#windows

A financially motivated threat actor codenamed UNC5142 has been observed abusing blockchain smart contracts as a way to facilitate the distribution of information stealers such as Atomic (AMOS), Lumma, Rhadamanthys (aka RADTHIEF), and Vidar, targeting both Windows and Apple macOS systems. "UNC5142 is characterized by its use of compromised WordPress websites and 'EtherHiding,' a technique used

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v4 8.5 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: FactoryTalk Linx Vulnerabilities: Privilege Chaining 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow full access to all files, processes, and system resources. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS Rockwell Automation reports that the following versions of the FactoryTalk Linx control system data communications platform are affected: FactoryTalk Linx: Versions 6.40 and prior 3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW 3.2.1 PRIVILEGE CHAINING CWE-268 A security issue exists within the x86 Microsoft Installer File (MSI), which is installed with FTLinx. Authenticated attackers with valid Windows user credentials can initiate a repair and hijack the resulting console window. This allows the launching of a command prompt running with SYSTEM-level privileges, which provides full access to all files, processes, and system resources. CVE-2025-9067 has been assig...

Cisco Talos has uncovered a new attack linked to Famous Chollima, a threat group aligned with North Korea (DPRK).

The online world is changing fast. Every week, new scams, hacks, and tricks show how easy it’s become to turn everyday technology into a weapon. Tools made to help us work, connect, and stay safe are now being used to steal, spy, and deceive. Hackers don’t always break systems anymore — they use them. They hide inside trusted apps, copy real websites, and trick people into giving up control

### Mitigation Make sure `GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN` is not set in a production environment. So the following is correct: ``` assert os.getenv("GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN") is None ``` ### **Vulnerability Description** --- **Vulnerability Overview** - When the GET /auth-codespace page loads in a GitHub Codespaces environment, it automatically assigns the redirect_to query parameter value directly to client-side links without any validation and triggers automatic clicks. This allows attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs. - The route is only registered when a Codespaces environment is detected, and the detection is controlled by environment variables. This means that the same behavior can be activated in production if the corresponding environment variable is set. **Vulnerable Code Analysis** https://github.com/reflex-dev/reflex/blob/51f9f2c2f52cac4d66c07683a12bc0237311b6be/reflex/utils/codespaces.py#L18-L46 - This code assigns th...

A threat actor with ties to China has been attributed to a five-month-long intrusion targeting a Russian IT service provider, marking the hacking group's expansion to the country beyond Southeast Asia and South America. The activity, which took place from January to May 2025, has been attributed by Broadcom-owned Symantec to a threat actor it tracks as Jewelbug, which it said overlaps with

October's Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes 170+ flaws, including 3 actively exploited zero-days and critical WSUS RCE (CVSS 9.8). Immediate patching is mandatory. Final free updates for Windows 10.

New research has uncovered that publishers of over 100 Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions leaked access tokens that could be exploited by bad actors to update the extensions, posing a critical software supply chain risk. "A leaked VSCode Marketplace or Open VSX PAT [personal access token] allows an attacker to directly distribute a malicious extension update across the entire install base,"

TLDR Even if you take nothing else away from this piece, if your organization is evaluating passkey deployments, it is insecure to deploy synced passkeys. Synced passkeys inherit the risk of the cloud accounts and recovery processes that protect them, which creates material enterprise exposure. Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) kits can force authentication fallbacks that circumvent strong

Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for a whopping 183 security flaws spanning its products, including three vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild, as the tech giant officially ended support for its Windows 10 operating system unless the PCs are enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Of the 183 vulnerabilities, eight of them are non-Microsoft