Category: Information Security
Researchers at Eclypsium have recorded a sharp increase in scanning activity targeting outdated and long-abandoned network equipment. The chief danger lies in the fact that many of these attacks are being launched from already-compromised...
Artificial intelligence systems have often been criticized for producing convoluted vulnerability reports and overwhelming open-source developers with irrelevant complaints. Yet researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have presented a striking counterexample:...
Cybercriminals have launched a new wave of attacks that employ SVG files as carriers for phishing pages. According to researchers at VirusTotal, the attackers disguise themselves as representatives of the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office, distributing...
The world’s largest chess platform, Chess.com, has notified thousands of users of a compromise of their personal data following a breach of a third-party contractor responsible for information storage. The incident involved files transferred...
The Japanese tire manufacturer Bridgestone has announced an investigation into a cybersecurity incident in North America that disrupted operations at several of its factories. The first reports of outages surfaced on September 2, when...
TP-Link has confirmed the existence of a new zero-day vulnerability affecting several of its router models. The flaw was first identified by an independent security researcher operating under the alias Mehrun (ByteRay), who reported...
Researchers from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University have unveiled the results of a large-scale analysis revealing that GitHub’s “star” system—long regarded as a measure of a project’s popularity and trustworthiness—has...
Kaspersky Lab has published its first comprehensive technical analysis of cyber groups most actively targeting Russian organizations. The report details 14 groups, outlining their tactics, tools, and the confirmed links between them. Experts identified...
On underground forums, cybercriminals have claimed they have begun deploying HexStrike AI—a new open-source penetration testing tool—against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities just hours after they were publicly disclosed. The news was reported by Check Point...
Android has released its most extensive patch bundle of the year, outpacing the traditional “Patch Tuesday” cycle. In response to reports of active exploitation of two vulnerabilities, the system received 120 fixes at once...
Most people remain unaware that their Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices have quietly become part of a vast, global geolocation tracking system — open, precise, and alarmingly accessible. And if this sounds threatening, it is:...
Cybercriminals have discovered a method to bypass X’s restrictions on posting links by exploiting its built-in assistant, Grok. The technique was revealed by Guardio Labs, with anomalies and screenshots documented by an X user....