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APT29 poisoned a Ukrainian analytics script Article

APT29 poisoned a Ukrainian analytics script

APT29 injected device-fingerprinting code into Ukrainian analytics firm Plerdy's script to serve iOS and Android n-day exploit chains to unpatched phones.

A February 2025 migration exposed DigiCert customer records online
Article data breach

A February 2025 migration exposed DigiCert customer records online

A February 2025 server migration exposed a DigiCert internal system, and a self-registered account read archived customer data and identity documents.

Long Passwords Bypass Alpine SSH Authentication
Article OpenSSH

Long Passwords Bypass Alpine SSH Authentication

OpenSSH 10.6p2 fixes a critical password authentication bypass affecting Alpine Linux and other potentially vulnerable musl systems.

Long passwords unlock disabled accounts
Article openssh

Long passwords unlock disabled accounts

The "*sshole" flaw lets oversized passwords log into *-disabled accounts on musl-based OpenSSH servers like Alpine under certain configurations. Fixed in 10.6p2.

One phishing page runs two account-takeover attacks
Article phishing

One phishing page runs two account-takeover attacks

Fake OpenAI, SpaceX and Anthropic event pages run Kali365 device code and VoidProxy AiTM attacks to steal Microsoft and Google sessions, past MFA.

October 2026 teardown of Apple Intelligence's kinship classifier
Article macOS

October 2026 teardown of Apple Intelligence's kinship classifier

Apple Intelligence's Personal Knowledge Graph ships an undocumented family classifier and plaintext kinship data on every Mac, readable with Full Disk Access.

Zyxel's June patch still runs attacker commands as root
Article zyxel

Zyxel's June patch still runs attacker commands as root

Zyxel's Patch 2 for the GS1900 switches runs its bounds check too late, leaving the same unauthenticated root exploit open until Patch 3.

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