15 CVEs published in the last four months and 11 stories. Exploited flaws first.

More than 200 companies have now signed to an August 27 letter about improving cyber defenses in the age of AI. Buried in it are three metrics every one of them endorse under its own logo: coverage, containment speed, and whether fixes work. The post The Collective Cyber Defense letter wrote your next vendor questionnaire appeared first on CyberScoop.

ReliaQuest has detailed a social engineering attack linked to ShinyHunters, denying reports that the threat actor successfully compromised its systems

Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its own employees fell for a social engineering attack, handing attackers a password and a brief window into the company’s identity system. The admission came after the extortion group ShinyHunters posted screenshots on its leak site, claiming a bigger win. The incident was preceded by an unusual exchange on X several days earlier. Last we

A ReliaQuest employee fell victim to a phishing attack and the hackers gained access to a dashboard. The post ReliaQuest Confirms ShinyHunters Hack, but Says Impact Was Limited appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has confirmed that one of its employees was targeted in a social engineering attack after hackers impersonated a member of the security team. [...]

A joint cybersecurity advisory released by multiple U.S. government agencies warns that threat actors are using AI-generated exploitation scripts to target exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs across critical infrastructure sectors. Key Takeaways Unattributed threat actors are exploiting known weaknesses and unnecessary internet exposure to conduct reconnaissance and possible pre-positioning for future

GPT-5.6-Cyber is a new OpenAI model built on GPT-5.6 Sol, trained to find zero-day vulnerabilities and build exploit chains, with fewer refusals on higher-risk, dual-use work. Model is available only through Daybreak Red, the higher tier of OpenAI’s vetted access program for cybersecurity professionals. “The GPT‑5.6‑Cyber model is trained to improve performance on certain cybersecurity workflows i

Chat bots are sending friend requests in Riot immediately after ending your game. What are the scammers up to now?

US Senators questioned Trump administration officials regarding the coordination between federal agencies and international allies in combating scams. Lawmakers raised concerns about the lack of a central authority overseeing the numerous federal agencies involved and whether current efforts are sufficient to address transnational scam operations. Discussions also touched upon the potential need for a multinational coordination mechanism similar to those used for drug trafficking.

You wouldn't let Claude Code cat your AWS credentials or Kubernetes config on request, would you?

A denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenSSL, dubbed HollowByte, can be triggered by sending an 11-byte TLS request. This request causes unpatched servers, particularly those using glibc, to allocate up to 131 KB of memory that remains unavailable until the server process is restarted. The fix was released in June without specific disclosure.