UK launches vulnerability research program for external experts
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced a new Vulnerability Research Initiative (VRI) that aims to strengthen relations with external cybersecurity experts. The agency…
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Interlock ransomware adopts FileFix method to deliver malware
Hackers have adopted the new technique called ‘FileFix’ in Interlock ransomware attacks to drop a remote access trojan (RAT) on targeted systems. Interlock ransomware operations have…
Malicious VSCode extension in Cursor IDE led to $500K crypto theft
A fake extension for the Cursor AI IDE code editor infected devices with remote access tools and infostealers, which, in one case, led to the…
Gigabyte motherboards vulnerable to UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot
Dozens of Gigabyte motherboard models run on UEFI firmware vulnerable to security issues that allow planting bootkit malware that is invisible to the operating system…
Windows 10 KB5062554 update breaks emoji panel search feature
The search feature for the Windows 10 emoji panel is broken after installing the KB5062554 cumulative update released Tuesday, making it not possible to look up…
Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing
Google Gemini for Workspace can be exploited to generate email summaries that appear legitimate but include malicious instructions or warnings that direct users to phishing…
NVIDIA shares guidance to defend GDDR6 GPUs against Rowhammer attacks
NVIDIA is warning users to activate System Level Error-Correcting Code mitigation to protect against Rowhammer attacks on graphical processors with GDDR6 memory. The company is reinforcing the…
‘123456’ password exposed chats for 64 million McDonald’s job chatbot applications
Updated title to reflect thats these are not 64 million unique applicants, but rather applications on the job chatbot. Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in…
Hackers are exploiting critical RCE flaw in Wing FTP Server
Hackers have started to exploit a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Wing FTP Server just one day after technical details on the flaw became public.…
‘123456’ password exposed chats for 64 million McDonald’s job applicants
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald’s chatbot job application platform, that exposed the chats of more than 64 million job applicants across the…
‘123456’ password exposed info for 64 million McDonald’s job applicants
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald’s chatbot job application platform, that exposed the personal information of more than 64 million job applicants across…
WordPress Gravity Forms developer hacked to push backdoored plugins
The popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms has been compromised in what seems a supply-chain attack where manual installers from the official website were infected with…