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New ChocoPoC RAT Targets Vulnerability Researchers via Fake PoC Exploit Repos

Attackers are hiding a data-stealing trojan inside fake exploit code aimed at the people who hunt bugs for a living. The malware, called ChocoPoC, travels in Python proof-of-concept (PoC) repositories ...
Windows Report

Mozilla Warns Clean GitHub Repositories Can Trick Claude Code Into Running Malware

Mozilla researchers revealed a new attack that tricks Claude Code into running hidden commands from seemingly harmless GitHub repositories.
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Programming Languages for Cyber Security: What the Tools Actually Use

Security tooling is not written in a single language. Python powers most automation. C sits at the exploit layer. PowerShell ...
SecurityWeek

Exploitable CI/CD Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Repositories to Hijacking

Cordyceps, a systemic class of exploitable CI/CD vulnerabilities, allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack developer ...
OSTechNix

Nmap Commands Explained: The Complete Guide to Network Scanning

Learn essential Nmap commands for network scanning, port discovery, and OS detection. Complete guide with examples and a ...
Developer Tech

OpenAI deploys GPT-5.5-Cyber for open-source vulnerability fixes

OpenAI has deployed GPT-5.5-Cyber to execute automated open-source vulnerability remediation alongside security firm Trail of ...
IEEE

Spiker+: A Framework for the Generation of Efficient Spiking Neural Networks FPGA Accelerators for Inference at the Edge

Abstract: Including Artificial Neural Networks in embedded systems at the edge allows applications to exploit Artificial Intelligence capabilities directly within devices operating at the network ...
TechRepublic

The First AI-Crafted Zero-Day Was Easy to Spot. The Next One May Not Be

Google reported the first confirmed AI-assisted zero-day exploit, raising new concerns about logic flaws, supply chain risk, and containment. AI-assisted hacking has crossed from theory into a ...
InfoQ

Copy Fail and Dirty Frag: Linux Page-Cache Exploits Target Every Major Distribution

Two Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed within a week of each other. Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), disclosed on 29 April 2026 by security firm Theori, ...
SiliconANGLE

Google says criminals used AI to build a working zero-day exploit for the first time

Criminal hackers have used artificial intelligence to develop a working zero-day exploit, the first confirmed case of its kind, according to a report released today by Google LLC’s Google Threat ...
Forbes

Cybercriminals Are Making Powerful Hacking Tools With AI, Google Warns

Cybercriminals created a zero-day exploit with AI, the first example of artificial intelligence finding and hacking software for an illicit enterprise, the tech giant says in a new report. Over the ...
CSOonline

Google discovers weaponized zero-day exploits created with AI

The 2FA bypass exploit stemmed from a faulty trust assumption, providing evidence of AI reasoning that can discover high-level logic flaws. The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) today released ...