The researcher dropped the MiniPlasma exploit that uses the original proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting the bug. The post Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE appeared first on SecurityWeek.
At least one threat actor has adopted the recently released malware source code in attacks against NPM developers. The post First Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Emerge appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four new npm packages containing information-stealing malware, one of which is a clone of the Shai-Hulud worm open-sourced by TeamPCP. The list of identified packages is below – chalk-tempalte (825 Downloads) @deadcode09284814/axios-util (284 Downloads) axois-utils (963 Downloads) color-style-utils (934 Downloads) “One of the packages (chalk-tempalte)
Grafana appears to have been targeted by Coinbase Cartel, a cybercrime group linked to ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsus$. The post Grafana Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim They Stole Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The flaw leads to denial-of-service on default configurations and to remote code execution if ASLR is disabled. The post Exploitation of Critical NGINX Vulnerability Begins appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations. According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon Black teams, the pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered to corrupt uranium-compression simulations that are central to nuclear weapon design. “Fast16’sRead More »Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations
Chaotic Eclipse, the security researcher behind the recently disclosed Windows flaws, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day flaw that grants attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. Codenamed MiniPlasma, the vulnerability impacts “cldflt.sys,” which refers to the Windows Cloud Files MiniRead More »MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems
Participants demonstrated exploits for Windows, Linux, VMware, Nvidia, and AI products. The post Hackers Earn $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A newly disclosed security flaw impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open has come under active exploitation in the wild, days after its public disclosure, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS score: 9.2), is a heap buffer overflow in ngx_http_rewrite_module affecting NGINX versions 0.6.27 through 1.30.0. According toRead More »NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE
Grafana has disclosed that an “unauthorized party” obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company’s GitHub environment and download its codebase. “Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this incident, and we have found no evidence of impact toRead More »Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt
