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- Researchers Uncover 30+ Flaws in AI Coding Tools Enabling Data Theft and RCE Attacksby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 6 December 2025 at 3:24 pm
Over 30 security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in various artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) that combine prompt injection primitives with legitimate features to achieve data exfiltration and remote code execution. The security shortcomings have been collectively named IDEsaster by security researcher Ari Marzouk (MaccariTA). They affect popular
- Critical React2Shell Flaw Added to CISA KEV After Confirmed Active Exploitationby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 6 December 2025 at 11:40 am
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday formally added a critical security flaw impacting React Server Components (RSC) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to a case of remote code execution that could be triggered by an
- Zero-Click Agentic Browser Attack Can Delete Entire Google Drive Using Crafted Emailsby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 5 December 2025 at 5:53 pm
A new agentic browser attack targeting Perplexity's Comet browser that's capable of turning a seemingly innocuous email into a destructive action that wipes a user's entire Google Drive contents, findings from Straiker STAR Labs show. The zero-click Google Drive Wiper technique hinges on connecting the browser to services like Gmail and Google Drive to automate routine tasks by granting them
- Critical XXE Bug CVE-2025-66516 (CVSS 10.0) Hits Apache Tika, Requires Urgent Patchby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 5 December 2025 at 4:23 pm
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Apache Tika that could result in an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-66516, is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring scale, indicating maximum severity. "Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an
- Chinese Hackers Have Started Exploiting the Newly Disclosed React2Shell Vulnerabilityby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on 5 December 2025 at 2:10 pm
Two hacking groups with ties to China have been observed weaponizing the newly disclosed security flaw in React Server Components (RSC) within hours of it becoming public knowledge. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0), aka React2Shell, which allows unauthenticated remote code execution. It has been addressed in React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1. According




