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Why "Shady AI" is Security's Next Big Governance Problem

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:45
In March 2026, an internal AI agent at Meta triggered a “Sev 1” incident after sensitive company and user data was exposed to employees who weren’t authorized to access it.  The incident began when a Meta employee posted a technical question on an internal forum. An engineer used an approved AI agent to analyze it, but the agent posted its response publicly without approval. The employee
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Why "Shady AI" is Security's Next Big Governance Problem

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:45
In March 2026, an internal AI agent at Meta triggered a “Sev 1” incident after sensitive company and user data was exposed to employees who weren’t authorized to access it.  The incident began when a Meta employee posted a technical question on an internal forum. An engineer used an approved AI agent to analyze it, but the agent posted its response publicly without approval. The employee [email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

CDN Tsunami Attack Abuses HTTP/3 Translation for Up to 350x DoS Amplification

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:39
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that exploit how major content delivery networks (CDNs) convert client-facing HTTP/3 traffic into HTTP/1.1 requests to the websites they front, amplifying a low-bandwidth request stream by up to 350x against the origin server. The attacks, collectively named "CDN Tsunami," were evaluated against Alibaba, Baidu,
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

CDN Tsunami Attack Abuses HTTP/3 Translation for Up to 350x DoS Amplification

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:39
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that exploit how major content delivery networks (CDNs) convert client-facing HTTP/3 traffic into HTTP/1.1 requests to the websites they front, amplifying a low-bandwidth request stream by up to 350x against the origin server. The attacks, collectively named "CDN Tsunami," were evaluated against Alibaba, Baidu, Swati Khandelwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Manic Android Malware Exfiltrates Data From Offline Phones via Nearby Infected Devices

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:26
A new Android threat codenamed Manic has been observed actively targeting Ukrainian banks, government and identity services, and messaging applications, as well as Russian and European financial institutions, global fintech and cryptocurrency services, and military-focused communications. "Manic sits at the intersection of Android banking malware and mobile spyware, combining financial-fraud
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Manic Android Malware Exfiltrates Data From Offline Phones via Nearby Infected Devices

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:26
A new Android threat codenamed Manic has been observed actively targeting Ukrainian banks, government and identity services, and messaging applications, as well as Russian and European financial institutions, global fintech and cryptocurrency services, and military-focused communications. "Manic sits at the intersection of Android banking malware and mobile spyware, combining financial-fraud Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

NASA AIT-GUI Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Issue Spacecraft Commands

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:05
Security researchers at Cycode have disclosed a chain of flaws in AIT-GUI, the browser-based operator console for NASA/JPL's open-source AMMOS Instrument Toolkit, that allow an unauthenticated attacker to issue arbitrary commands to the software's spacecraft and instrument command bus. The chain, tracked as GHSA-p9r8-2q67-fp86 and rated 9.4 on the CVSS v3.1 scoring system, impacts AIT-GUI
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

NASA AIT-GUI Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Issue Spacecraft Commands

20 Srpen, 2026 - 13:05
Security researchers at Cycode have disclosed a chain of flaws in AIT-GUI, the browser-based operator console for NASA/JPL's open-source AMMOS Instrument Toolkit, that allow an unauthenticated attacker to issue arbitrary commands to the software's spacecraft and instrument command bus. The chain, tracked as GHSA-p9r8-2q67-fp86 and rated 9.4 on the CVSS v3.1 scoring system, impacts AIT-GUI Swati Khandelwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

ToxicPanda 2.0 and GoldDigger Expand Android Banking Attacks with On-Device Fraud

20 Srpen, 2026 - 12:38
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an updated version of ToxicPanda (aka TgToxic) that comes with "significant enhancements," including a set of 167 remote commands and expands its targeting footprint globally. Zimperium zLabs, in a Wednesday report, said the Android malware also features a PIN harvesting workflow targeting more than 140 banking and cryptocurrency applications.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

ToxicPanda 2.0 and GoldDigger Expand Android Banking Attacks with On-Device Fraud

20 Srpen, 2026 - 12:38
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an updated version of ToxicPanda (aka TgToxic) that comes with "significant enhancements," including a set of 167 remote commands and expands its targeting footprint globally. Zimperium zLabs, in a Wednesday report, said the Android malware also features a PIN harvesting workflow targeting more than 140 banking and cryptocurrency applications. Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Web3 Products to Steal Wallet Secrets

20 Srpen, 2026 - 10:42
A set of 40 Mozilla Firefox extensions has been found to engage in cryptocurrency wallet theft by masquerading as OKX, Rabby Wallet, TronLink, and other Web3 products. According to the Socket Threat Research team, the extensions are part of a broader set of 77 browser add-ons that share source code and infrastructure overlaps. The campaign, dubbed Offside Wallet Theft Factory, is believed to
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Web3 Products to Steal Wallet Secrets

20 Srpen, 2026 - 10:42
A set of 40 Mozilla Firefox extensions has been found to engage in cryptocurrency wallet theft by masquerading as OKX, Rabby Wallet, TronLink, and other Web3 products. According to the Socket Threat Research team, the extensions are part of a broader set of 77 browser add-ons that share source code and infrastructure overlaps. The campaign, dubbed Offside Wallet Theft Factory, is believed to Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code

20 Srpen, 2026 - 08:04
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of unrestricted upload of a file with a dangerous type. "The flaw lives in the Forms module's File
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code

20 Srpen, 2026 - 08:04
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of unrestricted upload of a file with a dangerous type. "The flaw lives in the Forms module's File Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second

19 Srpen, 2026 - 21:02
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers that leaked a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a co-located Worker in the production environment at up to 12 bits per second, 360 times the rate of an earlier attack demonstrated in 2021. The end-to-end experiment used an attacker Worker and a victim Worker controlled by the researchers,
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second

19 Srpen, 2026 - 21:02
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers that leaked a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a co-located Worker in the production environment at up to 12 bits per second, 360 times the rate of an earlier attack demonstrated in 2021. The end-to-end experiment used an attacker Worker and a victim Worker controlled by the researchers, Swati Khandelwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training as It Tightens Defenses Against Unsafe AI Behavior

19 Srpen, 2026 - 20:06
OpenAI on Tuesday revealed that it paused reinforcement learning (RL) training for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models for two weeks while it shored up additional defenses and increased the scope of its monitoring to avert another Hugging Face-like incident. "As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow," the AI company
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training as It Tightens Defenses Against Unsafe AI Behavior

19 Srpen, 2026 - 20:06
OpenAI on Tuesday revealed that it paused reinforcement learning (RL) training for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models for two weeks while it shored up additional defenses and increased the scope of its monitoring to avert another Hugging Face-like incident. "As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow," the AI company Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs

19 Srpen, 2026 - 15:12
A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia. The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT. SilkParasite, first discovered in late 2025, is assessed to be a
Kategorie: Hacking & Security

SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs

19 Srpen, 2026 - 15:12
A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia. The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT. SilkParasite, first discovered in late 2025, is assessed to be a Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Kategorie: Hacking & Security