Clorox has filed a lawsuit against the global IT services provider Cognizant, accusing the company of gross negligence that allegedly led to a devastating cyberattack in August 2023. According to the complaint, Cognizant—tasked with...
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Amazon was forced to urgently withdraw a compromised version of its AI-powered programming assistant, Q, after a malicious instruction was covertly embedded into the system. This rogue directive prompted the assistant to exploit command-line...
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The cybercriminal group known as Mimo, previously recognized for its campaigns deploying cryptocurrency miners, has shifted its tactics, now targeting new vectors — notably the popular e-commerce platform Magento and misconfigured Docker instances. The...
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Amid the growing popularity of Android smartphones in developing regions and the increasing accessibility of third-party app stores, cybercriminals have launched a large-scale campaign that combines two highly dangerous tactics—credential theft and click fraud—for...
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Microsoft has reversed its decision to end support for Windows 10 and now offers users a free one-year extension of security updates. This reprieve benefits nearly 700 million individuals who continue to rely on...
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ACRStealer, a notorious information-stealing malware, has once again come under the spotlight following a series of enhancements that have significantly improved its resilience against detection and analysis. Over the past year—particularly since the beginning...
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Hackers have ramped up their attacks on vulnerable Linux servers with exposed SSH access, deploying the SVF Botnet—a simple yet effective malicious framework designed for conducting DDoS attacks and cryptocurrency mining. This revelation comes...
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Experts at SEQRITE Labs have uncovered a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign dubbed CargoTalon, specifically targeting personnel within a key enterprise of Russia’s aviation industry. The operation employs highly targeted phishing techniques, disguised as essential logistics...
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Researchers have uncovered a stealthy backdoor within WordPress, cunningly disguised as a system file within the mu-plugins directory—a special location designated for must-use plugins. This strategic placement enables threat actors to establish a persistent...
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The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a division of the Department of Energy tasked with maintaining and safeguarding the nation’s nuclear arsenal, has found itself at the center of one of the most...
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On July 22, 2025, Mozilla unveiled the Firefox 141 update, a release focused on enhancing browser security. According to security bulletin MFSA 2025-56, the update addresses 18 vulnerabilities, including flaws in the JavaScript engine,...
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A major incident has rocked the npm ecosystem: the widely-used package eslint-config-prettier suddenly received an update devoid of any corresponding changes on GitHub. Developers quickly grew suspicious—and with good reason. The package’s maintainer later...
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A surge of cyberattacks has been recorded across the United States, attributed to the Interlock group, which employs a double extortion strategy targeting companies and critical infrastructure entities. This warning was jointly issued by...
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Google has officially unveiled a new experimental feature within its search engine, enabling users to delegate the task of calling local businesses to artificial intelligence and receive relevant information without any direct involvement. Instead...
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Following a sweeping law enforcement operation in May—which dismantled over 2,300 domains and disrupted portions of its infrastructure—the malicious Lumma platform is once again exhibiting a resurgence in activity. Despite the significant blow, the...
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China’s Ministry of State Security has issued two high-profile warnings, alleging the deliberate implantation of backdoors into both software and hardware components—across terrestrial and coastal infrastructure. The warnings span a broad spectrum of threats,...
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VulnLab A web vulnerability lab project developed by Yavuzlar. Vulnerabilities SQL Injection Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Command Injection Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) XML External Entity (XXE) Insecure Deserialization File Upload...
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A newly evolved strain of the Coyote banking trojan has adopted an unconventional method of user surveillance on Windows systems. Malicious actors have learned to exploit Microsoft’s UI Automation (UIA) framework—originally designed to aid...
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Mexican organizations remain the persistent targets of an enduring cybercriminal campaign involving modified versions of the AllaKore RAT and SystemBC malware. According to analysts at Arctic Wolf Labs, the attacks are orchestrated by a...
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mx-takeover mx-takeover focuses on DNS MX records and detects misconfigured MX records. It currently supports three-technique. These are, MX domains that will expire soon Unregistered MX domains Domains that point to not currently in...
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