Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using the ...

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Earlier this week, Microsoft patched a vulnerability that was flagged with the "highest ever" severity rating received by an ASP.NET Core security flaw. This HTTP request smuggling bug (CVE-2025-55315 ...

CVE-2025-55315 is an HTTP request smuggling bug leading to information leaks, file content tampering, and server crashes. Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday updates addressed a critical-severity ...

Abstract: The growing number of data breaches has brought attention to how important it is for web apps to use secure password hashing procedures. The drawbacks of conventional hashing algorithms, ...

Two local information-disclosure vulnerabilities have been identified in popular Linux crash-reporting tools, allowing attackers to access sensitive system data. The vulnerabilities, uncovered by the ...

One of the simplest ways for a hacker to gain control of your online accounts is by getting hold of your password. Sometimes, they do this through brute force attacks — automatically checking millions ...

Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research ...

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ABSTRACT: Information-stealing malware (ISM) is redefining the cybersecurity threat landscape, particularly through its integration into the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem. Traditional threat ...