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A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension verification process, ultimately enabling attackers to execute malicious code on developer machines. "We discovered that flawed verification checks in Visual Studio Code allow publishers to add functionality

 Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 6.16-rc4, marking another stable milestone in the development cycle despite what he describes as a “fairly large merge window.”  The latest release candidate continues…

 Microsoft is set to revolutionize user interaction with artificial intelligence agents and bots in Teams through a streamlined integration experience launching in June 2025.  The technology giant will deploy this…

 European law enforcement agencies have successfully dismantled a sophisticated cryptocurrency investment fraud network that laundered EUR 460 million in illicit profits from over 5,000 victims globally.  The coordinated operation, executed…

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 1, 2025 – Read the full story in Forbes While awareness is supposedly on the rise,…

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 A critical vulnerability that allows low-privileged attackers to decrypt Chrome’s AppBound Cookie Encryption, a security feature Google introduced in July 2024 to protect user cookies from infostealer malware.  The attack,…

Despite years of investment in Zero Trust, SSE, and endpoint protection, many enterprises are still leaving one critical layer exposed: the browser. It’s where 85% of modern work now happens. It’s also where copy/paste actions, unsanctioned GenAI usage, rogue extensions, and personal devices create a risk surface that most security stacks weren’t designed to handle. For security leaders who know

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 A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Django web applications, demonstrating how seemingly benign CSV file upload functionality can be weaponized for complete server compromise.  Summary1. Django RCE exploit…

[[{"value":"Many Citrix NetScaler systems are exposed to attacks exploiting the vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-5777 and CVE-2025-6543. The post Thousands of Citrix NetScaler Instances Unpatched Against Exploited Vulnerabilities appeared first on…

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Google has released security updates to address a vulnerability in its Chrome browser for which an exploit exists in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a type confusing flaw in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary