Security
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Magento StyleSmuggler zero-day exploited to deploy Linux backdoor
A zero-day vulnerability dubbed “StyleSmuggler” affecting all versions of Magento and Adobe Commerce is being exploited in attacks to deploy a backdoor. The first exploitation incident was recorded on September 4 on a target running the latest security updates. E-commerce security company Sansec says that Adobe Enterprise Support confirmed earlier today that it was working […]
BigBear Microsoft 365 phishing service bypassed MFA at 258 organizations
A phishing-as-a-service framework called BigBear 2.0 has been used to bypass multi-factor authentication at 258 organizations and steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials. Researchers at cybersecurity company CloudSEK gained administrator access to the control panel and found that the service managed 42 VPS nodes, all configured to target Microsoft 365 as part of the […]
Mathspace discloses data breach affecting over 1 million people
Online maths learning platform Mathspace disclosed over the weekend that attackers stole data from more than 1 million students, staff, and parents after breaching its Metabase internal reporting system. Founded in Sydney in 2010, Mathspace is now used by thousands of schools across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom (3,432 in […]
Trezor data breach impact now reaches 81,000 customers
Cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker Trezor says an August data breach at its shipping and logistics provider, ShipMonk, affects an additional 67,000 U.S. customers. In total, the breach has affected 81,000 customers after Trezor initially disclosed on August 13 that attackers accessed the data of nearly 14,000 customers, including their full names, shipping addresses, email addresses, and phone […]
Hackers exploit new MikroTik RouterOS flaws to hijack routers
Hackers are exploiting a chain of two recently disclosed vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers to take control of devices with SSH services exposed to the internet. One of the security issues, tracked as CVE-2026-67276, is an SSH authentication bypass flaw in MikroTik RouterOS caused by incomplete validation of RSA public keys. An attacker who knows a […]
ConnectWise warns of new ScreenConnect flaw without patch
ConnectWise has shared temporary mitigation measures for a new ScreenConnect Remote Access vulnerability that it plans to patch later this week. ScreenConnect is an on-premises or cloud-hosted remote access platform typically used by managed service providers (MSPs), IT departments, and support teams for troubleshooting, patching, and system maintenance. The security flaw affects both cloud and […]
N-able patches max severity N-central flaw amid ongoing attacks
N-able has released an emergency hotfix for a maximum-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw affecting its N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. IT departments and managed service providers (MSPs) use the N-central platform to monitor, manage, and maintain client networks and devices from a centralized web-based console. Tracked as CVE-2026-86218, this RCE vulnerability allows threat […]
Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters
Threat actors have adopted the ASCII smuggling technique in phishing campaigns, using invisible Unicode characters to evade email security filters. ASCII smuggling has been used in AI prompt injection attacks to conceal malicious instructions from users by encoding them with Unicode characters from the Tags block (U+E0000–U+E007F). Microsoft threat researchers discovered a large-scale phishing campaign using this […]
Over 5,400 hacked sites serve ClickFix payloads stored on the blockchain
A massive cybercriminal operation is leveraging thousands of compromised small-business websites to deliver ClickFix payloads stored in smart contracts on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC). Over the past months, researchers identified more than 5,400 hacked websites, most of them built on WordPress and PrestaShop. The initial compromise method remains unknown, but each site was injected […]
IDScan sued over alleged data breach affecting 153 million drivers
Multiple lawsuits have been filed against identity verification company IDScan after hackers allegedly breached the service and offered to sell more than 153 million driver’s licenses. Several law firms, including Markovits, Stock & DeMarco, and Hall Attorneys, have also launched investigations into potential class-action litigation related to the reported security incident at IDScan. Brian Krebs originally reported on […]