Forbes

Angry Hacker Drops Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit, 1 Billion Users Warned

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
PC World

Security expert publishes Windows exploit after Microsoft went silent

PCWorld reports on the ‘BlueHammer’ zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to potentially take over Windows computers through privilege escalation. A frustrated security researcher published the ...
Bleeping Computer

Adversaries Exploit Vacant Homes to Intercept Mail in Hybrid Cybercrime

Fraud operations have expanded beyond traditional hacking techniques to include methods that exploit legitimate services and real-world infrastructure. By combining publicly available data, weak ...
TechRepublic

Apple Issues Rare Patch: Up to 270M iPhones Could Be Vulnerable to ‘DarkSword’ Exploit

Apple Issues Rare Patch: Up to 270M iPhones Could Be Vulnerable to ‘DarkSword’ Exploit Your email has been sent In a rare move, Apple is rewriting its own security playbook to stop a fast-spreading ...
CoinTelegraph

Drift explains $280M exploit as critics question Circle over USDC freeze

Drift said a durable nonce attack helped drive its Solana exploit, as critics questioned why stolen USDC moved for hours without a freeze. Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), ...
Tennessean

SBC public policy arm to appoint new head after controversy, upheaval

Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is the SBC's public policy arm, which has dealt with years of controversy as faction pushes for more hardline stances. Former ERLC president Brent Leatherwood ...
MacRumors

Apple to Issue Rare iOS 18 Software Update for DarkSword Exploit

Apple on Wednesday will issue software updates to devices still running iOS 18 to protect them from an exploit called DarkSword, which can silently take over an iPhone if it visits a website infected ...
Bleeping Computer

Coruna iOS exploit framework linked to Triangulation attacks

The Coruna exploit kit is an evolution of the framework used in the Operation Triangulation espionage campaign, which in 2023 targeted iPhones via zero-click iMessage exploits. The software has been ...
Mashable

iPhone exploit DarkSword has been released in the wild: How to protect yourself

iPhone users should be on alert: DarkSword spyware has been posted in the wild. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Images DarkSword, the web-based hacker tool that can be used to steal data from millions of ...
9to5Mac

DarkSword exploit, which affects outdated versions of iOS, leaks on GitHub

The exploit, revealed last week by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, is now publicly available on GitHub, increasing the urgency for older iPhones and iPads to run the latest available iOS and ...
TechCrunch

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones

Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone users that used an advanced hacking tool called DarkSword. Now someone has leaked a newer version of DarkSword and ...
Tidbits

DarkSword Exploit Threatens iPhones Still Running iOS 18

Security researchers at Google, iVerify, and Lookout have jointly revealed the discovery of a sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit called DarkSword, which multiple threat actors are using to ...