Tag: tool
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Vim and GNU Emacs: Claude Code helpfully found zero-day exploits for both
P_MLE and P_SECURE) in the tabpanel sidebar introduced in 2025, and a missing security check in the autocmd_add() function.Claude Code then helpfully tried to find ways to exploit the vulnerability, eventually suggesting a tactic that bypassed the Vim sandbox by persuading a target to open a malicious file. It had gone from prompt to proof-of-concept…
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CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE.As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails on March 26 and 27, 2026, posing as CERT-UA to…
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How Sonatype’s Container Scanning Protects You From Zero-Days
<div cla Software development moves fast, and engineering teams face intense pressure to deliver applications securely without slowing down. Containers offer incredible speed and portability, allowing developers to build and deploy applications rapidly. But this speed introduces hidden risks when organizations rely on inadequate tools to secure their environments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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Mutation testing for the agentic era
Tags: ai, api, authentication, blockchain, framework, guide, metric, open-source, risk, rust, skills, software, switch, tool, vulnerabilityCode coverage is one of the most dangerous quality metrics in software testing. Many developers fail to realize that code coverage lies by omission: it measures execution, not verification. Test suites with high coverage can obfuscate the fact that critical functionality is untested as software develops over time. We saw this when mutation testing uncovered…
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Block the Prompt, Not the Work: The End of “Doctor No”
There is a character that keeps appearing in enterprise security departments, and most CISOs know exactly who that is. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t enable. Its entire function is to say “No.”No to ChatGPT.No to DeepSeek.No to the file-sharing tool the product team swears by.For years, this looked like security. But in 2026, “Doctor No”…
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Zero-Day-Schwachstelle in abgehärteten Videokonferenz-Tool Trueconf
Check Point Research (CPR) hat eine bisher unbekannte Zero-Day-Sicherheitslücke in der Videokonferenz-Software <> aufgedeckt. Wie die Sicherheitsforscher von Check Point Software Technologies herausfanden, konnten Angreifer vertrauenswürdige, lokal installierte Software-Updates missbrauchen. Sie verbreiteten so unbemerkt Malware in mehreren südostasiatischen Behörden und Regierungsapparaten. Die Täter mussten also weder auf Phishing, also den Diebstahl von Anmeldedaten, noch auf Exploits…
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Ransomware Groups Exploit Legit IT Tools to Bypass Antivirus
New research from Seqrite explains the ‘dual-use dilemma,’ where ransomware attackers repurpose legitimate IT tools like IOBit Unlocker… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ransomware-groups-exploit-it-tools-bypass-antivirus/
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WhatsApp malware campaign uses malicious VBS files to gain persistent access
MSI as the backdoor vehicle for persistence: The final stages of the campaign lead to persistence, using Microsoft Installer (MSI) packages as the delivery mechanism for backdoors.MSI files are an effective choice as they are not usually treated as inherently suspicious and can execute custom actions during installation. In this campaign, they are used to…
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Kostenfreie Bewertung der internen Angriffsfläche
Das kostenlose Bewertungsangebot <> von Bitdefender unterstützt IT-Sicherheitsverantwortliche dabei, versteckte interne Cyberrisiken zu identifizieren und zu reduzieren. Diese können durch unnötigen Benutzerzugriff auf Anwendungen, Tools und Dienstprogramme von Betriebssystemen entstehen, welche die Cyberkriminellen bei modernen Attacken häufig für sich ausnutzen. Das Angebot vermittelt einen klaren, datengestützten Überblick über die interne Angriffsfläche und […] First seen…
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Top 10 Best Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Platforms in 2026
In today’s fast-paced software development world, where applications are released at an unprecedented rate, ensuring their security is more critical than ever. Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) has emerged as a fundamental practice for modern development teams. DAST tools, often referred to as >>black box<< scanners, test a running application from the outside, simulating the…
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3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)
For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next.Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising alarms.…
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7 Identity and API Security Tools Modern SaaS Teams Should Evaluate in 2026
Discover 7 essential identity and API security tools for modern SaaS teams. Expert comparison of SSO, DAST, MCP security, and passwordless authentication tools First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/7-identity-and-api-security-tools-modern-saas-teams-should-evaluate-in-2026/
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CrystalX Malware-as-a-Service Spreads via Telegram With Stealer, RAT Tools
Hackers are actively promoting a new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform called CrystalX RAT through private Telegram channels, offering cybercriminals a powerful toolkit that combines remote access, data theft, surveillance, and even prank-based disruption features. Security researchers identified the campaign in March 2026, noting that the malware is being sold under a subscription model with three pricing…
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9 ways CISOs can combat AI hallucinations
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, flaw, framework, GDPR, governance, identity, metric, penetration-testing, regulation, risk, soc, tool, trainingTreat AI outputs as drafts, not finished products: One of the biggest risks is over-trusting AI, according to security experts. Coté says her organization changed its policy so AI-generated content cannot go straight into compliance documentation without a human review.”The moment your team starts treating an AI-generated answer as a finished work product, you have…
