A public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for CVE-2026-20251, a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Splunk Secure Gateway (SSG). The flaw, carrying a CVSS score of 8.8, allows a low-privileged authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on…
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Hackers Could Abuse WM_COPYDATA Callback Path to Execute Code Through Win32k Dispatch
A newly detailed injection technique has put Windows systems in the spotlight, revealing how attackers could abuse a deeply embedded part of the operating system to run malicious code inside another process without raising alarms. The method exploits the Windows…
ClawHub Skills Expose AI Agents to Remote Control Backdoors and Data Theft Attacks
AI-powered agents are no longer just answering questions. They now take actions, manage files, and run code on behalf of users. That shift has opened a dangerous new door, and attackers have already walked through it. Malicious skills targeting the…
Russia-Linked Turla Uses Compromised Infrastructure to Deploy STOCKSTAY in Ukraine Operations
Russia-linked threat group Turla has been quietly expanding its espionage arsenal with a new backdoor called STOCKSTAY, actively targeting government and military organizations in Ukraine since at least December 2022. The malware is built in .NET and communicates with operators…
Hackers Use Rokarolla Banking Trojan to Intercept SMS Codes and Steal Crypto Credentials
A newly discovered Android banking trojan called Rokarolla has been making waves across the cybersecurity community, targeting victims by posing as well-known, trusted applications. The malware goes after banking and cryptocurrency users with a level of sophistication that puts it…
UNC1151 Ghostwriter Hackers Target Belarusian Politician in Gmail Phishing Campaign
A well-known hacker group called UNC1151, also widely known as Ghostwriter, has been caught running a targeted phishing campaign against a prominent Belarusian pro-democracy politician. The group, which has long been tied to the interests of the Belarusian government and,…
Millenium RAT Rewritten in C++ Infects 62,000+ Devices Across 160 Countries
A remote access trojan known as Millenium RAT has been quietly spreading across the globe, and the numbers are hard to ignore. Over 62,000 devices have been compromised across more than 160 countries, with no signs of slowing down. More…
DCloud Uni-App Scam Network Powers RainbowEx-Style Crypto Fraud and WhatsApp Phishing
A Chinese open-source development framework has become the silent engine behind one of the largest scam networks ever documented. Known as DCloud Uni-App, the cross-platform toolkit was designed for legitimate app development but has been repurposed by cybercriminals to run…
LLM-Generated Mythic Agents Enable Disposable Red-Team Tooling From Prompt to Deployment
Red teamers and offensive security researchers have entered a new era where AI can write functional attack tools from a single sentence. A concept known as “disposable tooling” is now taking shape, and the implications for defenders are real. At…
China’s New Zhipu AI Reportedly Matches Claude Mythos in Vulnerability Detection
Zhipu AI’s open-weight GLM-5.2 model is reportedly performing on par with Anthropic’s restricted Claude Mythos in specific cybersecurity and software vulnerability detection tasks, a development that is intensifying concerns inside the U.S. government about the effectiveness of its AI export…
OpenAI Released GPT-5.6 Sol With Limited Access and Strong Cyberattack Protections
OpenAI has officially begun a limited preview of the GPT‑5.6 model series Sol, Terra, and Luna, positioning its flagship Sol as the company’s most capable and security-hardened AI model to date, available initially only to a small group of trusted…
RedAmon AI Tool that Chains Reconnaissance, Exploitation, and Post-exploitation
A new open-source offensive security platform called RedAmon is redefining automated penetration testing by chaining reconnaissance, exploitation, post-exploitation, AI-driven triage, and automated code remediation all into a single end-to-end pipeline that culminates in a GitHub pull request with the fix…
Anthropic Confirms Claude Mythos 5 Redeployment for US Critical Infrastructure Organizations
Anthropic has confirmed that Claude Mythos 5, its most powerful AI cybersecurity model, will be redeployed to a select set of U.S. organizations responsible for operating and defending critical infrastructure, following a government-led review process that began on June 12,…
New Bucket Hijacking Attack Allows Hackers to Reroute Cloud Data Streams to External Storage
A critical cloud storage attack technique dubbed “bucket hijacking” a method that enables threat actors to silently redirect an organization’s active cloud data streams, including audit logs and telemetry, into attacker-controlled external storage buckets across major cloud platforms. The technique…
New DirtyClone Linux Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Gain Root Access Via Cloned Packets
A new Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed “DirtyClone” (CVE-2026-43503), that allows unprivileged local users to gain full root access by manipulating cloned network packets through the XFRM/IPsec subsystem, all without leaving a trace in kernel logs or audit…
New Linux pedit COW Exploit Allows Attackers to Gain System Root Access
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability combining a Copy-on-Write (COW) page-cache corruption flaw with the net/sched subsystem’s act_pedit component is enabling unprivileged local attackers to escalate privileges to full root access on several major Linux distributions. The exploit, dubbed packet_edit_meme,…
Amazon Q Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Code and Access Sensitive Cloud Environments
A high-severity vulnerability in the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon’s AI-powered coding assistant. Tracked as CVE-2026-12957 and CVE-2026-12958 and disclosed by Wiz Research, the flaws allowed attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution and cloud…
New GIFTEDCROOK Chain Abuses WinRAR ADS and Reflective Loading to Steal Browser Data
A newly documented attack chain tied to threat actor group UAC-0226 is putting Windows users at serious risk. The campaign uses booby-trapped WinRAR archives, hidden file streams, and a sophisticated memory-loading technique to deliver GIFTEDCROOK, a stealer malware designed to…
Hackers Exploit Weak Credentials and Internet-Facing PLCs to Breach Water Utilities
Water utilities across the United States and Europe are under growing pressure as hackers continue to find easy ways in. Nation-state actors and affiliated groups have been quietly exploiting internet-facing control systems and weak login credentials to access water and…
New Bluekit Phishing-as-a-Service Bypasses MFA to Steal Microsoft Login Credentials
A sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Bluekit has been confirmed operational at scale, with cybersecurity firm Netcraft detecting approximately 70 live hostnames in a single week. First documented by Varonis Threat Labs as an emerging tool still in development, Bluekit…