A computer exploit, or exploit, is a program or piece of code developed to take advantage of a vulnerability in a computer or network system. Threat actors commonly use exploits to gain access to ...
Most security teams face the same problem. There are far more flaws than anyone can fix, and no clear way to know which ones matter. Empirical Security wants to predict the answer. The Chicago startup ...
Technical details and a public exploit have been published for a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet's Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution that could be leveraged by a ...
The same connectivity that made Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) the fastest-adopted AI integration standard in 2025 has created enterprise cybersecurity's most dangerous blind spot. The ...
On April 2, 2026, a security researcher using the name Chaotic Eclipse published a blog post stating that they were "doing it again." Under this warning, a link to a GitHub account page for a user ...
Google says hackers used AI to help build a zero-day exploit targeting 2FA, raising concerns about AI-assisted hacking. Google says hackers used AI to help build a zero-day exploit, then stopped it ...
A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim, who disclosed ...
Researchers at Paradigm Shift have published the technical details of usbliter8, a new unpatchable iPhone BootROM vulnerability that enables arbitrary code execution on devices powered by Apple’s A12 ...
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A buggy but functional proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for an unpatched Windows local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed BlueHammer has been published on GitHub by someone who goes by the handle ...
Security researchers found a way to bypass various Microsoft security features and build a proof-of-concept version of the EternalBlue exploit that could infect devices with earlier versions of ...
Apple issues a rare iOS 18 security patch as the DarkSword exploit threatens up to 270 million iPhones, marking a shift in its long-standing update policy. In a rare move, Apple is rewriting its own ...