Tag: injection
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Why React Didn’t Kill XSS: The New JavaScript Injection Playbook
React conquered XSS? Think again. That’s the reality facing JavaScript developers in 2025, where attackers have quietly evolved their injection techniques to exploit everything from prototype pollution to AI-generated code, bypassing the very frameworks designed to keep applications secure.Full 47-page guide with framework-specific defenses (PDF, free).JavaScript conquered the web, but with First seen on thehackernews.com…
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CISA Issues Alert on Cisco Identity Services Engine Flaw Exploited in Active Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cisco, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, identity, infrastructure, injection, kev, risk, service, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a critical security alert regarding severe vulnerabilities in Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE) that are being actively exploited by threat actors. The agency added two critical injection vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on July 28, 2025, signaling immediate risks to organizations using the affected…
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Entwickler-Tool von Amazon verseucht
Tags: access, ai, cloud, cyberattack, cybersecurity, github, governance, hacker, injection, monitoring, open-source, risk, supply-chain, tool, update, vulnerabilityAuch die leistungsstärksten KI-Tools sind kontraproduktiv, wenn sie nicht richtig abgesichert sind. Einem Hacker ist es gelungen, zerstörerische Systembefehle in die Visual-Studio-Code-Extension einzuschleusen, die für den Zugriff auf Amazons KI-gestützten Programmierassistenten Q verwendet wird. Der Angreifer konnte das Entwickler-Tool (mit mehr als 950.000 Installationen) über ein nicht-verifiziertes GitHub-Konto verseuchen: Er reichte Ende Juni 2025 einen…
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Hackers Use Weaponized .HTA Files to Infect Victims with Red Ransomware
CloudSEK’s TRIAD team uncovered an active development site deploying Clickfix-themed malware linked to the Epsilon Red ransomware. This variant deviates from traditional clipboard-based command injection tactics by directing victims to a secondary page on the same domain, where malicious shell commands are executed silently through ActiveXObject(>>WScript.Shell
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Neuen Bedrohungskategorie – Check Point entdeckt Prompt-Injection-Versuch
Tags: injectionFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/neue-malware-ki-manipulation-prompt-injection-a-e6b5d4e8af11081a484229b103216641/
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Microsoft ‘digital escorts’ reveal crucial US counterintelligence blind spot
Tags: access, china, cio, cloud, compliance, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, firewall, framework, google, government, injection, intelligence, law, microsoft, military, oracle, risk, service, threat, update, vulnerabilityWhat the program was, and how it worked: The digital escort model, according to ProPublica, was designed to comply with federal contracting rules that prohibit foreign nationals from directly accessing sensitive government systems. Under this framework:China-based engineers would file support tickets for tasks such as firewall updates or bug fixes.US-based escorts, often former military personnel…
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Week in review: Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Chrome, critical SQL injection flaw in FortiWeb
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Update Google Chrome to fix actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-6558) For … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/20/week-in-review-google-fixes-zero-day-vulnerability-in-chrome-critical-sql-injection-flaw-in-fortiweb/
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Google Gemini AI Flaw Could Lead to Gmail Compromise, Phishing
Researchers discovered a security flaw in Google’s Gemini AI chatbot that could put the 2 billion Gmail users in danger of being victims of an indirect prompt injection attack, which could lead to credentials being stolen or phishing attacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/google-gemini-ai-flaw-could-lead-to-gmail-compromise-phishing/
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Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records
Newly published research shows that the domain name system”, a fundamental part of the web”, can be exploited to hide malicious code and prompt injection attacks against chatbots. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/dns-records-hidden-malicious-code/
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Nvidia-GPUs anfällig für Rowhammer-Angriffe
Cyberkriminelle könnten über einen Rowhammer-Angriff auf Nvidia-GPUs zugreifen.Nvidia hat kürzlich eine Sicherheitswarnung an Anwendungsentwickler, Computerhersteller und IT-Verantwortliche herausgegeben, dass moderne Speicherchips in Grafikprozessoren potenziell anfällig für sogenannte Rowhammer-Exploits sind. Bereits zuvor hatten kanadische Universitätsforscher nachgewiesen, dass eine Nvidia A6000 GPU mit einem ähnlichen Angriff erfolgreich kompromittiert werden kann.Bei einem Rowhammer-Angriff handelt es sich um eine…
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LaRecipe Tool with 2.3M Downloads Found Vulnerable to Full Server Takeover
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in LaRecipe, a popular Laravel documentation package with over 2.3 million downloads, that could allow attackers to completely compromise affected servers. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-53833, enables Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) attacks that can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) on vulnerable systems. Critical Vulnerability Discovered Security researcher…
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AI poisoning and the CISO’s crisis of trust
Tags: access, ai, breach, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, disinformation, exploit, framework, healthcare, identity, infosec, injection, LLM, monitoring, network, privacy, RedTeam, resilience, risk, russia, saas, threat, tool, trainingFoundation models began parroting Kremlin-aligned propaganda after ingesting material seeded by a large-scale Russian network known as the “Pravda Network.”A high-profile AI-generated reading list published by two American news outlets included 10 hallucinated book titles mistakenly attributed to real authors.Researchers showed that imperceptible perturbations in training images could trigger misclassification. Researchers in the healthcare domain demonstrated…
