DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt

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The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. “Its recovery ecosystem

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development

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OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPT‑5.6‑Cyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response. “Built on GPT‑5.6 Sol, it is trained

Researchers Built a Fake Crypto Startup and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers

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Security researchers invented a cryptocurrency startup, advertised developer jobs, and hired three people they believe were North Korean operatives. Every virtual machine the company issued was recording. The onboarding paperwork

A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices

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A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker’s choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car

Mozilla Revokes Firefox and Thunderbird Linux Signing Key After Key Lands in Private Repo

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Mozilla has scrapped the cryptographic key behind Firefox and Thunderbird downloads for Linux after an unencrypted copy of it was committed by mistake to one of the company’s own private

Malicious MCP Servers Can Split Instructions to Make AI Coding Agents Exfiltrate Secrets

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A malicious tool server connected to an AI coding assistant can quietly walk off with SSH keys, environment secrets, source code, and customer data without ever sending one obviously harmful

Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Electric Flaws to Breach Networks

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Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world. Targets of these attacks include healthcare

Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11

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Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a

Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine

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Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid

BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins

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Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform’s plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. “Unlike traditional