What 45 Days of Watching Your Own Tools Will Tell You About Your Real Attack Surface

In Your Biggest Security Risk Isn't Malware — It's What You Already Trust , we made a simple argument: the most dangerous activity inside most organizations no longer looks like an attack. It looks like administration. PowerShell, WMIC, netsh, Certutil, MSBuild — the same trusted utilities your I...

CVE-2026-45369

python-utcp is the python implementation of UTCP. Prior to 1.1.3, the substituteutcpargs method in clicommunicationprotocol.py inserts user-controlled toolargs values directly into shell command strings without any sanitization or escaping. These commands are then executed via /bin/bash -c Unix o...

utcp-cli Vulnerable to Command Injection via Unsanitized Argument Substitution in CLI Communication Protocol

Summary The substituteutcpargs method in clicommunicationprotocol.py inserts user-controlled toolargs values directly into shell command strings without any sanitization or escaping. These commands are then executed via /bin/bash -c Unix or powershell.exe -Command Windows, allowing an attacker to...

CVE-2026-45369 python-utcp: Command Injection via Unsanitized Argument Substitution in CLI Communication Protocol

python-utcp is the python implementation of UTCP. Prior to 1.1.3, the substituteutcpargs method in clicommunicationprotocol.py inserts user-controlled toolargs values directly into shell command strings without any sanitization or escaping. These commands are then executed via /bin/bash -c Unix o...

CVE-2026-45369

Summary: CVE-2026-45369 affects python-utcp prior to 1.1.3, where _substitute_utcp_args in cli_communication_protocol.py injects user-controlled tool_args directly into shell commands without sanitization, leading to potential Remote Code Execution when commands are run via /bin/bash -c (Unix) or...

EUVD-2026-30351

Pode is a Cross-Platform PowerShell web framework for creating REST APIs, Web Sites, and TCP/SMTP servers. From 2.4.0, to before 2.13.0, when requesting content from a Static Route, it was possible to request paths such as http://localhost:8080/c:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts and have the...

Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter Repo Hits #1 on Hugging Face, Draws 244K Downloads

A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platform's trending list by impersonating OpenAI's Privacy Filter open-weight model to deliver a Rust-based information stealer to Windows users. The project, named Open-OSS/privacy-filter, masqueraded as its legitimate counterpart...

Windows Registry Privilege Escalation Scanner / Audit Tool

This PowerShell script is a defensive security auditing tool designed to inspect Windows registry areas commonly associated with privilege escalation EoP techniques and system misconfigurations...

SUSE CVE-2026-33414

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. Versions 4.8.0 through 5.8.1 contain a command injection vulnerability in the HyperV machine backend in pkg/machine/hyperv/stubber.go, where the VM image path is inserted into a PowerShell double-quoted string without sanitization, allowing $...

BIT-POWERSHELL-2026-26143 Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Improper input validation in Microsoft PowerShell allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally...

📄 Microsoft MMC (.MSC) File Execution Abuse Leading / Admin Creation

This Metasploit local Windows exploit module abuses the way Microsoft Management Console MMC processes specially crafted .msc files to achieve arbitrary PowerShell execution when a user opens the file. The payload is designed to create a new local administrator account or execute a custom command...

Fake Google Antigravity downloads are stealing accounts in minutes

Somebody went looking for Google’s new Antigravity coding tool this week, clicked download, ran the installer, and got exactly what they thought they were getting. Antigravity installed cleanly. A shortcut appeared on the desktop. The application opened and worked. Nothing looked or felt wrong. B...

The vulnerability of the PowerShell command interpreter for Windows operating systems allows attackers to circumvent existing security restrictions.

The vulnerability of PowerShell command interpreters on Windows operating systems is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to circumvent existing security restrictions...

Microsoft PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft PowerShell is a Microsoft-developed cross-platform task automation solution that includes a command-line shell, scripting language, and configuration management framework. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerShell, which is caused by incorrect input validati...

Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Microsoft PowerShell is a Microsoft-developed cross-platform task automation solution that includes a command-line shell, scripting language, and configuration management framework. A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerShell, which can be exploited by an attacker to...

PureRAT: A Multi-Stage, Fileless RAT Utilizing Image Steganography and Process Hollowing

PureRAT: A Multi-Stage, Fileless RAT Utilizing Image Steganography and Process Hollowing By Prashanth A N and Mallikarjun Wali · April 20, 2026 PureRAT is an advanced remote access trojan RAT characterized by its complex infection stages. The intrusion sequence is initiated by a malicious .LNK fi...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 04/17/2026

Happy Friday - Seven New Metasploit Modules We’re happy to announce that Metasploit Framework had a big week, landing seven new modules alongside various bug fixes and enhancements. This week’s highlights include RCE modules targeting AVideo, openDCIM, Selenium Grid/Selenoid, and ChurchCRM. On th...

BadSuccessor-PoC

🛡️ Advanced BadSuccessor CVE-2025-53779 – Weaponized PoC & D...

Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that's targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. "PowMix employs randomized command-and-control C2 beaconing intervals, rather than persisten...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-33414

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. Versions 4.8.0 through 5.8.1 contain a command injection vulnerability in the HyperV machine backend in...