A financially motivated Russian threat actor tracked as UAT-11795 is using trojanized software to steal credentials and cryptocurrency by deploying a new backdoor called Starland RAT. […]
AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing offensive security, but it has not changed the standard that matters most: a finding has to be proven before it becomes useful. AI-assisted tools can read code quickly, generate payloads, summarize attack surfaces, explain unfamiliar APIs, and run repetitive testing workflows at impressive speed. That is a real advantage for security teams. It also
New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours
A new ransomware actor called Spirals completed a corporate intrusion, from initial access to data theft and encryption, in less than 24 hours. […]
Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaw Could Let Attackers Control Other Vacuums Region-Wide
Pull the certificate off the flash of a Shark RV2320EDUS robot vacuum, and you can run root commands on other people’s Shark vacuums across the same AWS region: watch the camera, drive the robot, read the map of the house, and take the Wi-Fi password in plaintext.
A researcher publishing under the handle tokay0 put the method online on Monday, having tested it only against vacuums he
F5 Patches Multiple NGINX, BIG-IP Vulnerabilities
Attackers could exploit the bugs to modify configurations, terminate or restart processes, cross security boundaries, leak memory, and execute code.
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China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans
Chinese cybersecurity firms are facing action from the country’s military, but it’s not due to product or technical failures.
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OpenAI’s GPT-Red Automates Prompt Injection Testing to Harden GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI has disclosed details of GPT-Red, an internal automated red-teaming model that scales prompt injection vulnerability discovery with an aim to fix issues before the tools are deployed widely.
“GPT‑Red is a strong red-teamer, and our previous models are highly vulnerable to its prompt injection attacks,” the artificial intelligence (AI) company said. “We use GPT‑Red to adversarially train
Old UEFI Shims Expose Systems to Secure Boot Bypass
Signed by Microsoft, the vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders could be abused on any system, regardless of the OS.
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Zoom Patches Critical Windows Flaw That Could Enable Account Takeover
Zoom has released security updates for a critical security flaw impacting Zoom Workplace for Windows that could facilitate account takeover.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53412 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom Meeting SDK for Windows.
“Improper Input Validation in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for
Nightmare Eclipse Drops ‘LegacyHive’ Windows Zero-Day
The researcher stripped the proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit to prevent immediate exploitation of the vulnerability.
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