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Research, Exploits & Offensive Security
Apple’s Immutable First Step Turns Into the Weak Link
A reported BootROM flaw on A12 and A13 devices shows how a bug at the earliest trust layer can ripple through Apple’s boot model without becoming a simple software fix.
The Smallest Step That Can Turn Access Into Control
Privilege escalation is not the first move in an intrusion, but it is often the one that changes limited access into a much more dangerous position.
SQL Server 2025’s AI Layer Opens a New Route for Quiet Data Theft
Microsoft’s database now includes AI-oriented plumbing for RAG-style workflows, and researchers have shown that the same machinery can be bent toward sensitive data exfiltration and covert command traffic.
When the Kernel Becomes the Control Room, eBPF Becomes Both Shield and Shadow
Linux security is increasingly moving into eBPF-powered runtime controls, but the same privileged layer can also become a hiding place if an attacker reaches the host.
When the Logs Go Dark: Cloud Attackers Are Turning Audit Trails Into a Target
Cloud logging is supposed to preserve evidence, but control-plane abuse can turn that evidence into the first thing an intruder tries to silence.
When the Logbook Goes Dark: Cloud Audit Trails Become the New Target
A vendor research finding points to a worrying shift in cloud attacks: instead of only stealing data, intruders may also try to weaken the telemetry defenders depend on.
Windows' Quiet Knife: How QoS Can Starve an EDR Sensor Without Killing It
A new open-source proof of concept shows how policy-based throttling in Windows can choke the cloud link that many EDR tools rely on, creating a defense-evasion risk that looks more like network starvation than malware tampering.
A Veteran Security Figure Recasts a Malware Past as a Career Origin Story
A June 17, 2026 post featuring a YouTube video puts Nir Zuk, co-founder of Palo Alto Networks, in the spotlight for a self-described early link to virus development - a reminder that cybersecurity history can shape how the field sees credibility, risk, and technical judgment.
Reading the Network’s Answer: Why Nmap Teaches You to Think Before You Scan
Nmap’s value is not just in scanning a host, but in interpreting how that host responds to crafted packets and turning those responses into useful network clues.
The Quiet Economics of Hacking: How a Bug Bounty Story Became a Security Signal
A profile of Isira Adithya is a reminder that vulnerability research is not just technical curiosity - in some cases, it can become a practical career path with real-world financial impact.
The Callback That Slips Past the Front Door
Reverse shells turn a basic network rule on its head, showing why outbound behavior can matter more than inbound filtering alone.
DPAPISnoop Update Turns Windows Password History Into Cleaner Offline Targets
A new release adds CREDHIST support to an open-source Windows recovery tool, sharpening a workflow that can matter in authorized testing, incident response, and hands-on post-exploitation analysis.
Windows Password History Gets a New Forensic Risk Map
An updated DPAPISnoop build draws attention to a narrow but important attack surface: Windows CREDHIST files can yield offline-crackable hashes that may reveal fragments of password history.
Apple Silicon Faces a Fresh Spectre-Style Doubt
A new research claim around Apple M1 behavior reopens an old security lesson: fast chips can still leak through speculative execution, even when the platform feels tightly controlled.
AI Can Find Bugs in Minutes - Fixing Them Still Takes the Real World
A webinar on AI-assisted pentesting exposed a hard operational truth: vulnerability discovery is accelerating, but validation, prioritization, and remediation still move at human speed.
When AI Starts Hunting API Mistakes, Bug Bounties Get Very Expensive
A researcher’s AI-assisted fuzzing run reportedly uncovered serious access-control flaws in Google-facing API surfaces, showing how automation is reshaping both offensive testing and defensive engineering.
AI-Assisted Fuzzing Turns Google’s API Surface Into a High-Value Bug Hunt
A researcher known as Brutecat reportedly earned $500,000 in bug bounty rewards by pairing AI-powered fuzzing with API reconnaissance, a sign that modern disclosure work is becoming more automated and more precise.
The Quiet Failure That Turns Software Into an Attack Surface
When testing stops at “does it work,” hidden flaws, risky dependencies, and weak controls can survive into production and raise the odds of breach, downtime, and expensive emergency fixes.
When Leaked Code Meets AI Agents, the Attack Surface Starts Thinking Back
A security roundup this week points to a sharper problem than ordinary malware noise: offensive code leaks, agent-targeted phishing, and workflow automation that can be pushed toward the wrong action.
A Recovery Path, Not a Broken Cipher: The GreatXML BitLocker Bypass That Targets Windows Trust
A reported proof-of-concept turns Microsoft’s recovery machinery into the security story, showing how a trusted maintenance path may matter as much as the encryption it protects.