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ClingSTUN: The Linux Backdoor Hiding in Your Router's Traffic
A newly tracked malware strain is quietly turning home routers, security cameras, and smart-office hardware into a criminal relay network, and it uses the internet's own plumbing to avoid detection.
Intel and AMD Quietly Patched Over 80 Security Flaws. Here Is What That Means For You.
Two of the biggest names in computer chips fixed a pile of serious vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday. Some could let attackers take full control of an affected machine.
15 Flaws in TP-Link Kit Put Automatic Network Setup at Risk
Security researchers found 15 vulnerabilities in TP-Link's Omada networking system and warn that the convenient zero-touch setup process millions of organisations rely on could hand criminals the keys to an entire network.
Siemens Patches Four Flaws in SICAM 8 Grid Kit, Including a Firmware Signing Bypass
Siemens is pushing V26.20 firmware for gear that sits inside power stations. One bug lets an insider install their own firmware and have it survive every reboot.
AI Data Centres Are Being Built at Speed. Security Is Not Keeping Up.
A new report finds that the same assumptions baked into traditional data centres are being carried straight into AI facilities, where the blast radius of a single breach is far wider.
Give an AI a Body and You Give It an Attack Surface
Warehouses and factories are buying humanoid robots before security teams have a single audit standard to work from. Here's what that means for the people on the floor.
Eleven Old Microsoft-Signed Boot Files Could Let Hackers Slip Past Secure Boot
Researchers say the signed UEFI applications, still trusted by most PCs, can be used to load malicious code before Windows even starts.
Six bugs in U-Boot bootloader open the door to hidden firmware attacks
Researchers found flaws in the open-source code that starts up millions of embedded devices, from routers to industrial kit. Fixes are out.
Six New Bugs in U-Boot Could Let Attackers Hijack Devices at Startup
Binarly researchers found flaws in the tiny program that boots routers, cameras and server chips. Two of them could let intruders run their own code before the device even wakes up.
A Secret Backdoor in Tenda Home Routers Lets Strangers Take Control, and There Is No Fix
A hidden login trick buried in Tenda networking gear gives anyone who knows the magic password full administrative control. The maker has not responded, and no patch exists.
Hidden Admin Backdoor Found in Tenda Router Firmware, CERT/CC Warns
CVE-2026-11405 lets an attacker skip the password check entirely and seize full administrative control of affected Tenda routers through the web interface.
Flipper Zero firmware goes into maintenance mode as company hands the wheel to volunteers
The pocket-sized hacking gadget's maker is shrinking its firmware team and letting the community vote on what gets built next.
Seven flaws in a tiny bit of code could shake millions of gadgets
runZero found bugs in FatFs, the filesystem library hiding inside cameras, drones and hardware crypto wallets. Patches are already trickling out, but the fix will take years.
Satellite reaction wheel flaw lets attackers with physical access swap in malicious firmware
CISA flags a signature-verification gap in CubeSpace's CW0057, tracked as CVE-2026-13743. The vendor rates practical risk as low.