Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Strong Data Foundations Give AI Leaders an Edge in Quantum SecurityCompanies leading in AI security are also better prepared for quantum threats. New Thales research shows that data visibility, governance, encryption and crypto agility are helping CIOs build stronger foundations for both AI adoption and post-quantum readiness.

Researchers Urge Organizations to Rotate Credentials and Review Audit LogsThreat actor 888 claims it stole Accenture source code and cloud credentials, prompting researchers to warn that any exposed Azure tokens, encryption keys or DevOps secrets could enable follow-on intrusions and downstream supply-chain attacks even as Accenture says operations remain unaffected.

Agencies and Industry Coordinate Post-Quantum Migration PlansThe White House convened government officials, quantum companies and researchers to accelerate the transition to post-quantum cryptography, align public-private investments and reinforce a 2030 deadline as advances in quantum computing increase risks to today's encryption.

Microsoft on Tuesday said it's accelerating its quantum safe security roadmap, stating technology advances in quantum computing are making it essential to replace existing encryption standards sooner than previously expected

RustDuck is a small, evolving DDoS botnet migrating to Rust. It uses advanced encryption, anti-analysis evasion, and exploits known IoT flaws. Since February 2026, researchers at QiAnXin’s XLab have been tracking a new malware family, called RustDuck, that hijacks routers, cameras, Android set-top boxes, and exposed servers, then uses them to flood targets with junk […]

Researchers are warning that the VECT 2.0 ransomware has a problem in the way it handles encryption nonces that leads to permanently destroying larger files rather than encrypt them. [...]

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts

'Malicious Server Threat Model' Threatens 'Zero Knowledge Encryption' GuaranteesClaims by leading stand-alone password managers that their implementation of "zero knowledge encryption" means stored passwords can withstand the worst of hacker assaults are vastly overblown, say academic security researchers. They said vendors are in the process of patching the flaws they found.

Security researchers have challenged end-to-end encryption claims from popular commercial password managers

University of Hawaii Cancer Center Paid RansomCancer patients who participated in University of Hawaii Cancer Center studies during the 1990s may soon receive a notification that ransomware hackers stole their data in an August 2025 incident. Experts said the hack spotlights concerning risks involving compromises of medical research data.

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed JS#SMUGGLER that has been observed leveraging compromised websites as a distribution vector for a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT

Researchers built an inexpensive device that circumvents chipmakers' confidential computing protections and reveals weaknesses in scalable memory encryption.

The shoemaker’s children have new friends The International Association for Cryptologic Research will run a second election for new board members and other officers, after it was unable to complete its first poll due to a lost encryption key.…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Sturnus that enables credential theft and full device takeover to conduct financial fraud

Encryption protects content, not context Mischief-makers can guess the subjects being discussed with LLMs using a side-channel attack, according to Microsoft researchers. They told The Register that models from some providers, including Anthropic, AWS, DeepSeek, and Google, haven't been fixed, putting both personal users and enterprise communications at risk.…

A group of academic researchers from Georgia Tech, Purdue University, and Synkhronix have developed a side-channel attack called TEE.Fail that allows for the extraction of secrets from the trusted execution environment (TEE) in a computer's main processor, including Intel's Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) and Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) and AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure

Chipmaker AMD has released fixes to address a security flaw dubbed RMPocalypse that could be exploited to undermine confidential computing guarantees provided by Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP)

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two Android spyware campaigns dubbed ProSpy and ToSpy that impersonate apps like Signal and ToTok to target users in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)

Researchers have demonstrated an attack that can break through modern Intel and AMD processor technologies that protect encrypted data stored in memory.