Understanding CVE-2025-66516: Critical XXE Exposure in Apache Tika
A maximum severity vulnerability has been identified in Apache Tika, a widely used open-source content analysis toolkit. This vulnerability, designated…
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Update on React Server Components RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182 / CVE-2025-66478)
The attack landscape has been dynamic following the disclosure of the React Server Components RCE vulnerability. New information has emerged…
Substitution Cipher Based on The Voynich Manuscript
Here’s a fun paper: “The Naibbe cipher: a substitution cipher that encrypts Latin and Italian as Voynich Manuscript-like ciphertext“: Abstract:…
2025 in Review: A Year of Smarter, Context-Aware API Security
As the year draws to a close, it’s worth pausing to look back on what has been an extraordinary year…
Stealth Fix: Microsoft Patches Exploited LNK Security Hole
In a move that highlights the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between software vendors and threat actors, Microsoft has recently addressed a…
Friday Squid Blogging: Vampire Squid Genome
The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) has the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced: more than 11 billion base pairs. That’s more…
New Anonymous Phone Service
A new anonymous phone service allows you to sign up with just a zip code.
Weekly Update 481
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AISURU Botnet: Inside the 29.7 Tbps Mega-Scale DDoS Weapon
AISURU is one of the most powerful and rapidly expanding botnets observed in recent years. With an estimated 300,000 compromised…
Wallarm Halts Remote Code Execution Exploits: Defense for Vulnerable React Server Component Workflows
On December 3, 2025, React maintainers disclosed a critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in React Server Components (RSC),…