CVE-2026-7958

Inappropriate implementation in ServiceWorker in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML UXSS via a crafted Chrome Extension. Chromium security severity: Medium...

STARDIS: Strategic Scheduling and Deceptive Signaling for Satellite Intrusion Detection System Deployment

Satellite communication networks operate under stringent computational constraints and are susceptible to sophisticated cyberattacks. This paper introduces a novel defense framework that decouples security optimization into ground-based analysis and onboard real-time execution. In the long-term...

EUVD-2019-10259

Malware in sbrugna...

GPT-4o-mini Falls for Psychological Manipulation

Interesting experiment: To design their experiment, the University of Pennsylvania researchers tested 2024's GPT-4o-mini model on two requests that it should ideally refuse: calling the user a jerk and giving directions for how to synthesize lidocaine. The researchers created experimental prompts...

CVE-2025-3892

ACAP applications can be executed with elevated privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the Axis device is configured to allow the installation of unsigned ACAP applications, and if an attacker convinces the victim to install a maliciou...

webkit: maliciously crafted webpage may be able to fingerprint the user

A flaw was found in WebKit. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions through an injection issue by persuading a victim to access a specially crafted website, enabling the attackers to fingerprint the user...

Command with Confidence: Insights from Andrew Bustamante

At the recent Take Command Summit, former CIA intelligence officer and US Air Force combat veteran Andrew Bustamante shared valuable tools, tactics, and techniques from elite intelligence agencies with Rapid7’s Americas Field CTO Jeffrey Gardner in an informal chat. His session, "Command with...

CVE-2024-20281

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Cisco Nexus Dashboard hosted services could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF...

CVE-2022-20735 Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management...

Cisco Webex Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability Vulnerability (cisco-sa-webex-player-kxtkFbnR)

The version of Cisco Webex Network Recording Player and Cisco Webex Player installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to insufficient validation of certain elements within a Webex recording that is stored in either the Advanced Recording Format ARF or th...

Should There Be Limits on Persuasive Technologies?

Persuasion is as old as our species. Both democracy and the market economy depend on it. Politicians persuade citizens to vote for them, or to support different policy positions. Businesses persuade consumers to buy their products or services. We all persuade our friends to accept our choice of...

Input validation

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Microsoft Windows and Cisco Webex Player for Microsoft Windows could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. The vulnerabilities exist due to insufficient validation of certain elements with a Webex...

The psychology of social engineering—the “soft” side of cybercrime

Forty-eight percent of people will exchange their password for a piece of chocolate,1 91 percent of cyberattacks begin with a simple phish,2 and two out of three people have experienced a tech support scam in the past 12 months.3 What do all of these have in common? They make use of social...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in fall 2019

By David Liebenberg and Kendall McKay. While many Cisco Talos Incident Response CTIR engagements have shown similar patterns over the past two quarters, we’re seeing a dangerous trend emerge this winter. Threat actors are increasingly combining the exfiltration of sensitive data along with data...

CVE-2019-1881 Cisco Industrial Network Director Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Industrial Network Director IND could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF...

How Political Campaigns Use Personal Data

Really interesting report from Tactical Tech. Data-driven technologies are an inevitable feature of modern political campaigning. Some argue that they are a welcome addition to politics as normal and a necessary and modern approach to democratic processes; others say that they are corrosive and...

Cisco Industrial Network Director Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Industrial Network Director could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF...

Cisco Tetration Analytics Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Tetration Analytics could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for t...

Cisco Meeting Server Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Meeting Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the...

CVE-2018-0365

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF...