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Researchers Expose New Intel CPU Flaws Enabling Memory Leaks and Spectre v2 Attacks
2025-05-16 09:08

Researchers at ETH Zürich have discovered yet another security flaw that they say impacts all modern Intel CPUs and causes them to leak sensitive data from memory, showing that the vulnerability...

Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times
2025-05-07 07:37

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a seemingly harmless Discord-related utility but incorporates a...

Researchers Demonstrate How MCP Prompt Injection Can Be Used for Both Attack and Defense
2025-04-30 15:59

As the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a rapid pace, new research has found how techniques that render the Model Context Protocol (MCP) susceptible to prompt injection...

Researchers Identify Rack::Static Vulnerability Enabling Data Breaches in Ruby Servers
2025-04-25 08:57

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in the Rack Ruby web server interface that, if successfully exploited, could enable attackers to gain unauthorized access to files,...

A pot of $250K is now available to ransomware researchers, but it feeds a commercial product
2025-04-22 17:08

Security bods can earn up to $10K per report Ransomware threat hunters can now collect rewards of $10,000 for each piece of intel they file under a new bug bounty that aims to squash extortionists.…

EncryptHub's dual life: Cybercriminal vs Windows bug-bounty researcher
2025-04-07 21:39

EncryptHub, a notorious threat actor linked to breaches at 618 organizations, is believed to have reported two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities to Microsoft, revealing a conflicted figure...

BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability
2025-03-29 03:52

In what's an instance of hacking the hackers, threat hunters have managed to infiltrate the online infrastructure associated with a ransomware group called BlackLock, uncovering crucial...

OpenAI now pays researchers $100,000 for critical vulnerabilities
2025-03-28 17:54

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has announced a fivefold increase in the maximum bug bounty rewards for "exceptional and differentiated" critical security vulnerabilities from $20,000 to...

Researchers Uncover 46 Critical Flaws in Solar Power Systems From Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA
2025-03-28 13:21

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed 46 new security flaws in products from three solar power system vendors, Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA, that could be exploited by a bad actor to seize control...

Researchers Uncover ~200 Unique C2 Domains Linked to Raspberry Robin Access Broker
2025-03-25 13:39

A new investigation has unearthed nearly 200 unique command-and-control (C2) domains associated with a malware called Raspberry Robin. "Raspberry Robin (also known as Roshtyak or Storm-0856) is a...