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'Copy Fail' kernel flaw hands root to any local Linux user since 2017
A logic bug in the Linux kernel's algif_aead cryptographic module, introduced by a 2017 in-place optimization commit, lets unprivileged local users write four c
DEEP#DOOR Python RAT hides C2 behind bore.pub tunnels, scrapes browser and cloud creds
Securonix has documented DEEP#DOOR, a Python-based backdoor framework delivered through a batch dropper that disables Windows security controls, extracts an emb
DOJ sends two cybersecurity insiders to prison for moonlighting as BlackCat affiliates
Two industry practitioners — Ryan Goldberg, an incident response manager at Sygnia, and Kevin Martin of DigitalMint — drew four-year federal sentences for runni
EtherRAT Hides C2 in Ethereum Smart Contracts, Lures Admins via GitHub Decoys
Atos researchers tracked a campaign called EtherRAT that targets the high-privilege workstations of sysadmins, DevOps engineers, and security analysts by impers
Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet sabotage malware that quietly poisoned scientific calculations
Researchers have reverse-engineered Fast16, a piece of malware that predates Stuxnet and appears to have been deployed against Iranian targets years earlier. Th
FBI: Cyber-enabled cargo theft losses hit $725M as criminals hijack freight networks
The FBI is warning logistics and transportation operators that cyber-enabled cargo theft losses across the U.S. and Canada climbed roughly 60% year-over-year to
MSP Sales Stall When Security Pitches Skip Business Outcomes
The managed security services market is on track to nearly double to $69 billion by 2030, but MSPs keep losing winnable deals because their pitches stay anchore
Musk's OpenAI trial testimony unravels across seven self-inflicted wounds
Elon Musk spent a third day on the stand in his lawsuit seeking to block OpenAI's conversion from nonprofit to public company, and the appearance went poorly. O
Oracle Red Bull Racing leans on automation to compress its security workload
Oracle Red Bull Racing's security team is shifting routine identity and access work onto automated pipelines, reducing the manual toil that previously consumed
Press freedom hits record low; US drops below Ukraine in 2026 RSF Index
Reporters Without Borders' 2026 World Press Freedom Index shows the global landscape for journalism deteriorating to its worst state in the survey's 25-year his
PyTorch Lightning and intercom-client poisoned in Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain wave
Attackers pushed malicious 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 releases of PyTorch Lightning to PyPI on April 30, 2026, hiding a downloader and an 11MB obfuscated JavaScript payloa
Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Working for the Gang He Was Negotiating With
A ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to secretly working for the same ransomware gang whose payments he was supposed to be helping victims minimize. The n