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In a complex attack chain that blends malicious advertising, DNS-based control, and multi-stage delivery schemes, researchers at Infoblox uncovered the operations of a cybercriminal group known by the alias Detour Dog. The group orchestrates...
AI-Powered CAPTCHA Solver This project is a Python-based command-line tool that uses large multimodal models (LMMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini to automatically solve various types of CAPTCHAs. It leverages Selenium for web...
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new version of its operating system — Raspberry Pi OS Trixie, based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” release. As always, the launch coincides with the debut...
Earlier this week, we reported on a cyberattack targeting the Japanese brewing giant Asahi, which brought nearly all of its production facilities in Japan to a halt. The aftermath was swift — as the...
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has once again publicly criticized developers—this time drawing attention to text and code formatting in Rust. Just a day earlier, he had stated that big-endian support for RISC-V would not...
Since the beginning of 2025, NETSCOUT experts have been observing an active wave of DDoS attacks attributed to a group known as Keymous+. Between February and September alone, 249 incidents were recorded, targeting 60...
The group Lunar Spider—also known under the aliases Gold SwathMore and Elara—has ramped up a new malicious campaign that leverages a counterfeit CAPTCHA verification interface to infect victims’ devices. The primary vector is the...
A hacker collective known as UAT-8099 is presently conducting an active campaign to promote malicious content in search results by compromising Microsoft IIS servers across multiple countries. Cisco Talos researchers found that this Mandarin-language...
The vulnerability rewards platform HackerOne has announced that over the past twelve months, white-hat hackers around the world have earned a total of $81 million in payouts — a 13% increase compared to the...
In September 2025, Microsoft began gradually discontinuing support for embedded SVG images in Outlook for the web and the new Outlook client for Windows. The company explained this decision as part of its enhanced...
Windows 11 has received another major update — version 25H2, officially known as Windows 11 2025 Update. This annual release, according to Microsoft, is designed to be as lightweight and secure as possible. Distributed...
Amid the ongoing duel between Linux kernel developers and authors of malicious modules, each kernel release reshuffles the balance of power. A recent example is the FlipSwitch rootkit module, which employs an unusual technique...