Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Agencies Have Until Sunday to Patch Two Critical Command Injection FlawsCISA added two critical FortiSandbox command injection vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after evidence of active attacks. Experts warn that unauthenticated remote code execution could let attackers compromise malware analysis systems and pivot deeper into enterprise networks.

Honeypot Records Exploitation Attempt Against Flaw Patched Earlier This YearProgress Software has issued a security alert to all organizations using self-managed instances of its ShareFile Storage Zone Controller, advising them to immediately power down their servers in light of a "credible external security threat" to their data.

Also, 23andMe Breach Settlement, GitHub AI Flaw, Ubiquiti Patches Critical BugsThis week, hidden breaches, researchers exposed a GitHub AI agent flaw, an Ubiquiti critical flaw, a ColdFusion flaw, a growing Chinese ORB, U.K. government FortiBleed exposure, 23andMe victims get $46.75 million, 3.8 million affected by Medtronic breach and Cerner's 2025 victim count went up.

Also: Zcash Patches Flaw, $32M Humanity Protocol HackThis week, a key player in a $97M laundering scheme got prison time, Humanity Protocol suffered $32M in losses, Zcash patched a flaw, the EU targeted crypto platforms tied to Russia, authorities froze $3.8M in illicit funds and researchers exposed a Trezor chip weakness.

Hidden Install Settings Let Malicious MCP Links Execute CodeMicrosoft patched a high-severity flaw in Visual Studio Code after researchers found attackers could hide malicious settings inside MCP server install links, giving them persistent access to developer machines through what appeared to be routine artificial intelligence tool installations.

Chainable Bugs Enable Credential Theft, Persistence, TakeoverFour chainable flaws in OpenClaw allowed attackers to move from an initial foothold to persistent system-level compromise by abusing the AI agent's own privileges. The bugs enabled credential theft, privilege escalation and backdoor deployment, affecting all versions released before April 23.

Kernel Privilege Escalation Has One Linux Maintainer Contemplating a 'Kill Switch'Back-to-back kernel vulnerabilities in Linux has defenders scrambling to apply defenses in the age of quick turnaround time for hackers to exploit nascent flaws. "Dirty Frag" and "Copy Fail" kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities became public knowledge within two weeks of each other.

Google Says Criminals Used AI to Discover and Code ExploitA cybercriminal group came close to launching a mass attack earlier this year, armed with a software exploit that an AI model had built from scratch, said Google researchers. Google said it worked with the affected vendor to patch the flaw before an attack could be launched.

No Patches Yet Available, After Third Party Published Vulnerability DetailsSecurity researchers have discovered a new, critical flaw in the Linux kernel that attackers can exploit to gain root access. No patches are yet available to fix "Dirty Frag," the second new local privilege escalation flaw to be found in two weeks, following the similar "Copy Fail" vulnerability.

Vendor Details Mitigations, Promises Patched PAN-OS Software in Coming WeeksPalo Alto Networks warned that a critical vulnerability in the PAN-OS software that runs its firewalls is being actively exploited in the wild by attackers. The vendor detailed temporary mitigations and promised to release updated software to fully patch the flaw later this month.

AI-Assisted Offensive Security Researcher Discovered Flaw After 1 Hour of ScanningPatch all Linux kernels issued from 2017 onwards to fix a serious vulnerability in the kernel’s cryptography API that can be easily exploited by a local, unprivileged user to gain root-level access. The major flaw is the latest to be found by an AI-assisted researcher.

AI Tool Used to Discover Bugs, Which Included 2 Maximum Severity VulnerabilitiesResearchers at security firm AISLE said they recently identified 38 vulnerabilities, including two maximum-severity zero-day flaws in OpenEMR, an open-source electronic medical record software platform used by about 100,000 healthcare providers globally. OpenEMR has patched the problems.

Also, Eurail Breach, ChipSoft Hospital Disruptions, W3LL Phishing TakedownThis week, a "Raccoon"-linked actor hit help desks, Eurail exposed 308K users, Fortinet patched critical flaws, Pushpaganda scams, major data leaks hit healthcare and China, ransomware and phishing ops surged, and multiple breaches impacted firms and hospitals.

Ex-Microsoft CIO: Mythos Could Surface Known Flaws Faster Than Vendors Can Fix ThemFormer Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois and IDC's Frank Dickson say Claude Mythos Preview could rapidly surface long-known but unfixed software flaws at scale, forcing vendors and enterprises to strengthen patch validation, orchestration and deployment before attackers exploit the backlog.

Vendor Issues Hotfix for Critical Flaw in FortiClient Endpoint Management ServerFortinet's endpoint management security server software is under fire from attackers, who are actively targeting two critical flaws, including a fresh zero-day that facilitates unauthenticated remote code or command execution. The vendor has issued a hotfix and promised a full patch.

Also, Lloyds Data Leak, Dutch Treasury Breach, Citrix Bug Exploit, Pay2Key ActivityThis week, Lloyds data leak hits 450K, Dutch treasury breach, Citrix flaw exploited, Iran-linked ransomware ops, TrueConf zero-day, Russian fraud ring sentenced, Romania targeted, patch gaps persist, and U.S. hospital breach affects 257K.

Also, Russian Signal Phishing, Iran-Linked Malware, Breaches in Spain and FranceThis week, Tycoon 2FA, Trio-Tech, messaging app spying and a ransomware broker sentenced. Iran-linked hackers. Mazda disclosed a breach. Oracle patched a flaw. North Korean actors weaponized VS Code, a Spanish port ransomware attack, a French teacher data breach and a healthcare firm victim surge.

Police Fanned Out Early Sunday Brandishing an Advisory of a CVSS 10 VulnerabilityPolice officers across Germany roused corporate IT administrators during the early hours of Sunday morning. Their message to bleary-eyed admins was to immediately patch a critical vulnerability in popular product lifecycle management software from U.S. vendor PTC.

Also, More ShinyHunters Breaches, North Korea Laptop Farm Operator SentencedThis week, Finland's Aleksanteri Kivimäki sentenced. ShinyHunters breaches. Laptop farm rancher sentenced. Oregon state agency hacker sentenced. African scammers arrested. MuddyWater AI-assisted hacks. Advantest ransomware incident, SolarWinds and Microsoft patches. FileZen flaw. QualDerm breach.

Flaws Let Attackers Run Commands and Steal API Keys Before Trust PromptCheck Point research found three critical flaws in Anthropic's Claude Code that allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and steal API keys through repository configuration files, before users see a trust prompt. The AI giant has patched all three vulnerabilities.