Tag: tool
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Fake ChatGPT and DeepSeek Extensions Spied on Over 1 Million Chrome Users
Security researchers have identified two malicious Chrome extensions recording AI chats. Learn how to identify and remove these tools to protect your privacy. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-chatgpt-deepseek-extensions-spy-chrome-users/
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: RustFS Flaw, Iranian Ops, WebUI RCE, Cloud Leaks, and 12 More Stories
The internet never stays quiet. Every week, new hacks, scams, and security problems show up somewhere.This week’s stories show how fast attackers change their tricks, how small mistakes turn into big risks, and how the same old tools keep finding new ways to break in.Read on to catch up before the next wave hits. Honeypot…
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Critical jsPDF vulnerability enables arbitrary file read in Node.js deployments
Patching may not be enough: The jsPDF maintainers addressed the issue in version 4.0.0 by restricting filesystem access by default. The fix relies on Node.js permission mode, which requires applications to explicitly grant read access to specific directories at runtime. When properly configured, this prevents jsPDF from accessing files outside approved paths.However, this approach introduces…
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Linux Battery Utility Vulnerability Allows Authentication Bypass and System Tampering
Linux laptop users are being urged to update after a flaw in a popular battery optimisation tool was found to allow authentication bypass and system tampering. The vulnerability affects the TLP power profiles daemon introduced in version 1.9.0, which exposes aD-Bus APIfor managing power profiles with root privileges. How the flaw works TLP’s profiles daemon runs as…
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Voice cloning defenses are easier to undo than expected
Many voice protection tools promise to block cloning by adding hidden noise to speech. Researchers at a Texas university found that widely used voice protection methods can be … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/08/voice-authentication-audio-cleanup-risk/
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Die wichtigsten CISO-Trends für 2026
Tags: ai, ciso, compliance, cyersecurity, group, nis-2, resilience, risk, risk-management, software, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustLesen Sie, vor welchen Herausforderungen CISOs mit Blick auf das Jahr 2026 stehen.Das Jahr 2025 war für viele CISOs herausfordernd. Anfang des Jahres wurden mit dem Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) alle Finanzunternehmen dazu verpflichtet, ihre Cybersicherheit zu erhöhen. Zudem mussten sich in diesem Jahr zahlreiche Unternehmen mit der NIS2-Umsetzung auseinandersetzen. Vor welchen Schwierigkeiten stehen…
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Researchers rush to warn defenders of max-severity defect in n8n
Roughly 100,000 servers running the automated workflow platform for AI and other enterprise tools are potentially exposed to exploitation. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/n8n-critical-vulnerability-massive-risk/
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Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes for Phishing via HTML Table
Threat actors are continuing to refine “quishing” phishing delivered through QR codes by shifting from traditional image-based payloads to “imageless” QR codes rendered directly in email HTML, a tactic designed to sidestep security tools that focus on decoding QR images. QR code abuse is not new, but it remains effective because the user experience is…
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Critical n8n Vulnerability Allows Authenticated Remote Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in n8n, the popular workflow automation tool, potentially allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host server. Identified as CVE-2026-21877, this high-severity vulnerability affects both self-hosted and n8n Cloud instances, posing a significant risk to organizations relying on the platform for business process automation. The vulnerability has…
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In 2026, Hackers Want AI: Threat Intel on Vibe Hacking & HackGPT
Cybercriminals are increasingly using AI to lower the barrier to entry for fraud and hacking, shifting from skill-based to AI-assisted attacks known as “vibe hacking.” Flare examines how underground forums promote AI tools, jailbreak techniques, and so-called “Hacking-GPT” services that promise ease rather than technical mastery. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/in-2026-hackers-want-ai-threat-intel-on-vibe-hacking-and-hackgpt/
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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Fraud attacks expected to ramp up in AI ‘perfect storm’
2026 is poised to be “the year of impersonation attacks” amid an explosion of AI-powered tools, a fraud prevention expert;said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fraud-attacks-expected-ramp-up-amid-ai-perfect-storm/808960/
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Neue Ransomware-Bedrohung zielt auf deutsche Unternehmen
