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New Chrome Vulnerability Let Malicious Extensions Escalate Privileges via Gemini Panel - The Hacker News

TechnologyMarch 4, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome that could have permitted attackers to escalate privileges and gain access to local files on the systeâ...

? Weekly Recap: Proxy Botnet, Office Zero-Day, MongoDB Ransoms, AI Hijacks & New Threats - The Hacker News

TechnologyFebruary 3, 2026

Every week brings new discoveries, attacks, and defenses that shape the state of cybersecurity. Some threats are stopped quickly, while others go unseen until they cause real damage. Sometimes a sin…...

CERT Polska Details Coordinated Cyber Attacks on 30+ Wind and Solar Farms - The Hacker News

BusinessFebruary 2, 2026

CERT Polska, the Polish computer emergency response team, revealed that coordinated cyber attacks targeted more than 30 wind and photovoltaic farms, a private company from the manufacturing sector, a…...

Researchers Uncover Chrome Extensions Abusing Affiliate Links and Stealing ChatGPT Access - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 31, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Google Chrome extensions that come with capabilities to hijack affiliate links, steal data, and collect OpenAI ChatGPT authentication tokens. One …...

Fake Moltbot AI Coding Assistant on VS Code Marketplace Drops Malware - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 30, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free …...

Microsoft Office Zero-Day (CVE-2026-21509) - Emergency Patch Issued for Active Exploitation - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 28, 2026

Microsoft on Monday issued out-of-band security patches for a high-severity Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21509, carries a CVSS…...

Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 15, 2026

Node.js has released updates to fix what it described as a critical security issue impacting "virtually every production Node.js app" that, if successfully exploited, could trigger a denial-of-servic…...

Fortinet Fixes Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 15, 2026

Fortinet has released updates to fix a critical security flaw impacting FortiSIEM that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve code execution on susceptible instances. The operating syste…...

Microsoft Fixes 114 Windows Flaws in January 2026 Patch, One Actively Exploited - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 15, 2026

Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its first security update for 2026, addressing 114 security flaws, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 114 flaws,…...

Cisco Patches ISE Security Vulnerability After Public PoC Exploit Release - The Hacker News

TechnologyJanuary 9, 2026

Cisco has released updates to address a medium-severity security flaw in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) with a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. The…...