HP pulls update that broke Microsoft Entra ID auth on some AI PCs
HP has pulled an HP OneAgent software update for Windows 11 that mistakenly deleted Microsoft certificates required for some organizations to log in to Microsoft Entra ID, disconnecting them from their company’s cloud environments. The bug was discovered by Patch My PC’s Rudy Ooms, who traced it to a silent, background update deployed by HP to its AI PC devices. […]
Meet the new Clippy: Microsoft unveils Copilot’s “Mico” avatar
Today, Microsoft introduced Mico, a new and more personal avatar for the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant, which the company describes as human-centered. This new avatar is designed to be more supportive and empathetic, but will also push back when presented with incorrect information, “always respectfully.” According to Microsoft, Mico also listens, learns, and “earns your […]
CISA warns of Lanscope Endpoint Manager flaw exploited in attacks
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Motex Landscope Endpoint Manager. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2025-61932 and has a critical severity score of 9.3. It stems from improper verification of the origin of incoming requests, and could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute […]
Microsoft disables File Explorer preview for downloads to block attacks
Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents. The change is already live for users who have installed this month’s Patch Tuesday security updates on Windows 11 and Windows Server systems. As Redmond explains in a support […]
Spoofed AI sidebars can trick Atlas, Comet users into dangerous actions
OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet browsers are vulnerable to attacks that spoof the built-in AI sidebar and can lead users into following malicious instructions. The AI Sidebar Spoofing attack was devised by researchers at browser security company SquareX and works on the latest versions of the two browsers. The researchers created three realistic attack scenarios where a […]
North Korean Lazarus hackers targeted European defense companies
North Korean Lazarus hackers compromised three European companies in the defense sector through a coordinated Operation DreamJob campaign leveraging fake recruitment lures. The threat group’s activity was detected in late March and targeted organizations involved in the development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology. ‘Operation DreamJob’ is a long-running Lazarus campaign where the adversary, posing as […]
Iranian hackers targeted over 100 govt orgs with Phoenix backdoor
State-sponsored Iranian hacker group MuddyWater has targeted more than 100 government entities in attacks that deployed version 4 of the Phoenix backdoor. The threat actor is also known as Static Kitten, Mercury, and Seedworm, and it typically targets government and private organizations in the Middle East region. Starting August 19, the hackers launched a phishing campaign from […]
Pwn2Own Day 2: Hackers exploit 56 zero-days for $790,000
Security researchers collected $792,750 in cash after exploiting 56 unique zero-day vulnerabilities during the second day of the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking competition. Today’s highlight was Ken Gannon of Mobile Hacking Lab and Dimitrios Valsamaras of Summoning Team hacking the Samsung Galaxy S25 with a chain of five security flaws, earning $50,000 and 5 Master of Pwn points. Also, while PHP Hooligans needed only a single […]
Hackers exploiting critical “SessionReaper” flaw in Adobe Magento
Hackers are actively exploiting the critical SessionReaper vulnerability (CVE-2025-54236) in Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento) platforms, with hundreds of attempts recorded. The activity was spotted by e-commerce security firm Sansec, whose researchers previously described SessionReaper as one of the most severe security bugs in the history of the product. Adobe warned about CVE-2025-54236 on September 8, saying that it is […]
TARmageddon flaw in abandoned Rust library enables RCE attacks
A high-severity vulnerability in the now-abandoned async-tar Rust library and its forks can be exploited to gain remote code execution on systems running unpatched software. Tracked as CVE-2025-62518, this logic flaw results from a desynchronization issue that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject additional archive entries during TAR file extraction. This occurs specifically when processing nested TAR […]