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Two Compromised joyfill npm Packages Run RAT When Imported Into Node.js
Beta release versions of two npm packages in the @joyfill namespace have been compromised to deliver a remote access trojan (RAT) associated with the…
DPRK-Linked macOS Malvertising Uses Fake Updates to Deliver Crypto-Stealing Malware
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been attributed to a sophisticated macOS malvertising campaign that involves redirecting users to fake web…
Claude AI Just Cracked a Post-Quantum Test Scheme and Found a Faster 7-Round AES Attack
Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview helped derive an end-to-end key-recovery attack against HAWK-256 and a 200- to 800-fold speedup for an attack on…
Tengu Botnet Reboots Compromised Linux Devices When Defenders Kill Its Process
A new Mirai-derived botnet called Tengu can use a compromised Linux device’s hardware watchdog to trigger a reboot when defenders kill its main process.…
24,650 Internet-Exposed BMCs Disclose IPMI Password Hashes Before Login
Cybersecurity researchers have sounded an alert after finding more than 36,000 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) management interfaces exposing…
JFrog Confirms OpenAI Models Exploited Artifactory Zero-Day Before Hugging Face Breach
JFrog has confirmed that OpenAI models exploited a zero-day in self-hosted Artifactory while trying to reach the open internet from a sealed evaluation…
Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
OpenWrt has shipped version 24.10.8 to close a critical DHCPv6 stack overflow and a wider set of remotely triggerable flaws in network services enabled by…
Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger and Turns Victim Systems Into Covert Relays
The Iranian state-backed hacking group tracked as Nimbus Manticore (aka GalaxyGato, Mirage Kitten, Smoke Sandstorm, Subtle Snail, and UNC1549) has been…
ThreatsDay: AI-Powered Hacking, 370 Chrome Flaws, SonicWall Attacks, DNS Hijacking + 22 More Stories
A lot of security still comes down to trusting the wrong screen. This week, that screen might be a login page, an install guide, a recruiter call, or a…
Azure Cosmos DB Flaw Exposed Platform-Wide Key That Could Access Any Database
A now-patched vulnerability in Azure Cosmos DB could have let an attacker escape the service’s Gremlin query sandbox and obtain full read and write access…
Microsoft Says New Cybersecurity AI Model Helps MDASH Score 95.95% at Half the Cost
Microsoft has launched its first cybersecurity-specific model inside MDASH, its multi-model vulnerability identification and remediation harness. The…
Critical TeamCity Flaw Could Let Attackers Run OS Commands Without Logging In
JetBrains is urging customers of on-premise versions of TeamCity to update to the latest version following the discovery of a critical security issue that…
Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit
STAR Labs has published a Linux kernel exploit that turns an ordinary local user into root on the CentOS Stream 9 build it targeted. The flaw, tracked as…
Microsoft Copilot for Word Can Copy Hidden Prompts Into New Documents
Hidden instructions in a Word document can make Microsoft 365 Copilot rewrite figures in a report, then copy the same instructions into the finished file.…
The Network Has Become the Control Plane for AI Security
Network firewalls are the workhorses of modern cybersecurity. They are trusted to protect the network, blocking malicious traffic and preventing…
Attackers Exploit Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Command Injection Flaw
A maximum-severity security flaw impacting on-premises versions of Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The…
SilverFox Targets Japanese Manufacturer with 3-Driver BYOVD Chain and ValleyRAT
The Chinese cybercrime group known as Silver Fox has been observed using new drivers as part of bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attacks targeting…
Hackers Exploit AnySign4PC via Hacked Korean Sites to Install Backdoors Without Prompts
South Korean authorities and four security firms have disclosed a state-sponsored campaign that compromised trusted domestic websites. The attackers used…
Russian Hackers Exploit Microsoft OWA Flaw to Keep Mailbox Access After Credential Rotation
The Russian threat actors recently linked to the exploitation of a now-patched vulnerability in Zimbra have been observed exploiting another…