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A critical vulnerability in Smithery.ai, a popular registry for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This issue could have allowed attackers to steal from over 3,000 AI servers and take API keys from thousands of users across many services. MCP powers …

A critical argument injection flaw in three unnamed popular AI agent platforms enables attackers to bypass human approval safeguards and achieve remote code execution (RCE) through seemingly innocuous prompts. According to Trail of Bits, these vulnerabilities exploit pre-approved system commands …

QR codes used to be harmless, now they’re one of the sneakiest ways attackers slip past defenses. Quishing, or QR code phishing, hides malicious links inside innocent-looking images that filters can’t read.  One scan, and the victim lands on a fake login page designed to steal …

A sophisticated cyberespionage campaign dubbed PassiveNeuron has resurfaced with infections targeting government, financial, and industrial organizations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. First detected in 2024, the campaign remained dormant for six months before re-emerging in December 2024, with the …

A sophisticated phishing kit dubbed Tykit, which impersonates Microsoft 365 login pages to harvest corporate credentials. First detected in May 2025, the kit has surged in activity during September and October, exploiting SVG files as a stealthy delivery mechanism. Unlike …

Since its emergence in August 2022, Lumma Infostealer has rapidly become a cornerstone of malware-as-a-service platforms, enabling even unskilled threat actors to harvest high-value credentials. Delivered primarily via phishing sites masquerading as cracked software installers, the malicious payload is encapsulated …

GitLab has urgently released patch versions 18.5.1, 18.4.3, and 18.3.5 for its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) to address multiple critical security flaws, including several high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities. These updates fix issues allowing specially crafted payloads to …

When users authenticate to Microsoft cloud services, their activities generate authentication events recorded across multiple logging systems. Microsoft Entra sign-in logs and Microsoft 365 audit logs capture identical authentication events but represent this critical security data using different formats. Security …

China-based threat actors have exploited the critical ToolShell vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint servers to infiltrate networks across multiple continents, targeting government agencies and critical infrastructure in a suspected espionage campaign. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-53770, enables unauthenticated remote code execution …