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SharpSCCM SharpSCCM is a post-exploitation tool designed to leverage Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (a.k.a. ConfigMgr, formerly SCCM) for lateral movement without requiring access to the SCCM administration console GUI. SharpSCCM was initially created to...

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Canonical has released updated test builds of Ubuntu 25.04 for laptops powered by Snapdragon X, integrating support for the Linux 6.16 kernel and expanding hardware compatibility. However, in practice, system stability and functionality remain...

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The Linux kernel may soon see the removal of one of its oldest and most enigmatic limitations, a constraint that has persisted since 1993. A developer from Alibaba discovered that a script generating an...

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Healthcare Faces Rising App-Based Ransomware Threats and Urgent Compliance Demands
Ransomware is evolving and healthcare is in the crosshairs. As apps and APIs become critical to patient care, they also open new threat vectors. Compliance alone isn't enough - organizations must act fast to close security gaps and defend against app-based attacks.

Palo Alto Has Always Shied Away From Identity and Expensive M&A. What Changed?
Less than five months after Google agreed to spend $32 billion on red-hot cloud security startup Wiz, Palo Alto Networks is on the precipice of paying more than $20 billion for PAM goliath CyberArk, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Here's why the deal represents a major pivot for Palo Alto.

145 Organizations Compromised by China-Linked Ransomware Hackers and Others
Nearly 150 different organizations' on-premises SharePoint servers have been exploited by attackers targeting the zero-day vulnerabilities now tracked as ToolShell, researchers warn. Early attacks have been attributed to China-linked groups, in some cases leading to Warlock ransomware infections.

Brazil-Targeting Malware Exploits Windows UIA to Evade Detection
A banking Trojan long confined to Brazil has become the first known malware to exploit Microsoft's UI Automation framework to extract credentials, signaling a new tactic that may evade conventional detection. Akamai's findings point to a growing trend of attackers using legitimate system features.

At Least 410,000 Patients Reported Affected, But Likely Even More Victims
Months after news first broke that a hacking incident compromised legacy patient data hosted by Cerner electronic health record servers that were set to migrate to parent company Oracle's cloud environment, data breach reports related to the hack are still slowly trickling in to regulators. What's taking so long?

New UK Law Requiring Age-Verification Measures on Porn Sites Causes VPN Use to Soar
Free virtual private network services are soaring to the top of the app charts in the United Kingdom after a new law went into effect Friday requiring platforms that contain adult content - including sites like X and Reddit - to confirm users' ages through "robust" verification measures.

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Smart devices within a network are no longer mere assistants — they are potential adversaries. With every internet-connected thermostat or television, a new fissure emerges in the digital infrastructure. This truth is underscored by...

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Threat Attack Daily - 29th of July 2025

The Scattered Spider group has intensified its assaults on corporate IT environments, concentrating its efforts on VMware ESXi hypervisors within U.S. companies across the retail, transportation, and insurance sectors. Rather than exploiting conventional software...

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Ransomware Attack Update for the 29th of July 2025

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activated the state national guard to help respond to an ongoing cyberattack on the state's capital city.

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Rekono combines other hacking tools and its results to execute complete pentesting processes against a target in an automated way. The findings obtained during the executions will be sent to the user via email...

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Mayor Melvin Carter said during a press conference on Tuesday that the city is most concerned about the data it holds on government employees, arguing that the city does not carry much information on city residents.

Currently trending CVE - Hype Score: 8 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race huge_pmd_unshare() drops a reference on a page table that may have previously been shared across processes, potentially turning it into a normal page table ...