Tag: exploit
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SLOTAGENT Malware Hides API Calls and Strings to Thwart Analysis
A previously unknown remote access trojan (RAT), dubbed SLOTAGENT, after analyzing a suspicious ZIP archive uploaded from Japan to a public malware repository in early 2026. The malware demonstrates advanced evasion techniques and flexible post-exploitation capabilities, making it a notable addition to the evolving threat landscape. The ZIP file contains a malicious executable, WindowsOobeAppHost.AOT.exe, which triggers the…
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Betting on Cybercrime Prediction Markets and Hacking
Cybercriminals are evolving from stealing data to “shaping the future” by leveraging prediction markets. By exploiting early access to disclosures, manipulating sensor data, or timing ransomware leaks to coincide with market bets, attackers can transform illegal access into guaranteed financial gains. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/betting-on-cybercrime-prediction-markets-and-hacking/
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CISA Warns of Windows Shell Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows. On April 28, 2026, the agency officially added CVE-2026-32202 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This critical flaw involves a failure of a protection mechanism within the Microsoft Windows Shell, and active exploitation…
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Purple Team
Purple Team Simulation Contact Us Solution Brief Overview Today’s cyber threats are no longer theoretical. Attackers operate with patience, precision, and a clear understanding of how to exploit gaps across technology, process, and people. Traditional security assessments often identify vulnerabilities, but they do not always answer the questions executives and security leaders care about most:……
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LiteLLM CVE-2026-42208 SQL Injection Exploited within 36 Hours of Disclosure
In yet another instance of threat actors quickly jumping on the exploitation bandwagon, a newly disclosed critical security flaw in BerriAI’s LiteLLM Python package has come under active exploitation in the wild within 36 hours of the bug becoming public knowledge.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42208 (CVSS score: 9.3), is an SQL injection that could be…
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Hackers are exploiting a critical LiteLLM pre-auth SQLi flaw
Hackers are targeting sensitive information stored in the LiteLLM open-source large-language model (LLM) gateway by exploiting a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42208. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-are-exploiting-a-critical-litellm-pre-auth-sqli-flaw/
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CVE-2026-3854 GitHub flaw enables remote code execution
Critical GitHub flaw CVE-2026-3854 lets attackers run code with a single git push, exploiting a command injection bug. Researchers found a critical vulnerability in GitHub, tracked as CVE-2026-3854, that allows remote code execution through a simple git push. The vulnerability affects GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Data Residency, GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Enterprise…
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The Facebook ID problem breaking your DLP alerts
Tags: ai, api, credit-card, data, detection, exploit, finance, governance, LLM, ml, PCI, risk, service, sql, technology, tool, zero-trustHow we reverse-engineered the structure of Facebook IDs to improve credit card classification. (This is blog 3 in our Classification Series. You can also read {children} and {children}) The concept behind data loss prevention (DLP) platforms is simple and powerful: Discover and classify sensitive data then apply policies to prevent that data from leaving the…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets German Officials in Suspected Russian Operation
Suspected Russian phishing via Signal targeted German officials, exploiting trust to access accounts and sensitive political communications. A new wave of cyber operations targeting European political leadership is once again highlighting how modern espionage increasingly relies on deception rather than technical exploits. Recent investigations by German authorities point to a large-scale phishing campaign conducted via…
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What Anthropic’s Mythos Means for the Future of Cybersecurity
Two weeks ago, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities, turning them into working exploits without expert guidance. These were vulnerabilities in key software like operating systems and internet infrastructure that thousands of software developers working on those systems failed to find. This capability will have…
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Critical Unpatched Flaw Leaves Hugging Face LeRobot Open to Unauthenticated RCE
Tags: cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, github, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical security flaw impacting LeRobot, Hugging Face’s open-source robotics platform with nearly 24,000 GitHub stars, that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-25874 (CVSS score: 9.3), which has been described as a case of untrusted data deserialization stemming from the use of…
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After Mythos: New Playbooks For a Zero-Window Era
When patching isn’t fast enough, NDR helps contain the next era of threats.If you’ve been tracking advancements in AI, you know the exploit window, the short buffer that organizations relied on to patch and protect after a vulnerability disclosure, is closing fast.Anthropic’s new model, Claude Mythos, and its Project Glasswing, showed that finding exploitable vulnerabilities…
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The Evolution of Scattered Spider: How Organizations Are Strengthening Defenses
An On Demand video from ID Dataweb. Scattered Spider is rapidly expanding its reach, exploiting identity processes and help desks to infiltrate organizations. Discover their tactics and the steps you can take now to reduce risk. Watch the webinar. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/evolution-scattered-spider-how-organizations-are-strengthening-defenses-a-31524
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Critical LiteLLM Flaw Enables Database Attacks Through SQL Injection
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, cve, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, flaw, injection, sql, vulnerabilityA critical pre-authentication SQL injection vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-42208, has been discovered in the popular LiteLLM gateway, allowing attackers to access databases without credentials. Cybercriminals have already been observed exploiting this flaw to target high-value secrets such as API keys and provider credentials. Overview of the Vulnerability CVE-2026-42208 is a critical flaw in LiteLLM, an…
