Tag: vulnerability
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Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation
Tags: 2fa, ai, cybercrime, exploit, google, hacker, intelligence, malicious, technology, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayGoogle on Monday disclosed that it identified an unknown threat actor using a zero-day exploit that it said was likely developed with an artificial intelligence (AI) system, marking the first time the technology has been put to use in the wild in a malicious context for vulnerability discovery and exploit generation.The activity is said to…
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Google warns artificial intelligence is accelerating cyberattacks and zero-day exploits
Tags: access, ai, attack, cloud, cyber, cyberattack, defense, exploit, google, hacker, intelligence, supply-chain, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayGoogle says hackers now use AI to create exploits, automate attacks, evade defenses, and target AI supply chains at scale. Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the cyber threat landscape, and a new report from the Google Cloud Threat Intelligence team highlights how attackers already use AI to improve vulnerability exploitation and gain initial access to…
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The Threat Window Is Shrinking. The Response Gap Isn’t
Patching Workflows Built for Weekly Cycles Can’t Survive an Era of Hourly Exploits AI is shrinking the window between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation from weeks to hours. But remediation workflows haven’t kept pace. Security teams need real-time intelligence, unified IT and security operations, and automated remediation to close the gap before attackers do. First…
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Instructure confirms hackers used Canvas flaw to deface portals
Education technology giant Instructure has confirmed that a security vulnerability allowed hackers to modify Canvas login portals and leave an extortion message. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instructure-confirms-hackers-used-canvas-flaw-to-deface-portals/
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in BerriAI LiteLLM, tracked as CVE-2026-42208 (CVSS score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. At the end of April, attackers rapidly exploited the critical…
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New cPanel vulnerabilities could allow file access and remote code execution
cPanel fixed three flaws that could allow file reads, code execution, and privilege escalation. No active exploitation has been reported yet. cPanel has released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities affecting cPanel & WHM that could allow attackers to read files, execute code, or escalate privileges on vulnerable systems. Below are the descriptions for these…
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Linux developers weigh emergency >>killswitch<< for vulnerable kernel functions
Linux kernel developers are reviewing a proposal for an emergency risk mitigation mechanism (>>Killswitch<<) that would allow administrators to disable vulnerable … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/11/linux-kernel-emergency-killswitch/
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Week in review: cPanel vulnerability actively exploited, DigiCert breach, LinkedIn job scams
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Your work apps are quietly handing 19 data points to someone Office work in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/10/week-in-review-cpanel-vulnerability-actively-exploited-digicert-breach-linkedin-job-scams/
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cPanel and WHM Servers Targeted in Attacks Exploiting CVE-2026-41940
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting cPanel and WHM servers, identified as CVE-2026-41940, is currently under active exploitation by a highly sophisticated and elusive cybercriminal syndicate known as Mr_Rot13. The vulnerability carries a maximum severity CVSS score of 9.8, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to completely bypass standard authentication protocols and gain full administrator privileges over…
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PHP SOAP Extension Flaw Could Let Attackers Execute Code Remotely
Recently disclosed vulnerabilities in PHP, particularly within its widely used SOAP extension, have raised significant alarms across the cybersecurity community. Among the newly identified flaws is a high-severity vulnerability that could permit attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on affected servers. Several other moderate-severity flaws, including Use-After-Free (UAF) bugs, NULL pointer dereferences, and out-of-bounds…
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaws Could Let Attackers Access Sensitive Data
Microsoft has disclosed a trio of critical information disclosure vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat in Microsoft Edge. Released on May 7, 2026, these security flaws pose a substantial risk to enterprise data privacy and corporate confidentiality. If successfully exploited, malicious actors could bypass established security boundaries to access sensitive information processed, summarized,…
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Sandboxie Escape Flaw Could Let Attackers Gain SYSTEM-Level Privileges
Security researchers have exposed critical sandbox escape vulnerabilities in Sandboxie and Sandboxie-Plus that allow attackers to gain full SYSTEM-level privileges. We strongly urge users to update to version 1.17.5, which was recently patched, to mitigate these severe execution threats. A series of catastrophic security vulnerabilities has been exposed in Sandboxie and Sandboxie-Plus, allowing threat actors…
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Lyrie.ai Joins First Batch of Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program
Tags: ai, attack, ceo, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, framework, github, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-dayIdentity, who the AI agent is.Scope, what it is authorized to do.Attestation, whether it or its instructions have been tampered with.Delegation, who delegated authority.Revocation, whether that authority has been revoked.”Every AI agent on the internet today is a stranger. You don’t know who it is, what it’s authorized to do, or whether it’s been tampered…
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PoC Exploit Released for Android Zero-Click Flaw Enabling Remote Shell Access
Tags: access, android, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, github, google, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityPublic references indicate that a GitHub proof-of-concept is now circulating for CVE-2026-0073, the critical Android flaw documented in Google’s May 2026 security bulletin, raising the urgency for defenders with wireless ADB enabled on test or production devices. Google and multiple security reports describe the issue as a no-interaction remote code execution vulnerability in Android’s adbd…
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Malicious Hugging Face model masquerading as OpenAI release hits 244K downloads
Part of a broader AI supply chain targeting: HiddenLayer, in its advisory, said that it identified six additional Hugging Face repositories uploaded under a separate account that used nearly identical loader logic and shared infrastructure with the campaign.The researchers also linked elements of the operation to earlier software supply-chain attacks involving npm typosquatting campaigns and…
