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Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as "malicious activity" in newly published versions of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious - node-ipc@9.1.6 node-ipc@9.2.3 node-ipc@12.0.1 "Early analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1

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ThreatsDay Bulletin: PAN-OS RCE, Mythos cURL Bug, AI Tokenizer Attacks, and 10+ Stories

Everything is still on fire. This week feels dumb in the worst way — bad links, weak checks, fake help desks, shady forum posts, and people turning supply chain attacks into some cursed little game for clout and cash. Half of it feels new. Half of it feels like crap we should have fixed years ago. The mess keeps getting louder: users get tricked, boxes get popped, tools meant for normal work

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Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government With Geofenced PDF Phishing, Cobalt Strike

The Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting governmental organizations in Ukraine. Active since at least 2016, Ghostwriter has been linked to both cyber espionage and influence operations targeting neighboring countries, particularly Ukraine. It's also tracked under the monikers FrostyNeighbor, PUSHCHA, Storm-0257, TA445, UAC‑0057

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Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance

For AI data centers, where the stakes are the highest and performance constraints are the tightest, security and performance are no longer a zero-sum game. The post Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46300, is similar to the recently disclosed exploits named Dirty Frag and Copy Fail. The post New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery, Less Convincing Elsewhere

Independent benchmarking finds Mythos highly effective for source code audits, reverse engineering, and native-code analysis, though its exploit validation and reasoning capabilities remain inconsistent. The post Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery, Less Convincing Elsewhere appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million

The acquisition enables Akamai to expand its Zero Trust portfolio to add protection directly into the browser. The post Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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The Missing Cybersecurity Leader In Small Business

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 14, 2026 –Read the full story in CyberScoop CyberScoop reports that the average cyberattack costs for a small- or medium-size business is more than $250,000. The salary for a chief information security officer The post The Missing Cybersecurity Leader In Small Business appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

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Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns

Salt Typhoon has hit an energy entity in Azerbaijan. Twill Typhoon has targeted Asian entities with an updated RAT. The post Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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PraisonAI CVE-2026-44338 Auth Bypass Targeted Within Hours of Disclosure

Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in PraisonAI, an open-source multi-agent orchestration framework, within four hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44338 (CVSS score: 7.3), a case of missing authentication that exposes sensitive endpoints to anyone, potentially allowing an attacker to invoke the

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How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks

AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks into critical infrastructure decision-making by exploiting human trust through highly confident yet incorrect outputs. When an AI model lacks certainty, it doesn’t have a mechanism to recognize that. Instead, it generates the most probable response based on patterns in its training data, even if that response is inaccurate. These outputs

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G7 Countries Release AI SBOM Guidance

The goal of the guidance, which outlines minimum elements, is to help organizations enhance transparency in AI systems and supply chains.  The post G7 Countries Release AI SBOM Guidance appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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F5 Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities

The company’s latest quarterly advisory describes high and medium-severity issues in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and NGINX. The post F5 Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure

The first exploitation attempts were observed less than four hours after the authentication bypass was publicly disclosed. The post Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation

An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege escalation impacting Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON). The security defects have been codenamed YellowKey and GreenPlasma, respectively, by the researcher, who goes by the online aliases Chaotic Eclipse

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High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion

The patch was announced as Broadcom is attending the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin this week. The post High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days

YellowKey is a BitLocker bypass that requires physical access. GreenPlasma enables elevation of privileges to System. The post Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New Fragnesia Linux Kernel LPE Grants Root Access via Page Cache Corruption

Details have emerged about a new variant of the recent Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain root access, making it the third such bug to be identified in the kernel within a span of two weeks. Codenamed Fragnesia, the security vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-46300 (CVSS score: 7.8) and is rooted in the Linux kernel's XFRM

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18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, including a critical flaw that remained undetected for 18 years. The vulnerability, discovered by depthfirst, is a heap buffer overflow issue impacting ngx_http_rewrite_module (CVE-2026-42945, CVSS v4 score: 9.2) that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution or cause a

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Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack

The Nitrogen ransomware group claims to have hacked the company’s systems, stealing 8TB of data, including confidential documents. The post Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.