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‘This is not a theoretical risk—it is an active threat’: The NSA, FBI, CISA and more warn of AI-assisted hacks against critical US infrastructure and facilities

A cybersecurity advisory jointly authored by multiple US agencies, including the NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA, warns the owners and operators of industrial facilities of an “active cyber threat” to Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers. “The threat actors are conducting reconnaissance and capability development against US-based Siemens PLC installations using AI-generated exploitation scripts disguised

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Don’t want Gemini in Chrome? Here’s how to remove it on Android

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Today, Gemini can compare products, hunt for better deals, make restaurant reservations, schedule appointments, and even help with travel bookings. And with Gemini in Chrome now rolling out to Android users in the US, much of that assistance is moving directly into the

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New Manic Android malware can exfiltrate data through nearby devices

A new Android malware named Manic targeting users in multiple European countries has a fallback mechanism for exfiltrating data through nearby infected devices. The malware has been active since at least February and combines spyware, banking fraud, and remote control capabilities. It targets at least 169 banking, government/eID, payment, crypto wallet, messaging, and authenticator/2FA apps,

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Critical Zimbra RCE flaw now actively exploited in attacks

CERT Polska, the Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), warned that attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). ZCS is a popular email and collaboration software suite used by hundreds of millions of people and organizations worldwide, including thousands of businesses and hundreds of government agencies. The Zimbra security team

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Copilot was bamboozled into revealing how to hack itself, security researchers claim: ‘Copilot wasn’t breached; it was played’

There’s something really grating about Copilot’s cheery demeanour. It’s so eager to please, so happy to help, that I simply don’t respect it. However, even I feel sorry for the AI tool after learning that security researchers managed to hoodwink it into revealing details of how to hack itself—all by keeping the AI talking long

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Firefox has officially ‘earned its place’ on the GeForce Now supported browser list

I’ll tell you two facts about me. One, I use Firefox on a daily basis. And two, I’ve been continually impressed by GeForce Now, Nvidia’s PC game streaming service that somehow works a whole lot better than you expect. So it’s a red letter day in my household, as Firefox has been added to the

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Password spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gaps

Huntress has observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in the first half of 2026. Brute force is old news, but the spin driving that spike is new. One major contributor was a campaign targeting Microsoft’s Azure CLI, the command-line tool admins use to manage Azure and Entra resources. The traffic originated from an

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US charges Iranian hackers over $3.4 billion intellectual property theft

The U.S. has charged 17 Iranians, alleged members of a hacking-for-hire company called Mabna Institute, involved in years-long operations that stole data from American organizations. Nine of the defendants were previously charged in a March 2018 indictment for hacking more than 300 universities and private companies. The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) has also announced rewards

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Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaign

In a large-scale campaign that researchers dubbed CameraSwarm, hackers compromised more than 14,500 Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. The operation ran for at least 35 days between June 17 and July 22, compromising devices by exploiting vulnerabilities, brute-forcing logins, and using offline recovery codes from serial numbers for cloud-registered cameras. Researchers at

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US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure

U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. PLCs are industrial computers used to automate and control machinery and physical processes in factories and other critical infrastructure. The NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency issued

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