Cybersecurity
Hackers Target OpenSSH SSHole Flaw Within Hours of Disclosure, Gain Root on Honeypot
Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting OpenSSH that can enable sign-ins to accounts that have no password set, according to Previdian…
IMSI vs IMEI: What Your Phone Broadcasts and Who Can Read It
IMSI and IMEI are IDs your phone shares with networks. Learn how they differ, how attackers get them, and why rotating your IMSI blunts tracking. [...]
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Cyber After AI Helps Find 81 Firefox Flaws, 948 Linux Exploits
OpenAI on Thursday unveiled GPT‑6 Cyber, which it described as a major step forward in security research that brings together stronger cybersecurity capabilities with a step-chang…
Chainalysis says breach exposed credentials for all customers
Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis says a recent attack on its systems and internal tools has exposed credentials and live tokens for all customers. [...]
D-Link warns of multiple zero-days in DGS-3130 Series switches
D-Link shared mitigation measures for multiple unpatched security flaws affecting DGS-3130 series managed Gigabit stackable switches. [...]
Microsoft Paint RCE Fix Now Available, but Windows Update Won't Deliver It
A fix for CVE-2026-83844, a remote code execution flaw in Windows Paint, is now in the Microsoft Store. Paint gets this fix only through a Store update, not through Windows update…
Malicious Browser Extensions Could Use Claude Dispatch to Run Code on Users' Computers
A browser extension that can run scripts on claude.ai could make Claude Desktop run code on a person's computer, researchers at Forever Security, an endpoint security company, sho…
The Flood is Coming And The Pipes Were Already Full
An update on Athena, and some unsolicited predictions on what's coming next On Saturday, Dario Amodei published We Must Pace the Frontier. I agree with him. Go read it if you have…
MetaMask says recent attack didn't affect wallet infrastructure
Cryptocurrency wallet provider MetaMask said a recent security incident has not affected MetaMask wallets or its wallet infrastructure. [...]
Chainalysis Breach Exposes All Users' Credentials, Forces Shutdown of Key Services
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has revealed that its ongoing investigation into the agentic cyber attack targeting its systems also exposed names, usernames, password hashes…
Hackers Hide Linux Backdoor in Control Web Panel Server to Execute Commands Without Logs
A backdoor has been found hiding in the web server that runs Control Web Panel (CWP), a free panel for managing Linux hosting servers, researchers at QiAnXin's XLab said this week…
Experts Demonstrate Barracuda Email Security Gateway Chain Enabling Root Access Without Login
Two flaws in Barracuda's Email Security Gateway, an email-filtering appliance, can be chained to run commands on it as root, its highest level of access, with no login required. T…
FBI, CISA warn of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems
The FBI and CISA warn that hackers are actively targeting industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems worldwide, potentially causing food spoilage, equipment damage…
Fake OpenAI, SpaceX events used to steal Microsoft, Google accounts
Hackers are using fake OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic event invitations to lure employees into phishing attacks, using two different phishing-as-a-service platforms to steal Micros…
Truffle Security launches program to revoke 1.4 million live secrets
Truffle Security has launched the Secrets Revocation Program, a free initiative that helps API key issuers revoke 1.4 million publicly exposed secrets that remain valid. [...]
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra silently obstructed safety research tasks
OpenAI has disclosed another AI alignment incident where GPT-6 Astra was found to sometimes quietly withhold help on safety research. [...]
OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts
A newly disclosed OpenSSH vulnerability dubbed "*sshole" allows attackers to log in to certain Alpine Linux and other musl-based Linux accounts that are configured to block passwo…
OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux
Attackers can log in to accounts that have no password, such as SSH key-only accounts, on some Alpine Linux servers running the standard openssh-server package. They need network …
Researchers Bypass ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Exfiltrate Chats Without User Interaction
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass Lockdown Mode protections in OpenAI ChatGPT. Lockdown Mode was in…
Hackers backdoor Linux servers using trojanized CWP web server
A new Linux malware called CWPdoor is being distributed through a trojanized version of cwpsrv, the web server behind the Control Web Panel (CWP) management interface. [...]
DigiCert data breach exposes customer information, identity documents
DigiCert warns it suffered a data breach after a server migration mistakenly exposed an internal business system to the internet, allowing unauthorized access to customer informat…
Closing the Identity Gap at the Service Desk
Attackers target IT service desks to bypass MFA by impersonating employees and convincing staff to reset passwords or register new authentication devices. Specops Software explain…
ThreatsDay: Apache OFBiz RCE, DreamHost Breach, DeFi Site Hijacks + 17 More Stories
How much damage can someone do without breaking much? Quite a lot, it seems. A stolen login can open doors across several systems. A trusted setting can be used to lock people out…
Is Your Exposure Management Platform Leaving You Exposed? Five Tests to Find Out
A critical finding can move through several security tools and still leave the organization exposed. The vulnerability has a severity score, and a ticket has reached the queue. P…