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Critical Flaw in ACF Extended WordPress Plugin Allows Full Site Takeover

A critical vulnerability in the Advanced Custom Fields: Extended (ACF Extended) WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative control [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2026 by Mash

PDFSider Malware Used by Ransomware Groups to Infiltrate Major Financial Firm

A new malware strain named PDFSider has been deployed in attacks against a Fortune 100 financial company, serving as a [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2026 by Mash

GhostPoster Campaign Infects 840,000 Users with Malicious Browser Extensions

A new wave of the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered, involving 17 malicious extensions across Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2026 by Mash

Windows 11 Enterprise PCs Fail to Shut Down After January Security Update

Microsoft has acknowledged a new bug preventing some Windows 11 Enterprise and IoT devices from shutting down properly after installing [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2026 by Mash

Gootloader Malware Evades Detection with Complex, Multi-Part ZIP Archives

The Gootloader malware campaign has adopted a sophisticated evasion technique using malformed ZIP archives composed of up to 1,000 concatenated [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2026 by Mash

Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Exposes Systems to Remote Code Execution

A critical vulnerability in Fortinet's Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform, tracked as CVE-2025-25256, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2026 by Mash

BreachForums Hacking Forum User Database Exposed in Leak

The user database from the latest version of the notorious BreachForums cybercrime marketplace has been leaked online, exposing information for [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2026 by Mash

Unpatched Command Injection Flaw in Old D-Link Routers Under Active Exploit

A critical command injection vulnerability in several legacy D-Link DSL routers is being actively exploited by threat actors. Tracked as [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2026 by Mash

Fake Windows BSOD Screens Used in ClickFix Attacks on Hotels

A new social engineering campaign is targeting the European hospitality sector by using deceptive Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screens [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2026 by Mash

Threat Actors and Resecurity Dispute Nature of Alleged Cybersecurity Breach

A threat group calling itself "Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters" claims to have successfully breached the cybersecurity firm Resecurity, stealing alleged internal [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2026 by Mash

Kimwolf Botnet Exploits Proxy Networks to Infect Millions of Devices

The Kimwolf botnet has infected over two million devices globally by exploiting a critical vulnerability in residential proxy networks, allowing [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2026 by Mash

Grubhub's Legitimate Subdomain Used in Crypto Multiplication Scam

Scammers have sent fraudulent emails to Grubhub users promising a tenfold return on any Bitcoin sent to a specified wallet. [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2025 by Mash

Typosquatted Windows Activator Domain Distributes Malicious PowerShell Loader

A fraudulent domain masquerading as the popular Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool is being used to infect users with a [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2025 by Mash

Malicious Loaders Spread via Cracked Software and Hijacked YouTube Channels

Security researchers have identified two distinct campaigns distributing sophisticated malware loaders through deceptive distribution channels. The first leverages cracked software [...]
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Posted on December 21, 2025 by Mash

UEFI Vulnerability in Major Motherboards Allows Pre-OS DMA Attacks

A critical vulnerability in the UEFI firmware of motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock allows attackers with physical access [...]
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Posted on December 21, 2025 by Mash

GhostPairing Attack Hijacks WhatsApp Accounts via Device Linking Feature

A new campaign named "GhostPairing" is exploiting WhatsApp's legitimate device-linking feature to hijack user accounts without requiring authentication. Attackers initiate [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2025 by Mash

Cloud Security Competition Awards $320,000 for 11 Zero-Day Exploits

The inaugural Zeroday Cloud hacking competition in London has awarded security researchers a total of $320,000 for uncovering and demonstrating [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2025 by Mash

GhostPoster Campaign Hides Backdoor in Malicious Firefox Extension Logos

A malicious campaign named GhostPoster is concealing JavaScript code within the PNG logo files of over a dozen Firefox extensions. [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2025 by Mash

New SantaStealer Malware-as-a-Service Targets Browser and Crypto Data

A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation named SantaStealer is being marketed on cybercrime forums, promoted for its ability to run in [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2025 by Mash

Unofficial Micropatches Released for Unpatched Windows RasMan Zero-Day

A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service allows attackers to crash the critical [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2025 by Mash

