AI-generated content spreads after Maduro’s removal — blurring fact and fiction

Following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the removal of its leader, Nicolas Maduro, AI-generated videos purporting to show Venezuelan citizens celebrating in the streets have gone viral on social media. These artificial intelligence clips, depicting rejoicing crowds, have amassed millions of views across major platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X.  One […]

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New n8n Vulnerability (9.9 CVSS) Lets Authenticated Users Execute System Commands

Jan 06, 2026Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / DevOps A new critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform, that could enable an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying host. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68668, is rated 9.9 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a […]

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Russia-Aligned Hackers Abuse Viber to Target Ukrainian Military and Government

Jan 05, 2026Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Windows Security The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0184 has been observed targeting Ukrainian military and government entities by leveraging the Viber messaging platform to deliver malicious ZIP archives. “This organization has continued to conduct high-intensity intelligence gathering activities against Ukrainian military and government departments in 2025,” the 360 […]

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Kimwolf Android Botnet Infects Over 2 Million Devices via Exposed ADB and Proxy Networks

Jan 05, 2026Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Mobile Security The botnet known as Kimwolf has infected more than 2 million Android devices by tunneling through residential proxy networks, according to findings from Synthient. “Key actors involved in the Kimwolf botnet are observed monetizing the botnet through app installs, selling residential proxy bandwidth, and selling its DDoS […]

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Astronomers Successfully Weigh a Starless ‘Rogue Planet’ Drifting Through the Milky Way

Astronomers have precisely measured the mass of a rogue planet wandering through the Milky Way using a rare gravitational microlensing event. By combining observations from ground-based telescopes across three continents with data from ESA’s Gaia spacecraft, researchers determined the planet’s distance and found it to be about the mass of Saturn. The discovery pro…

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The State of Cybersecurity in 2025: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations 

Jan 05, 2026The Hacker NewsData Protection / Artificial Intelligence Featuring: Cybersecurity is being reshaped by forces that extend beyond individual threats or tools. As organizations operate across cloud infrastructure, distributed endpoints, and complex supply chains, security has shifted from a collection of point solutions to a question of architecture, trust, and execution speed. This report […]

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