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A new class of prompt injection is spreading across commercial websites. It requires no malware, no stolen credentials, and no zero-day exploit. It abuses a standard feature built into almost…
A new class of prompt injection is spreading across commercial websites. It requires no malware, no stolen credentials, and no zero-day exploit. It abuses a standard feature built into almost…
Ravie LakshmananAug 06, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security issue with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay tool that can expose a user’s real IP address. Introduced with…
Swati KhandelwalAug 06, 2026OT Security / Vulnerability Forescout found 22 internet-facing Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in cities hit by recent cyberattacks on US water utilities. Nineteen used the…
Coinspect has identified CryptoJS.lib.WordArray.random() as the weak random number generator behind the Ill Bloom wallet drains. Introduced in the JavaScript cryptography library 12 years ago, the function supplied weak entropy…
Security flaws in agent infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, and Vercel let untrusted or forged instructions reach an agent’s tools with no check that a model turn had…
Swati KhandelwalAug 06, 2026Database Security / Endpoint Security Attackers broke into an organization’s Oracle database through a SQL injection flaw in a public-facing web application, then installed a post-exploitation toolkit…
Ravie LakshmananAug 06, 2026IoT Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a «factory-shipped backdoor» implanted in at least 20 Chinese router models from Zbtlink. According to a new…
Swati KhandelwalAug 06, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court on Wednesday to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy…
Ravie LakshmananAug 05, 2026Vulnerability / Patch Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on August 5, 2026, added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing…
Ravie LakshmananAug 05, 2026Cybercrime / Artificial Intelligence OpenAI said it disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation that used its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT to facilitate a wide range of…