CVE: CIFSwitch Linux Flaw Gives Root Access
A newly discovered Linux flaw, dubbed CIFSwitch, allows attackers to gain root privileges on multiple distributions by exploiting a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel.
HalluSquatting is an attack where researchers pre-compute fake repository, package, or skill names that AI coding agents predictably invent, register those names first, and load them with malicious instructions.
A newly discovered Linux flaw, dubbed CIFSwitch, allows attackers to gain root privileges on multiple distributions by exploiting a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel.
A data breach at Charter Communications has affected 4.9 million accounts, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang claiming responsibility and leaking stolen documents on the dark web.
A Canadian man was sentenced to 33 years in US federal prison for coercing over 145 children into sending sexually explicit content on social media.
Dutch authorities have disrupted a massive botnet of 17 million devices and seized over 200 servers used to control the operation.
California AG sues 23andMe over a 2023 data breach that exposed sensitive health information of nearly 7 million customers, including 855,541 Californians.
Russia's intelligence agencies are aggressively seeking Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country's economy.
GreyVibe hackers, likely linked to Russian interests, use AI-generated lures and custom malware to target military, government, and business entities, with activity dating back to August 2025.
Threat actors are abusing ChatGPT's content-sharing feature to display fake outage pages that direct users to download malware disguised as the ChatGPT desktop application.
Zachary Sweeney, a 30-year-old Tennessee man, has been charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, with alleged crimes dating back to 2022.