Thursday, October 8, 2026

Cyber Security News

U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Chinese Hacker Behind Alleged COVID-19 Research Cyberattacks

The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information regarding Zhang Yu, a Chinese national accused of...

12 Best SAST Tools Compared (2026): Features & Pricing

GitHub CodeQL is the bundled baseline for GitHub estates, Snyk Code and SonarQube lead the developer-first lane, and Checkmarx/Veracode/Fortify anchor enterprise assessment. Twelve options priced...

Critical Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88771 Exploited for Reverse Shells and Persistent Access

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-88771, a critical pre-authentication command-injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, to deploy reverse shells, create privileged accounts, and...

Hackers Abuse GitHub Actions to Steal SSH Keys, Cloud Credentials and Access Tokens

Hackers are abusing GitHub Actions to steal SSH keys, cloud credentials, and access tokens through malicious workflows disguised as security checks. The workflows targeted...

PoeLLM Malware Hijacks 3,400+ Servers for Crypto Mining and Botnet Expansion

A cryptocurrency mining campaign dubbed PoeLLM has compromised more than 3,400 servers by targeting exposed AI infrastructure and other internet-facing applications. Active since April 2026,...

Malicious npm Packages Steal Browser Passwords, Discord Tokens and Crypto Wallets.

MALFEX, a persistent npm supply-chain campaign distributing Windows malware through eight malicious packages. Linked to an apparent single operator active since August 2023, the...

EY Data Breach Exposes Goldman Sachs and Man Group Clients’ Tax and Financial Data

Ernst & Young (EY) has warned that a data breach exposed personal and financial information belonging to clients of Goldman Sachs’ wealth management division...

Critical Progress DataDirect GenAI Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Arbitrary OS Commands

Progress has disclosed a critical command injection vulnerability in the Early Access Release of its DataDirect Autonomous REST Connector AI Model Generator agents. This...