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Microsoft has announced the return of its groundbreaking Zero Day Quest, the largest public hacking event in history, offering unprecedented bounty rewards of up to $5 million for high-impact security research. Building upon last year’s successful $4 million initiative, this enhanced program demonstrates Microsoft’s commitment to collaborative security through responsible vulnerability disclosure and community engagement. […]

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Cyber-criminals have gradually shifted their focus toward the high-value infrastructure that trains, tunes and serves modern artificial-intelligence models. Over the past six months, incident-response teams have documented a new malware family, tentatively dubbed “ShadowInit,” that targets GPU clusters, model-serving gateways and orchestration pipelines inside large language model (LLM) deployments. Unlike earlier crypto-mining campaigns, ShadowInit seeks […]

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A sophisticated cybercriminal campaign dubbed “ClickTok” has emerged as one of the most extensive threats targeting TikTok Shop users worldwide, with researchers identifying over 10,000 malicious domains designed to steal user credentials and deploy advanced spyware. The campaign represents a significant escalation in e-commerce-focused cyberattacks, combining traditional phishing techniques with cutting-edge malware distribution to exploit […]

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You’re on a four-day clock. Following new SEC rules announced on July 26, 2023, U.S. public companies must disclose any cybersecurity incident they determine to be ‘material’ within four business days of that determination. For most companies, this requirement became effective on December 15, 2023. Meanwhile, the average global cost of a data breach jumped […]

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A critical vulnerability in Cursor IDE, the rapidly growing AI-powered development environment, enables persistent remote code execution through manipulation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54136 and dubbed “MCPoison,” exploits a trust validation flaw that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on developer machines without triggering security warnings. Cursor IDE […]

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SSL certificates are used everywhere from websites and APIs to mobile apps, internal tools and CI/CD pipelines. While most teams know they’re important, they often don’t manage them well. Certificates are usually forgotten until something breaks. If they expire, get misused, or aren’t monitored, they turn into easy targets for attackers. A small mistake in […]

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Cybersecurity is about staying one step ahead. The security of business assets hinges on proactive threat detection and rapid response powered by data. Every security system and service from network monitoring and incident response to analytics depends on continuous data feeds to function effectively.   The Foundation: Quality Threat Data  Effective cybersecurity hinges on data quality. […]

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A critical vulnerability in Streamlit, the popular open-source framework for building data applications, enables attackers to conduct cloud account takeover attacks.  The flaw, discovered in February 2025, exploits weaknesses in Streamlit’s st.file_uploader component to bypass file type restrictions and gain unauthorized access to cloud instances running Streamlit applications. The vulnerability demonstrates how seemingly minor components […]

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Perplexity AI, an emerging question-answering engine powered by advanced large language models, has recently come under scrutiny for deploying stealth crawling techniques that bypass standard web defenses. Initially launched with transparent intentions, Perplexity’s crawlers would identify themselves via declared user agents such as PerplexityBot/1.0, respecting robots.txt directives and web application firewall (WAF) rules. However, in […]

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A sophisticated phishing campaign attributed to the Pakistan-linked APT36 group has emerged as a serious threat to Indian government infrastructure. First detected in early August 2025, this operation leverages typo-squatted domains designed to mimic official government login portals. When unsuspecting users enter their email IDs and passwords, they are redirected to counterfeit pages that replicate […]

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A sophisticated North Korean cryptocurrency theft campaign has resurfaced with renewed vigor, weaponizing twelve malicious NPM packages to target developers and steal digital assets. The campaign, which represents a significant escalation in supply chain attacks, exploits the trust developers place in open-source package repositories to distribute advanced malware capable of cross-platform data exfiltration. The attack […]

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Cisco has confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack where a malicious actor successfully stole the basic profile information of an undisclosed number of users registered on Cisco.com. The technology giant revealed that the breach occurred after an employee was deceived by a sophisticated voice phishing, or “vishing,” attack. The incident, which Cisco became […]

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North Korean state-sponsored cyber-espionage group Kimsuky has unveiled a sophisticated new campaign targeting South Korean entities through malicious Windows shortcut (LNK) files, demonstrating the group’s continued evolution in stealth and precision. The campaign combines tailored social engineering with advanced malware frameworks designed to systematically infiltrate government agencies, defense contractors, and research organizations while evading traditional […]

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SonicWall has issued an urgent security advisory following a significant increase in cyber incidents targeting its Gen 7 SonicWall firewalls over the past 72 hours. The company is actively investigating a wave of attacks that appear to be focused on devices where the Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSLVPN) feature is enabled. In a […]

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A sophisticated attack method where hackers are exploiting a deserialization vulnerability in SharePoint to steal Internet Information Services (IIS) Machine Keys. This enables attackers to bypass security measures, forge trusted data, and ultimately achieve persistent Remote Code Execution (RCE) on compromised servers. According to SANS researcher Bojan Zdrnja, the attack begins with the exploitation of […]

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North Korean-linked Famous Chollima APT group has emerged as a sophisticated threat actor, orchestrating targeted campaigns against job seekers and organizations through deceptive recruitment processes. Active since December 2022, this advanced persistent threat has developed an intricate multi-stage attack methodology that exploits the trust inherent in professional networking and job-seeking activities. The group’s operations represent […]

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French luxury fashion house Chanel has become the latest victim in a sophisticated cybercrime campaign targeting major corporations through their Salesforce customer relationship management systems. The company confirmed on July 25, 2025, that unauthorized threat actors had breached a database containing personal information of U.S. customers who contacted their client care center. The breach exposed […]

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Google released its August 2025 Android Security Bulletin on August 4, revealing a critical vulnerability that poses significant risks to Android device users worldwide.  The most severe flaw, designated CVE-2025-48530, affects the core System component and could enable remote code execution without requiring any user interaction, making it particularly dangerous for millions of Android devices […]

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A sophisticated new Android malware campaign has emerged targeting Indian banking customers through convincing impersonations of popular financial applications. The malicious software masquerades as legitimate apps from major Indian financial institutions, including SBI Card, Axis Bank, Indusind Bank, ICICI, and Kotak, deceiving users into downloading fake applications that steal sensitive financial information. The malware operates […]

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A critical vulnerability chain in NVIDIA’s Triton Inference Server that allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete remote code execution (RCE) and gain full control over AI servers.  The vulnerability chain, identified as CVE-2025-23319, CVE-2025-23320, and CVE-2025-23334, exploits the server’s Python backend through a sophisticated three-step attack process involving shared memory manipulation. Key Takeaways1. CVE-2025-23319 chain […]

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