GPT-5 Agent That Finds and Fixes Code Flaws Automatically
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Code Security OpenAI has announced the launch of an “agentic security researcher” that’s powered by its GPT-5 large language…
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Nation-State Hackers Deploy New Airstalk Malware in Suspected Supply Chain Attack
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Browser Security A suspected nation-state threat actor has been linked to the distribution of a new malware called Airstalk as…
China-Linked Tick Group Exploits Lanscope Zero-Day to Hijack Corporate Systems
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cyber Espionage The exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager has been attributed…
China-Linked Hackers Exploit Windows Shortcut Flaw to Target European Diplomats
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A China-affiliated threat actor known as UNC6384 has been linked to a fresh set of attacks exploiting an…
The MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Guide: Turning Security into Growth
Oct 31, 2025The Hacker NewsBusiness Continuity / Risk Management MSPs are facing rising client expectations for strong cybersecurity and compliance outcomes, while threats grow more…
CISA and NSA Issue Urgent Guidance to Secure WSUS and Microsoft Exchange Servers
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA), along with international partners from…
Eclipse Foundation Revokes Leaked Open VSX Tokens Following Wiz Discovery
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Secure Coding Eclipse Foundation, which maintains the open-source Open VSX project, said it has taken steps to revoke a small…
CISA Flags VMware Zero-Day Exploited by China-Linked Hackers in Active Attacks
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Attack The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware…
A New Security Layer for macOS Takes Aim at Admin Errors Before Hackers Do
Oct 31, 2025The Hacker NewsEndpoint Security / Network Security A design firm is editing a new campaign video on a MacBook Pro. The creative director…
Russian Ransomware Gangs Weaponize Open-Source AdaptixC2 for Advanced Attacks
Oct 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime The open-source command-and-control (C2) framework known as AdaptixC2 is being used by a growing number of threat actors, some…
Google’s Built-In AI Defenses on Android Now Block 10 Billion Scam Messages a Month
Google on Thursday revealed that the scam defenses built into Android safeguard users around the world from more than 10 billion suspected malicious calls and…
New “Brash” Exploit Crashes Chromium Browsers Instantly with a Single Malicious URL
Oct 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability A severe vulnerability disclosed in Chromium’s Blink rendering engine can be exploited to crash many Chromium-based browsers within…