3 Charged in Scheme to Use AI to Impersonate CEOs and Attorneys to Steal $129 Million
The trio, who have nicknames that include “Rocky Balboa,” “Superman Cash” and “Fat Boy,” often targeted the companies’ accounting departments.
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Vulnerabilities
AI Agents Got Root on Linux via 948 Kernel Flaws in OpenAI Research
An unreleased OpenAI cyber model found and exploited 948 distinct Linux kernel privilege escalation bugs for about $1.2 million.
Phishing
Bank Phishing Sites Show Fake ‘Suspended’ Pages to Evade Takedowns
More than 200 sites were seen serving phishing content to first-time visitors but not to those who revisit.
Cyberattack Hits French Blood Bank Site but No Blood Products Are Compromised
The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely hacked.
Vulnerabilities
Cisco, WatchGuard Release Patches; SonicWall Won’t Fix GMS Flaws
Cisco patched an RCE in UCS Central Software; WatchGuard fixed authentication and MitM flaws.
Cloud & Identity
The Agent Smith Dilemma: Governing Agentic Identities
Every autonomous AI agent deployed across your enterprise today is a new proxy identity operating inside your perimeter.
CISO Conversations: Ryan Davis – The Unknown Is Where Security Meets Reality
Ryan Davis went from hacking his school’s network to running security at New Charter Technologies. What worries him now is shadow AI.
Zero-day
Zyxel Switch Hacks Blamed on Patched Flaw Actually Exploited a Zero-Day
Tracked as CVE-2026-107441, the out-of-bounds write flaw could allow attackers to execute OS commands via crafted HTTP requests.
Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes
The large-scale watering hole campaign has been targeting entities in the US and Europe, mainly in Ukraine.
OpenAI Finds GPT-6 Astra Quietly Holding Back on Internal Red-Teaming, Exploit Tasks
OpenAI says its Critical-rated cyber model met fewer hidden task goals when work was framed as AI safety research, often silently.