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20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became
an Attack Channel

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

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

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

Securing AI at Enterprise Scale: The Google Kubernetes Engine Blueprint

Artificial intelligence is moving from prototype to production faster than traditional security paradigms can adapt. For CISOs and platform engineering teams, the challenge is clear: you need to protect proprietary model weights, defend against novel application-layer threats like prompt injection, and enforce strict regulatory compliance—all without slowing down your AI developers. To meet all of these security goals, you need more than just a place to run containers; you need a platform that c

Oak Emerges From Stealth Mode With $60 Million in Funding

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

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

Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback

Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.