Tag: software
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What is Polymorphic Malware?
Malware continues to evolve, becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. One of the most challenging types is polymorphic malware, malicious software that constantly changes its code to evade detection by traditional security systems. In a world where cyber threats are growing in scale and complexity, understanding how polymorphic malware works and how to… First…
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Kritische Sicherheitslücken in Anthropics Claude-Code
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat kritische Schwachstellen in Anthropics KI-basiertem Coding-Tool ‘Claude Code” identifiziert (CVE-2025-59536, CVE-2026-21852). Diese ermöglichten die Ausführung von Remote-Code und den Diebstahl von API-Anmeldedaten. Durch den Missbrauch integrierter Mechanismen wie Hooks, Model-Context-Protocol (MCP)-Integrationen und Umgebungsvariablen konnten Angreifer beliebige Shell-Befehle ausführen und API-Schlüssel exfiltrieren, wenn Entwickler…
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Kritische Sicherheitslücken in Anthropics Claude-Code
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat kritische Schwachstellen in Anthropics KI-basiertem Coding-Tool ‘Claude Code” identifiziert (CVE-2025-59536, CVE-2026-21852). Diese ermöglichten die Ausführung von Remote-Code und den Diebstahl von API-Anmeldedaten. Durch den Missbrauch integrierter Mechanismen wie Hooks, Model-Context-Protocol (MCP)-Integrationen und Umgebungsvariablen konnten Angreifer beliebige Shell-Befehle ausführen und API-Schlüssel exfiltrieren, wenn Entwickler…
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Kritische Sicherheitslücken in Anthropics Claude-Code
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat kritische Schwachstellen in Anthropics KI-basiertem Coding-Tool ‘Claude Code” identifiziert (CVE-2025-59536, CVE-2026-21852). Diese ermöglichten die Ausführung von Remote-Code und den Diebstahl von API-Anmeldedaten. Durch den Missbrauch integrierter Mechanismen wie Hooks, Model-Context-Protocol (MCP)-Integrationen und Umgebungsvariablen konnten Angreifer beliebige Shell-Befehle ausführen und API-Schlüssel exfiltrieren, wenn Entwickler…
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KLAS Research zeichnet Claroty als Top-Performer im Bereich Healthcare-IoT-Sicherheit aus
Claroty wurde vom renommierten Healthcare-Analyseunternehmen KLAS Research als Top-Performer für IoT-Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen ausgezeichnet. In dem Report ‘2026 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services Report” erhielt der Spezialist für die Sicherheit cyberphysischer Systeme eine Gesamtbewertung von 92,5 von 100 Punkten. Diese basiert auf Kundenbewertungen von 35 verschiedenen Gesundheitseinrichtungen und spiegelt so die Erfahrungen im…
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Marquis Takes Legal Action Against SonicWall Over Ransomware Attack from Backup Breach
Tags: attack, backup, breach, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, firewall, ransomware, service, software, vulnerabilityMarquis Software Solutions has filed a lawsuit against cybersecurity firm SonicWall, claiming a vulnerability in SonicWall’s cloud backup service led directly to a ransomware attack on its network. Filed in a Texas federal court, the complaint highlights a massive failure in securing sensitive firewall configuration files.”‹ On August 14, 2025, Marquis experienced a devastating ransomware…
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Insights into Claude Code Security: A New Pattern of Intelligent Attack and Defense
On February 20, 2026, AI company Anthropic released a new code security tool called Claude Code Security. This release coincided with the highly sensitive period of global capital markets to AI technology subverting the traditional software industry, which quickly triggered violent fluctuations in the capital market and caused the fall of stock prices of major…The…
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5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, business, cio, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, framework, governance, group, healthcare, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, okta, resilience, risk, saas, service, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCTEM in the spotlight: In another evolutionary trend, most organizations are moving beyond scanning for software snafus to continuous threat exposure management (CTEM). By doing so, security teams hope to get a full picture of all assets, as well as their configurations, locations, software vulnerabilities, ownership, and business criticality.Armed with this data, CTEM platforms look…
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Open-source security debt grows across commercial software
Open source code sits inside nearly every commercial application, and development teams continue to add new dependencies. Black Duck’s 2026 Open Source Security and Risk … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/26/open-source-vulnerability-surge-risk-analysis/
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DarkCloud Infostealer Escalates as Major Enterprise Threat with Scalable Credential Theft
Infostealers continue to dominate the initial access landscape in 2026, driving breaches through scalable credential theft. Among these, DarkCloud has emerged as a major threat, illustrating how low-cost, commercialized malware is reshaping enterprise compromise dynamics worldwide. Despite being promoted as “surveillance software,” its real function is unmistakable highvolume credential harvesting across browsers, email clients, file transfer tools, and…
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AI Shocks the Cybersecurity Market
Tags: ai, business, compliance, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, ml, okta, risk, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe cybersecurity market was jolted last week after Anthropic dropped a bombshell announcement. The company’s new AI Claude model identified 500 previously unknown high-risk vulnerabilities hidden in widely used software. That is not a minor milestone. It is a technically significant achievement and a clear demonstration of how quickly AI capabilities are advancing. What came…
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AI Shocks the Cybersecurity Market
Tags: ai, business, compliance, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, ml, okta, risk, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe cybersecurity market was jolted last week after Anthropic dropped a bombshell announcement. The company’s new AI Claude model identified 500 previously unknown high-risk vulnerabilities hidden in widely used software. That is not a minor milestone. It is a technically significant achievement and a clear demonstration of how quickly AI capabilities are advancing. What came…
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Marquis Sues SonicWall Over 2025 Firewall Data Breach
