Tag: exploit
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China-Aligned Hackers Deploy ShadowPad in Multi-Stage Espionage Campaign
Tags: china, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, microsoft, threat, vulnerabilityChina-aligned threat actors tracked as SHADOW-EARTH-053 are exploiting old but unpatched Microsoft Exchange and IIS vulnerabilities to run a stealthy, multi-stage espionage campaign across Asian governments, critical infrastructure, and one NATO member state. The group primarily targets government entities and critical infrastructure in South, East, and Southeast Asia, with additional activity against at least one…
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Claude Security Enters Public Beta for Enterprise Customers
Anthropic has officially launched the public beta of Claude Security, an advanced vulnerability detection and remediation tool now available to Claude Enterprise customers. Powered by the highly capable Claude Opus 4.7 model, this platform shifts application security testing from basic pattern matching to deep, contextual analysis. As AI accelerates the timeline between discovering and exploiting…
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Fake CAPTCHA Scam Uses SMS Pumping to Inflate Phone Bills
A newly uncovered cyber fraud campaign is abusing fake CAPTCHA pages to trick mobile users into sending large volumes of international SMS messages, resulting in unexpected phone bills and illicit profits for attackers. Unlike traditional malware campaigns, this operation does not require installing malicious software. Instead, it exploits telecom billing systems and affiliate revenue models…
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Breach Roundup: US Cyber Command Flags Election Threats
Also, HexDex Arrest, Black Axe Crackdown, LeRobot RCE Flaw. This week, election threats resurfaced. A prolific hacker arrested. Black Axe network disrupted. China-linked disinformation targets Tibet. Exploited ScreenConnect and Windows flaws raise alarms. Minecraft gamers hit with stealer malware. A critical AI framework bug enables remote code execution. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns
The agency added the flaw to the KEV list days after hosting providers confirmed active, ongoing attacks. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cpanel-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-cve-2026-41940-exploited/
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Another AI-Assisted Software Scan Yields 9-Year-Old Linux Bug
The proof-of-concept exploit code runs only 10 lines long, but luckily, a patch is already available. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/ai-assisted-software-scan-linux-bug
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Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites
Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/30/hackers-are-actively-exploiting-a-bug-in-cpanel-used-by-millions-of-websites/
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FBI: Chinese Hacker Extradition Sends a Global Message
Alleged Nation-State Hacker Being Held in Houston Jail. U.S. prosecutors allege 34-year-old Chinese national Xu Zewei operated under China’s Ministry of State Security to hack universities and firms during the pandemic, exploiting VPN and Exchange flaws and exfiltrating research data in a Silk Typhoon campaign. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/fbi-chinese-hacker-extradition-sends-global-message-a-31561
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Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431): Frequently asked questions about Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability
Tags: access, ai, attack, browser, cisa, cloud, container, crypto, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, linux, mitigation, ransomware, risk, tool, update, vulnerabilityA flaw in the Linux kernel present since 2017 allows a local user to gain root access on virtually every major Linux distribution. A public exploit is available and reported to work reliably. Key Takeaways CVE-2026-31431 is a high severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel reportedly affecting virtually every major distribution released…
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Supply-Chain-Attacke auf SAP-CAP
Die Onapsis Research Labs beobachten derzeit eine gezielte Supply-Chain-Attacke auf SAP-Entwickler und Unternehmen, die das SAP-Cloud-Application-Programming-Model (CAP) nutzen. Die als ‘Mini Shai-Hulud” bezeichnete Angriffskampagne schleust Schadcode in verbreitete SAP-nahe JavaScript-/npm-Pakete ein mit dem Ziel, automatisiert Cloud-Zugangsdaten, Service-Tokens und private Schlüssel zu exfiltrieren. Die Angriffskampagne nutzt kompromittierte Pakete als Eintrittspunkt in Entwicklungsumgebungen und entfaltet ihre […]…
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Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Flaw Delivers Root-Level Access to Distros
AI-Assisted Offensive Security Researcher Discovered Flaw After 1 Hour of Scanning. Patch all Linux kernels issued from 2017 onwards to fix a serious vulnerability in the kernel’s cryptography API that can be easily exploited by a local, unprivileged user to gain root-level access. The major flaw is the latest to be found by an AI-assisted…
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cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940)
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel, a popular web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, is being exploited by attackers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/cpanel-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2026-41940-exploited/
