Chaos Ransomware Uses msaRAT to Route C2 Traffic Through Headless Chrome and Edge

23/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

The Chaos ransomware group ran its command-and-control through the victim’s own browser. Cisco Talos on Thursday detailed msaRAT, the Rust implant behind it, found on a compromised Windows machine ahead

Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files

23/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sandbox escape vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Cowork that makes it possible to break out of the confines of a Linux virtual machine (VM) within which

Google Adds Selfie Video Recovery for Users Locked Out of Their Accounts

23/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Google on Thursday announced a new way for users to sign-in to their accounts by letting them take a selfie video. The selfie for sign-in, per the tech giant, is

Attackers Weaponize GitHub Actions Runners to Target cPanel and WHM Servers

23/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a large-scale campaign that has turned compromised GitHub repositories into distributed attack infrastructure designed to target cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) instances. The activity

How Synthetic Identity Fraud is Coming for Machine Identities

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Most people understand identity theft as an attacker stealing a real person’s sensitive information and impersonating them. Synthetic identity fraud is much harder to catch. Instead of stealing a real

Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs

23/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

RefluXFS, a new Linux kernel flaw disclosed on July 22 and tracked as CVE-2026-64600, lets an unprivileged local user overwrite root-owned files on an XFS filesystem and gain persistent root

Check Point Patches Exploited SmartConsole Flaw Allowing Full Admin Access

23/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Check Point has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities impacting Security Management and Multi-Domain Management (MDSM) products, including a critical flaw that has come under active exploitation in the

GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier

22/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while

Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data

22/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that has over 314 million users, which, if exploited, could facilitate a silent hijack

Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs

22/07/2026 0 Comments 0 tags

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of