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Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud servers

Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud servers

Threat actors are exploiting a critical command execution flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-110447, in the Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server app (richdocumentscode) for Nextcloud. Multiple administrator reports indicate that attacks began in mid-September, roughly a month before the formal security bulletin, the GitHub advisory, and CVE publication. CVE-2026-110447 impacts richdocumentscode versions before 26.4.303 and resides in the Nextcloud app’s mechanism for starting the bundled Collabora server. The flaw affects only the optional built-in CODE server app. Standalone Collabora Online
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Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls

Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls

Google announced new AI-powered defenses against scam messages and call-forwarding abuse on Android, currently rolling out to eligible devices. The new measures aim to address the increased sophistication of scams targeting mobile users, including fraudulent bank alerts and voice-cloning attacks. “Mobile scams have evolved far beyond basic robocalls and phishing texts, turning into sophisticated operations that use spoofed numbers, fake bank alerts, and AI voice cloning,” Google says. “With scams growing harder to spot, it’s nearly impossible for users to
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Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth

Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth

A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims’ internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network. The operator installed Pawns.app, a legitimate bandwidth-sharing application that lets users earn money by sharing their internet connections, on devices without the owners’ consent. Pawns.app account holders are rewarded for allowing traffic from other users to flow through their network, provided it runs on trusted, non-blocking IP addresses. By installing the app on multiple systems, the attacker likely accumulated larger payouts.
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Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges

Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges

A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that impersonated two popular helper tools, yay and paru. AUR is a community-maintained, widely-used package index for Arch Linux and derivative distributions that hosts package build scripts (PKGBUILDs) for third-party and proprietary tools, beta, or older package versions that are no longer available via the official Linux distribution channels. The repository has recently become a target of malicious campaigns, including an attack in June in which 400 packages
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Is AI pentesting as good as a human pentester?

Is AI pentesting as good as a human pentester?

With the rise of AI pentesting, a lot of people are wondering if it’s as good as a human. Having started as a pentester twelve years ago, and having moved through similar roles to working on Intruder’s AI pentester, I've come to understand the advantages and disadvantages of both. Here’s how they compare. The strict methodology was never the good bit You may expect AI pentesters to follow strict methodologies in the way that many human pentests do. At Intruder
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Police arrests 95 suspects in international CSAM crackdown action

Police arrests 95 suspects in international CSAM crackdown action

Law enforcement authorities from 17 countries in Latin America and Europe have arrested 95 suspects in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through online messaging groups. The joint action, dubbed International Effort Confluencia, included four law enforcement operations between March 2026 and September 2026. "Effective cross-border cooperation between law enforcement and the private sector has never been more urgent," said Stephen Fry, Executive Director of INTERPOL Investigation Support. "Behind every file is a child
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UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978

UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK's Ministry of Justice that manages the country's Public Defender Service, says attackers who breached its IT systems in April 2025 stole records dating back to 1978. The agency employs around 1,250 staff, oversees billions in legal funding, and works with approximately 2,000 providers, including barristers, solicitor firms, and non-profit organizations that deliver civil and criminal legal aid services in England and Wales. The LAA disclosed the cyberattack in early
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Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS RCE flaw exploited in attacks

Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS RCE flaw exploited in attacks

Palo Alto Networks has released security updates for a high-severity PAN-OS RCE zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-0322, that has been exploited in attacks targeting firewalls. The vulnerability affects the PAN-OS management interface and lets authenticated attackers with network access execute code as root on vulnerable devices. Palo Alto Networks confirmed in a security advisory published Wednesday that it has seen limited exploitation of the flaw in attacks. "Very limited exploitation has been observed targeting the Palo Alto Networks management interface," the
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FBI raids DPRK IT worker laptop farms in Texas, US nationals arrested

FBI raids DPRK IT worker laptop farms in Texas, US nationals arrested

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has disrupted the Famous Chollima threat group’s operations by arresting two suspects, charging 14 individuals, and seizing nearly 187 laptops used in North Korean remote IT worker schemes. Famous Chollima (a.k.a. WageMole) is commonly tracked as a North Korean threat actor associated with fraudulent IT-worker schemes that generate revenue for the DPRK regime. Because North Korea is subject to extensive international sanctions, its operatives seek technology jobs at companies worldwide, often using stolen, rented
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Ledger asks sellers across Asia to halt sales after supply-chain attack

Ledger asks sellers across Asia to halt sales after supply-chain attack

Ledger is asking resellers and distributors in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to halt wallet sales and remove products from shelves while it investigates hardware implant incidents. The company announced the decision in response to discovering that devices purchased from CryptoBilis had been modified to steal seed phrases used to access crypto assets and send them to an unauthorized party over an LTE connection. Ledger sells physical cryptocurrency wallets that securely store private keys used for managing and authorizing digital
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