VSCode Marketplace Extensions Hid Malware in Fake PNG and Bundled Dependencies

A malicious campaign on the official VSCode Marketplace has been distributing 19 extensions that contain hidden malware within their bundled [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2025 by Mash

DroidLock Android Malware Locks Devices and Steals Screen Patterns for Ransom

A new Android malware named DroidLock is targeting Spanish-speaking users by locking their devices and demanding a ransom. Distributed through [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2025 by Mash

Ransomware Groups Use Shanya Packer Service to Evade Security Software

Multiple prominent ransomware gangs are utilizing a packer-as-a-service platform called Shanya to conceal and deploy malware designed to disable endpoint [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2025 by Mash

Microsoft Eliminates Clean Install Requirement for Windows 11's Smart App Control

Microsoft has removed a significant barrier for its Windows 11-exclusive security feature, Smart App Control, by eliminating the mandatory clean [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2025 by Mash

Cloudflare Outage Triggered by Emergency Patch for React Vulnerability

Cloudflare experienced a major global outage today, causing widespread "500 Internal Server Error" messages for many websites. The company has [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2025 by Mash

Actively Exploited Array AG VPN Flaw Used to Deploy Webshells

A command injection vulnerability in Array Networks AG Series VPN appliances is being actively exploited by attackers to deploy webshells [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2025 by Mash

Microsoft Releases Optional Windows 11 Update Fixing Explorer Crashes and Search Bugs

Microsoft has issued the KB5070311 optional preview update for Windows 11, addressing 49 known issues, including significant problems with File [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2025 by Mash

ShadyPanda Campaign Infects Millions with Malicious Chrome and Edge Extensions

A persistent malware operation dubbed "ShadyPanda" has infected over 4.3 million users through malicious browser extensions on Google Chrome and [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2025 by Mash

HashJack Attack Hides Malicious Commands in URLs to Manipulate AI Browsers

A new vulnerability dubbed "HashJack" allows attackers to conceal malicious instructions within the fragment identifier (the part following a '#' [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2025 by Mash

Windows 11 Updates Cause Password Login Icon to Vanish from Lock Screen

Microsoft has confirmed that recent Windows 11 updates are causing the password sign-in option to disappear from the lock screen [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2025 by Mash

Critical Flaw in Node-Forge Library Allows Cryptographic Signature Bypass

A high-severity vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used 'node-forge' JavaScript cryptography library, enabling attackers to bypass digital signature [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2025 by Mash

StealC Infostealer Delivered Through Malicious 3D Blender Model Files

A new campaign linked to Russian threat actors is distributing the StealC V2 information-stealing malware by hiding it within malicious [...]
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Posted on November 25, 2025 by Mash

Forensic Investigation Reconstructs Qilin Ransomware Attack with Limited Data

A recent investigation into a Qilin ransomware attack demonstrated how security analysts can reconstruct an incident even with severely limited [...]
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Posted on November 25, 2025 by Mash

Unprotected WhatsApp API Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion User Accounts

Security researchers successfully compiled a database of 3.5 billion WhatsApp user accounts by exploiting an API endpoint that lacked rate-limiting [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2025 by Mash

Nvidia Acknowledges Windows Updates Degrade Gaming Performance, Releases Beta Fix

Nvidia has confirmed that recent Windows security updates from October 2025 are causing performance degradation in games running on Windows [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2025 by Mash

Sturnus Banking Trojan Hijacks Android Devices and Monitors Encrypted Chats

A sophisticated new Android banking trojan named Sturnus has been discovered, capable of stealing credentials and enabling full remote control [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2025 by Mash

Critical Vulnerability in W3 Total Cache Plugin Allows Server Takeover

A severe security flaw in the popular W3 Total Cache (W3TC) WordPress plugin enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2025 by Mash

Sysmon to Become a Native Feature in Windows 11 and Server 2025

Microsoft has announced that the System Monitor (Sysmon) tool will be directly integrated into future versions of Windows 11 and [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2025 by Mash

Google Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Chrome Browser

Google has released an urgent security update for its Chrome browser to address a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2025 by Mash

Google Play to Identify and Downgrade Apps That Drain Excessive Battery

Google will soon begin flagging Android applications on the Play Store that exhibit high background activity and cause significant battery [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2025 by Mash

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