In a significant move to enhance corporate privacy and operational security, Microsoft has announced an important update for its Teams platform. As part of the March 2026 feature rollout, Microsoft Teams will now automatically remove EXIF metadata from all images…
Category: Cyber Security News
Public PoC Exploit Released for Nginx-UI Backup Restore Vulnerability
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Nginx-UI backup restore mechanism, tracked as CVE-2026-33026. This vulnerability allows threat actors to tamper with encrypted backup archives and inject malicious configurations during the restoration process. With a public Proof-of-Concept (PoC)…
Vim Modeline Bypass Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary OS Commands
A newly discovered high-severity vulnerability in the popular Vim text editor exposes users to arbitrary command execution on the operating system. Tracked as CVE-2026-34982, the flaw relies on a modeline sandbox bypass that triggers when a victim opens a specially…
Magecart Hackers Uses 100+ Domains to Hijack eStores Checkouts and Steal Card Data
A sophisticated and long-running Magecart campaign has been quietly operating for over 24 months, infecting e-commerce websites across at least 12 countries using more than 100 malicious domains to steal payment card data in real time and banks, not merchants,…
HSBC India Asks Customers to use All-Uppercase Passwords
Beginning April 6, 2026, HSBC India will require its internet banking customers to enter their passwords in uppercase letters only. The mandate, communicated via official customer emails, has sparked widespread concern among technical experts regarding the bank’s credential storage practices…
New Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks — Patch Now
Google has released an emergency security update for its Chrome browser, patching a zero-day vulnerability that is already being actively exploited in the wild. The Stable channel has been updated to version 146.0.7680.177/178 for Windows and Mac, and 146.0.7680.177 for…
Russian Hackers Using Remote Access Toolkit “CTRL” for RDP Hijacking
A newly disclosed Russian-linked remote access toolkit called “CTRL” is being used to hijack Remote Desktop Protocol sessions and steal credentials from Windows systems. According to Censys ARC, the malware is a custom .NET framework that combines phishing, keylogging, reverse…
Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical WebLogic RCE Vulnerabilities in Attacks
A recent cybersecurity study reveals that threat actors are moving faster than ever to weaponize new software flaws. According to data collected from a high-interaction honeypot, hackers are actively exploiting a newly disclosed, maximum-severity vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server. The…
Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform Vulnerability Allow Attackers to Access Sensitive Data
Artificial intelligence agents are rapidly becoming integral to enterprise workflows, but they also introduce new attack surfaces. Security researchers recently uncovered a significant vulnerability within Google Cloud Platform’s Vertex AI Agent Engine. By exploiting default permission scoping, attackers could weaponize…
XLoader Malware Upgrades Obfuscation Tactics and Hides C2 Traffic Behind Decoy Servers
A well-known information-stealing malware called XLoader has received significant upgrades in its latest versions, making it considerably harder to detect and analyze than before. Originally derived from a malware family known as FormBook, which first surfaced in 2016, XLoader was…
PNG Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Trigger Process Crashes, Leak Sensitive Information
Two high-severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in libpng, the widely used reference library for reading and writing PNG images. These flaws allow attackers to trigger process crashes, leak sensitive information, and potentially execute arbitrary code by convincing a system to…
New npm Supply Chain Attack Uses undicy-http to Deploy Screen-Streaming RAT and Browser Injector
A malicious npm package named undicy-http has surfaced inside the Node.js developer ecosystem, quietly compromising machines of developers who mistakenly install it. The package impersonates undici, the official HTTP client library bundled with Node.js that handles millions of weekly downloads. Despite sharing a…
Hackers Backdoor Telnyx Python SDK on PyPI to Steal Credentials Across Windows, macOS, and Linux
A threat actor group known as TeamPCP has been caught backdooring the Telnyx Python SDK on PyPI — a popular cloud communications library with over 700,000 downloads in February alone. On March 27, 2026, two malicious versions of the package,…
Google Now Allows You to Change Your @gmail.com Address in a Few Simple Steps
For over two decades, the permanence of a Google Account username has been a strict rule of the digital landscape. Many users found it frustrating to create new accounts and transfer data after outgrowing their childhood email addresses or changing…
Mercor AI Confirms Data Breach Following Lapsus$ Claims of 4TB Data Theft
Mercor AI has officially confirmed a severe data breach following claims by the notorious Lapsus$ hacking group that they stole 4 terabytes of sensitive company data. The incident, stemming from a recent supply chain attack on the open-source LiteLLM project,…
Hackers Weaponize Legitimate Windows Tools to Disable Antivirus Before Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks have gone far beyond simple malicious code. Today, attackers operate with the precision of a well-planned business, using trusted Windows tools to quietly tear down defenses before ransomware even enters the picture. This shift has made modern ransomware…
EvilTokens Emerges as New Phishing-as-a-Service Platform for Microsoft Account Takeover
A new and dangerous phishing toolkit has entered the cybercrime scene. In early 2026, a Phishing-as-a-Service platform called EvilTokens began circulating in underground cybercrime communities, offering criminals a ready-to-use kit built to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Unlike most phishing tools…
WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data From 800,000+ Sites
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in Smart Slider 3, one of the most widely used WordPress slider builder plugins. With over 800,000 active installations, this vulnerability leaves a massive number of websites exposed to severe data theft. Tracked as…
Anthropic’s Claude Code Source Code Reportedly Leaked Via Their npm Registry
Anthropic’s proprietary Claude Code CLI tool has had its full TypeScript source code inadvertently exposed through a misconfigured npm package, after a security researcher discovered a leaked .map file referencing the unobfuscated codebase stored on Anthropic’s own cloud infrastructure. On…
Hackers Deploy Telegram-Based ResokerRAT With Screenshot and Persistence Features
A new remote access trojan known as ResokerRAT has come to light, using Telegram’s bot API as its core communication channel to silently monitor and control infected Windows machines. What makes this threat stand out is that it does not…