12 News Items
THN · BleepingComputer · Krebs · Dark Reading · SANS
THN · BleepingComputer · Krebs · Dark Reading · SANS
📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines
Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of September 1, 2026.
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Guildma (Astaroth) malware infection from Brazilian Portuguese email, (Tue, Sep 1st)
— SANS ISC
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Anthropic Users Hit by Infostealer Attacks, Session Thefts
— Dark Reading
A threat actor used a variety of infostealers to collect session information and access Claude accounts belonging to an unknown number of us… -
Cronos blockchain restarts after $74 million Tectonic exploit
— Bleeping Computer
The Cronos blockchain network has resumed trading activity after a price-manipulation attack on the Tectonic cryptocurrency lending platform… -
'TerminalFix' Campaign Weaponizes PowerShell for Enterprise Attacks
— Dark Reading
The ClickFix-style campaign features a sophisticated, multistage attack chain that includes reverse tunnels into victim organizations' netwo… -
The Coding-Agent Trap: When a "Free" LLM Endpoint Is the Adversary, (Mon, Aug 31st)
— SANS ISC
One of my internet-exposed inference honeypots was discovered, relabeled with sought-after model names, and incorporated into infrastructure… -
Microsoft warns of TerminalFix attacks deploying reverse tunnels
— Bleeping Computer
A new ClickFix variant dubbed TerminalFix uses fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA prompts on compromised websites to trick victims into running malicio… -
AI Model Rules Are Not Security Controls
— Dark Reading
OpenAI's Hugging Face attack postmortem shows agents don't care about rules — they need strong controls. -
North Korean Job Fraud Expands Beyond IT Into Healthcare and Sales
— The Hacker News
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed seeking job opportunities … -
Microsoft Exchange Online outage causes email failures, auth issues
— Bleeping Computer
Microsoft is investigating a widespread service issue causing authentication issues, email delays and failures, and various other issues for… -
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT outage as users report errors
— Bleeping Computer
ChatGPT Work is experiencing a partial outage, and users across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks. […] -
⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More
— The Hacker News
The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted syst… -
ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus Exclusions
— The Hacker News
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed Chinese adware application,…
Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · September 1, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC