Former employees of the U.S.-based company DigitalMint, which specialized in negotiating with hackers on behalf of ransomware victims,
The post The Betrayal: Feds Charge DigitalMint Employees with Running ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Attacks appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Peter Williams, former chief executive of Trenchant—a division within the defense contractor L3Harris—has recently pleaded guilty to stealing
The post The Betrayal: Defense Exec Stole 8 Zero-Days Valued at $35M, Sold to Foreign Broker appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The Python developers have approved PEP 810, introducing an explicit mechanism for lazy imports into the language. With
The post Startup Boost: Python Approves PEP 810 for Explicit Lazy Imports in Version 3.15 appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
FortiGuard’s mid-year report for 2025 reveals that financially motivated attackers are increasingly eschewing complex exploits and bespoke malware.
The post The Stealth Intrusion: Hackers Bypass Detection by Logging In with Stolen Credentials appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Luminaut is a utility to scope cloud environment exposure for triage. The goal is to quickly identify exposed
The post Cloud Triage: Luminaut Tool Maps Exposed AWS/GCP Assets for Rapid Security Investigation appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Experts from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have described a new attack vector targeting multi-agent systems, known as
The post Invisible Hijack: New Agent Session Smuggling Attack Forces AI to Buy Stock Silently appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Developer Joel Severin has unveiled an experimental build of the Linux kernel ported to the WebAssembly format, enabling
The post Kernel in a Browser: Linux Ported to WebAssembly Runs Directly in Chrome appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The story of one of the most notorious cyberthreats of the past decade has taken an unexpected turn.
The post Redemption Arc: ZeroAccess Botnet Architect Resurfaces as a Microsoft-Certified Developer appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Following the end of official support for Windows 10, an increasing number of users have been seeking ways
The post Security Alert: Malware Counterfeit of Flyoobe Tool Targets Users Bypassing Windows 11 Checks appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The Chinese hacking group Storm-1849 continues its aggressive campaign against Cisco ASA devices used by government agencies and
The post Global Espionage: China-Linked Storm-1849 Targets U.S. & European Cisco ASA Networks appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
OpenAI has unveiled Aardvark, an autonomous assistant—its name translating from English as “anteater”—built upon the GPT-5 model and
The post Code Antivirus: OpenAI Unveils Aardvark AI to Autonomously Find and Fix Software Vulnerabilities appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Minimalism enthusiasts in the Windows community have once again set a record. An independent developer known as @XenoPanther
The post The Shrink Ray: Developer Runs Windows 7 at a Record-Low 69 Megabytes appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Across Eastern Europe, security researchers have observed a sharp surge in malicious Android applications exploiting contactless data transfer
The post Tap-and-Steal: New NFC Banking Malware Exploits Android’s HCE for Ghost Payments appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that a high-severity flaw in the Linux kernel
The post CISA Warning: Linux Kernel Bug (CVE-2024-1086) Actively Exploited by Ransomware for Root Access appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Claude chatbot, allowing attackers to trick the AI into transmitting
The post Data Leak Flaw: Critical Bug Lets Attackers Trick Claude AI Into Exfiltrating User Data appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
AI-powered browsers are rapidly reshaping the familiar landscape of web browsing, evolving from passive tools for displaying pages
The post New Threat Landscape: AI Browsers Create Agentic Vulnerabilities & Amplified Data Risk appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
YouTube has found itself at the center of a new debate over the limits of automated moderation. The
The post “Serious Injury or Death”: YouTube AI Deletes Windows 11 Tutorials, Sparks Moderation Crisis appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Rust has received a major update — version 1.91 has officially elevated support for Windows on 64-bit ARM
The post Rust 1.91 Elevates Windows on ARM Support, Boosting Safety and Stability appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
After installing the KB5067036 update for Windows 11, some users began noticing peculiar system behavior — when launching
The post Windows 11 Task Manager Refuses to Die, Multiplying Processes and Slowing Down PCs appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Frogy 2.0 is an automated external reconnaissance and Attack Surface Management (ASM) toolkit designed to map out an organization’s
The post Frogy: The New Recon Tool That Maps and Prioritizes Your Entire Attack Surface appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
