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Rays Place Garrett Cleavinger On 15-Day IL, Select Ty Johnson, DFA Oliver Dunn Latest On Nick Pivetta Attempts by European states to fuel Ukraine conflict will backfire — former US congressman Comedy is funnier when it is easier to process, new psychology study finds ‘Firewall’ breach? Germany is heading for potential upheaval in Saxony-Anhalt – here’s what you nee… Two more newsrooms join the case against OpenAI and Microsoft Cap Observations: Pelicans, Cavs, Raptors, Stretch Provision GitHub Introduces Project HydraFusion: Runtime Multi-Model Orchestration That Builds a Workflow Per… Rays Place Garrett Cleavinger On 15-Day IL, Select Ty Johnson, DFA Oliver Dunn Latest On Nick Pivetta Attempts by European states to fuel Ukraine conflict will backfire — former US congressman Comedy is funnier when it is easier to process, new psychology study finds ‘Firewall’ breach? Germany is heading for potential upheaval in Saxony-Anhalt – here’s what you nee… Two more newsrooms join the case against OpenAI and Microsoft Cap Observations: Pelicans, Cavs, Raptors, Stretch Provision GitHub Introduces Project HydraFusion: Runtime Multi-Model Orchestration That Builds a Workflow Per…

Cybersecurity

Technology · Cybersecurity

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 pages displaying a full-scre…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick

Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they se…

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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 familiar service behaving s…

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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 to databases across cust…

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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. Håkon Måløy disclosed th…

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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 intrusions and breaches. And for d…

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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 those sites to exploit lo…

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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 a Japanese organization …

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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 vulnerability, this time in Microsoft …

Technology · Cybersecurity

FCC Blocks New Foreign-Produced Robots and Power Inverters Over Cyber Risks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign-produced mobile robots and networked power inverters to its Covered List on July 28. The move generally prevents new mode…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Amazon Links Debug and Chalk npm Hijack to North Korea’s Sapphire Sleet

Amazon has tied the September 2025 hijack of the npm packages debug and chalk to North Korea. For ten months, the incident sat in the public record as crypto theft: a maintainer p…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Cisco FMC Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Static Credentials Could Expose Sensitive Data

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Softwar…

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Critical Rails Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Read Server Files via Image Uploads

Ruby on Rails has released fixes for a critical Active Storage vulnerability that could let unauthenticated attackers read arbitrary files from application servers through crafted…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Ruflo MCP Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Commands and Poison AI Memory

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a maximum-severity security flaw in Ruflo, an open-source agent meta-harness for Anthropic Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, that could result i…

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Three Critical VMware Flaws Allow Auth Bypass, Code Execution, and VM Escape

Broadcom has released security updates to address multiple security flaws impacting VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion, three of which have been designated as critical i…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Coordinated Cyberattack Targets 30+ Minnesota Water Systems as One Plant Goes Offline

A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. Braha…

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Nine-Year Fraud Campaign Clones Russian Company Sites to Steal Advance Payments

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale fraud campaign that involves creating lookalike websites of major Russian companies with an aim to siphon funds f…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Mythos Asks the Right Question. It Doesn't Answer It.

AI is compressing exploit timelines. The real question isn't whether your vulnerability management playbook needs to change, it's which part of it you've been getting wrong all al…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Researchers Show a Single Malicious Webpage Visit Can Compromise Tor Browser

Nebula Security says a patched Firefox JIT flaw could be triggered by simply visiting a malicious webpage and was also used to compromise Tor Browser. Tracked as CVE-2026-10702, t…

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73% of Organizations Say They Are Not Fully Ready for a Major Cyberattack

Most organizations have incident response plans, security tools, and technical teams in place. Yet new research suggests that many still lack the coordination, visibility, and exe…

Technology · Cybersecurity

Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorist Activity

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on Wednesday said it charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov for allegedly facilitating terrorist activities and for fail…

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Public PoC Released for Exploited Check Point SmartConsole Authentication Bypass

Cybersecurity researchers have shared additional technical details about a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Check Point Security Management Server and Multi-Domai…

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New Gitea RCE Lets Repository Writers Plant a Git Hook to Run Shell Commands

Gitea, the self-hosted Git platform, has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability. A user with ordinary repository write access can turn attacker-controlled patch co…

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Flying Eagle Android RAT Traces Found on 170 Servers as Source Code Circulates

Source code for the Flying Eagle Android remote access trojan (RAT) framework is circulating through criminal Telegram channels. Hunt.io and independent researcher NetAskari trace…