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Salesforce AI Agents Forced to Leak Sensitive Data

Yet again researchers have uncovered an opportunity (dubbed "ForcedLeak" for indirect prompt injection against autonomous agents lacking sufficient security controls — but this time the risk involves PII, corporate secrets, physical location data, and so much more.

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How Cloud Service Disruptions Are Making Resilience Critical for Developers

Outages affecting DevOps tools threaten to leave developers coding like it's 1999. How serious is the threat and what can companies do?

CISA: Attackers Breach Federal Agency via Critical GeoServer Flaw

Threat actors exploited CVE-2024-36401 less than two weeks after it was initially disclosed and used it to gain access to a large federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agency that uses the geospatial mapping data.

The Fall of Scattered Spider? Teen Member Surrenders Amid Group's Shutdown Claims

The cybercrime group continues to gain attention despite its apparent shutdown last week.

Russia Targets Moldovan Election in Disinformation Play

Researchers have tracked a Russian disinformation campaign against upcoming Moldovan elections, linking it to a previous campaign that began in 2022.

Threat Actor Deploys 'OVERSTEP' Backdoor in Ongoing SonicWall SMA Attacks

Hackers tracked as UNC6148 are attacking SonicWall security devices by installing hidden software, allowing them to control systems, steal passwords, and hide their activities.

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Npm Package Hides Malware in Steganographic QR Codes

The poisoned package, purporting to be a JavaScript utility, threatens the software supply chain with a highly obsfuscated credential stealer.

Chinese APT Leans on Researcher PoCs to Spy on Other Countries

"RedNovember" is both lazy and punctual: always quick to do its homework on new vulnerabilities, but always getting the answers from cyber defenders.

As Incidents Rise, Japanese Government's Cybersecurity Falls Short

The Japanese government suffered the most cybersecurity incidents in 2024 — 447, nearly double the previous year — while failing to manage 16% of critical systems.

GitHub Aims to Secure Supply Chain as NPM Hacks Ramp Up

GitHub will address weak authentication and overly permissive tokens in the NPM ecosystem, following high-profile threat campaigns like those involving Shai-Hulud malware.