Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band Windows updates to fix Remote Desktop Services failures caused by this month’s security updates, along with Hyper-V and USB audio problems on some Windows versions. […]
Japan’s Digital Agency says VPN flaw exposed 246,000 personnel records
Japan’s Digital Agency has discovered a data breach that may have exposed around 246,000 record rows containing personal information of government employees. […]
Homebrew 7.0.0 gets built-in GUI, better security controls
Homebrew package manager version 7.0.0 has been released with a built-in vulnerability scanner, stronger security controls, and the full release of its native BrewUI graphical interface. […]
Twitch extension with 30K installs exposes users’ OAuth tokens
A browser extension called Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot, available in the official Chrome and Firefox stores, sends users’ Twitch OAuth session tokens to a commercial bot service. […]
Hackers hijack HBO Max Reddit account to push malware in ClickFix ads
Hackers compromised HBO Max’s official Reddit account and used it to push malicious ads that launched ClickFix attacks to infect Windows and macOS devices with information-stealing malware. […]
New DDRop Attack Breaks Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP Confidential Computing
Researchers have disclosed a new hardware attack, called DDRop, that breaks the memory protection in Intel and AMD confidential computing by silently dropping writes to a server’s memory, so the processor keeps reading old encrypted data as if it were current.
The attack requires an attacker who already controls the server’s software and can briefly access the machine to insert a small circuit
Red Heron Exploits Gitea RCE to Compromise 13 Organizations Across Six Countries
A Chinese threat actor tracked as Red Heron has been attributed to the rapid exploitation of a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Gitea to compromise internet-facing instances as part of a multi-national campaign.
“Red Heron scanned 1,386 Gitea instances across seven countries and maintained a separate dataset of 477 Taiwan-based systems,” Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) said in an
Hackers target exposed Vite dev servers to steal AWS, Azure secrets
A mass-scanning campaign targeting internet-exposed Vite development servers is attempting to steal cloud credentials and configurations from AWS and Azure deployments. […]
WordPress Adds Automated Plugin Reviews to Block High-Risk Updates Before Distribution
WordPress has announced it’s launching an automated security review for every release of a plugin before it’s distributed through the WordPress.org update API so as to analyze it for potential security issues and ensure there are no risks involved.
“New plugins are reviewed before they enter the directory, but updates ship continuously after that,” David Perez, WordPress Official Plugin
⚡ Weekly Recap: Rogue AI Agents, WeChat Worm, PaperCut Attacks, AI Espionage, and Rootkits
AI keeps showing up in the wrong places. Attackers are using it to speed up exploits, test defenses, and automate more of the job. Some models are also crossing lines on their own. That is not a great combination.
The rest of the week is more familiar: old bugs still working, fresh exploit chains, exposed systems, weak defaults, and simple paths that should have been harder to abuse. A few of