The Hidden Cost of Recurring Credential Incidents
When talking about credential security, the focus usually lands on breach prevention. This makes sense when IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the average cost…
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Docker CVE-2026-34040 Lets Attackers Bypass Authorization and Gain Host Access
Ravie LakshmananApr 07, 2026Vulnerability / DevSecOps A high-severity security vulnerability has been disclosed in Docker Engine that could permit an attacker to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ)…
Bitter-Linked Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists Across MENA Region
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle…
Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data
Hungarian domestic intelligence, the national police in El Salvador, and several U.S. law enforcement and police departments have been attributed to the use of an advertising-based…
Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers
Ravie LakshmananApr 10, 2026Malware / Website Security Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and…
Marimo RCE Flaw CVE-2026-39987 Exploited Within 10 Hours of Disclosure
Ravie LakshmananApr 10, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence A critical security vulnerability in Marimo, an open-source Python notebook for data science and analysis, has been exploited within…
Browser Extensions Are the New AI Consumption Channel That No One Is Talking About
While much of the discussion on AI security centers around protecting ‘shadow’ AI and GenAI consumption, there’s a wide-open window nobody’s guarding: AI browser extensions. A new report from…
GlassWorm Campaign Uses Zig Dropper to Infect Multiple Developer IDEs
Ravie LakshmananApr 10, 2026Malware / Blockchain Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the ongoing GlassWorm campaign, which employs a new Zig dropper that’s designed…
Google Rolls Out DBSC in Chrome 146 to Block Session Theft on Windows
Ravie LakshmananApr 10, 2026Malware / Browser Security Google has made Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) generally available to all Windows users of its Chrome web browser, months…
Adobe Reader Zero-Day Exploited via Malicious PDFs Since December 2025
Ravie LakshmananApr 09, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence Threat actors have been exploiting a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents…
UAT-10362 Targets Taiwanese NGOs with LucidRook Malware in Spear-Phishing Campaigns
Ravie LakshmananApr 09, 2026Malware / Windows Security A previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed UAT-10362 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting Taiwanese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and…
EngageLab SDK Flaw Exposed 50M Android Users, Including 30M Crypto Wallets
Ravie LakshmananApr 09, 2026Vulnerability / Mobile Security Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in a widely used third-party Android software development kit (SDK) called EngageLab SDK…