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros
An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-copy-fail-flaw-gives-hackers-root-on-major-distros/
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros
An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-copy-fail-flaw-gives-hackers-root-on-major-distros/
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Critical cPanel and WHM bug exploited as a zero-day, PoC now available
The critical CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, WHM, and WP Squared is being actively exploited in the wild and has been leveraged in attempts since late February. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-cpanel-and-whm-bug-exploited-as-a-zero-day-poc-now-available/
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Bug of the year (so far): Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/
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Bug of the year (so far): Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/
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Attackers Exploit cPanel Authentication Bypass 0-Day After PoC Release
A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being actively exploited across the web hosting industry. This CVSS 9.8 flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass cPanel and WHM login mechanisms, granting them full administrative control over servers. The vulnerability stems from a Carriage Return Line Feed (CRLF) injection flaw within the application’s session…
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Bug of the year (so far)? Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/
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Attackers Exploit cPanel Authentication Bypass 0-Day After PoC Release
A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being actively exploited across the web hosting industry. This CVSS 9.8 flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass cPanel and WHM login mechanisms, granting them full administrative control over servers. The vulnerability stems from a Carriage Return Line Feed (CRLF) injection flaw within the application’s session…
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Supply-Chain-Angriff: Mehrere Softwareprojekte von SAP kompromittiert
Angreifer haben Schadcode in NPM-Pakete von SAP eingeschleust, um massenhaft Zugangsdaten abzugreifen. Entwickler sollten zügig handeln. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/supply-chain-angriff-mehrere-softwareprojekte-von-sap-kompromittiert-2604-208187.html
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Bad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, banking, business, container, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, fraud, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, LLM, malicious, monitoring, resilience, risk, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBad Bots in the Agentic Age: What the 2026 Thales Bad Bot Report Reveals josh.pearson@t“¦ Thu, 04/30/2026 – 07:31 The modern internet is becoming less human by the day. Bot traffic is increasing, and human traffic is shrinking. Malicious automated traffic is getting harder to spot. The Thales 2026 Bad Bot Report, now in it’s…
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Qinglong Task Scheduler RCE Flaws Exploited in the Wild
Tags: authentication, cyber, exploit, flaw, hacker, malware, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityHackers are actively exploiting two severe authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Qinglong, a popular open-source task scheduling platform. These flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and deploy resource-draining cryptomining malware on vulnerable servers. Qinglong is a self-hosted task management platform used by developers to automate background tasks using Python, JavaScript, Shell, and TypeScript scripts. With…
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Seit 2017 ausnutzbar: Gefährliche Root-Lücke im Linux-Kernel entdeckt
Ein kleines Skript mit einer Größe von nur 732 Bytes reicht aus, um unter Linux Root-Rechte zu erlangen. Der Exploit liegt bereits auf Github. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/seit-2017-ausnutzbar-gefaehrliche-root-luecke-im-linux-kernel-entdeckt-2604-208181.html
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Seit 2017 ausnutzbar: Gefährliche Root-Lücke im Linux-Kernel entdeckt
Ein kleines Skript mit einer Größe von nur 732 Bytes reicht aus, um unter Linux Root-Rechte zu erlangen. Der Exploit liegt bereits auf Github. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/seit-2017-ausnutzbar-gefaehrliche-root-luecke-im-linux-kernel-entdeckt-2604-208181.html
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Linux Kernel 0-Day “Copy Fail” Grants Root Access Across Major Distros Since 2017
Security researchers have disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Linux kernel dubbed >>Copy Fail<< (CVE-2026-31431), which allows unprivileged local users to gain root access. Using a tiny 732-byte Python script, attackers can exploit a logic flaw present in major Linux distributions released since 2017. Copy Fail is a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability found…
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KasadaIQ’s Q1 Insights: How AI Became Adversary Infrastructure
KasadaIQ’s Q1 2026 Threat Intelligence Report highlights a structural shift in automated threats: AI is now embedded across the adversary lifecycle. From large-scale account commoditization to verification bypass and AI agent exploitation, organizations face a rapidly evolving and industrialized threat environment. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/kasadaiqs-q1-insights-how-ai-became-adversary-infrastructure/