Tags: backup, ciso, cloud, cyberattack, encryption, extortion, firewall, germany, infrastructure, intelligence, network, ransomware, threat, tool, vmware, vulnerabilityDer Ransomware-Dienst Ransomhouse nutzt jetzt eine komplexe Dual-Schlüssel-Verschlüsselung und automatisierte Angriffe auf VMware ESXi.Sicherheitsexperten haben kürzlich festgestellt, dass die Ransomware-Gruppe Jolly Scorpius ihren RaaS-(Ransomware as a Service)-Dienst Ransomhouse massiv verbessert hat. Wie das Threat-Intelligence-Team von Palo Alto Networks berichtet, nutzt die Gruppe jetzt ein fortschrittliches duales Verschlüsselungssystem.Die Angriffe basieren auf einer aktualisierten Version des Verschlüsselungs-Trojaner…
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DDoSia Powers Affiliate-Driven Hacktivist Attacks
Pro-Russian group NoName057(16) uses a custom denial-of-service tool to mobilize volunteers and disrupt government, media, and institutional sites tied to Ukraine and the West. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ddosia-powers-volunteer-driven-hacktivist-attacks
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Baby’s got clack: HP pushes PCa-keyboard for businesses with hot desks
Notebook updates and enterprise tools also inbound from IT giant First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/hp_keyboard_pc/
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Webinar: Learn How AI-Powered Zero Trust Detects Attacks with No Files or Indicators
Security teams are still catching malware. The problem is what they’re not catching.More attacks today don’t arrive as files. They don’t drop binaries. They don’t trigger classic alerts. Instead, they run quietly through tools that already exist inside the environment, scripts, remote access, browsers, and developer workflows.That shift is creating a blind spot.Join us for…
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The Shift Left of Boom: Making Cyberthreat Prevention Practical Again
The old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ has lost value in today’s cybersecurity industry. Instead, security teams are advised to assume that the business has been breached and focus on threat detection, investigation, response and recovery. However, during cyber incident postmortems, it is not uncommon to find that the business owned the tool that would have protected it against the breach……
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Cursor, Windsurf und Co.: Vibe-Coding-Tools können Usern Malware empfehlen
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/cursor-windsurf-vibe-coding-tools-empfehlen-usern-malware-1724004/
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Malicious Chrome Extension Leaks ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats of 900,000 Users
Over 900,000 Chrome users have been compromised by two malicious extensions that secretly exfiltrate ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations to attacker-controlled servers. Security researchers discovered the extensions impersonating the legitimate AITOPIA AI sidebar tool, with one rogue extension even earning Google’s >>Featured
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8 things CISOs can’t afford to get wrong in 2026
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dora, encryption, finance, firmware, GDPR, healthcare, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, iot, jobs, law, malicious, monitoring, network, privacy, ransom, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trust“Identity and access controls for AI agents and AI platforms are one of the most important areas of concern for CISOs,” says Jason Stading, director at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. “Right now, permissions and access rights for AI are a black box in many areas. We will see a major push over…
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Gen AI data violations more than double
Security teams track activity that moves well beyond traditional SaaS platforms, with employees interacting daily with generative AI tools, personal cloud services, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/07/gen-ai-data-violations-2026/
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Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream
Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk’s X is now removing barriers to entry”, and making the results public. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/grok-is-pushing-ai-undressing-mainstream/
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Missing MFA Strikes Again: Hacker Hits Collaboration Tools
Terabytes of Data Stolen From Cloud-Based Collaboration Tools, Researchers Warn. Dozens of organizations that use real-time content collaboration platforms appear to have lost not only credentials but also terabytes of hosted data to information-stealing malware being wielded by an initial access broker with a sideline in auctioning large volumes of stolen data. First seen on…
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Copilot, Recall, and Other AI Tools Can Be Removed from Windows 11 with New Tool
A new community tool is giving Windows 11 users far more control over Microsoft’s growing stack of AI features. An open”‘source project called RemoveWindowsAI now lets administrators and power users disable or strip out components such as Copilot, Recall, and other AI integrations that are tightly integrated with the operating system and Microsoft apps. The tool targets…