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Microsoft Confirms Active Exploitation of Windows Shell CVE-2026-32202
Microsoft on Monday revised its advisory for a now-patched, high-severity security flaw impacting Windows Shell to acknowledge that it has been actively exploited in the wild.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-32202 (CVSS score: 4.3), a spoofing vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information. It was addressed as part of its Patch Tuesday…
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Microsoft Confirms Active Exploitation of Windows Shell CVE-2026-32202
Microsoft on Monday revised its advisory for a now-patched, high-severity security flaw impacting Windows Shell to acknowledge that it has been actively exploited in the wild.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-32202 (CVSS score: 4.3), a spoofing vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information. It was addressed as part of its Patch Tuesday…
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Robinhood account creation flaw abused to send phishing emails
Online trading platform Robinhood’s account creation process was exploited by threat actors to inject phishing messages into legitimate emails, tricking users into believing their accounts had suspicious activity. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/robinhood-account-creation-flaw-abused-to-send-phishing-emails/
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Unpatched ‘PhantomRPC’ Flaw in Windows Enables Privilege Escalation
A researcher discovered five different exploit paths that stem from an architectural weakness in how Windows’ Remote Procedure Call (RPC) mechanism handles connections to unavailable services. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/unpatched-phantomrpc-flaw-windows-privilege-escalation
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Supply-Chain-Angriffe auf Entwickler-Tools: Checkmarx und Bitwarden im Fokus
Im Kern der Angriffe steht die Manipulation von Build- und Distributionsprozessen. Angreifer konnten Schadcode in legitime Entwickler-Tools einschleusen First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/supply-chain-angriffe-auf-entwickler-tools-checkmarx-und-bitwarden-im-fokus/a44790/
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As the NVD scales back CVE enrichment, here’s what Tenable customers need to know
Tags: access, ai, cisa, cloud, cve, cvss, data, data-breach, exploit, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, metric, mitre, nist, nvd, ransomware, risk, software, strategy, technology, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayNIST’s shift toward selective CVE enrichment creates significant visibility gaps for teams relying solely on the National Vulnerability Database. As AI accelerates vulnerability disclosure rates, organizations need independent, high-fidelity intelligence to prioritize risks that the NVD may now overlook. Key takeaways NIST is pivoting to a prioritized enrichment model, focusing only on specific criteria like…
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US, UK authorities warn that Firestarter backdoor malware survives patching
A federal agency was impacted by a hacking campaign that exploited flaws in Cisco devices. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/us-uk-authorities-firestarter-backdoor-malware-patching/818531/
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UNC6692 Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams to Deploy SNOW Malware
UNC6692 hackers exploit Microsoft Teams with fake IT alerts to deploy SNOW malware, steal credentials, and breach corporate networks in advanced attacks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/unc6692-hackers-microsoft-teams-snow-malware/
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Fake Income Tax Notices Used to Spread Malware
Cybercriminals are exploiting India’s tax season by launching sophisticated phishing campaigns that impersonate the Income Tax Department to deliver dangerous malware to unsuspecting taxpayers. The malicious operation uses fake assessment notices and tax compliance warnings to trick victims into downloading malware-laden files that grant attackers persistent access to compromised systems. The phishing campaign, which has…
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PhantomCore Exploits TrueConf Vulnerabilities to Breach Russian Networks
A pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group called PhantomCore has been attributed to attacks actively targeting servers running TrueConf video conferencing software in Russia since September 2025.That’s according to a report published by Positive Technologies, which found the threat actors to be leveraging an exploit chain comprising three vulnerabilities to execute commands remotely on susceptible First seen on…
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AI is reshaping DevSecOps to bring security closer to the code
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, cloud, communications, compliance, container, control, data, data-breach, detection, exploit, governance, infrastructure, injection, least-privilege, risk, service, skills, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityExplicit security requirements elevate AI benefits: While deploying AI with DevSecOps is helping to shift the emphasis on security to earlier in the development lifecycle, this requires “explicit instruction to do it right,” says Noe Ramos, vice president of AI operations at business software provider Agiloft.”AI coding assistants accelerate development meaningfully, but they optimize for…
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Metabase Enterprise RCE Flaw Now Has Public ProofConcept Exploit
Security researchers have published a working Proof of Concept (PoC) exploit for a critical vulnerability in Metabase Enterprise. Tracked as CVE-2026-33725, this security flaw allows attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) and read arbitrary files on targeted systems. The availability of a public exploit script significantly increases the risk for organizations running unpatched instances…
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Attackers Chain CODESYS Vulnerabilities to Backdoor Applications
Nozomi Networks Labs published critical research detailing three new vulnerabilities in the CODESYS Control runtime. When chained together, these security flaws allow an authenticated attacker with low-level privileges to replace a legitimate industrial control application with a backdoored version. Ultimately, this exploit path leads to complete administrative control over the target device and its host…