After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and ...

PCPJack makes innovative use of parquet files for stealthy, pre-validated target discovery as it canvasses multiple cloud ...

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...

Long-term tracking shows a Burmese python is rewriting assumptions about breeding, giving new intel for Florida's battle ...

Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new Mirai -derived botnet that self-identifies as xlabs_v1 and targets ...

On Halloween 2018 a developer filed an issue in the GitHub repo for the VS Code Python extension, asking for the ability for users to "spin up multiple 'Python Interactive' windows." In August 2020, ...

New research exposes how prompt injection in AI agent frameworks can lead to remote code execution. Learn how these ...

Claude AI guided a threat actor toward OT ICS SCADA systems in an attack on a water and drainage utility in Mexico.

ESET researchers have investigated an ongoing attack by the ScarCruft APT group that targets the Yanbian region via ...

An armade of amateur snake hunters descend on the Florida Everglades to kill pythons for money. What could possibly go wrong?

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