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79% of ransomware attacks now originate from compromised identities, Sophos report finds

Manila Standard reports that identity is the dominant initial access vector in ransomware attacks, according to a new report from Sophos: Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, released its seventh annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries identifying the impact of ransomware on businesses and how prepared organizations are to defend against them. This year’s report reveals that identity is the dominant initial access vector (IAV), with four in five (79%) of ransomware

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KPMG sacks senior partner after finding she hid board documents

Financial Review reports: KPMG has sacked its former chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett from the firm’s partnership in a rare move after finding she had stored printed copies of confidential Lendlease board documents in her locker, shared them with her colleagues to win audit contracts, and repeatedly lied about it. A furious John Sams, the firm’s new chief executive, briefed partners on the dramatic development during a hastily convened all-partner call on Friday. He told the staff that the firm had

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OpenAI’s Attack on Hugging Face Adds to Ongoing AI Agent Security Concerns

Responsible dog owners worry about their pets getting out of the yard and possibly attacking people. Now we all have to worry about AI models breaking out of their sandboxes and attacking tech firms or others. Security Boulevard reports: The cyberattack against Hugging Face launched by rogue AI models from OpenAI is only the latest warning to organizations that in the age of agentic AI, innovation and adoption of the technology is rapidly outpacing the defenses put in place to

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‘WP2Shell’ Opens Millions of WordPress Sites to Remote Takeover

If you haven’t patched already, get busy. DarkReading reports: Attackers have begun widely exploiting two critical vulnerabilities in WordPress that, when chained, enable unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) and complete compromise of vulnerable websites. The attacks are being fueled by the ready availability of numerous proof-of-concept exploits for the two bugs, identified as CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030. Researchers at Searchlight Cyber discovered the flaws using GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra during vulnerability research and have dubbed the exploit chain “WP2Shell.” The flaws affect tens — and

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Centers Laboratory Data Breach Affects 540,000 Individuals

SecurityWeek reports: Healthcare diagnostics company Centers Laboratory (Centers Lab NJ LLC) has informed the US government that a data breach discovered nearly one year ago affects more than 540,000 individuals. According to a data breach notice posted on its website, the New Jersey-based provider of testing and laboratory services for healthcare organizations discovered an intrusion in its IT environment in August 2025.  An investigation showed that threat actors had gained “limited access” to Centers Laboratory systems between August 9 and August 14,

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

Featured News and Articles

Malware Ransomware

79% of ransomware attacks now originate from compromised identities, Sophos report finds

Manila Standard reports that identity is the dominant initial access vector in ransomware attacks, according to a new report from Sophos: Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, released its seventh annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries identifying the impact of ransomware on businesses and how prepared organizations are to defend against them. This year’s report reveals that identity is the dominant initial access vector (IAV), with four in five (79%) of ransomware

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KPMG sacks senior partner after finding she hid board documents

Financial Review reports: KPMG has sacked its former chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett from the firm’s partnership in a rare move after finding she had stored printed copies of confidential Lendlease board documents in her locker, shared them with her colleagues to win audit contracts, and repeatedly lied about it. A furious John Sams, the firm’s new chief executive, briefed partners on the dramatic development during a hastily convened all-partner call on Friday. He told the staff that the firm had

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OpenAI’s Attack on Hugging Face Adds to Ongoing AI Agent Security Concerns

Responsible dog owners worry about their pets getting out of the yard and possibly attacking people. Now we all have to worry about AI models breaking out of their sandboxes and attacking tech firms or others. Security Boulevard reports: The cyberattack against Hugging Face launched by rogue AI models from OpenAI is only the latest warning to organizations that in the age of agentic AI, innovation and adoption of the technology is rapidly outpacing the defenses put in place to

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Vulnerabilities

‘WP2Shell’ Opens Millions of WordPress Sites to Remote Takeover

If you haven’t patched already, get busy. DarkReading reports: Attackers have begun widely exploiting two critical vulnerabilities in WordPress that, when chained, enable unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) and complete compromise of vulnerable websites. The attacks are being fueled by the ready availability of numerous proof-of-concept exploits for the two bugs, identified as CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030. Researchers at Searchlight Cyber discovered the flaws using GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra during vulnerability research and have dubbed the exploit chain “WP2Shell.” The flaws affect tens — and

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