Cyber Security News

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Cyber threats nudge Trump to sign executive order on foreign equipment in U.S. energy infrastructure

The order says any foreign-produced equipment deemed to pose national security risks can’t be purchased or installed. The post Cyber threats nudge Trump to sign executive order on foreign equipment ...

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Critical Avada WordPress theme flaw enables zero-click RCE

A critical vulnerability chain in the popular Avada theme for WordPress can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. [...]

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Officials disrupt Chinese espionage operation that hit multiple federal agencies

The full hacking suite, seized by authorities, allowed Chinese government funded attackers to intrude highly sensitive networks undetected for more than eight years. The post Officials disrupt Chinese...

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OpenAI: Agent behavior that led to Hugging Face intrusion formed in May

The company says the breach stemmed from a systemic failure of alignment and security, and has taken measures to prevent agents from independently orchestrating complex cyberattacks. The post OpenAI: ...

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New GPUThor attack defeats NVIDIA ECC protection for root access

A newly disclosed Rowhammer attack called GPUThor can bypass error-correcting code (ECC) protections on NVIDIA GPUs, enabling denial-of-service (DoS) and root-level privilege escalation. [...]

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Three 10.0 security flaws fixed across Ubiquiti’s UniFi line

The communications product company disclosed 22 total Wednesday, all but one of which was rated “critical” at 9.0 or higher. The post Three 10.0 security flaws fixed across Ubiquiti’s UniFi line...

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Security Affairs HIGH

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FBI Seizes China-Linked Hacking Platforms QScan and QTRouter Used Against Critical Infrastructure

FBI seizes QScan and QTRouter, China-linked platforms used to hide intrusions and target U.S. critical infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have seized two platforms, QScan and Q...

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The Hacker News LOW

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FBI Disrupts China-Linked QTFY Infrastructure Used to Steal Data From U.S. Organizations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the disruption of two hacking platforms named QScan and QTRouter operated by Chinese threat actors to target critical infrastructure and oth...

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Meta agrees to $18 billion settlement over teen social media harms

Meta has reached a proposed settlement worth up to approximately $18 billion with a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys generals over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately design...

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The Hacker News LOW

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Nimbus Manticore Expands Toolset With TWOSTROKE-Like Backdoor and SSH Tunneler

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered additional infrastructure and previously undocumented malware associated with Nimbus Manticore, an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group affiliated with the I...

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AI Speeds Up Malware Development, Not Its Success Rate: Analysis

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 analyzed 405 AI-linked malware samples and found only 12 reached production endpoints. The post AI Speeds Up Malware Development, Not Its Success Rate: Analysis appeared fir...

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Boston Scientific says cyberattack disrupted operations globally

Medical technology company Boston Scientific has been targeted in a cyberattack that disrupted some of its IT systems, causing operational disruptions globally. [...]

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