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Wing FTP Vulnerability Actively Exploited Globally
Remote Code Execution Flaw Affects More Than 5,000 Servers. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in a server file transfer solution. Researchers say the flaw in Wing FTP Server could allow threat actors to execute system-level commands remotely, using null byte and Lua injection without authentication. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Google Gemini AI Bug Allows Invisible, Malicious Prompts
A prompt-injection vulnerability in the AI assistant allows attackers to create messages that appear to be legitimate Google Security alerts but instead can be used to target users across various Google products with vishing and phishing. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/google-gemini-ai-bug-invisible-malicious-prompts
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Summarizing Emails With Gemini? Beware Prompt Injection Risk
Attackers Can Trick Gemini Into Displaying Deceptive Messages, Researchers Warn. Attackers can hide malicious instructions inside emails to trick Google’s Gemini into delivering falsified summaries with deceptive messages to end users, researchers warn. Google said it’s continuing to put multiple defenses in place to combat these types of prompt injection attacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Exploits for unauthenticated FortiWeb RCE are public, so patch quickly! (CVE-2025-25257)
With two proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits made public late last week, CVE-2025-25257 a critical SQL command injection vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb web … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/14/exploits-for-unauthenticated-fortiweb-rce-are-public-so-patch-quickly-cve-2025-25257/
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Critical Vulnerability Exposes Fortinet FortiWeb to Full Takeover (CVE-2025-25257)
WatchTowr Labs reveals CVE-2025-25257, a critical FortiWeb SQL injection allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. Patch your FortiWeb 7.0,… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/critical-vulnerability-fortinet-fortiweb-cve-2025-25257/
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Researchers Bypass Meta’s Llama Firewall Using Prompt Injection Vulnerabilities
Researchers at Trendyol, a leading e-commerce platform, have uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Meta’s Llama Firewall, a suite of tools designed to safeguard large language models (LLMs) against malicious inputs. Llama Firewall incorporates components like PROMPT_GUARD for mitigating prompt injection attacks and CODE_SHIELD for detecting insecure code generation. However, Trendyol’s Application Security team, motivated by internal…
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Hackers Compromise WordPress GravityForms Plugin with Malicious Code Injection
Hackers have targeted the popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms, injecting malicious code into versions downloaded from the official gravityforms.com domain. The breach was first reported on July 11, 2025, when security researchers noticed suspicious HTTP requests to the domain gravityapi.org, which was registered just days earlier on July 8, 2025. This domain, now suspended by…
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Fortinet Releases Patch for Critical SQL Injection Flaw in FortiWeb (CVE-2025-25257)
Fortinet has released fixes for a critical security flaw impacting FortiWeb that could enable an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary database commands on susceptible instances.Tracked as CVE-2025-25257, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of a maximum of 10.0.”An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command (‘SQL Injection’) vulnerability [CWE-89]…
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Breach Roundup: I’m Lovin’ McDonald’s ‘123456’ Password
Also, US Sanctions North Korean IT Worker Scammers and More Paraguay Hacks. This week, McDonald’s password mishap, North Korean IT worker sanctions, a wormable Microsoft flaw, Qantas update. Monzo fined, Flutter data breach and CyberTeam again targeted Paraguay. Anatsa Trojan reappeared, DoNot targeted a European ministry. Academics sneaked prompt injections into papers. First seen on…
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Schneider Electric Flaws Expose Systems to OS Command Injection Attacks
Tags: advisory, attack, cyber, data, flaw, injection, monitoring, software, technology, vulnerabilitySchneider Electric, a global leader in industrial technology and sustainability, has issued a critical security notification revealing multiple vulnerabilities in its EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert (DCE) software, a scalable monitoring solution for data center equipment. Released on July 8, 2025, under document reference SEVD-2025-189-01, the advisory details six severe flaws affecting versions 8.3 and…
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GitLab Vulnerabilities Allow Execution of Malicious Actions via Content Injection
GitLab has released critical security patches addressing four vulnerabilities, including a high-severity cross-site scripting flaw that could enable attackers to execute malicious actions on behalf of users through content injection. The company has issued patch releases 18.1.2, 18.0.4, and 17.11.6 for both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), urging immediate upgrades for all self-managed…
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MCP is fueling agentic AI, and introducing new security risks
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, best-practice, ceo, cloud, corporate, cybersecurity, gartner, injection, LLM, malicious, monitoring, network, office, open-source, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityMitigating MCP server risks: When it comes to using MCP servers there’s a big difference between developers using it for personal productivity and enterprises putting them into production use cases.Derek Ashmore, application transformation principal at Asperitas Consulting, suggests that corporate customers don’t rush on MCP adoption until the technology is safer and more of the…
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SQL Injection Prevention: 6 Ways to Protect Your Stack
SQL injection is a code injection technique that can expose your data. Learn 5 proven tactics to prevent attacks and secure your applications. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/how-to-prevent-sql-injection-attacks/
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Scholars sneaking phrases into papers to fool AI reviewers
Using prompt injections to play a Jedi mind trick on LLMs First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/07/07/scholars_try_to_fool_llm_reviewers/