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Application Security
Claude Opus Finds 4-Year Zcash Flaw Enabling Silent Coin Forgery
Researcher Taylor Hornby used Claude Opus 4.8 to uncover a four-year-old Zcash Orchard flaw that could have enabled undetectable counterfeit ZEC creation.
Application Security
VerdantBamboo PLENET Backdoor Sustained 18-Month M365 Intrusion
Volexity found Chinese APT VerdantBamboo used new PLENET and AGENTPSD malware to maintain 18 months of undetected Microsoft 365 access via MSP compromise.
Application Security
IronWorm Rust Malware Hits 36 npm Packages in Supply Chain Attack
JFrog researchers discovered IronWorm, a Rust-based infostealer with an eBPF rootkit, injected into 36 npm packages to steal AI API keys and self-propagate.
Application Security
Hola Browser for Windows Bundled Monero Miner in Supply Chain Hit
AppEsteem found a Monero cryptominer bundled inside Hola Browser's Windows installer, hidden as a Windows service and excluded from Windows Defender scanning.
Application Security
CISA Flags Magento RCE CVE-2026-45247; 150K Stores Exposed
CISA added CVE-2026-45247 to its KEV catalog, confirming active exploitation of a CVSS 9.8 Magento RCE flaw that threatens 150,000 e-commerce stores worldwide.
Application Security
Burst Statistics CVE-2026-8181 Under Mass Exploitation
CVE-2026-8181 in Burst Statistics for WordPress is under mass exploitation, with Wordfence blocking 7,400 daily attempts against over 200,000 affected sites.
Application Security
Public PoC Released for Cisco Unified CM SSRF Bug
Cisco confirmed public PoC code for CVE-2026-20230, a Unified CM SSRF enabling unauthenticated file writes and potential root access on enterprise systems.
Application Security
AI Tool Uncovers Two-Year-Old Redis RCE CVE-2026-23479
Team Xint Code used an AI tool to find CVE-2026-23479, a two-year-old Redis RCE posing high risk in cloud environments where Redis runs without authentication.
Application Security
AI Worm Exploits 73.8% of Test Enterprise Network with Free Model
University of Toronto researchers built an AI worm that exploited 73.8% of a test enterprise network using a free open-weight model and only known CVEs.
Application Security
Fake Claude Code Installers on Google Sites Steal AI API Keys
An active campaign uses 32 Google Sites pages to distribute credential malware targeting AI API keys, browser logins, and password managers from developers.