The Model Context Protocol is a game-changer — no doubt about it. It makes AI smarter, more capable, and more useful than ever. But with that power comes risk. Big risk. MCP doesn’t just connect models to tools. It connects them to everything: your data, your systems, your workflows, your
All these risks might sound overwhelming — and they are. But that doesn’t mean you’re defenseless. The best defense is knowing how these attacks work and setting guardrails before bad actors get creative. Here’s a field-tested list of security practices for anyone building with the Model Context Protocol:
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a sophisticated new malware strain named GhostContainer, which leverages open-source tools to target Microsoft Exchange servers. Believed to be part of an advanced cyber espionage campaign, the backdoor appears to focus on high-value organizations in Asia—particularly those in government and high-tech sectors. Discovery
Security experts at Solar 4RAYS, a division of the Solar Group, have identified a previously unknown hacker collective named Proxy Trickster. This group has been quietly compromising servers across the globe—targeting 874 systems in 58 countries over the span of a year, including several in Russia. Discovery and Attack
As powerful as the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is, it also opens up a long list of new ways for attackers to mess with your AI systems. Think of each tool your model can call — each plugin, each API, each server — as a potential door into your system. Some of
The operators behind the PoisonSeed phishing campaign have uncovered a way to bypass FIDO2 authentication—specifically, FIDO2 with WebAuthn—by abusing the cross-device authentication feature built into the protocol. Rather than exploiting a technical vulnerability, attackers trick victims into voluntarily approving malicious login attempts originating from spoofed corporate portals. What
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has issued a critical security advisory after discovering hardcoded credentials in its Aruba Instant On access points. The flaw allows remote attackers to bypass standard authentication and gain full administrative access to the device’s web interface. Aruba Instant On access points are compact wireless networking
CrushFTP developers have issued an urgent warning about an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability—CVE-2025-54309—that allows remote attackers to gain administrative access via the web interface on unpatched servers. Discovery and Exploitation Timeline The first signs of exploitation were detected on July 18, 2025, although attackers likely began leveraging the
Arch Linux developers have identified three malicious packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) that were used to install the Chaos Remote Access Trojan (RAT) on Linux systems. Malicious Packages Discovered The packages—librewolf-fix-bin, firefox-patch-bin, and zen-browser-patched-bin—were uploaded by a user named danikpapas on July 16, 2025. They were
Let’s break it down. In vulnerable versions of MCP Inspector (before v0.14.1), the tool exposed a proxy port on 0.0.0.0:6277. This sounds harmless, but here's the twist: due to a long-standing quirk in most browsers, requests sent to 0.0.0.
Two new critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint—CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771—have been actively exploited since late last week, with at least 85 servers compromised worldwide. Background: From ToolShell to Active Exploitation In May 2025, researchers at Viettel Cyber Security chained two SharePoint flaws—CVE-2025-49706 and CVE-2025-49704—to create a
How Integrated Industrial Cybersecurity Solutions Protect OT Networks and Reduce the Cost of Critical Incidents Industrial digital transformation has been a topic of discussion for over a decade—but only now is the real tipping point arriving. According to the VDC Research report Securing OT with Purpose-Built Solutions, just 7.