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Security researchers find surveillance implants in Chinese-made routers sold worldwide
By Zak Killian Published
Security researchers at Vulncheck discovered intentionally masked surveillance implants embedded in the firmware of numerous devices from Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics.

US Justice Department claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated systems at NASA, Senate, Federal Reserve, and more
By Jake Roach Published
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced domain seizures related to state-sponsored hacking activities that have impacted NASA, the Senate, and more.

AliExpress allegedly uses your browser's audio system to fingerprint your PC
By Kunal Khullar Published
A developer's investigation into a Bluetooth headphone issue uncovered hidden Web Audio processing on AliExpress that allegedly fingerprints browsers and collects detailed device information.

US authorities say Siemens controllers used for water and other infrastructure are being targeted by hackers
By Jowi Morales Published
Attacks on these industrial controllers could lead to sabotage of critical infrastructure.

Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras
By Mark Tyson Published
Slovakia sought to modernize its traffic control systems by acquiring a batch of 279 new speed cameras, but they have Russian backdoors and multiple other security issues.

Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini-PCs — maker requests takedown of report on the situation

Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access
By Luke James Published
The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) says that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-65400, an authentication bypass in macOS Screen Sharing.

White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations
By Luke James Published
President Trump signed a memorandum on August 12 establishing the first U.S. program that lets vetted private companies conduct offensive cyber operations.

Just one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level control
By Bruno Ferreira Last updated
Just one instruction on AMD CPUs gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families cracks open secret memory areas
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