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Hacking Safari with GPT 5.4 

When Anthropic unveiled Mythos and Project Glasswing, the reaction was immediate and polarized. Some dismissed it as fear-driven marketing, while others treated it as a credible shift in the threat landscape. Like with many things, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. I wanted to test that for myself, ... Read More
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CVE-2025-62725: From “docker compose ps” to System Compromise

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Docker Compose powers millions of workflows, from CI/CD runners and local development stacks to cloud workspaces and enterprise build pipelines. It’s trusted by developers as the friendly layer above Docker Engine that turns a few YAML lines into a running application. In early October 2025, while exploring Docker Compose’s new ... Read More
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Google Pay, Drug Bots, and SIM Swaps: How Old Leaks and New Vulnerabilities Power Attacks

| | Imperva Threat Research
It starts with something simple: a CAPTCHA box on your screen. You type the number you see, because of course you do. That’s what humans do online. But what if that “CAPTCHA” wasn’t a CAPTCHA at all? In this post, I’ll walk you through how old data leaks, lazy telecom ... Read More
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Hijacking Ollama’s Signed Installer for Code Execution

This blog post is part of an ongoing series exploring how AI related tools aimed at developers can be exploited to compromise their machines. As these tools increasingly integrate deep system access, they also expand the attack surface available to threat actors. In our first post, we outlined a remote ... Read More
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Java(Script) Drive-By, Hacking Without 0days

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A remote code execution chain in Google Chrome, which allows an attacker to execute code on the host machine, can cost anywhere from $250,000 to $500,000. Nowadays, such powers are typically reserved for governments and spy agencies. But not so long ago, similar capabilities were accessible to the average script ... Read More
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ShadyShader: Crashing Apple M-Series Devices with a Single Click

Introduction A while ago, we discovered an interesting vulnerability in Apple’s M-series chips that allowed us to freeze and crash Apple devices by exploiting a flaw in the GPU’s driver. This vulnerability, which we’ve dubbed ShadyShader, leverages a shader program that overloads Apple’s GPU, triggering temporary freezes that add up ... Read More
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Cursor’s Magic Comes with a Catch: The Trust Setting You’re Missing

Occasionally, a new AI tool emerges unexpectedly and dominates the conversation on social media. This time, that tool is Cursor, an AI coding platform that’s making waves for simplifying app development with advanced models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o. In a recent video posted on X, which has already garnered over ... Read More
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Lessons Learned From Exposing Unusual XSS Vulnerabilities

Misunderstood browser APIs are often at the core of many web security issues. With the rapid expansion of web APIs, keeping up with security best practices can be challenging. In this post, we’ll explore a few common mistakes developers make that lead to modern XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerabilities. These insights ... Read More
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From ChatBot To SpyBot: ChatGPT Post Exploitation

In the second installment of our blog post series on ChatGPT, we delve deeper into the security implications that come with the integration of AI into our daily routines. Building on the discoveries shared in our initial post, “XSS Marks the Spot: Digging Up Vulnerabilities in ChatGPT,” where we uncovered ... Read More
XSS Marks the Spot: Digging Up Vulnerabilities in ChatGPT

XSS Marks the Spot: Digging Up Vulnerabilities in ChatGPT

With its widespread use among businesses and individual users, ChatGPT is a prime target for attackers looking to access sensitive information. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through my discovery of two cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ChatGPT and a few other vulnerabilities. When chained together, these could lead ... Read More
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