BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot

A new UEFI bootkit named BlackX, deployed in an espionage campaign in early 2026, exploited the old Baton Drop vulnerability to bypass Secure Boot and load a malicious driver designed to interfere ...
Forbes

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BleepingComputer

Hackers exploit Citrix NetScaler zero-day to deploy web shells

Cybersecurity firms say attackers exploited the Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 zero-day to deploy custom web shells and tunneling malware, gain root access, steal credentials, and spread into ...
CoinDesk

NEAR Intents hit by $3.8 million exploit as crypto's rough year of hacks continues

Research HubBespoke research, primers, and quarterly updates trusted by allocators and protocol teams. Exchange BenchmarkThe institutional standard for evaluating exchange transparency, market ...
techtarget

DeepSeek and what enterprises should learn from AI agent exploits

In another instance of an AI model taking unsanctioned action, Chinese vendor DeepSeek’s model v4.1 Flash used API keys sitting in its own sandbox and used them to call out to other models. The ...
CSOonline

AI accelerates n-day attacks, as flaw disclosures and exploits double

AI is having a double impact in 2026, contributing to the rapid rise in vulnerability discovery and a concurrent surge in exploits crafted against known flaws. Attackers are increasingly weaponizing ...
Ars Technica

The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward

For a few years now, the PS5 hacking community has been chipping away at various exploits that let users fully jailbreak their locked-down console. For the most part, though, those exploits have only ...
Hosted on MSN

THORChain fees more than double its pre-surge week with no Bitget exploit money

THORChain garnered ~$404,600 in swap fees between October 5 and 11. The total is more than twice the ~$191,500 it earned the week prior to its spike in September, and no exploit-related money flowed ...
Kotaku

A New PS5 Jailbreak May Have Just Opened The Floodgates To Piracy

According to those who have installed the new Relapse exploit, it works with everything from Marvel's Wolverine to The Witcher 3 Remastered PlayStation PlayStation 5 PS5 Sony Hackers have uncovered a ...
Cleveland.com

Ohio State has a problem that its next opponent is set up to exploit

Kamari Moulton, Nathan McNeil, Xavier Williams and Braeden Jackson have turned a combined 97 carries into 747 yards and eight touchdowns. Each is running for at least six yards per carry and only ...
CNN

Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. The ...