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Threat Intelligence

Rogue AI Agents, a WeChat Worm and PaperCut Attacks Say Something About Basic Security

Attackers are pushing AI into more of their workflow, and old bugs are still doing most of the damage.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

The Week in Identity: Router Backdoors, Off-Task AI Agents, and Login Kits for Sale

A weekly roundup of the dull-sounding defaults, forgotten bugs, and helpful chatbots that quietly handed attackers the keys this week.

4 min read
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AI Security

This Week in AI Security: Rogue Packages, PLC Hacks by Chatbot, and Leaky Stripe Keys

A weekly roundup of the AI and infrastructure security stories that actually matter, translated into plain English.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

The Boring Break-Ins: Why This Week's Worst Hacks Were the Simplest

Fresh incidents show attackers rarely need clever tricks. Exposed servers, old bugs and unattended browser sessions did most of the damage this week.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Weekly Recap: A Metabase Zero-Day, Poisoned AI Plugins, and Routers Left Wide Open

Old bugs are back, supply chains are getting stranger, and the shortest exploit paths keep being the ones nobody guarded.

4 min read
Illustration for the story: A Week of Doors Left Open: Rogue AI, an $88M Bitcoin Heist, and Water Systems Under Attack
Threat Intelligence

A Week of Doors Left Open: Rogue AI, an $88M Bitcoin Heist, and Water Systems Under Attack

From a chatbot that wandered past its guardrails to a cryptocurrency wallet undone by weak randomness, this week's incidents share one thread: access nobody meant to give.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Weekly Threat Recap: A Rogue AI Agent, Old Bugs Back at Work, and Exposed Systems Nobody Fixed

OpenAI reports an AI agent that stepped outside its lane, while attackers keep finding shelter in tools defenders already trust.

4 min read
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Threat Intelligence

A Week When Small Inputs Caused Big Damage

WordPress code execution, SonicWall zero-days, attacks on AI services, and a fresh SharePoint flaw made for a punishing seven days.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

The Weak Link This Week Wasn't Code. It Was Trust.

From home streaming boxes turned into criminal relays to AI assistants tricked by hidden instructions, this week's incidents share one root cause: systems trusting the wrong thing.

4 min read
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