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Keyv npm Supply Chain Attack Hits 2 Billion Installs
The Keyv npm supply chain attack compromised a single GitHub maintainer account and used it to push a credential-stealing worm into hundreds of widely used caching packages. By August 5, trackers put the count at 868 packages and 1,381 versions, spanning a combined 2 billion-plus monthly installs — the largest software supply-chain incident DIESEC has…
Read MoreJuly 2026 Cybersecurity Roundup: A Rogue AI Agent, Ransomware Disruption, and Critical CVEs
This July 2026 Cybersecurity Roundup lands in a month when the peak of northern-hemisphere summer brought no letup in cyber incidents — if anything, July produced some of the year’s most unusual attacks so far. Here’s a roundup of the month’s key incidents and newly disclosed vulnerabilities, along with our take on what they mean.…
Read MoreRuflo RufRoot CVE-2026-59726: AI Agents Hijacked
Ruflo RufRoot CVE-2026-59726, a maximum-severity CVSS 10.0 flaw disclosed by Noma Security, lets an unauthenticated attacker take full control of an AI agent platform used by an estimated one million people — through a single HTTP request against a management bridge that ships exposed to the network by default. What Happened Ruflo is an open-source…
Read MoreMicrosoft Teams Vishing Ransomware Hits in 17 Hours
A Microsoft Teams vishing ransomware campaign has hit dozens of North American organizations since February 2026, using two-minute fake IT-helpdesk phone calls to gain a foothold that, in the fastest confirmed case, ended in full Chaos ransomware encryption within 17 hours of first contact. What Happened Security vendor Sophos tracked the campaign to a financially…
Read MoreCisco Secure FMC CVE-2026-20316 Exploited
Cisco Secure FMC CVE-2026-20316 is under confirmed active exploitation: a hardcoded, low-privilege account built into every on-premises Secure Firewall Management Center gives an unauthenticated attacker a foothold — and in the same advisory cycle, Cisco quietly reactivated a five-month-old, maximum-severity root-level bypass in the same product, sharing an identical indicator of compromise. CISA added the…
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