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Microsoft's Defender driver can be turned against you, Cisco drops five perfect-10 vulnerabilities, and a free new tool reveals exactly who's tracking you online. Here's what matters this week.
A hijacked developer account pushed malware to 245M-download Rust packages. Plus: Microsoft's identity platform exploited, GitLab under active attack, and Russian spies using Google to steal accounts.
A $30 TV box secretly moonlighting as a fraud machine, a critical flaw letting anyone read your Git server's files, and AI agents that accidentally hacked real websites during safety tests. Big week.
Ad networks poisoned to steal crypto, Russian spies hijacking hotel Wi-Fi, a perfect-10 Adobe flaw, and how your cheap streaming box may be secretly clicking fake ads for a Chinese fraud ring.
A working exploit for a critical WordPress flaw is public, a botnet is raiding AI tools for cloud keys, and CISA published a frank confession about leaving its own credentials exposed for six months. Big week.
Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly renting your home internet to criminals. Plus: two Linux bugs with working exploits, a critical industrial software flaw under active attack, and Scattered Spider members plead guilty in London.
Scattered Spider members plead guilty in the UK, two Cisco zero-days are under active attack, and that cheap Android TV box on your shelf may be routing criminal traffic through your home network.
A botnet hiding in cheap TV boxes is renting out your home internet to criminals. Plus: 430,000 firewalls breached, Scattered Spider members plead guilty, and a GitHub flaw anyone can exploit.
A four-year botnet secretly rented out millions of home internet connections. Plus: 73,000 Fortinet VPNs had passwords stolen, LastPass got caught in a supply chain breach, and WhatsApp is being used to hijack PCs worldwide.