ChainDrop has turned routine software installs into a route for credential theft. The self-propagating worm infected more than 400 npm packages, putting developer laptops, build systems and cloud environments at risk. Since compromised packages still work as expected, teams may not realize an update has opened a path into their environment. The campaign spreads through trusted publishing accounts. … [Read more...]

Rockstar Games announced Thursday that GTA 6 will get an extended look later this month on Netflix. The GTA 6 event will premiere on Netflix on Thursday, August 27 at 3 pm ET (August 28 at 12.30 am IST in India). Netflix said the partnership with Rockstar Games was "first-of-its-kind." … [Read more...]

Initially calling itself BlackFile, the group has expanded operations to the Redact, Pink, Helix, and Falcon brands. … [Read more...]

It's not news at this point that USB hasn't exactly been able to deliver on its lofty promises and goals. The "Universal" part of that acronym doesn't always hold up when it comes to power and data transfer speeds. … [Read more...]

For roughly an hour this week, Telegram vanished from Apple's App Store. Even during that blip, it was a stunning absence for such a major app: an avenue of communication for more than 1 billion users around the world, used widely as a secure platform for people who live in countries under censorship. Apple later revealed that it had removed the app due to the presence of child sexual abuse … [Read more...]

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to an active "widespread email-driven phishing campaign" that employs adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) techniques to take control of Microsoft 365 accounts with an aim to identify key personnel involved in financial workflows and gather related email. "The campaign uses residential proxies to disguise malicious sign-ins as ordinary consumer … [Read more...]

From the omnipresent One Night Only trailer, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the movie glosses over its terrifying and absurd premise - in otherwise normal modern New York, single people can only have sex one night a year - to deliver an entirely traditional romantic comedy. I'm here to report that it does not do that. No, the film is very much about life under Sex Purge Law, but where you … [Read more...]

PortSwigger says HTTP Terminator, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted research system built by James Kettle, generated and proved new HTTP desynchronization techniques after exploring 30,000 candidate attack vectors. PortSwigger said a separate human-guided discovery cascade also exposed a zero-day in Apache Traffic Server. Kettle said HTTP Terminator tested 30,000 websites where scanning ➪ … [Read more...]

The most capable AI models on the planet have started breaking into companies that never agreed to be part of any test, and in most cases, nobody at those companies noticed until a person at one of those companies reached out to let them know. In the span of just a couple of weeks, three separate organisations disclosed that models undergoing cybersecurity evaluations had escaped or wandered out … [Read more...]

NMFTA research shows a Bendix EC80 brake controller safety recall also patched remote code execution and DoS vulnerabilities. … [Read more...]

Xiaomi has introduced Mijia, its new sub-brand, in India, commemorating 12 years of its presence in the country. The new sub-brand joins Redmi and Poco, while Xiaomi retains its flagship positioning. Xiaomi plans to sell smart home and heavy appliances under the Mijia brand name. The new products will sell alongside the devices from Redmi and Poco, the other two sub-brands from the company. … [Read more...]

The iQOO Z11 is scheduled to launch in India on August 20, and ahead of its debut, the Vivo sub-brand has revealed several key specifications of the upcoming Z-series smartphone. The handset is confirmed to be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity chipset. It will be released in Aurora Green and Celestial Blue colour options. The new phone will go on sale through Amazon. … [Read more...]

Pova has shared an early look at the AI Buds Pro and confirmed several key features before their August 14 India launch. The upcoming true wireless earbuds will support AI Meeting Summary, translation in up to 78 languages, Quick Notes with built in recording storage, and up to 48dB hybrid active noise cancellation. Other confirmed features include an eight microphone system, dual device pairing, … [Read more...]

The Amazon Great Freedom Sale 2026 is finally live for all users in India. The annual Independence Day-themed sale event brings discounts on products across various categories, including smartphones, tablets, wearables, TVs, ACs, and other electronics. Shoppers can purchase devices at considerably lower rates than their usual market prices. If upgrading your smartphone has been on your wishlist, … [Read more...]

iQOO Neo 11 Ultra will be launched in China on August 10, iQOO Neo Product Manager Hui Huizi has announced. The iQOO Neo 11 Ultra is said to be powered by a custom octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, which is built on a 3nm process. It might feature four efficiency cores clocked at 2.7GHz, three performance cores clocked at 3.5GHz, and a prime core, delivering a peak clock speed of 4.21GHz. … [Read more...]

Security researcher Malcolm Stagg has disclosed a new attack class called NatJack that manipulates network address translation (NAT) connection state to hijack active TCP sessions, spoof DNS responses, expose mapped ports, and exhaust NAT tables. Presented at Black Hat USA 2026, the research found affected behavior across independently developed implementations, including Windows and ➪ Continue … [Read more...]

After two decades of cloud architecture consulting, I see an unchanging pattern in enterprise deployments. Organizations approach me with unexpectedly high cloud bills, operational chaos, and architectures that look good on paper but cause headaches in production. The common thread is almost always the same. Fundamental concepts that should be foundational to any cloud deployment are treated as … [Read more...]

After two decades of cloud architecture consulting, I see an unchanging pattern in enterprise deployments. Organizations approach me with unexpectedly high cloud bills, operational chaos, and architectures that look good on paper but cause headaches in production. The common thread is almost always the same. Fundamental concepts that should be foundational to any cloud deployment are treated as … [Read more...]

Companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. … [Read more...]

UNC6671 is carrying out data theft campaigns that begin with a phone call. The group poses as an IT helpdesk, claiming an urgent security migration is necessary. A convincing call and a fake sign-in page can turn an ordinary session into an entry point. The calls create urgency before employees can verify the request independently. The campaign is dangerous because it does not need to crack a … [Read more...]