Category: Security

  • Inside the Active Threat Targeting Siemens S7 PLCs Across U.S. Critical Infrastructure

    A new U.S. government warning has put one of industrial automation’s most widely deployed controller families at the center of an active cyber campaign. The concern is not limited to vulnerable software sitting somewhere inside a plant network. The targeted devices can directly control pumps, valves, motors, production lines, safety processes, and other equipment whose…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (8/10/2026)

    Today’s Topics: Kimsuky’s Offline AI Stack Signals a New Phase in State-Backed Cyber Operations Exposed Hacker AI Logs Show Coding Agents Becoming Part of the Attack Chain How can Netizen help? Kimsuky’s Offline AI Stack Signals a New Phase in State-Backed Cyber Operations North Korea-linked cyber operators appear to be moving artificial intelligence deeper into…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (8/3/2026)

    Today’s Topics: Hidden Pull Request Comments Can Hijack Azure DevOps AI Review Agents Adobe Patches CVSS 10.0 Campaign Classic Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution How can Netizen help? Hidden Pull Request Comments Can Hijack Azure DevOps AI Review Agents A hidden HTML comment inside an Azure DevOps pull request can redirect an AI code-review agent,…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (7/27/2026)

    Today’s Topics: OpenAI Models Allegedly Broke Out of a Sandbox and Targeted Hugging Face to Beat a Benchmark AgentForger Flaw Let Phishing Links Create Persistent Rogue Agents in ChatGPT Workspaces How can Netizen help? OpenAI Models Allegedly Broke Out of a Sandbox and Targeted Hugging Face to Beat a Benchmark OpenAI says several of its…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (7/20/2026)

    Today’s Topics: Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity Microsoft’s July Patch Tuesday Follow-Up: 622 Flaws, Two Exploited Zero-Days, and a Record-Breaking Update How can Netizen help? Microsoft Maps Three Salesforce Attack Paths Tied to a Year of ShinyHunters Activity Threat actors linked through tactics, infrastructure, and public claims…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (7/13/2026)

    Today’s Topics: ATM Jackpotting Shows Why Encryption Wrappers Cannot Be Treated as a Final Defense RoguePlanet Shows Why Security Tools Are Becoming Post-Compromise Targets How can Netizen help? ATM Jackpotting Shows Why Encryption Wrappers Cannot Be Treated as a Final Defense ATM security often looks stronger from the outside than it is at the computing…

  • AI Agent Security Needs to Move to the Tool-Call Boundary

    AI agents are becoming useful for the same reason they are becoming risky: they can act. They can browse websites, read files, call APIs, search repositories, invoke MCP servers, use skill files, modify documents, and trigger workflows across external systems. That makes them very different from older chatbot deployments, where most risk stayed inside the…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (7/6/2026)

    Today’s Topics: BioShocking Shows Why AI Browsers Turn Prompt Injection Into Account Access FBI Seizure of NetNut Shows How Residential Proxies Turn Home Devices Into Cybercrime Infrastructure How can Netizen help? BioShocking Shows Why AI Browsers Turn Prompt Injection Into Account Access AI browsers change the risk model for web security. A normal browser displays…

  • AI Agent Tooling Is Turning Metadata Into an Attack Surface

    AI agent security is beginning to move beyond the familiar problem of malicious prompts. The more serious issue is what happens after the model is connected to real systems. Once an AI assistant can reach files, APIs, databases, SaaS platforms, code repositories, ticketing queues, and internal workflows, the security boundary is no longer just the…

  • Netizen: Monday Security Brief (6/29/2026)

    Today’s Topics: Squidbleed Shows Why Old Proxy Code Still Belongs in the Threat Model FortiBleed Shows Why Firewall Credentials Are Now Perimeter Risk How can Netizen help? Squidbleed Shows Why Old Proxy Code Still Belongs in the Threat Model Squidbleed is the kind of vulnerability that looks small in code and much larger in an…