AWS Kiro Flaw Let a Poisoned Web Page Rewrite Its Config and Run Code
Hidden text on a web page was enough to make Kiro, AWS’s agentic coding IDE, rewrite its own configuration file and run an attacker’s code…
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Apple Fixes Hide My Email Bug That Exposed Real Addresses in Mail Logs
Ravie LakshmananJul 21, 2026Vulnerability / Cloud Security Apple has moved to address a security flaw in its Hide My Email service that enabled users’ real…
Qilin Ransomware Attackers Exploit PAN-OS Authentication Bypass for Initial Access
Ravie LakshmananJul 21, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched high-severity Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS vulnerability as an entry point…
WordPress wp2shell Exploitation Grows as Public Exploit Fuels Mass Scanning
Attackers have begun to exploit two critical vulnerabilities in WordPress that, when combined together, enable unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) and complete compromise of vulnerable…
Russian Intelligence Hacks IP Cameras to Spy on Military Logistics Across NATO States and Ukraine
At least one Russian intelligence service is systematically hijacking internet-connected security cameras across Europe and Ukraine, using the feeds to watch military transport routes, weapons…
Exposed Server Reveals AI-Assisted Phishing Toolkit Behind WebDAV Malware Campaign
A malware operator left its delivery server wide open, and Rapid7 pulled down the whole toolkit: 1,048 files spanning lure templates, filename-spoofing tests, execution experiments,…
FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence (AI) skills or Model Context Protocol…
HollowGraph Malware Hides C2 and Stolen Files in Microsoft 365 Events Dated 2050
A newly discovered espionage implant has been using a hijacked Microsoft 365 calendar as its command channel, planting operator instructions and smuggling out stolen files…
New 7-Zip Vulnerability Could Let Crafted XZ Archives Run Code During Extraction
Swati KhandelwalJul 20, 2026Vulnerability / Endpoint Security Opening a crafted XZ archive in 7-Zip could let an attacker run code on the machine. The flaw,…
SonicWall SMA Zero-Days Exploited Before Disclosure to Gain Root Access
Ravie LakshmananJul 19, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to the exploitation of recently disclosed SonicWall Secure Mobile Access…
Critical NGINX Vulnerability Can Crash Workers and May Allow Remote Code Execution
F5 has shipped fixes for a critical nginx flaw that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker trigger a heap buffer overflow in the worker process with…
UAC-0145 Uses ClickFix CAPTCHAs to Infect Ukrainian Devices wih Malware
Ravie LakshmananJul 19, 2026Malware / Cyber Warfare Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been observed leveraging the infamous ClickFix strategy to trick Ukrainian targets into infecting…