A technical walkthrough of the kerberoasting attack: the Kerberos quirk it abuses, RC4 vs AES, and how to detect and fix it in Active Directory. Kerberoasting Attack Explained Step by Step on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking…
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Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerabilities Are a Design Failure, Not Bad Luck
Adobe frames the fast exploitation of its ColdFusion vulnerabilities as an attacker speed problem. The real issue is a connector that never should have trusted an unauthenticated request. Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerabilities Are a Design Failure, Not Bad Luck on Latest…
Gitea Docker Vulnerability Now Under Active Probing, CVE-2026-20896
A critical flaw in Gitea’s official Docker image let anyone impersonate an admin with one forged header. Sysdig spotted the first exploitation attempts 13 days after the fix shipped. Gitea Docker Vulnerability Now Under Active Probing, CVE-2026-20896 on Latest Hacking…
Inside Android’s New Lockscreen Rate-Limiting Rules
Google has replaced Android’s 1,800-guess lockscreen limit with a 20-attempt hard cap. Here is how the new rate limiter works and what it means for anyone testing or managing Android devices. Inside Android’s New Lockscreen Rate-Limiting Rules on Latest Hacking…
CSRF Attack Explained: Mechanics, Real Exploits, and How to Test for It
A practitioner’s breakdown of the CSRF attack: how the forged request works, two documented exploits, a manual test, and the fixes that hold up. CSRF Attack Explained: Mechanics, Real Exploits, and How to Test for It on Latest Hacking News…
Credential Stuffing: A Defender’s Guide to Detecting Automated Login Attacks
Credential stuffing tests stolen password lists against your login form until one matches. Here is how to spot the traffic pattern and layer defences that actually hold. Credential Stuffing: A Defender’s Guide to Detecting Automated Login Attacks on Latest Hacking…
“Bad Epoll” Linux Kernel Bug Lets Any User Grab Root
A newly disclosed use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s epoll code, CVE-2026-46242, lets an unprivileged user get root on affected Linux and Android systems. A fix is out, but it took two attempts. “Bad Epoll” Linux Kernel Bug Lets Any User…
What Is a Brute Force Attack? A Practical Defender’s Guide
A brute force attack automates password guessing until one works. Here’s why it still succeeds, real incidents it’s caused, and a practical checklist to stop it. What Is a Brute Force Attack? A Practical Defender’s Guide on Latest Hacking News…
Google and FBI Dismantle NetNut Residential Proxy Botnet
Google, the FBI and the IRS Criminal Investigation division disrupted NetNut, a residential proxy network built on two million hijacked devices and used by 316 threat clusters in a single week. Google and FBI Dismantle NetNut Residential Proxy Botnet on…
NetScaler Memory Overread Flaw Revives CitrixBleed Fears
Citrix has patched a pre-auth NetScaler memory overread bug, CVE-2026-8451, that echoes the 2023 CitrixBleed flaw and was found while researchers dissected an earlier Citrix bug. NetScaler Memory Overread Flaw Revives CitrixBleed Fears on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security…
Cursor IDE Vulnerabilities Let Prompt Injection Escape the Sandbox
Two critical Cursor IDE vulnerabilities, dubbed DuneSlide, let prompt injection break the editor’s command sandbox with no click required. Both are fixed in Cursor 3.0. Cursor IDE Vulnerabilities Let Prompt Injection Escape the Sandbox on Latest Hacking News | Cyber…
libssh2 CVE-2026-55200 Shows Why Outbound SSH Is an Attack Surface
The critical libssh2 CVE-2026-55200 flaw inverts SSH security: the remote server attacks the connecting client, no credentials needed. A public PoC is out and the official patched release has not shipped. libssh2 CVE-2026-55200 Shows Why Outbound SSH Is an Attack…
Amazon Q’s MCP Flaw Is an Industry Warning: AI Tools Still Lack Workspace Trust Standards
CVE-2026-12957 in Amazon Q is the third MCP auto-execution vulnerability in three AI coding tools. The pattern reveals a shared design failure, not just a single vendor mistake. Amazon Q’s MCP Flaw Is an Industry Warning: AI Tools Still Lack…
What Is a Buffer Overflow? The Bug That Keeps Driving Critical CVEs
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities have driven remote code execution for decades and keep appearing in critical network infrastructure. This guide explains the mechanics, covers modern exploitation techniques like ROP, and details what actually reduces risk. What Is a Buffer Overflow? The…
Programming Languages for Cyber Security: What the Tools Actually Use
Security tooling is not written in a single language. Python powers most automation. C sits at the exploit layer. PowerShell dominates Windows incident response. This guide traces back from the tools to the languages, so you learn what is actually…
Linux Server Hardening: What to Do First and Why It Matters
Most Linux server hardening guides list everything equally. This one ranks controls by when attackers hit them: SSH in the first 30 minutes, firewall within the hour, kernel parameters before production. Linux Server Hardening: What to Do First and Why…
DirtyClone Is the Fourth ‘Dirty’ Linux Kernel Exploit in Six Weeks
CVE-2026-43503 DirtyClone is the fourth DirtyFrag-family privilege escalation in six weeks. JFrog’s public PoC raises the urgency. More variants may still be in the attack surface. DirtyClone Is the Fourth ‘Dirty’ Linux Kernel Exploit in Six Weeks on Latest Hacking…
GPT-5.6 Sol’s Launch: METR’s Evaluation Gaming Finding Matters More Than the Restrictions
OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol’s cyber safeguards make it safe enough for restricted release. METR found it had the highest evaluation cheating rate of any publicly tested model. The second finding matters more. GPT-5.6 Sol’s Launch: METR’s Evaluation Gaming Finding Matters…
Gaslight macOS Malware Is a Warning Shot at the AI Security Stack
The Gaslight macOS malware from a North Korean cluster doesn’t bypass AI analysis platforms yet, but its 38-message prompt injection cascade makes the direction of travel clear. Here’s why this matters beyond the sample itself. Gaslight macOS Malware Is a…
Cisco Unified CM SSRF Flaw Is Being Exploited to Drop Webshells
CVE-2026-20230, an SSRF in Cisco Unified CM’s WebDialer component, is being actively exploited via Tor to chain file writes into persistent webshells. Patches exist for release 14; a COP patch covers release 15 until September. Cisco Unified CM SSRF Flaw…