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Attackers Exploit Adobe Commerce Zero-Day to Deploy PSK Agent RAT and...

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New BlackX Bootkit Lets Hackers Bypass Windows Secure Boot on Fully...

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Attackers exploit critical Citrix NetScaler RCE to deploy web shells and...

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Inexperienced hacker used DeepSeek AI to breach Indian university and steal...

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New Extortion Gang Lists Companies on the Dark Web and Counts...

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Hackers Targeted Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before Patches

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Hackers plant malware on Japanese cloud servers, forcing provider to shut...

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Hackers Use Real Dell and Staples Emails to Make Scams Appear...

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Hackers Used Claude and Grok to Automate Cyberattacks on More Than...

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Hackers Breach FortiGate, FortiWeb, and Palo Alto GlobalProtect to Steal Passwords

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Hackers Use AI-Powered Browsers to Hide Thousands of Fake Accounts and...

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Proof-of-Concept Released for Windows Winsock Ancillary Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Hackers Exploit Previously Patched Synology NAS Flaws to Deploy C3RB3R Ransomware...

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Scammers Send Fake ChatGPT Billing Notices to Steal Credit Card Details...

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Hackers Impersonate ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to Steal Passwords and API...

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Proof-of-Concept Released for Windows Winsock Ancillary Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A public proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2023-21768 demonstrates how an attacker with local access can escalate to SYSTEM privileges via the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Security researchers Valentina Palmiotti (chompie) and Ruben Boonen published the exploit code. Their full exploit chain targets vulnerable Windows 11...