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How the Browser Became the Main Cyber Battleground

Until recently, the cyber attacker methodology behind the biggest breaches of the last decade or so has been pretty consistent: Compromise an endpoint via software exploit, or social engineering a user to run malware on their device;  Find ways to move laterally inside the network and compromise privileged identities; Repeat as needed until you can […]

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Cybercriminals Use Fake Apps to Steal Data and Blackmail Users Across Asia’s Mobile Networks

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, large-scale mobile malware campaign that’s targeting Android and iOS platforms with fake dating, social networking, cloud storage, and car service apps to steal sensitive personal data. The cross-platform threat has been codenamed SarangTrap by Zimperium zLabs. Users in South Korea appear to be the primary focus. “This extensive campaign […]

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Aeroflot Hacked

Looks serious.  

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Why React Didn’t Kill XSS: The New JavaScript Injection Playbook

React conquered XSS? Think again. That’s the reality facing JavaScript developers in 2025, where attackers have quietly evolved their injection techniques to exploit everything from prototype pollution to AI-generated code, bypassing the very frameworks designed to keep applications secure. Full 47-page guide with framework-specific defenses (PDF, free). JavaScript conquered the web, but with 

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CISA Adds PaperCut NG/MF CSRF Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security vulnerability impacting PaperCutNG/MF print management software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2533 (CVSS score: 8.4), is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug that could 

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That Time Tom Lehrer Pranked the NSA

Bluesky thread. Here’s the paper, from 1957. Note reference 3.  

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Hackers Breach Toptal GitHub, Publish 10 Malicious npm Packages With 5,000 Downloads

In what’s the latest instance of a software supply chain attack, unknown threat actors managed to compromise Toptal’s GitHub organization account and leveraged that access to publish 10 malicious packages to the npm registry. The packages contained code to exfiltrate GitHub authentication tokens and destroy victim systems, Socket said in a report published last week. […]

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French submarine secrets surface after cyber attack

European defence giant Naval Group has confirmed that it is investigating an alleged cyber attack which has seen what purports to be sensitive internal data published on the internet by hackers. Naval Group builds and maintains an array of ships and submarines for the French navy, including aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. It counts several […]

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Allianz Life hit by hackers, customer and staff personal data stolen

US insurance firm Allianz Life has told the media that hackers stole personal info of the “majority” of its customers and staff earlier this month. The company says that a hacker gained access to an unnamed third-party cloud-based CRM used by Allianz Life, using a social engineering attack. The firm hasn’t said if it has […]

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