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Picklescan Bugs Allow Malicious PyTorch Models to Evade Scans and Execute Code

Three critical security flaws have been disclosed in an open-source utility called Picklescan that could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code by loading untrusted PyTorch models, effectively bypassing the tool's protections. Picklescan, developed and maintained by Matthieu Maitre (@mmaitre314), is a security scanner that's designed to parse Python pickle files and detect suspicious

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Researchers Capture Lazarus APT's Remote-Worker Scheme Live on Camera

A joint investigation led by Mauro Eldritch, founder of BCA LTD, conducted together with threat-intel initiative NorthScan and ANY.RUN, a solution for interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence, has uncovered one of North Korea’s most persistent infiltration schemes: a network of remote IT workers tied to Lazarus Group’s Famous Chollima division. For the first time, researchers managed

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Malicious npm Package Uses Hidden Prompt and Script to Evade AI Security Tools

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an npm package that attempts to influence artificial intelligence (AI)-driven security scanners. The package in question is eslint-plugin-unicorn-ts-2, which masquerades as a TypeScript extension of the popular ESLint plugin. It was uploaded to the registry by a user named "hamburgerisland" in February 2024. The package has been downloaded

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Vulnerability in OpenAI Coding Agent Could Facilitate Attacks on Developers

The Codex CLI vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-61260 can be exploited for command execution. The post Vulnerability in OpenAI Coding Agent Could Facilitate Attacks on Developers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SecAlerts Cuts Through the Noise with a Smarter, Faster Way to Track Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability management is a core component of every cybersecurity strategy. However, businesses often use thousands of software without realising it (when was the last time you checked?), and keeping track of all the vulnerability alerts, notifications, and updates can be a burden on resources and often leads to missed vulnerabilities.  Taking into account that nearly 10% of

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Android’s December 2025 Updates Patch Two Zero-Days

Google warns that two out of the 107 vulnerabilities patched in Android this month have been exploited in limited, targeted attacks. The post Android’s December 2025 Updates Patch Two Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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⚡ Weekly Recap: Hot CVEs, npm Worm Returns, Firefox RCE, M365 Email Raid & More

Hackers aren’t kicking down the door anymore. They just use the same tools we use every day — code packages, cloud accounts, email, chat, phones, and “trusted” partners — and turn them against us. One bad download can leak your keys. One weak vendor can expose many customers at once. One guest invite, one link on a phone, one bug in a common tool, and suddenly your mail, chats, repos, and

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CISA Warns of ScadaBR Vulnerability After Hacktivist ICS Attack

CISA has added CVE-2021-26829 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The post CISA Warns of ScadaBR Vulnerability After Hacktivist ICS Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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CISA Adds Actively Exploited XSS Bug CVE-2021-26829 in OpenPLC ScadaBR to KEV

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog to include a security flaw impacting OpenPLC ScadaBR, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2021-26829 (CVSS score: 5.4), a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw that affects Windows and Linux versions of the software via

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Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain takeover attack. Software supply chain security company ReversingLabs said it found the "vulnerability" in bootstrap files provided by a build and deployment automation tool named "zc.buildout." "The

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Fluent Bit Vulnerabilities Expose Cloud Services to Takeover

Five flaws in the open source tool may lead to path traversal attacks, remote code execution, denial-of-service, and tag manipulation. The post Fluent Bit Vulnerabilities Expose Cloud Services to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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CISA Confirms Exploitation of Recent Oracle Identity Manager Vulnerability

CISA has added CVE-2025-61757 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.  The post CISA Confirms Exploitation of Recent Oracle Identity Manager Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New Fluent Bit Flaws Expose Cloud to RCE and Stealthy Infrastructure Intrusions

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five vulnerabilities in Fluent Bit, an open-source and lightweight telemetry agent, that could be chained to compromise and take over cloud infrastructures. The security defects "allow attackers to bypass authentication, perform path traversal, achieve remote code execution, cause denial-of-service conditions, and manipulate tags," Oligo Security said in

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ShadowPad Malware Actively Exploits WSUS Vulnerability for Full System Access

A recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has been exploited by threat actors to distribute malware known as ShadowPad. "The attacker targeted Windows Servers with WSUS enabled, exploiting CVE-2025-59287 for initial access," AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. "They then used PowerCat, an open-source

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CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Critical Oracle Identity Manager Zero-Day Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical security flaw impacting Oracle Identity Manager to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-61757 (CVSS score: 9.8), a case of missing authentication for a critical function that can result in pre-authenticated

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Grafana Patches CVSS 10.0 SCIM Flaw Enabling Impersonation and Privilege Escalation

Grafana has released security updates to address a maximum severity security flaw that could allow privilege escalation or user impersonation under certain configurations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-41115, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It resides in the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) component that allows automated user provisioning and management. First

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In Other News: ATM Jackpotting, WhatsApp-NSO Lawsuit Continues, CISA Hiring

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: surge in Palo Alto Networks scanning, WEL Companies data breach impacts 120,000 people, AI second-order prompt injection attack. The post In Other News: ATM Jackpotting, WhatsApp-NSO Lawsuit Continues, CISA Hiring appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical Oracle Identity Manager Flaw Possibly Exploited as Zero-Day

CVE-2025-61757 is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting Oracle Identity Manager. The post Critical Oracle Identity Manager Flaw Possibly Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SquareX and Perplexity Quarrel Over Alleged Comet Browser Vulnerability

SquareX claims to have found a way to abuse a hidden Comet API to execute local commands, but Perplexity says the research is fake. The post SquareX and Perplexity Quarrel Over Alleged Comet Browser Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Vulnerability Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion WhatsApp Accounts

Researchers demonstrated a now-patched vulnerability that could have been used to enumerate all WhatsApp accounts. The post Vulnerability Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion WhatsApp Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.