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Ollama OutBounds Read Vulnerability Allows Remote Process Memory Leak
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Ollama that, if successfully exploited, could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to leak its entire process memory.The out-of-bounds read flaw, which likely impacts over 300,000 servers globally, is tracked as CVE-2026-7482 (CVSS score: 9.1). It has been codenamed Bleeding Llama by Cyera.Ollama is a First seen…
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New ‘Dirty Frag’ exploit targets Linux kernel for root access
Tags: access, attack, control, cve, exploit, linux, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, switch, tool, vulnerabilityAttackers are already exploiting Dirty Frag: Microsoft warned that Dirty Frag is already being actively exploited in the wild, primarily as a post-compromise privilege escalation tool. The company said attackers are using the vulnerability after obtaining an initial foothold on vulnerable Linux systems, allowing them to elevate privileges from a low-level user account to full…
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Rushed Patches Follow Broken Embargo on New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities
Two new high-severity vulnerabilities, dubbed ‘Dirty Frag’ when chained, have been found in the Linux kernel, affecting most Linux distributions First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dirty-frag-linux-kernel/
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8 guiding principles for reskilling the SOC for agentic AI
Tags: ai, automation, business, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, incident response, jobs, penetration-testing, sans, skills, soc, technology, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementSet the tone from the top: The second principle for reskilling security teams for agentic AI is all about leadership.As Baker says, CISOs must set the tone. That means building a culture of rapid experimentation, iteration, and innovation. “Fail fast and move forward,” he says.A key aspect of CISO leadership is understanding the needs of…
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AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says
Criminal groups and state-linked actors appear to be using commercial models to refine and scale up attacks<ul><li><a href=”https://viewer.gutools.co.uk/business/live/2026/may/11/uk-economy-job-losses-iran-war-oil-pound-bonds-politics-starmer-live-updates”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>In just three months, AI-powered hacking has gone from a nascent problem to an industrial-scale threat, according to a report from Google.The findings from Google’s threat intelligence group add to an intensifying, global discussion about…
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1,800+ MCP servers exposed without authentication: How zero trust can secure the AI agent revolution
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, control, credentials, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, Internet, LLM, malicious, monitoring, network, risk, service, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustThe epistemological chasm: What renders MCP vulnerabilities particularly vexatious is the fundamental asymmetry they exploit between machine cognition and human oversight.Tool poisoning attacks insert malevolent instructions into tool metadata that LLMs process with complete fidelity but that remain utterly invisible to human operators. The machine perceives everything; its ostensible supervisors perceive nothing. We have unwittingly…
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CatoFrameworks – Schwachstellen in Nvidia NeMo und Meta PyTorch
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/schwachstellen-ki-frameworks-nvidia-nemo-meta-pytorch-a-b22f685a0139a7d6c6463175b8ca4d7b/
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<> von Google zeigt, wie Angreifer KI missbrauchen
Die Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) hat ihren neuen Bericht ‘AI Threat Tracker” veröffentlicht. Dieser beschreibt detailliert die aktuellen Methoden von Angreifern und zeigt, dass diese nicht mehr nur mit künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) experimentieren, sondern die Technologie im großen Maßstab einsetzen. Die erste von einer KI entwickelte Zero-Day-Schwachstelle Google hat einen Zero-Day-Exploit (eine Umgehung […]…
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Angreifer nutzen bekannte Schwachstellen schneller und systematischer aus, als viele Organisationen reagieren können
‘Die aktuellen Angriffe auf tausende cPanel-/WHM-Instanzen in Deutschland zeigen erneut, wie schnell sich das Risiko aus einer einzelnen kritischen Schwachstelle in eine breit angelegte Angriffskampagne verwandeln kann”, so Jörg Vollmer, General Manager Field Operations DACH und CEE bei Qualys. Aus Sicht von Qualys ist dabei weniger die Schwachstelle selbst überraschend, sondern die Dynamik, mit der Angreifer…
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9-Year-Old Dirty Frag Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Linux Systems
The Dirty Frag vulnerability affects Linux systems and allows root access escalation, while public PoC exploit code increases attack risks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/9-year-old-dirty-frag-vulnerability-root-access-linux/
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May 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: AI starts driving security industry changes
Project Glasswing. This is one of three major security industry changes I’ll cover today. The Anthropic Mythos vulnerability discovery model has already proven to be game … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/08/may-2026-patch-tuesday-forecast/
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PoC Exploit Released for Dirty Frag Linux Kernel Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept exploit for a new Linux kernel vulnerability class dubbed >>Dirty Frag<<. This universal local privilege escalation vulnerability allows attackers to obtain root access across most major Linux distributions reliably. Because a third party unexpectedly broke the responsible disclosure embargo, the exploit is now public without official patches or an assigned Common Vulnerabilities and…
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Multiple Critical Flaws Fixed in Next.js and React Server Components
Vercel has rolled out vital security updates for Next.js to address a wave of high-severity vulnerabilities affecting versions across the 13.x to 16.x branches. Published via GitHub advisories by Tim Neutkens, these flaws expose web applications to severe risks, including unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS), Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), and multiple middleware authentication bypasses. The…
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EUVD-2026-18480 / CVE-2026-35414 – OpenSSH-Schwachstelle ermöglicht Root-Zugriff
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/openssh-schwachstelle-root-login-update-10-3-a-5bee2a7f668462c6530ec7dd4ba0ffa5/
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13 new critical holes in JavaScript sandbox allow execution of arbitrary code
VM.run() can obtain host process object and runs host commands with zero co-operation from the host.However, researchers at Socket told us in an email that the advisory about this escape says it has been confirmed only on Node.js 25.6.1, and requires a Node.js version with WebAssembly exception handling and JSTag support.The highest-risk scenario, they said, would be an…