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CrewAI Hit by Critical Vulnerabilities Enabling Sandbox Escape and Host Compromise
CrewAI, a prominent tool used by developers to orchestrate multi-agent AI systems, is currently vulnerable to a chain of critical security flaws. By using direct or indirect prompt injection, attackers can manipulate AI agents to escape secure sandboxes and compromise the host machine. The primary threat stems from insecure fallback behaviors and configuration settings within…
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Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks
Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/01/fight-ai-identity-fraud/
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Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
As DarkSword spreads, Apple tells WIRED it will enable iOS 18-specific fixes for millions of iPhone owners who remain on that iOS version rather than force them to update to iOS 26. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/apple-will-push-out-rare-backported-patches-to-protect-ios-18-users-from-darksword-hacking-tool/
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Granular Policy Enforcement Engines for Post-Quantum MCP Governance
Learn how to secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) deployments using granular policy engines and post-quantum cryptography to prevent AI tool poisoning and puppet attacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/granular-policy-enforcement-engines-for-post-quantum-mcp-governance/
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Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source
Tags: access, ai, computer, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, data-breach, malicious, open-source, service, technology, tool, vulnerabilityCSO, “no sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed. This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach. We’re rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again.”But it wasn’t the first time this had happened; according to Fortune and other news sources, the same thing happened last…
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Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code
Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via npm, causing the code to quickly spread online after discovery. Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of its Claude Code tool after a large debug file was included in a public npm release. The file exposed over 500,000 lines of code, which were quickly discovered, shared, and analyzed…
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Attackers trojanize Axios HTTP library in highest-impact npm supply chain attack
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, github, incident response, linux, LLM, macOS, malicious, malware, monitoring, open-source, openai, powershell, pypi, rat, spam, supply-chain, tool, windowspostinstall hook that would execute a dropper script when it was pulled in by a different package as a dependency.Shortly after midnight UTC on March 31 a new version of the Axios package, axios@1.14.1, was published on npm followed by axios@0.30.4 39 minutes later. Both listed plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 as a dependency in their package.json files, but…
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5-month-old F5 BIG-IP DoS bug becomes critical RCE exploited in the wild
/run/bigtlog.pipe and /run/bigstart.ltm and makes changes to system binaries, including /usr/bin/umount and /usr/sbin/httpd. Attackers have also been observed modifying the sys-eicheck utility, which relies on RPM integrity checks to verify on-disk executables.Log analysis can reveal patterns related to the attack. The user “f5hubblelcdadmin” accessing the iControl REST API from localhost, SELinux disable commands in auditd…
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North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-project-used-by-millions-to-push-malware/
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North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open-source project to spread malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-project-used-by-millions-to-push-malware/
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Attack on axios software developer tool threatens widespread compromises
Researchers at numerous firms are sounding warnings about the supply-chain attack on an open-source project with 100 million weekly downloads. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/axios-software-developer-tool-attack-compromise/
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Latest Xloader Obfuscation Methods and Network Protocol
Tags: api, automation, breach, cloud, communications, credentials, data, detection, email, encryption, framework, google, Internet, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, password, powershell, software, threat, tool, update, windowsIntroduction Xloader is an information stealing malware family that evolved from Formbook and targets web browsers, email clients, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) applications. Additionally, Xloader may execute arbitrary commands and download second-stage payloads on an infected system. The author of Xloader continues to update the codebase, with the most recent observed version being 8.7. Since…
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Beyond the Spectacle RSAC 2026 and The 5 Layers of AI Security FireTail Blog
Tags: ai, attack, business, conference, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, framework, LLM, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMar 31, 2026 – Jeremy Snyder – If you were at RSA Conference last year, you probably remember the goats. Or the puppies. Or the miniature petting zoos. It was a year of “over-the-top” spectacle. A bit of a circus, if I’m being honest.Coming into RSAC 2026, the vibe shifted. The show floor was noticeably…
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Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-project-used-by-millions-to-push-malware/