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Dashlane is disclosing a coordinated attack on its users that saw fewer than twenty encrypted password vaults downloaded before the company shut the operation down. The attackers exploited a legitimate account recovery mechanism to stage their campaign, and while the numbers are relatively small, the incident is a reminder that even well-designed security systems have seams that determined adversaries will probe.
On the crypto front, Zcash dropped thirty percent after Shielded Labs revealed a critical bug that sat undetected for four years. The flaw could have allowed an attacker to mint unlimited counterfeit tokens without detection, effectively counterfeiting the currency from the inside. The fact that it was disclosed rather than exploited is the good news, but the four-year window will raise hard questions about audit practices across privacy-focused blockchain projects.
And in the world of application security, the OWASP Top Ten list has been updated, and this version reflects the moment we're in. The team expanded the supply chain category well beyond outdated components, and for the first time added memory safety and so-called vibe coding as explicit awareness items, acknowledging that AI-assisted development is already reshaping how vulnerabilities get introduced into production code.
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