Tags: attack, authentication, backup, breach, cloud, credentials, data, data-breach, firewall, flaw, ransomware, softwareLawsuit Claims SonicWall Cloud Backup Flaw Led to Ransomware Attack Against Marquis. Marquis Software Solutions has sued SonicWall alleging a cloud backup data breach exposed firewall configuration files, including credentials and multifactor authentication scratch codes. The firm says the breach enabled an August 2025 ransomware attack and triggered dozens of class action lawsuits. First seen…
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Flaws in Claude Code Put Developers’ Machines at Risk
The vulnerabilities highlight a big drawback to integrating AI into software development workflows and the potential impact on supply chains. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/flaws-claude-code-developer-machines-risk
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Fake Next.js job interview tests backdoor developer’s devices
The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, including recruiting coding tests. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-nextjs-job-interview-tests-backdoor-developers-devices/
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NDSS 2025 type++: Prohibiting Type Confusion With Inline Type Information
Session 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Nicolas Badoux (EPFL), Flavio Toffalini (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, EPFL), Yuseok Jeon (UNIST), Mathias Payer (EPFL) PAPER type++: Prohibiting Type Confusion with Inline Type Information Type confusion, or bad casting, is a common C++ attack vector. Such vulnerabilities cause a program to interpret an object as…
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CVE-2026-20127: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller/Manager Zero-Day Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, cisa, cisco, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, government, infrastructure, intelligence, mitigation, network, risk, software, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayExploitation of a maximum severity authentication bypass zero-day vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager has been reported. Immediate patching is recommended to thwart ongoing attacks. Key takeaways: CVE-2026-20127 is an Authentication Bypass Vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager. Patches have been released and no workarounds are currently available. Exploitation in the…
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Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia
The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker. This is how we first learned of his arrest, reported the story, and some of the unanswered questions we still have. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/inside-the-story-of-the-us-defense-contractor-who-leaked-hacking-tools-to-russia/
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Health insurance tech provider TriZetto says more than 3 million impacted by 2024 breach
A breach of TriZetto software first described by counties in Oregon affected millions of Americans overall, according to public data released this week by the company. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/trizetto-healthcare-tech-company-data-breach-update
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CISA orders agencies to patch Cisco devices now under attack
The vulnerabilities, scored as critical, affect the company’s software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) systems. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-emergency-directive-cisco-sd-wan-devices/813110/
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Application exploitation back in vogue, says IBM cyber unit
IBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366639365/Application-exploitation-back-in-vogue-says-IBM-cyber-unit
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Software vulnerabilities are being weaponized faster than ever
A report by VulnCheck shows threat groups are exploiting a small percentage of critical flaws well before security teams can mitigate. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/software-vulnerabilities-are-being-weaponized-faster-than-ever/813096/
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Fake Zoom meeting leads to silent install of surveillance software
Malwarebytes researchers have uncovered a fake (but convincing) Zoom meeting page that downloads surveillance software on Windows computers and tricks users into running it. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/25/fake-zoom-meeting-teramind-surveillance-software/
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Marquis sues SonicWall over backup breach that led to ransomware attack
Marquis Software Solutions has filed a lawsuit against SonicWall, accusing the cybersecurity company of gross negligence and misrepresentation that allegedly led to a ransomware attack disrupting operations at 74 U.S. banks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marquis-sues-sonicwall-over-backup-breach-that-led-to-ransomware-attack/
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Critical SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerabilities Enable Remote Root Access
SolarWinds has released a critical security update for its Serv-U file transfer software, patching four vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges on affected servers. All four flaws carry a CVSS score of 9.1, placing them squarely in the Critical severity tier, and were resolved in Serv-U version 15.5.4 released…
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That Time a Software Engineer Had Dominion Over 7000 Robot Vacuums
Cleaning house may be onerous, but vulnerable robot vacuums around the world could be marshalled into a surveillance network, one software engineer discovered. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/that-time-a-software-engineer-had-dominion-over-7000-robot-vacuums/
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SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution
SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution.The vulnerabilities, all rated 9.1 on the CVSS scoring system, are listed below -CVE-2025-40538 – A broken access control vulnerability that allows an attacker to create a system admin user…
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NDSS 2025 RadSee: See Your Handwriting Through Walls Using FMCW Rada
Authors, Creators & Presenters: Shichen Zhang (Michigan State University), Qijun Wang (Michigan State University), Maolin Gan (Michigan State University), Zhichao Cao (Michigan State University), Huacheng Zeng (Michigan State University) PAPER RadSee: See Your Handwriting Through Walls Using FMCW Radar This paper aims to design and implement a radio device capable of detecting a person’s handwriting…
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Veeam lanciert mit Agent-Commander die erste Lösung gegen agentenbasierte KI-Risiken in Unternehmen
Veeam Software, das Unternehmen für Daten- und KI-Sicherheit, hat Agent-Commander vorgestellt, die erste einheitliche Lösung, mit der Unternehmen KI-Risiken sicher erkennen, KI-Systeme schützen und KI-Fehler rückgängig machen können. So können Sicherheitsverantwortliche proaktiv auf Risiken im Zusammenhang mit KI reagieren und Agenten überall sicher skalieren. Agent-Commander ist die erste Integration seit der erfolgreichen Übernahme von Securiti…