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PCWorld reports on the ‘BlueHammer’ zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to potentially take over Windows computers through privilege escalation. A frustrated security researcher published the ...

A six-month intelligence operation preceded the $270 million exploit of Drift Protocol and was carried out by a North Korean state-affiliated group, according to a detailed incident update published ...

A threat researcher estimates the exploit could reach $200 million and may be linked to a compromised private key. Drift Protocol, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), detected unusual ...

Drift Protocol said it was investigating unusual activity on April 1 and urged users not to deposit funds, according to a post on X. Drift Protocol is experiencing an active attack. Deposits and ...

Rob T. Lee, chief AI officer and chief of research, SANS Institute Artificial intelligence has transformed cyber operations by reducing the time needed to exploit vulnerabilities - from years to days ...

Abstract: The Vim text editor, due to its significant scripting capabilities (Vimscript) and legitimate features like modeline and autocmd, presents a unique attack surface often overlooked by ...

iPhone users should be on alert: DarkSword spyware has been posted in the wild. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Images DarkSword, the web-based hacker tool that can be used to steal data from millions of ...

The exploit, revealed last week by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, is now publicly available on GitHub, increasing the urgency for older iPhones and iPads to run the latest available iOS and ...

Security researchers at Google, iVerify, and Lookout have jointly revealed the discovery of a sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit called DarkSword, which multiple threat actors are using to ...

Threat actors have demonstrated just how quickly they operate today after exploiting a critical open source vulnerability within 20 hours, working only from the advisory description. The bug, CVE-2026 ...

A new exploit kit for iOS devices and delivery framework dubbed “DarkSword” has been used to steal a wide range of personal information, including data from cryptocurrency wallet apps. DarkSword ...