A hardware fault injection attack results in the first Xbox One boot ROM-level compromise after 12 years.

An undocumented malware implant suspected to be associated with a China-linked actor has been identified by researchers at Cato Networks’ Cyber Threats Research Lab (CTRL). Their discovery was made ...

Writing my own virtualized loader is something I’ve been wanting to do since I first read Microsoft’s deep dive on FinFisher’s multi-layered VM obfuscation back in 2018. FinFisher didn’t just use one ...

CVE was built to track code flaws with fixes. It’s now being stretched to cover malware and supply chain incidents that don’t fit. Agent infrastructure and AI assets are where that drift becomes ...

Cybersecurity roundup: supply chain threats, AI agent risks, browser-cloning malware, mule networks, endpoint bypasses, and ...

Weekly ThreatsDay recap: old bugs, fake tools, shady payload tricks, AI mishaps, and the usual reminder that the internet is ...

A threat actor has used artificial intelligence coding tools to build and refine malware intended to bypass endpoint detection and response systems, highlighting how generative AI is being folded into ...

It covers the full attack progression — from basic shellcode injection through advanced ROP chain construction — as well as automation via pwntools. Key skills demonstrated: Binary exploitation on x86 ...

* detecting the shellcode during static analysis (when it inspects the file on disk). * XOR is the simplest operation: A ^ B = C, and C ^ B = A back. * The same function works for both encryption and ...

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