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Multiple WordPress plugins from ShapedPlugin were compromised in a supply chain attack after unknown threat actors managed to tamper with the official release channels and push backdoor code. “Attackers compromised the vendor’s build and distribution pipeline, injecting backdoor code into Pro plugin releases distributed through official licensed update channels,” Wordfence said in an analysis

OpenAI on Monday said it’s releasing an improved version of its GPT‑5.5‑Cyber model to trusted defenders as part of the Daybreak initiative the artificial intelligence (AI) company announced last month. Calling GPT‑5.5‑Cyber its “strongest model yet for finding and helping patch software vulnerabilities,” OpenAI said the model can “sustain deeper analysis across large codebases” to

Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBScript) files that lead to the installation of legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software. Per findings from Kaspersky, the active campaign is targeting users of WhatsApp Desktop and WhatsApp Web across Malaysia, Brazil, India, Mexico, Singapore, the U.K., Spain, Taiwan,

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four vulnerabilities in Dify, an open-source agentic workflow platform with more than 146,000 GitHub stars, that could allow attackers to stealthily read artificial intelligence (AI) conversions from other customers’ applications without requiring authentication. The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed DifyTap by Zafran Security.

The JaredFromSubway Ethereum MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bot suffered a $15 million loss after an attacker manipulated the opportunity-detection logic by creating fake cryptocurrency trading opportunities. […]

An ongoing malware campaign is targeting WhatsApp users in multiple countries with deceptive messages that push VBScript files, leading to remote system access. […]

A newly disclosed FFmpeg flaw dubbed ‘PixelSmash’ could be exploited for remote code execution on Jellyfin servers under certain conditions, and can also trigger a denial-of-service  condition in applications like Kodi, Emby, Nextcloud, PhotoPrism, and OBS Studio. […]

A heap over-read in the Squid web proxy can leak another user’s cleartext HTTP request, including any credentials or session tokens it carries, to anyone already allowed to send traffic through the same proxy. The bug traces to a 1997 FTP-parsing change and is still live in Squid’s default configuration. Researchers at Calif.io disclosed it in

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that delivers CastleStealer by means of a previously unreported malware loader dubbed OXLOADER. According to Elastic Security Labs, the campaign leverages malicious Google Ads as a starting point to distribute the malware. Evidence indicates that the threat actor is likely Russian-speaking and financially motivated, owing to

Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to harvest authentication secrets from compromised firewalls and steal credentials. […]