During AWS’s major outage in October, Fortinet specialists uncovered a new botnet, ShadowV2, built on Mirai-derived malware and
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Myanmar’s military is loudly proclaiming its “fight against scammers,” detonating buildings inside the notorious KK Park complex on
The post Myanmar’s KK Park ‘Crackdown’ Exposed as Propaganda: Core Scam Infrastructure Intact appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The Foaster research group has published an extensive comparative study examining the political preferences of six leading artificial
The post AI Votes Moderate Left: Study Reveals Structural Political Bias in GPT-5, Gemini, & Grok appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
RedExt is a sophisticated browser data analysis framework designed for authorized red team operations. It combines a Manifest
The post RedExt: New Red Team Tool Uses Chrome Extension for Covert Browser Data Exfiltration appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
RingReaper is a simple post-exploitation agent for Linux designed for those who need to operate stealthily, minimizing the chances
The post RingReaper: Stealthy Linux Agent Abuses io_uring to Bypass EDR System Call Monitoring appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The hacker collective known as Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters — which has spent this year extorting dozens of corporations
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Hackers breached U.S. radio stations and broadcast fabricated alerts and streams of obscenities live on air, prompting the
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A malicious extension has been discovered in the Chrome catalog — an add-on that, without the owner’s knowledge,
The post Malicious ‘Crypto Copilot’ Chrome Extension Steals Hidden Fee from Solana Swaps appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Censys researchers have detailed a new web-attack technique known as EtherHiding, in which attackers conceal malicious code inside
The post EtherHiding: New Stealth Attack Hides Malware C2 in Binance Smart Chain Smart Contracts appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
ASUS continues to patch dangerous flaws in its home routers following a wave of attacks targeting the AiCloud
The post ASUS Patches Critical AiCloud Flaw (CVE-2025-59366) Allowing Remote Router Takeover appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Cato Networks has unveiled a new attack technique, dubbed HashJack, which conceals malicious AI prompts behind the “#”
The post HashJack Attack: New Technique Weaponizes URLs to Hijack AI Browser Assistants appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The CodeRED alert platform operated by OnSolve and maintained by the risk-management firm Crisis24 has fallen victim to
The post INC Ransom Attack Disrupts US Emergency Alerts, Exposes Clear-Text Passwords appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Ordinary mergers and acquisitions are unexpectedly becoming a convenient point of entry for extortionists: operators of the Akira
The post Akira Exploits M&A: Ransomware Infiltrates Parent Orgs via Unpatched SonicWall Devices appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The FBI has reported a surge in fraudulent schemes involving the takeover of financial accounts and warned that
The post FBI Warns of Surge in AI-Driven Account Takeover Fraud Ahead of Holidays appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
A group of Members of the European Parliament has called for abandoning the internal use of Microsoft products
The post MEPs Demand EU Ban All Microsoft Products, Citing Digital Sovereignty Risk appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Cybercriminals no longer need to coax ChatGPT or Claude Code into assisting with malware development or data-theft scripts.
The post Dark LLMs for Sale: WormGPT 4 & KawaiiGPT Automate Ransomware and Phishing Creation appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
RAITrigger The RPC-function RAiForceElevationPromptForCOM from the appinfo.dll library allows SYSTEM coercion. This only works on domain joined systems. It turns out, that this
The post RAITrigger: Local SYSTEM auth trigger for relaying appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Malicious activity has once again surged within the npm ecosystem. This time, it is the second wave of
The post NPM Supply Chain Crisis: Shai-Hulud 2.0 Attack Hits 25K Repos, Includes Destructive Sabotage appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
Accumulated failures in Windows 11 version 24H2 have led to situations in which the system, under certain conditions,
The post Critical Bug: Windows 11 Update KB5062553 Causes Taskbar and Start Menu to Vanish on Login appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
The steady complication of familiar Windows tools has once again drawn attention to Microsoft’s Notepad, which for decades
The post Notepad Evolution Continues: Microsoft Adds Tables and Streaming AI Responses appeared first on Penetration Testing Tools.
