspecting Packets Is No Longer Enough. https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/sase-has-ai-blind-spot-inspecting.html For years, routing traffic through cloud proxies was good enough. Then work moved to the browser, AI entered the workflow, and the inspection model stopped keeping up. Enterprise workflows now live across SaaS applications, browsers, and an expanding ecosystem of generative AI tools, unsanctioned browser extensions, and autonomous agents. Employees routinely paste intellectual property into

Researcher Drops New Windows Zero-Day PoC Hours After Microsoft Patch Tuesday https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/researcher-drops-new-windows-zero-day.html Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit called LegacyHive. It has been described as a Windows User Profile Service arbitrary hive load elevation of privileges vulnerability. The Windows User Profile Service, also referred to as ProfSvc, is a core system component that manages user accounts and environments. "The PoC requires

New Webinar: Closing the Approval Gap in AI-Era Ad Tech https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-webinar-closing-approval-gap-in-ai.html A single approved marketing tag can quietly load fourth-party code your security team has never seen, granting full access to your forms, customer data, and checkout pages. This on-demand webinar reveals how this Approval Gap forms, and gives your team the blueprint to close it before an auditor, regulator, or attacker finds it first. The Reality of the Approval Gap It's a pattern every

Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/forgotten-uefi-shims-undermining-secure-boot/ ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities

Cursor Flaw Lets Malicious Cloned Repositories Trigger Windows Code Execution https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/cursor-flaw-lets-malicious-cloned.html Open a repository in Cursor on Windows and, if a file named git.exe is sitting in the project root, Cursor runs it. No click, no approval dialog, no warning that anything in the folder is about to execute. Whatever that binary does, it does as you, with your source, your SSH keys and your cloud tokens. Cursor keeps re-running it for as long as the project stays open. No prompt

Compromised AsyncAPI npm Packages Deliver Multi-Stage Botnet Malware https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/compromised-asyncapi-npm-packages.html Four compromised npm packages in the @asyncapi namespace have been observed distributing a multi-stage botnet loader, according to findings from OX Security, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity. The affected packages are listed below - @asyncapi/generator-helpers@1.1.1 @asyncapi/generator-components@0.7.1 @asyncapi/generator@3.3.1 @asyncapi/specs(v6.11.2, v6.11.2-alpha.1) "The

Two SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days Exploited, One Could Enable Admin Commands https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/two-sonicwall-sma-1000-zero-days.html SonicWall has warned of active exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities impacting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series appliances, one of which could be exploited to achieve arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-15409 (CVSS score: 10.0) - A Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that a remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit to

Microsoft Patches Record 622 Flaws, Including Two Zero-Days Under Active Attack https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/microsoft-patches-record-622-flaws.html Microsoft shipped its largest Patch Tuesday on record today, and two of the fixes close holes that attackers are already exploiting. The release covers 622 of Microsoft's own CVEs by its Security Update Guide count, more than triple June's previous high of around 200. Those two live bugs are the ones to grab first. Microsoft credits incident responders for both. Both are

SAP Patches CVSS 9.9 NetWeaver ABAP Flaw That Could Expose or Modify Data https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/sap-patches-cvss-99-netweaver-abap-flaw.html SAP has rolled out updates to address multiple vulnerabilities as part of its July 2026 security updates, including a critical flaw in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44747 (CVSS score: 9.9), an out-of-bounds write flaw that allows an authenticated attacker to leverage logical errors in memory management to cause a memory corruption that could

Researchers Say Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Rogue Extensions Trigger Gmail Reads https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/claude-for-chrome-flaw-lets-other.html Any other browser extension that can run a script on claude.ai can still trigger Claude for Chrome tasks aimed at your Gmail, your latest Google Doc and its comments, and your Calendar. Both this and ClaudeBleed need a rogue extension that can already run a script on claude.ai; the difference is scope. Anthropic restricted the arbitrary-prompt path in May as part of its response to the 

LabubaRAT Masquerades as NVIDIA Software to Control Windows Hosts https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/labubarat-masquerades-as-nvidia.html Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Rust-based remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed LabubaRAT that masquerades as NVIDIA software to blend into target environments. "LabubaRAT creates a reusable foothold for hands-on activity," Blackpoint Cyber researchers Sam Decker and Nevan Beal said in an analysis published today. "Once deployed, it can profile the host,

RabbitMQ Flaws Could Leak OAuth Secrets and Expose Cross-Tenant Queue Metadata https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/rabbitmq-flaws-could-leak-oauth-secrets.html Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two access control-related flaws impacting the RabbitMQ message broker service that could allow attackers to leak OAuth client secrets, expose enterprise messaging infrastructure to takeover risks, and bypass tenant boundaries. Miggo's security team, which discovered and reported the flaws, said one "leaks the broker's confidential OAuth

U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/us-sanctions-first-vpn-service-and.html The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors' and other cybercriminals' malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans. The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian

148 npm Packages Disguised as Student Proxies Turned Browsers Into a DDoS Botnet https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/148-npm-packages-disguised-as-student.html A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for roughly two weeks in May, according to new research from JFrog. The packages did not go after the developers who might install them. The operators used the registry as free hosting for a booby-trapped proxy site and let the students who came to dodge

Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/microsoft-maps-year-long-shinyhunters.html Attackers whose methods line up with the data-extortion group ShinyHunters have spent the past year walking into corporate Salesforce environments without exploiting a single flaw in the platform. The way in has been the trust the organization had already extended, usually through the OAuth connections that tie Salesforce to the apps and third-party vendors around it. In