Hackers are attempting to exploit two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin for WordPress that can be used to forge SAML responses and log in as administrators. The miniOrange SAML SSO plugin turns a WordPress site into a SAML service provider, letting users log in through corporate identity […]
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An unpatched vulnerability in Calix GS7 XGS (GS5239XG) residential routers used by multiple U.S. broadband providers allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to create port-forwarding rules that can expose local network devices to the public internet. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-75501 and is described as a missing authentication issue that affects devices running EXOS/6.6.47 firmware. Security
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Last week, we covered the very strange occurrence of a bug in the latest Windows update. Yes, a bug in a Windows update, say it isn’t so. Unfortunately, this one does incur our wrath of gamers more than most because it leads to some games becoming unresponsive. Games like Arc Raiders, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls,
In yet another unpleasant move in our AI hellscape, Amazon was caught training its generative AI using Twitch stream content earlier this month—a particularly brazen strategy, especially given Twitch’s chief product officer admitted that the data collection was opt-out because “nobody would opt in.” Hmm, I wonder why! Anyway, despite attempts to insist that Twitch
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered U.S. government agencies to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) within three days. The Zimbra security team patched the security flaw (tracked as CVE-2026-73570) in version 10.1.20, released on July 20. Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution by
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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Unfortunately, this also made it harder to install extensions like the highly popular uBlock Origin. While workarounds still existed by using Chrome flags, that’s no longer the case. It is now virtually impossible to get MV2 extensions to work in Chrome. So, what
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How can normal users increase their privacy, safety and security online? Over the last two decades, the internet quietly rebuilt itself around a business model that depends on knowing everything about you. Every app you install or use, every account you create, every website you visit, and every form you fill out becomes another data
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More than 9,300 Amazon Web Services (AWS) access keys publicly exposed between August 2022 and August 2026 are still active and valid. Truffle Security has been tracking this exposure for the past four years and says that 817 of the exposed keys were linked to companies, 526 of them being AWS root keys. According to
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A previously unknown malware family dubbed SynkLoader is being distributed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaigns to steal credentials via a fake lock screen. The attacker impersonates the target company’s IT help desk, a tactic Microsoft highlighted earlier this year as increasingly common in multi-stage attacks. Expel’s security researcher Marcus Hutchins explains that the attacks direct
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Written by: Farid Mustafayev, Cybersecurity Expert at ThreatLocker Named pipes are a common choice for communication between applications running on the same Windows computer. They are fast, supported directly by the operating system, and work well for communication between Windows services, desktop applications, tray processes, command-line utilities, and background agents. A typical design may include
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