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Russian state hackers use new RedFlick technique to push malware
The Russian state actor Star Blizzard has been using a new malware installation tactic dubbed “RedFlick” to deploy its signature CosmicPulse backdoor. Although the tactic is not a new cybersecurity technique, it is a new delivery approach for the threat actor, allowing it to further automate attacks and reduce victim interaction. Microsoft researchers say that […]
DIVD says Zammad zero-days enabled AI-driven network breach
The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) says that the breach of its network was possible by exploiting a chain of two zero-day vulnerabilities in the open-source Zammad ticketing system. Previously, the nonprofit organization of volunteer security researchers said the attack was “loud and very, very messy,” driven by an AI agent that moved autonomously […]
Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories
More than 543,000 credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories were still valid in July despite the platform’s security measures to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive data. Data pulled from scanning 224 million repositories and more than 58 billion files show that the median time a unique credential remained publicly accessible was 784 days. The research […]
CISA warns of critical pre-auth RCE flaw in MikroTik RouterOS
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a new critical vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS that could lead to remote code execution or cause a denial-of-service condition. Tracked as CVE-2026-84411, the security issue is a pre-authentication integer underflow in RouterOS’s web-management HTTP request handling. CISA says that a single crafted request can […]
Cisco warns of new SD-WAN zero-day exploited in attacks
Cisco released security updates to address a critical zero-day in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (tracked as CVE-2026-76504) that attackers are actively exploiting to escalate to admin privileges. Formerly known as SD-WAN vManage, Catalyst SD-WAN Manager is network management software that lets admins monitor and manage up to 6,000 SD-WAN devices from a single dashboard. “In […]
Microsoft to block Entra ID script injection attacks starting October
Microsoft has reminded customers that the Entra ID identity and access management (IAM) solution will get better protection against external script injection attacks starting next month. The company first revealed plans to secure Entra ID sign-ins from script injection attacks in a November 2025 announcement. According to a Monday message center update seen by BleepingComputer, […]
TeamViewer urges users to patch severe flaws “as soon as possible”
Remote access software company TeamViewer warned customers on Tuesday to immediately patch a set of high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its client and host software. The highest-severity flaw is a remote session access control bypass (CVE-2026-92370) stemming from an improper access control weakness in TeamViewer Full Client and Host software for Windows, Linux, and macOS that could […]
Bitget hacked via zero-day in third-party security products
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget revealed today that attackers who stole $387.5 million last week breached its systems after exploiting a zero-day flaw in third-party security products. According to Bitget, two separate investigations by blockchain security firm SlowMist and Google Cloud’s cyber-defense arm Mandiant said the threat actors accessed Bitget’s wallet environment after compromising two security appliances […]
Signal adds encypted local backup support to iOS, desktop apps
Signal, the secure messaging app, released version 8.30, completing the rollout of its secure backups feature across all supported operating systems (Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows). The feature, introduced on Android nearly a year ago, lets users create end-to-end encrypted backups of their chats and restore them on other devices if they lose their […]
Custom ChatGPTs push ClickFix attacks to deploy RAT malware
Custom variants of OpenAI’s ChatGPT promoted in sponsored Google results are directing unsuspecting users to malicious sites that use ClickFix attacks to deliver malware. The threat actor is abusing the legitimate feature in the AI platform that lets users create a version of ChatGPT tailored for a specific task that combines instructions, extra knowledge, and […]