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Cybercriminals are exploiting intense interest in Grand Theft Auto VI by pushing fake game downloads that install several types of malware instead of a playable game. The campaign targets people looking for an early build, leaked copy, or unofficial demo before the title’s release. The malicious downloads are distributed through poisoned search results, gaming forums, […]

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WordPress has rolled out an automated, AI-driven security review that screens every plugin release before it reaches the WordPress.org update API, adding a critical checkpoint to a distribution pipeline that had previously lacked one. The move follows a real-world incident in which a backdoor was slipped into an update for a plugin with roughly 20,000 […]

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A new phishing campaign is moving fake login pages into victims’ browsers. Rather than sending people to a malicious website, its operators use browser-generated blob URLs to assemble the page in local memory, leaving less for security tools to inspect before it appears. The operation starts with a DocuSign-themed email carrying a calendar invitation. Its […]

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Cisco Talos has confirmed active exploitation of two vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software, with state-sponsored hacking groups and a ransomware affiliate leveraging the flaws to seize root access, plant malware, and stage attacks on enterprise networks. The disclosure marks one of the year’s more serious enterprise security incidents, given FMC’s role […]

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CISA added a critical Citrix NetScaler authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2026-19490) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after observing in-the-wild attacks targeting the issue. Federal civilian agencies must apply vendor mitigations by September 12, 2026. CVE-2026-19490 affects Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances configured as an Authentication, Authorization and Auditing virtual server or as a […]

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Hackers are using passkey-themed phishing to take control of Microsoft 365 accounts and collect cloud data. It can defeat MFA protections. The campaign starts with calls and texts to employees. Attackers pose as IT support, claim a passkey, MFA, or single sign-on setting needs attention, and direct targets to lookalike sign-in pages. Compromised accounts can […]

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Enterprise AI workflows can be vulnerable to misuse that exposes sensitive information without prompt injection, account compromise, or jailbreaking a large language model. This vulnerability, termed Workflow Identity Hijacking, exploits authorization gaps between external requesters and the privileged identities used by AI automation. Workflows linked to public-facing email inboxes, web forms, GitHub issues, shared documents, […]

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Check Point Software has disclosed and patched two critical VPN-related vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-85102 and CVE-2026-85103, both carrying a maximum CVSS score of 9.8 and both capable of allowing unauthenticated remote code execution under specific conditions. Check Point’s own research team uncovered the flaws, and the company says it has found no evidence of active exploitation or […]

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LiteLLM deployments can expose far more than an organization’s AI spending. Newly disclosed weaknesses in the open-source gateway could let attackers run code as root inside a container, reach connected tools, and retrieve cloud credentials that open a path into a wider environment. The risk is serious where the service is internet-facing or retains its […]

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Threat actors are increasingly abusing Active Directory replication to impersonate domain controllers and steal password hashes from enterprise networks. This technique, known as a DCSync attack, can let attackers obtain credential data for privileged accounts without deploying malware directly on a legitimate domain controller. Active Directory domain controllers manage authentication across Windows enterprise environments. They […]

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