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A hacker impersonates a security researcher on Twitter and GitHub and publishes a ``fake proof-of-concept exploit'' that infects Windows and Linux with malware

Hackers have impersonated cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub and published bogus ``zero-day proof-of-concept exploits'' to infect Windows and Linux with malware, security firm VulnChack ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake Windows exploits target infosec community with Cobalt Strike

A threat actor targeted security researchers with fake Windows proof-of-concept exploits that infected devices with the Cobalt Strike backdoor. Whoever is behind these attacks took advantage of ...
Bleeping Computer

Thousands of GitHub repositories deliver fake PoC exploits with malware

Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science found thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for various vulnerabilities, some of them ...
Threat Post

PoC Exploit Circulating for Critical Windows Print Spooler Bug

The “PrintNightmare” bug may not be fully patched, some experts are warning, leaving the door open for widespread remote code-execution attacks. A proof-of-concept for a critical Windows security ...