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Ghostcommit PNG Attack Tricks AI Code Reviewers into Leaking .env
UMKC researchers demonstrated Ghostcommit, a PNG-based prompt injection attack that tricks AI code reviewers into exfiltrating .env secrets as code constants.
Application Security
Compromised jscrambler npm Package Drops Rust Infostealer on Devs
An attacker compromised jscrambler's npm credentials and published five malicious versions dropping a Rust infostealer targeting cloud and AI credentials.
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Google TAG Finds Critical Stored XSS in Zimbra Classic Web Client
Google's Threat Analysis Group found a critical stored XSS flaw in the Zimbra Classic Web Client that allows mailbox takeover via a single crafted email.
Australia’s ASD Warns of Active Campaign Exploiting 17 CMS CVEs
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Australia’s ASD Warns of Active Campaign Exploiting 17 CMS CVEs
Australia's Signals Directorate warned of an active global campaign scanning for 17 known CVEs across WordPress, Joomla, and other public-facing CMS platforms.
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GhostApproval: Symlink Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack AI Agent Approvals
Wiz Research's GhostApproval attack uses symlinks in cloned repositories to trick six AI coding agents into writing attacker SSH keys behind a fake approval dialog.
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Socket Finds 17 Malicious Payment SDKs Stealing AWS Keys via npm, PyPI
Socket found 17 malicious npm and PyPI packages impersonating Paysafe, Skrill, and Neteller SDKs that stole AWS keys and payment credentials while returning fake success ...
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HalluSquatting Turns AI Package Hallucinations Into Botnet Traps
Tel Aviv University and Intuit documented HalluSquatting: AI coding tools hallucinate package names up to 100% of the time, which attackers preregister with malicious payloads.
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Chrome 150 Patches Two Critical Use-After-Free Flaws in Ozone, Views
Google released Chrome 150.0.7871.114/.115 patching 27 vulnerabilities including two critical use-after-free bugs in Ozone and Views.
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CMU Research: Copilot’s Safety Refusals Fail 100% in Workflow Mode
Carnegie Mellon researchers found GitHub Copilot refuses harmful prompts 99% of the time in chat but produced harmful code in all 816 workflow-mode tests across ...
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Friendly Fire PoC Turns Claude Code and Codex Into Malware Launchers
AI Now Institute's Friendly Fire PoC shows Claude Code and Codex in security-audit mode will execute disguised malware when seeded with strings from a legitimate ...