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VS Code Extension Steals Crypto Wallets
A malicious Visual Studio Code extension called Solidity Pro has been found stealing users’ crypto wallets and credentials.
Read storyRovo AI Prompt Injection Exposes Jira Data, Webmail XSS, Metabase Admin Access
Atlassian’s Rovo assistant can be tricked into sending user data to attackers via prompt injection, while recent research shows webmail interfaces are vulnerable to CSS-based XSS that steals credentials and tokens, and a zero‑day in Metabase allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject SQL for admin access.
Read storyAtlassian Rovo Can Be Tricked Into Sending Data to Attackers
Security researchers discovered Atlassian’s AI assistant Rovo can be tricked into sending users’ Jira or Confluence data to attackers.
Read storyNew CSS Attacks Break Webmail Defenses, Steal Passwords
New CSS attacks allow theft of passwords on popular webmail services.
Read storyMetabase Zero-Day Enables Unauthenticated Admin Control
A critical flaw in Metabase’s business intelligence platform lets attackers inject arbitrary SQL and gain full admin control without authentication.
Read storyNearly 800 npm Packages Deliver Cross‑Platform RAT and Infostealer
A new campaign has pushed almost 800 malicious npm packages into the registry, all of which ship cross-platform malware that installs a remote access trojan and steals sensitive data across Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
Read storyLinux Kernel SCTP Flaw Lets Local Users Escalate to Root
A long‑standing use‑after‑free bug in Linux's SCTP networking code now allows local users to gain full root privileges on the host and break out of containers.
Read storyZapscape KVM Flaw Lets Guest Code Escape Host
A newly discovered Linux kernel flaw lets privileged code inside a nested virtual machine escape isolation and run on its host.
Read storySenate Report Links Data Brokers to $20 billion Consumer Losses
A new Senate report attributes more than $20 billion in consumer losses to data‑broker practices that enable sophisticated scams.
Read storyMidnight Blizzard Exploits Vulnerable Routers Globally
Gitea Vulnerability Lets Attackers Read Server Files
A zero‑auth flaw in Gitea’s Org-mode rendering lets attackers read server files.
Read storyKeyv npm Worm Infects Hundreds of Packages With AI‑Generated Code
A credential‑stealing npm worm linked to keyv@6.0.0 infected at least 868 packages, planting AI‑generated malicious hooks in August.
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