Symantec's Threat Hunter Team reports that new versions of the Aoki infostealer now target credential and session files used by AI coding assistants. Earlier versions focused on browser, cryptocurrency wallet and password manager data. Aoki is a relatively new and sparsely documented stealer, first observed earlier in 2026, and its AI-rel…
Railway, a Platform-as-a-Service provider, disclosed "anomalous activity" on the systems that store customer environment variables. An unauthorized third party may have accessed encrypted variables and, in some cases, obtained the decrypted contents (thehackernews.com, techcrunch.com, bleepingcomputer.com). Railway detected the activity e…
SecurityWeek's weekly roundup covers several security incidents. Symantec linked APT28 (tracked as Swallowtail) to Hookedge backdoor intrusions against a law enforcement agency, a naval shipbuilder and a military aircraft engine maker in two NATO states. A researcher found that 333 Tor exit relays (about a tenth of all exits), running on …
Qilin and Settra ransomware groups are actively exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in PAN-OS GlobalProtect and Prisma Access disclosed in May 2026, according to ReliaQuest. Because access arrives through the victim's own VPN, it can resemble legitimate remote work and go unnoticed until credential theft, lateral movement, …