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DAILY BRIEFS
Top stories as punchy one-liners—designed to scan in seconds.
Last updated
7/16/2026, 10:04:39 AM
- 01Microsoft-signed UEFI shim bootloaders allow Secure Boot bypass on any UEFI system.2h agoSecurityWeekVulnerabilities
- 03Trend Micro, Tanium, ESET, and Tenable patch critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in security products.3h agoSecurityWeekVulnerabilities
- 04Next.js adopts scheduled monthly security releases with advance notice, replacing ad-hoc patching.8h agoSocketDevVulnerabilities
- 05AsyncAPI npm packages compromised, delivering malware via import-time execution.8h agoMicrosoft Security BlogSupply Chain
- 06Dutch police arrest suspects in international investment fraud scheme stealing over €100 million.12h agoBleepingComputerThreat Intelligence
- 07Vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders bypassed Secure Boot for years.12h agoDark ReadingVulnerabilities
- 08Researchers warn stalkers are abusing Chrome's sync feature to spy on users.13h agoCyberScoopThreat Intelligence
- 09Email attacks now surpass exploits as the leading cause of ransomware.13h agoDark ReadingRansomware
- 10Zoom warns of critical account takeover vulnerability in Windows client and SDK.13h agoBleepingComputerVulnerabilities
- 11SonicWall customers face threat from two chained zero-day vulnerabilities exploited before patching.15h agoCyberScoopVulnerabilities
- 12TuxBot v3 Evolution IoT botnet framework shows signs of LLM-assisted development.15h agoThe Hacker NewsMalware
- 13Threat actor 'bandcampro' used Google Gemini CLI AI tool to operate a botnet and conduct hacking operations.15h agoBleepingComputerThreat Intelligence
- 14Scammers are selling fake Celine Dion concert tickets via Facebook and cloned websites.17h agoHackreadThreat Intelligence
- 15Microsoft launches Defender Experts Threat Intelligence and expands Defender Experts MDR.18h agoMicrosoft Security BlogThreat Intelligence
- 16AsyncAPI npm packages compromised in supply-chain attack, delivering credential-stealing malware.18h agoBleepingComputerSupply Chain
- 17OkoBot malware framework targets Ledger and Trezor users by injecting fake recovery phrase prompts.18h agoThe Hacker NewsMalware
- 18AI harnesses enable LLMs to perform end-to-end cyberattacks with minimal human input.18h agoCyberScoopAI Security
- 19Claude AI vulnerability could send malicious prompts to AI agents when combined with another exploit.18h agoDark ReadingVulnerabilities
- 20Cursor vulnerability allows code execution via malicious git.exe in project root.19h agoSecurityWeekVulnerabilities