3BB Attacker Used MeshCentral Backdoor for Root Access, Targeted Subscriber Credentials

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3BB Attacker Used MeshCentral Backdoor for Root Access, Targeted Subscriber Credentials

An attacker was operating inside the network of 3BB, one of Thailand's largest broadband providers, and maintained remote control of internal machines using a legitimate management tool called MeshCentral, threat intelligence firm Hunt.io said. The company uncovered the intrusion by examining a server the attacker had left open on the internet, which held the attacker's own tools and a list of

The Hacker News · September 14, 2026

Amazon Kiro Prompt Injection Can Exfiltrate Sensitive Data Through Kiro Powers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in Amazon Kiro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, agentic integrated development environment (IDE), that could facilitate data exfiltration via prompt injection and Kiro Powers. The security flaw, which does not have a CVE identifier, works against Kiro IDE 0.7.45 on Windows, according to Mindguard. The latest version of

Learning Aug 27, 2026

I Added a CDN Cache to My Site and It Got Slower. Here's the Math I Should Have Done First.

Last week I put a CDN cache in front of a static site, expecting it to get faster. But instead, it got measurably slower. Not subtly: an independent crawler that had flagged 38 slow pages before the c

Learning Aug 27, 2026

How to Get Reliable Structured Data Out of an LLM

Most tutorials about calling a language model end at JSON.parse(response.content). That line works on your first ten test cases. Then you ship, and somewhere around request four hundred the model retu

Marketing & SEO Aug 27, 2026

Google expands Demand Gen with messaging ads, travel tools and AI video creation

Google's Demand Gen tools aim to shorten the path from discovery to conversion while making it easier to scale creative across campaigns.

Tech Aug 27, 2026

Meta addresses ‘pervert glasses’ reputation with a privacy fix and a new marketing campaign

Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a loophole that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LED. Alex Himel, Meta's vice president of augmented reality, writes in a post on Threads that "the camera will now stop working if the light is covered during a recording." The company's line of […]

Security Aug 27, 2026

Learn How to Build Security Operations Ready for AI-Powered Attacks

Security teams have spent years trying to detect threats faster. AI is changing the harder part: how much time defenders have left to act. Advanced AI models can now help attackers discover vulnerabilities, generate exploit code, and move through weaknesses faster than traditional security processes were built to handle. The challenge is no longer just finding another vulnerability or

Security Aug 27, 2026

Alleged TeamPCP Hackers Charged in Australia Over Major Supply Chain Attacks

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged two Western Australian men with a combined total of 14 offences over their alleged role in TeamPCP, the cybercrime group behind the March 2026 compromise of the open-source security scanners Trivy and Checkmarx KICS and the AI gateway LiteLLM. Louis Michael Gaebler, 23, and Ruben Ian Thomson, 21, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on August 27,

Security Aug 27, 2026

What the Data Says About AI in Security Operations in 2026

AI is officially mainstream in security operations. According to Prophet Security's State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report (produced from ViB’s survey of 250+ cybersecurity pros), 40% of security teams now use AI daily. Another 56% are currently testing it out, and only 4% have no plans to adopt it. For the teams already using AI, what is actually changing? Here are the ten biggest

Tech Aug 27, 2026

Celebrating 250 years of America, from its history to its future

Google and YouTube are celebrating America's 250th anniversary.

Security Aug 27, 2026

Spark RAT Targets Cambodia, Abuses Vulnerable OPSWAT Driver to Disable Security Tools

Individuals and organizations in Cambodia have emerged as the target of a new campaign that delivers an open-source remote access trojan (RAT) called Spark RAT. "The samples employ diverse lure themes, suggesting an effort to appeal to a broad range of potential victims. These include government notices, public health materials, real estate-related content, and other topics," Acronis Threat

Tech Aug 27, 2026

GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series

It’s been over a decade and two console generations since GTA V came out, and its sequel is still a work in progress. GTA VI has faced multiple delays, with developer Rockstar Games bumping back its predicted release date twice, eventually shifting to November 19th, 2026, a full year after its originally planned fall 2025 […]

Tech Aug 27, 2026

3 new ways to plan and book travel in Search

Book hotels and track airfares, plus view miles and rewards with AI Mode in Google Search.

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