The trio, who have nicknames that include “Rocky Balboa,” “Superman Cash” and “Fat Boy,” often targeted the companies’ accounting departments.
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Devices running some configurations of Alpine Linux, and possibly other distributions, are affected by a decade-old vulnerability that allows attackers to log into devices with no password.
The vulnerability exists in the interaction between OpenSSH, the code library implementing SSH connections, and musl, a lightweight alternative to the libc library that, unlike most other Linux distributions, is used in Alpine. Further, OpenSSH using musl (pronounced muscle) must not use PAM (pluggable authentication modules), a framework that handles user authentication and account-access checks. Alpine is a lightweight, widely used Linux distribution. Other platforms may be affected if they use the same configurations.
There are two other conditions necessary for successful exploitation. First, a system must have at least one user account that’s accessible using a password that is hashed using the SHA256 or SHA512 functions. Second, the target system account must be configured to be passwordless, by way of specifying a “*” in the password field in /etc/shadow, the Linux file where password hashes are stored. Passwordless accounts are commonly used for accounts that use certificate-based authentication. This setting is common for certain types of accounts.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/11/vulnerability-allows-attackers-to-log-into-some-linux-devices-sans-password/
An unreleased OpenAI cyber model found and exploited 948 distinct Linux kernel privilege escalation bugs for about $1.2 million.
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More than 200 sites were seen serving phishing content to first-time visitors but not to those who revisit.
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The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely hacked.
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https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-hits-french-blood-bank-site-but-no-blood-products-are-compromised/
Cisco patched an RCE in UCS Central Software; WatchGuard fixed authentication and MitM flaws.
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https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-watchguard-release-patches-sonicwall-wont-fix-gms-flaws/
Every autonomous AI agent deployed across your enterprise today is a new proxy identity operating inside your perimeter.
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https://www.securityweek.com/the-agent-smith-dilemma-governing-agentic-identities/
Ryan Davis went from hacking his school’s network to running security at New Charter Technologies. What worries him now is shadow AI.
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Tracked as CVE-2026-107441, the out-of-bounds write flaw could allow attackers to execute OS commands via crafted HTTP requests.
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The large-scale watering hole campaign has been targeting entities in the US and Europe, mainly in Ukraine.
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