A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine. Kernel… Read More »Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to… Read More »New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
The Pakistan-aligned threat group tracked as Transparent Tribe (aka APT36 and Earth Karkaddan) has been attributed to a fresh set of cyber attacks targeting government and defense entities in India… Read More »Transparent Tribe Deploys New Rust Backdoor Using Private GitHub Repositories for C2
A flaw in four widely used AI coding agents lets someone who controls a plugin’s code repository swap the plugin an agent installs for a malicious one, even when the… Read More »Plugin4Shell Lets Repository Owners Swap Pinned Plugin Code Across Four AI Coding Agents
In July 2025, someone registered a domain that used to belong to a content delivery network. The CDN had been wound down years earlier, and the domain it served assets… Read More »An Abandoned CDN Domain Was Re-Registered. Thousands of Sites Still Call It.
Microsoft has released fixes for a maximum-severity security flaw in Azure AI Foundry that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation. No customer action is required. The vulnerability, tracked as… Read More »Microsoft Patches CVSS 10.0 Azure AI Foundry Flaw Enabling Unauthorized Privilege Escalation
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 13 npm packages that have been found to deliver a previously undocumented JavaScript stealer codenamed WeaselBiscuit. The new malware family, per OpenSourceMalware, exhibits… Read More »WeaselBiscuit Stealer Spreads via 13 npm Packages to Harvest Chrome Extension Storage
A financially motivated threat actor has been linked to the development and distribution of a JavaScript (JS)-based information stealer known as PhantomRaven via the npm package registry. “The developer likely… Read More »Claimed Bug Bounty Hunter Likely Used LLM to Build PhantomRaven npm Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new Android malware called RatHat that’s assessed to be operated by China-based threat actors and features an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to navigate and control… Read More »RatHat Android Malware Abuses ADB to Retain Shell Access After Uninstall
The Iran-linked “hacktivist” persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor called HEAVYGRAM and a Delphi-based utility known as CRUDEEXCLUDE. “HEAVYGRAM offers builtin commands supporting… Read More »Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords