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July 16, 2026
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New TELEPUZ Malware Spreads via ClickFix to Steal Data and Run Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new modular malware called TELEPUZ that’s been spreading via websites infected with ClickFix lures since late April 2026. “The malware is full-featured, lightweight, and modular,” Elastic Security Labs researcher Cyril François said in a technical report. “While the number of C2...

July 16, 2026
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Daxin Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside Stupig Pre-Login SYSTEM Backdoor

An advanced malware previously attributed to a China-linked threat actor has resurfaced after more than four years within a Taiwan manufacturing firm, along with a previously unreported backdoor dubbed Stupig. Daxin (“srt64.sys”), as the kernel-mode rootkit is referred to, was first documented by Broadcom-owned Symantec in March 2022, with...

July 16, 2026
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New Agent Data Injection Attack Can Make AI Agents Misclick or Run Attacker Commands

Ask an AI agent to summarize the reviews on a product page, and a single planted review can make it click “Buy Now” instead. Ask a coding assistant to apply a maintainer’s fix from a GitHub thread, and a fake comment can make it run a stranger’s command on...

July 16, 2026
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20+ Hijacked Government Websites Became an Attack Channel

More than 20 Brazilian government websites were hijacked and turned into malware delivery channels in an active PhantomEnigma campaign uncovered by ANY.RUN, a leading provider of interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence solutions. The investigation revealed previously undocumented backdoor behavior, hidden infrastructure relationships, and multiple attack arms behind a...

July 16, 2026
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Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaw Could Let Attackers Control Other Vacuums Region-Wide

Pull the certificate off the flash of a Shark RV2320EDUS robot vacuum, and you can run root commands on other people’s Shark vacuums across the same AWS region: watch the camera, drive the robot, read the map of the house, and take the Wi-Fi password in plaintext. A researcher...

July 16, 2026
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AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing offensive security, but it has not changed the standard that matters most: a finding has to be proven before it becomes useful. AI-assisted tools can read code quickly, generate payloads, summarize attack surfaces, explain unfamiliar APIs, and run repetitive testing workflows at impressive speed....

July 16, 2026
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OpenAI’s GPT-Red Automates Prompt Injection Testing to Harden GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI has disclosed details of GPT-Red, an internal automated red-teaming model that scales prompt injection vulnerability discovery with an aim to fix issues before the tools are deployed widely. “GPT‑Red is a strong red-teamer, and our previous models are highly vulnerable to its prompt injection attacks,” the artificial intelligence...

July 16, 2026
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Zoom Patches Critical Windows Flaw That Could Enable Account Takeover

Zoom has released security updates for a critical security flaw impacting Zoom Workplace for Windows that could facilitate account takeover. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53412 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows. “Improper Input Validation in...

July 15, 2026
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TuxBot v3 Evolution Shows Signs of LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Development

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unreported Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet framework dubbed TuxBot v3 Evolution that shows signs of being developed with assistance from a large language model (LLM), albeit with not so successful results. “While the AI complied with their request to generate botnet code, it...

July 15, 2026
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OkoBot Malware Framework Injects Seed Phrase Phishing Into Ledger and Trezor Apps

A malware framework called OkoBot has been running on Windows machines since April 2025, and one of its modules is built to con hardware wallet owners out of their recovery phrase. On an infected PC, the request comes from inside the wallet’s own desktop software. Sometimes it waits until...