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ClickFix Attacks Deliver macOS Stealer That Can Drain Crypto Wallets 2026-08-08 at 04:49 By ClickFix-style attacks are being used to deliver a Go-based malware capable of stealing cryptocurrency assets, as well as browser-stored passwords, Apple iCloud Keychain data, and cached credentials. The macOS-focused infection chain is designed to deliver a shell script that profiles the […]

UNC6671 Vishing Attacks Target Personal Phones to Steal SaaS Data 2026-08-08 at 04:49 By A recent wave of cyber attacks targeting financial services, private equity, and professional services is attributed to a data extortion group known as UNC6671. “UNC6671 continues to rely on voice phishing (vishing) to target enterprise employees, posing as IT help desk

Yahoo News’ AI-powered tool drew just 3% of its articles from conservative outlets: study 2026-08-07 at 22:46 By Thomas Barrabi Media Research Center – a conservative watchdog that has previously called out Apple News, Google and other aggregators for alleged bias – conducted a review of the “Yahoo 100” feed. The tool “uses AI to

Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer 2026-08-07 at 21:48 By A cluster of nearly 800 malicious packages has been published to the npm registry as part of a new campaign designed to deliver cross-platform malware targeting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. “These packages appear to use AI slop squatted, or randomly

11 Reasons Native Telemetry Correlation Matters in XDR 2026-08-07 at 21:45 By Shanleigh Reardon The best XDR doesn’t just collect signals—it connects them This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

This new ‘AI’ chatbot is actually just one very tired guy 2026-08-07 at 21:43 By Bianca Zalben The tongue-in-cheek project is advertised on a $6,000 San Francisco billboard, and was launched as a commentary on society’s increasingly automatic reliance on artificial intelligence. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

New WordPress Pre-Auth XSS Could Lead to PHP Code Execution – Patch ASAP 2026-08-07 at 15:56 By WordPress has fixed a pre-authentication reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in its login screen that affects every version of the content management system. pwn.ai demonstrated how the flaw can be chained into PHP code execution on the server

Growing Up The Hard Way 2026-08-07 at 14:55 By Open Source had a great childhood. For two decades it got to be a kid. It ran around barefoot, gave everything away, trusted strangers, and never once thought about who was watching. It ran the kind of lemonade stand that took IOUs from anyone who wandered

18-Year-Old Linux SCTP Flaw Could Let Local Users Gain Root and Escape Containers 2026-08-07 at 14:10 By A use-after-free bug in Linux’s SCTP networking code can be turned into full root on a host, and Tencent researchers say they used it to escape a container and reach the machine underneath. The flaw has existed since

Tish James, Kathy Hochul’s pursuit of Kalshi raises questions about why they’re ignoring Polymarket 2026-08-07 at 14:00 By Charles Gasparino Kalshi argues the suit is a death blow to its business. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

I tested the new Samsung Galaxy Watch9: The health tracker’s most exciting features 2026-08-07 at 12:59 By Carly Stern The new watch, on sale today, tracks fitness and sleep, measures antioxidants in the skin, and an even do a body composition scan. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

New NatJack Attacks Hijack TCP Sessions and Spoof DNS by Manipulating NAT Tables 2026-08-07 at 12:32 By Security researcher Malcolm Stagg has disclosed a new attack class called NatJack that manipulates network address translation (NAT) connection state to hijack active TCP sessions, spoof DNS responses, expose mapped ports, and exhaust NAT tables. Presented at Black Hat USA