A large-scale malware campaign has been uncovered on the JetBrains Marketplace, where at least 15 malicious IDE plugins were found stealing sensitive API keys from developers. These plugins, downloaded over 70,000 times, were published under seven different vendor accounts and…
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ErrTraffic MaaS Uses Fake reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile Lures to Execute PowerShell Commands
A new and rapidly growing cybercrime tool called ErrTraffic is making waves across the threat landscape, targeting internet users through cleverly disguised verification screens. The framework tricks victims into running malicious PowerShell commands on their own machines, all while believing…
Kodak Confirms Data Breach Following ShinyHunters’ Claim of Stolen Customer Records
Eastman Kodak has confirmed a cybersecurity incident after the ShinyHunters extortion group posted a threat on its dark web leak site, claiming to have stolen over 2.2 million records containing customer personally identifiable information (PII) and internal corporate data. The…
Hackers Compromised 140+ Mastra npm Packages to Deploy Password-Stealing Malware
A sophisticated supply chain attack has targeted the Mastra-AI npm ecosystem, with researchers from Microsoft and Socket identifying over 141 compromised packages designed to silently deploy an infostealer payload on developer machines, CI/CD runners, and build environments. The campaign, detected…
U.S. Commerce Dept Imposes Export Controls on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a landmark “Is Informed” letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, mandating that the company obtain an individually validated export license before sharing its Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5 AI…
AIRecon: AI-Powered Penetration Testing Tool with Kali Linux Sandbox
AIRecon is an autonomous penetration testing agent that runs entirely offline, combining a self-hosted Ollama LLM with a Kali Linux Docker sandbox to automate end-to-end security assessments without exposing any data to the cloud. Developed by researcher pikpikcu, it eliminates…
Using Real-Time Network Monitoring to Spot Suspicious Application Behavior on macOS
In this guide, we will see how real-time network monitoring helps you spot suspicious application behavior on macOS, why traditional defenses leave a visibility gap, and how a lightweight monitoring tool can close it without turning your Mac into a…
Hackers Using Claude and OpenAI’s Codex for Exploitation, and Data Exfiltration Activities
Hackers are increasingly abusing Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex agents to automate reconnaissance, exploitation, and data exfiltration, often by disguising real intrusions as “authorized red team” work. These AI coding assistants are being treated like full-fledged operators, dramatically lowering the…
UNC3753 Uses Screen-Sharing Sessions and RMM Tools to Exfiltrate Sensitive Legal Data
A sophisticated cybercriminal group has been quietly targeting law firms and professional services organizations across the United States since the beginning of 2026. The campaign is financially motivated and relies heavily on deception rather than technical exploits. Victims are manipulated…
Ghostwriter Hackers Abuse Gmail Admin-Themed Emails to Steal Credentials and 2FA Codes
A state-linked hacker group known as Ghostwriter has launched a wave of targeted phishing attacks aimed at Gmail users, disguising malicious emails as official security alerts from Google. The campaign is designed to trick recipients into handing over their login…
ClickFix Campaign Uses EtherHiding and GULoader to Infect Windows Users via Fake CAPTCHA
A new cyberattack campaign is targeting Windows users through fake CAPTCHA pages, combining three techniques to slip past standard security defenses without raising alarms. The campaign, first observed in April 2026, begins on a compromised European small-business website and ends…
New OnionDrop Loader Campaign Uses gainmsg C2 to Deliver LegionLoader Payloads
A newly identified loader campaign is raising serious concerns across the cybersecurity community. Threat researchers have uncovered an active operation using a sophisticated multi-stage loader called OnionDrop, which is being used to deliver harmful payloads, including the well-known LegionLoader, to…
Critical Fortinet FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited in Attacks
Threat actors are actively exploiting multiple critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox platform, with live attack telemetry confirming exploitation attempts over the past 24 hours. Defused has flagged three CVEs under active targeting — including one, CVE-2026-39813, with no previously recorded…
The Half-Life of Threat Intelligence: When Does an IOC Stop Being Useful?
The concept of the IOC — the Indicator of Compromise — sits at the operational heart of modern threat detection. Block the IP. Flag the domain. Quarantine the hash. The logic is clean and satisfying. But embedded in every IOC…
Microsoft 365 Device Code Phishing Campaign Bypasses Password Theft With Legitimate Login Flow
A new phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users has been uncovered, and it takes a different approach than most attacks seen in the wild. Instead of trying to steal a victim’s password directly, this campaign tricks users into completing a…
India Temporarily Bans Telegram Messenger Over Medical Exam Fraud
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has imposed a temporary ban on the Telegram messaging platform, restricting access nationwide until June 22, 2026. This decision is part of a comprehensive effort to combat organized cheating schemes that are…
Novo Nordisk Confirms Cyber Attack — Hackers Accessed Patient Medical Data and Internal AI Assets
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has confirmed a cyberattack in which threat actors gained unauthorized access to internal IT systems, exfiltrating pseudonymized patient data from clinical trials and, according to the alleged attackers, a trove of proprietary AI model assets.…
Interlock and Rhysida Ransomware Operations Share Supper Backdoor and Malware Codebase
Two of the more active ransomware groups operating today, Interlock and Rhysida, have more in common than previously thought. New research shows both groups share a backdoor called Supper, and that several of their malware tools appear to have grown…
Microsoft Teams Analyze the Wi-Fi Hotspot Data Connected to an Employee’s Device
Microsoft has introduced a new capability in its Microsoft 365 ecosystem that enables Microsoft Teams to analyze Wi-Fi hotspot data on an employee’s device, raising both security benefits and privacy considerations. The feature, highlighted on the Microsoft 365 roadmap, aims…
Russian and Chinese Influence Actors Use AI to Evade Bot Detection and Mimic Human Behavior
State-linked influence operations from Russia and China have entered a new and more dangerous phase. Rather than overwhelming social media with floods of low-quality posts, these actors now use artificial intelligence to make their accounts look and act more like…