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Cyberattack in Eastern Europe

Hacker Wipes Entire European Government Database

21. July, 2026 - 10:19

Following a failed extortion attempt, a hacker has deleted Romania’s entire land registry database. The incident has brought tens of thousands of real estate transactions to a standstill.

LLMs Under Attack

How Prompt Injection Bypasses AI Security Controls

19. July, 2026 - 07:25

As companies increasingly deploy AI agents, their exposure to cyberattacks is also growing. The focus is shifting beyond traditional IT systems toward the AI models themselves, their prompts, and the data flows they rely on.

Ransomware Hits Dairy Subsidiary

Coca-Cola Halts U.S. Fairlife Production Following Cyberattack

18. July, 2026 - 07:29

Coca-Cola has temporarily suspended production at its Fairlife dairy subsidiary in the United States after a cyberattack disrupted parts of the company’s IT infrastructure.

Phishing Campaigns

Telegram Data Leak: 182 Million User Records Surface on the Dark Web

16. July, 2026 - 10:43

A database allegedly containing the personal data of 182 million Telegram users is being offered for sale on the dark web. Security experts warn that the information could fuel targeted phishing campaigns.

Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

The Gentlemen: Inside the New No. 1 Hacker Group

16. July, 2026 - 05:40

A ransomware group that did not even exist a year ago has quickly climbed to the top of the global threat landscape. At the same time, cyberattacks targeting German companies are increasing significantly.

Transparency Under Scrutiny

Hidden Spy Code Discovered in Claude Code

14. July, 2026 - 07:19

A security researcher discovered code inside Anthropic’s AI coding assistant Claude Code that secretly collected information about users’ time zones and proxy usage.

Links to Known Threat Actors

Windows Backdoor GigaWiper Blends Espionage with Destructive Wiping

13. July, 2026 - 13:13

Microsoft has issued a warning about GigaWiper, a Windows backdoor that combines advanced espionage capabilities with destructive data wiping while disguising its activity as a ransomware attack.

Complete Data Destruction

AI Agent Executes First Fully Autonomous Ransomware Attack

07. July, 2026 - 07:07

Security researchers at Sysdig have documented what they describe as the first fully autonomous ransomware attack executed by an AI agent.

Sandbox Escape

Critical Cursor Vulnerabilities Opened the Door to the Host Operating System

06. July, 2026 - 10:58

Security researchers have uncovered two critical vulnerabilities in the AI development environment Cursor. By using specially crafted prompts, attackers can escape the application’s sandbox and execute code directly on the host operating system — without requiring any user interaction.

Social Engineering

Apple Devices Under Attack: New ClickFix Campaign Delivers macOS Malware

25. June, 2026 - 15:45

A new macOS Malware campaign uses ClickFix social engineering and Terminal commands to silently download malicious files, steal passwords and compromise cryptocurrency data.