Ravie LakshmananJun 22, 2026AI Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four vulnerabilities in Dify, an open-source agentic […]
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Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models
University of Toronto researchers have built and tested a proof-of-concept AI-driven computer worm that uses a locally hosted open-weight large […]
Researchers Discover Critical GitHub CVE-2026-3854 RCE Flaw Exploitable via Single Git Push
Ravie LakshmananApr 28, 2026Vulnerability / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical security vulnerability impacting GitHub.com and […]
Researchers Uncover 73 Fake VS Code Extensions Delivering GlassWorm v2 Malware
Ravie LakshmananApr 27, 2026Malware / Software Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have flagged dozens of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) […]
Researchers Uncover Pre-Stuxnet ‘fast16’ Malware Targeting Engineering Software
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Lua-based malware created years before the notorious Stuxnet worm that aimed to sabotage Iran’s […]
Researchers Detect ZionSiphon Malware Targeting Israeli Water, Desalination OT Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called ZionSiphon that appears to be specifically designed to target Israeli water treatment […]
Researchers Uncover Mining Operation Using ISO Lures to Spread RATs and Crypto Miners
Ravie LakshmananApr 02, 2026Cryptomining / Malware A financially motivated operation codenamed REF1695 has been observed leveraging fake installers to deploy remote access trojans (RATs) […]
Researchers Trick Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes
Ravie LakshmananMar 11, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Browser Security Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute […]
Researchers Show Copilot and Grok Can Be Abused as Malware C2 Proxies
Ravie LakshmananFeb 17, 2026Malware / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that artificial intelligence (AI) assistants that support web browsing […]
Researchers Observe In-the-Wild Exploitation of BeyondTrust CVSS 9.9 Vulnerability
Threat actors have started to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote […]