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AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure

AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure

The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an “active threat” targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated exploit scripts. The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to conduct… 

Ring’s new 4K doorbell is  off for the first time

Ring’s new 4K doorbell is $70 off for the first time

Ring Battery Doorbell 4K Pro View Deal (function () { document.querySelector(“#sticky-promo-block a”).addEventListener(“click”, function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest(“#sticky-promo-block”).querySelector(“p.promo-title”).textContent; const data = { event: “stickyConversionUnitClick”, eventCategory: “Sticky Conversion”, eventAction: “Click”,… 

New Cryptographic Context Injection Attack Could Let Web Pages Steal Grok Chat Data

New Cryptographic Context Injection Attack Could Let Web Pages Steal Grok Chat Data

Adversa AI has disclosed an attack technique that it says can cause xAI’s Grok chatbot to send a user’s name, approximate location, subscription tier, and the prompts from the ongoing conversation to an attacker-controlled server… 

Isolated-vm Flaw Lets Sandboxed JavaScript Escape to Host for Potential RCE

Isolated-vm Flaw Lets Sandboxed JavaScript Escape to Host for Potential RCE

Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Vulnerability / Application Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in isolated-vm, a popular open-source sandbox with more than 2,900 stars and 190 forks on GitHub, that could allow attackers… 

Critical NetScaler Flaw Can Bypass Authentication on Certain Gateway and AAA Servers

Critical NetScaler Flaw Can Bypass Authentication on Certain Gateway and AAA Servers

Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Network Security / Enterprise Security Citrix has released updates to address two security flaws impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway deployments, including a critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability. According to the cloud computing… 

Attackers Exploit Zimbra SNMP Flaw for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Attackers Exploit Zimbra SNMP Flaw for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Vulnerability / Email Security A now-patched security flaw impacting Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to the Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska). The vulnerability…