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Research is the systematic study of technologies, systems, attack methods, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques to establish evidence and produce new findings. In information security, it includes work such as discovering flaws in software or protocols, analyzing malware and attacker behavior, testing cryptographic designs, and evaluating security controls. News under this tag may describe a proof of concept, a measurement study, or a proposed technique rather than a confirmed real-world attack.
For practitioners, research can change how risks are prioritized and mitigated. A demonstrated vulnerability may require vulnerability-management teams to verify affected assets, apply fixes, or add compensating controls; responsible disclosure gives developers time to assess and remediate before technical details enable exploitation. Research involving live systems, personal data, or offensive tooling also raises privacy, authorization, dual-use, and ethical concerns. Sound findings should state their assumptions, scope, limitations, and reproducibility, since laboratory results do not automatically show that an attack is practical in every environment.
Exploitation of CVE-2025-42957 requires "minimal effort" and can result in a complete compromise of the SAP system and host OS, according to researchers.
tldr; boffins did it interview It all started as an idea for a research paper. …
Robust Security Reviews of AI-Generated Code Required, Warns StudyGenies might grant magic wishes, but they inevitably come with consequences. Enter artificial intelligence coding assistants, which many developers say help them write code more quickly. New research shows that this productivity comes with a security cost, and must be mitigated.
HexStrike-AI Connects LLMs to Over 150 Existing Security ToolsA red-team framework released for penetration testing has become a weapon in the wild, repurposed by hackers to accelerate exploitation of newly disclosed Citrix vulnerabilities. Check Point Research observed chatter suggesting n-day attacks may unfold in minutes, shrinking defender response time.
9.9-rated flaw on the loose, so patch now A critical code-injection bug in SAP S/4HANA that allows low-privileged attackers to take over your SAP system is being actively exploited, according to security researchers.…
A critical SAP S/4HANA code injection vulnerability is being leveraged in attacks in the wild to breach exposed servers, researchers warn. [...]
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that has leveraged Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files as part of phishing attacks impersonating the Colombian judicial system
Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed GhostRedirector that has managed to compromise at least 65 Windows servers primarily located in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new technique that cybercriminals have adopted to bypass social media platform X's malvertising protections and propagate malicious links using its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Grok
Trend™ Research analyzed a campaign distributing Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), a malware family targeting macOS users. Attackers disguise the malware as “cracked” versions of legitimate apps, luring users into installation.
Claude Creators Ride Wave of AI Momentum With Updated ValuationAnthropic raised $13 billion in fresh capital, bringing its post-money valuation to $183 billion. A Series F round was co-led by Iconiq, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from a slew of institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious packages on the npm registry that make use of smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain to carry out malicious actions on compromised systems, signaling the trend of threat actors constantly on the lookout for new ways to distribute malware and fly under the radar
While trawling Internet scan data for signs of compromised infrastructure, researchers found that asset owners may not know for years their devices had been hacked.
In January 2025, cybersecurity experts at Wiz Research found that Chinese AI specialist DeepSeek had suffered a data leak, putting more than 1 million sensitive log streams at risk. According to the Wiz Research team, they identified a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek. This allowed “full control over database operations, including the ability to access
‘Universities are being used to proxy offensive government operations, turning research access decisions political’ Censys Inc, vendor of the popular Censys internet-mapping tool, has revealed that state-based actors are trying to abuse its services by hiding behind academic researchers.…
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a stealthy new backdoor called MystRodX that comes with a variety of features to capture sensitive data from compromised systems
'Widespread Data Theft Campaign' Compromised Many Drift OAuth Tokens, Warn ExpertsThreat researchers report that "a widespread data theft campaign" traces to attackers stealing OAuth access tokens for applications integrated with Salesloft's AI chatbot Drift, then exfiltrating data. Victims include Salesforce customer Zscaler. Google Workspace instances were also breached.
The Harsh Truths of AI Adoption MITs State of AI in Business report revealed that while 40% of organizations have purchased enterprise LLM subscriptions, over 90% of employees are actively using AI tools in their daily work. Similarly, research from Harmonic Security found that 45.4% of sensitive AI interactions are coming from personal email accounts, where employees are bypassing corporate
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a Ukrainian IP network for engaging in massive brute-force and password spraying campaigns targeting SSL VPN and RDP devices between June and July 2025