Amazon: Low-Skill Hacker Used AI Tools to Breach FortiGate Devices Globally

Amazon says a Russian speaking low-skill hacker used AI tools to breach hundreds of FortiGate devices worldwide, showing how AI can scale cyberattacks with basic methods...

CVE-2026-27519: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Binardat 10G08-0800GSM network switch firmware version V300SP10260209 and prior use RC4 with a hard-coded key embedded in client-side JavaScript. Because the key is static and exposed, an attacker can decrypt protected values and defeat confidentiality protections...

Data Breaches in 2026: What’s old, what’s new?

Data breaches in 2026 explained, new cyber threats, AI driven attacks, common breach causes, and practical security strategies for individuals and businesses...

PayPal Confirms Six-Month Data Exposure Linked to Loan System Error

PayPal has confirmed a data leak in its Working Capital loan system that exposed names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers for six months...

A week in security (February 16 – February 22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets AI-generated passwords are a security risk Intimate products maker Tenga spilled customer data Meta patents ...

Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026

With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene,...

PayPal February 2026 Notice of Data Breach

PayPal has released this notice of data breach to its customers following a data exposure issue that spanned from July 1, 2025 to December 13, 2025...

SMM Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the SMM buffer in AMD’s graphics processor microsoftware is related to the breach of the buffer’s initial boundary. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of the protected information...

Intimate products maker Tenga spilled customer data

Tenga confirmed reports published by several outlets that the company notified customers of a data breach. The Japanese manufacturer of adult products appears to have fallen victim to a phishing attack targeting one of its employees. Tenga reportedly wrote in the data breach notification: “An...

GFI MailEssentials AI 安全漏洞

GFI MailEssentials AI is an open-source anti-spam and data breach protection software developed by GFI in the United States. Versions of GFI MailEssentials AI prior to version 22.4 contained a security vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from a storage-based cross-site scripting issue in th...

GFI MailEssentials AI 安全漏洞

GFI MailEssentials AI is an open-source anti-spam and data breach protection software developed by GFI in the United States. Versions of GFI MailEssentials AI prior to version 22.4 contained a security vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from a storage cross-site scripting vulnerability in...

GFI MailEssentials AI 安全漏洞

GFI MailEssentials AI is an open-source anti-spam and data breach protection software developed by GFI in the United States. Versions of GFI MailEssentials AI prior to version 22.4 contained a security vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from a storage cross-site scripting vulnerability in...

GFI MailEssentials AI 安全漏洞

GFI MailEssentials AI is an open-source anti-spam and data breach protection software developed by GFI in the United States. Versions of GFI MailEssentials AI prior to version 22.4 contained a security vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from a storage-oriented cross-site scripting...

GFI MailEssentials AI 安全漏洞

GFI MailEssentials AI is an open-source anti-spam and data breach protection software developed by GFI in the United States. Versions of GFI MailEssentials AI prior to version 22.4 contained a security vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from the process of creating advanced content filteri...

What is CTEM? A Guide to Proactive Cybersecurity

Most security teams are great at finding problems. The real challenge is figuring out which problems to solve first. When everything is a priority, nothing is. This is a common frustration that leaves teams feeling overworked and unsure if their efforts are making a real difference. A more...

6 Best Exposure Management Cybersecurity Platforms

How do you know if your security controls will actually stop an attack? You can have the best firewalls and endpoint protection on the market, but misconfigurations or undiscovered assets can render them useless. This is the fundamental question that traditional vulnerability management can't...

Betterment data breach might be worse than we thought

Betterment LLC is an investment advisor registered with US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC. The company disclosed a January 2026 incident in which an attacker used social engineering to access a third‑party platform used for customer communications, then abused it to send crypto‑themed...

Notepad++ Fixes Hijacked Update Mechanism Used to Deliver Targeted Malware

Notepad++ has released a security fix to plug gaps that were exploited by an advanced threat actor from China to hijack the software update mechanism to selectively deliver malware to targets of interest. The version 8.9.2 update incorporates what maintainer Don Ho calls a "double lock" design th...

CVE-2025-12075

The Order Splitter for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wostroubleshooting' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level...

Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV Data Compromise

The vulnerability of the Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV technology of AMD microprocessors is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow attackers to compromise the confidentiality of the protected information...