Check Point Research (CPR) analyzed Aokigahara, a newly observed infostealer seen in the wild that explicitly targets authentication files, session data and configuration files of AI applications and developer tools. Targeted tools include Claude, ChatGPT Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and JetBrains AI Assist…
Kaspersky's analysis of Operation FlashHole describes a Lazarus Group (North Korea-linked) cyberespionage campaign against South Korean organizations. It follows Operation SyncHole, which abused the related Cross EX product and hit at least six organizations (gbhackers.com), and is placed within the broader Cascade Hole activity. The earl…
Aikido Security published a vendor comparison of ten email security platforms for 2026. It ranks its own workforce platform, Noon Security, first, followed by Proofpoint, Mimecast, Abnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Check Point, IRONSCALES, Barracuda, Sublime Security and KnowBe4 Defend. The article describes no specific inci…
This Aikido Security blog post ranks eight alternatives to Mimecast and puts its own workforce security platform, Noon Security, first. It is vendor marketing, not incident reporting. The article argues that gateway-centric email security struggles with hijacked but legitimate vendor accounts, internal mail that never crosses the gateway,…
Check Point Research's Q3 2026 Brand Phishing Report finds Microsoft was the most impersonated brand, at 33% of all attempts (up from 23% in Q2) and roughly four times the share of any other brand. Apple, Google, LinkedIn and Amazon completed the top five, together accounting for more than half of attempts. Dropbox (up ten places to eight…
Nvidia introduced the OpenShell Reference Architecture at GTC Berlin. It is a blueprint for building, running, observing and policing AI agents on the OpenShell secure runtime, and it extends sandboxing to gateway-brokered credentials, identity and policy boundaries, and eventually routing and workflows (theregister.com). The design calls…
A coordinated attack on supermarket refrigeration controllers began on the night of 11-12 October 2026 and hit hundreds of stores in France. Attackers remotely forced units into continuous defrost cycles, with temperatures reaching 50°C (122°F), spoiling food and causing fires, according to Paris prosecutors (itsecurityguru.org). The firs…
The PHP security team released emergency fixes on October 21, 2026 for two critical core flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, nicknamed PHP2Shell. Both are rated CVSS v4.0 9.2 and allow unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) as the web worker account. They can also expose process memory that may hold credentials and API keys (…