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Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability
/in General NewsMozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came under active exploitation as a zero-day.
The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, has been described as a case of an incorrect handle that could lead to a sandbox escape.
“Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (
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Iran’s MOIS-Linked APT34 Spies on Allies Iraq & Yemen
/in General NewsThe Islamic Republic is keeping its enemies close and its friends closer, with espionage attacks aimed at nearby neighbors.
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Fake Snow White Movie Torrent Infects Devices with Malware
/in General NewsDisney’s latest Snow White movie, with a 1.6/10 IMDb rating, isn’t just the biggest flop the company has…
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Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public
/in General NewsWIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.
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OpenAI Bumps Up Bug Bounty Reward to $100K in Security Update
/in General NewsThe artificial intelligence research company previously had its maximum payout set at $20,000 before exponentially raising the reward.
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How CISA Cuts Impact Election Security
/in General NewsState and federal security experts weighed in on the impact that budgetary and personnel cuts to CISA will have on election security as a whole.
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Hoff’s Rule: People First
/in General NewsDark Reading Confidential Episode 5: Christofer Hoff, chief secure technology officer at LastPass, shares the human side of the story of how he led his team through a major cyber incident and built from the ground up a security team and security culture.
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Android Malware Exploits a Microsoft-Related Security Blind Spot to Avoid Detection
/in General NewsMicrosoft’s .NET MAUI lets developers build cross-platform apps in C#, but its use of binary blob files poses new risks by bypassing Android’s DEX-based security checks.
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SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
/in General NewsScandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”
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Splunk Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities
/in General NewsSplunk patches high-severity remote code execution and information disclosure flaws in Splunk Enterprise and Secure Gateway App.
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