A new archive-manipulation technique called “Zombie ZIP” lets attackers conceal payloads inside ZIP files in a way that can evade many antivirus and endpoint detection solutions. The method was described by security researcher Chris Aziz of Bombadil Systems and has drawn warnings from CERT/CC and the wider security community. This post explains how Zombie ZIP works, what research and evidence
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Microsoft .NET Out-of-Bounds Read (CVE-2026-26127) Causes Remote Denial-of-Service Risk
Microsoft has issued an emergency security update to address a newly disclosed vulnerability in the .NET ecosystem that can be triggered remotely and results in denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-26127, affects multiple .NET runtime and package versions across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Administrators and developers should prioritize applying the available patches to prevent service disruption. What the
Zero-Day on the Market: $220K Exploit Targets Windows Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2026-21533)
Remote Desktop Services (RDS) has come under renewed scrutiny after reports that a working exploit for CVE-2026-21533 — an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop Services — was listed for sale on a dark web forum for $220,000. The listing and surrounding reporting are factual and straightforward: a recently created account advertised a claimed zero-day exploit, observers recorded the posting,
Clipboard Trap: ClickFix Now Abuses Windows Terminal to Deliver Lumma Stealer
A newly observed wave of ClickFix social-engineering attacks has shifted tactics, hijacking Windows Terminal as its execution environment to deliver credential-stealing malware. Security researchers from Microsoft and other vendors tracked this campaign in early 2026 and reported a reliable pattern: victims are manipulated into pasting an obfuscated command from their clipboard into a legitimate-looking terminal window, which then decodes and
When Claude Became a Bug Hunter: How an AI Found 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities in Two Weeks
In February 2026, a focused collaboration between Anthropic and Mozilla demonstrated a new phase in vulnerability research: large language models (LLMs) moving beyond assistance into active, high-throughput discovery. Over a two-week engagement, Claude Opus 4.6 performed deep analysis of the Firefox codebase and surfaced 22 distinct security flaws. The scope and speed of these findings — especially the 14 issues
Admin Account Backdoor: Critical Privilege-Flaw in WordPress User Registration Plugin (CVE-2026-1492)
A critical security flaw in a widely used WordPress membership plugin has made it trivially simple for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts and seize control of affected sites. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1492, exposes a systemic weakness in how the plugin handled role assignment during user registration. This post summarizes what happened, who discovered it, the immediate risks, and