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SharePoint Bypass, Lazarus Backdoor, Rogue VPN Extensions

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Microsoft’s SharePoint authentication flaw has been actively exploited, a Windows zero‑day backdoor was deployed by Lazarus Group against defense firms worldwide, and almost 800 VPN Chrome extensions have been discovered funneling user traffic through hidden proxies.

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Chrome VPN Extensions Route Traffic Through State‑Controlled Proxies

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A study found 737 free Chrome extensions redirect user traffic through Russian proxies, affecting about 75 000 installs.

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SharePoint Auth Bypass Exposed After Public PoC Release

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A new Microsoft SharePoint flaw lets attackers bypass authentication by tweaking HTTP headers, risking broad corporate data exposure.

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Lazarus Uses Windows Zero-Day for Persistent Backdoor

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North Korean Lazarus Group exploited a patched Microsoft Windows flaw to install a backdoor targeting defense firms in France, Germany, Brazil, and India.

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VMware vCenter Vulnerability Allows Persistent Remote Control

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Threat actors are exploiting a newly patched VMware vCenter directory‑traversal flaw that lets them gain persistent remote control on affected systems.

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Microsoft Patches Critical Windows Driver Zero-Day Used in Active Attacks

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Microsoft released a patch closing CVE‑2026‑68820, a Windows kernel driver flaw that attackers are using to elevate privileges and take full control over compromised systems.

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Remote RDP Can Exploit PnP for Full System Takeover

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Researchers discovered that Windows 11’s Plug‑and‑Play can be abused via USB auto‑install over Remote Desktop to grant full system takeover.

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China‑Linked Hackers Deploy StormEncryptor Ransomware

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Microsoft disclosed that the financially motivated actor Storm‑1175 deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain named StormEncryptor, written in C++ and appending a .encrypted extension.

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VS Code Extension Steals Crypto Wallets

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A malicious Visual Studio Code extension called Solidity Pro has been found stealing users’ crypto wallets and credentials.

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Rovo AI Prompt Injection Exposes Jira Data, Webmail XSS, Metabase Admin Access

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Atlassian’s Rovo assistant can be tricked into sending user data to attackers via prompt injection, while recent research shows webmail interfaces are vulnerable to CSS-based XSS that steals credentials and tokens, and a zero‑day in Metabase allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject SQL for admin access.

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Atlassian Rovo Can Be Tricked Into Sending Data to Attackers

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Security researchers discovered Atlassian’s AI assistant Rovo can be tricked into sending users’ Jira or Confluence data to attackers.

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New CSS Attacks Break Webmail Defenses, Steal Passwords

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New CSS attacks allow theft of passwords on popular webmail services.

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