A 16-year-old Broadcom WPS bug lets nearby attackers own routers

The flaw in Broadcom's Wi-Fi setup code has no CVE and no patch, and the oldest chip families will never get one.

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A 979 download npm package carried its shellcode inside a native addon

SafeDep traced imgdecode to the MALFEX publisher cluster, which has been seeding Windows-targeting packages since August 2023.

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Six days of AI token time bought Xbow a full Chrome escape

Three chained zero-days and roughly 40,000 dollars in model charges delivered code execution outside the browser sandbox on Windows.

F5 patches three critical NGINX overflows reachable without a login

Eleven defects ship in the release, and two of the critical ones let an unauthenticated request overflow memory in specific configurations.

Proofpoint writes a 6.3 billion check for the data security shop Varonis

The all-cash deal folds Varonis data visibility into Proofpoint threat intelligence as both vendors chase AI agent risk.

ConnectWise kills cloud backups after seven app identities were hijacked

The vendor revoked certificates and stopped scheduled backups after intruders used stolen application credentials to reach customer Microsoft 365 tenants.

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