Meta, Snap, TikTok, YouTube settle first of 1,200 cases by school districts seeking compensation for child mental health harms This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Social Platforms Settle School Suit, Averting Trial
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Post Office Names Contractors To Replace Fujitsu, Horizon
Accenture, One View Commerce to take over management of Fujitsu’s Horizon, develop replacement for ‘disastrous’ IT system This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Post Office Names Contractors To Replace Fujitsu, Horizon
TrapDoor Supply Chain Attack Spreads Credential-Stealing Malware via npm, PyPI, and CratesIO
A new coordinated cross-ecosystem software supply chain attack campaign has targeted npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to distribute credential-stealing malware. The campaign, codenamed TrapDoor, spans more than 34 malicious packages across over 384 versions. The earliest activity was recorded on May…
Iranian APT Uses SEO Poisoning to Spread Fake SQL Developer Malware
A newly observed cyber campaign linked to the Iranian IRGC-affiliated threat group Nimbus Manticore (also tracked as UNC1549) highlights an evolution in both delivery tactics and malware sophistication. The activity, uncovered during the ongoing geopolitical conflict tied to Operation Epic…
GitHub Strengthens npm Security With Staged Publishing Protection
GitHub has introduced a major security enhancement to the npm ecosystem with the general availability of staged publishing and new install-time controls in npm CLI version 11.15.0. These updates are designed to reduce software supply chain risks, particularly those arising…
Hackers Compromise 34 npm, PyPI, and Crates Packages in Major Supply Chain Attack
Hackers have launched a large-scale software supply chain attack targeting developers across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io, compromising at least 34 open-source packages and hundreds of associated versions. Security researchers at Socket are tracking the campaign as “TrapDoor,” a crypto-focused credential…
Kazuar Malware Becomes Modular Spyware for Secret Blizzard Ops
A major evolution in the Kazuar malware family, a long-standing cyber espionage tool linked to the Russian state-sponsored threat group Secret Blizzard, also known as Turla and Venomous Bear. Kazuar historically supported espionage campaigns targeting government, diplomatic, and defense sectors.…
Lessons for organizations from the Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report
This is my favourite time of the year, not just because spring is here and the promise of summer is on the way. But also, because one of my must reads each year gets published. There are a few must…
Exploitation of KnowledgeDeliver via ViewState Deserialization Vulnerability
Written by: Takahiro Sugiyama, Peter Revelant, Mathew Potaczek Introduction In late 2025, Mandiant responded to a security incident involving a compromised web server running KnowledgeDeliver. KnowledgeDeliver is a Learning Management System (LMS) developed by Digital Knowledge commonly used in Japan.…
2 PhaaS 2 Furious: The Evolution of Chinese-language Phishing Services
Written by: Jamie Collier While Russian-speaking threat actors have historically dominated the phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) landscape, a rival ecosystem is rapidly growing within the Chinese-language underground. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) analyzed a dozen current PhaaS offerings in the Chinese underground,…
MiniUpdate RAT Abuses Azure C2 for Targeted Espionage
A sophisticated espionage campaign by the Iran-nexus advanced persistent threat group known as Screening Serpens also tracked as UNC1549 and Smoke Sandstorm deploying a newly identified remote access Trojan (RAT) family called MiniUpdate against targets in the United States, Israel,…
OpenHack: Open-source AI-powered vulnerability research
Source-guided vulnerability research increasingly leans on coding harnesses such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to drive agent-based reviews of application code. A new MIT-licensed project from the Dutch security firm Hadrian, called OpenHack, packages that approach into a file-based…
Hackers Use CypherLoc Kit to Push Fake Microsoft Support Scams
CypherLoc is a sophisticated browser-lock scareware designed to drive victims to fraudulent tech support calls. It evades scanners and sandboxes by executing in an encrypted, condition-based manner inside the browser. Security teams should have robust anti-phishing, browser, and endpoint protections…
Nginx-poolslip Flaw Exposes Servers to DoS and Code Execution Attacks
NGINX users are facing a critical security issue after F5 disclosed a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-9256, affecting the widely used ngx_http_rewrite_module. The flaw, dubbed “Nginx-poolslip,” can allow attackers to trigger denial-of-service (DoS) conditions and, under certain conditions, achieve remote…
Boards want cyber risk in dollars, not CVE counts
In this Help Net Security video, Ziv Levi, SVP of Technology at CYE, explains why translating cyber risk into dollars is one of the most pressing tasks for security leaders. Boards and executives want cyber exposure described in business terms,…
Wireshark 4.6.6 Released With Fix for Dissector Crash via Malformed Packet Injection
The Wireshark Foundation has released Wireshark 4.6.6, addressing a critical security vulnerability in the ROHC (Robust Header Compression) protocol dissector that could allow an attacker to crash the application by injecting a specially crafted, malformed packet. The update also resolves…
Pentest Agent Suite – Bug Bounty Framework for Claude Code and 6 AI Coding Tools
A fully autonomous bug-bounty framework called Pentest Agent Suite has been open-sourced, delivering 50 specialized security agents, 26 slash commands, 19 CLI tools, and a cross-IDE installer across seven major AI coding platforms — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini,…
Turns out the C-suite loves shadow AI
Senior decision-makers are the heaviest users of unapproved AI tools, and they continue using them despite being aware of the security and privacy risks linked to shadow AI, according to TrustedTech’s Shadow AI in the Workplace report. The study found…
AI Vulnerability Explosion, Kim Wolf Botnet Arrest, Ghost CMS Hack, Iran Cyber Espionage
Is AI about to trigger a cybersecurity vulnerability explosion? In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, David Shipley examines what some researchers are calling the early signs of a “vulnerability apocalypse” as Anthropic’s Claude-powered Project Glasswing identifies thousands of potential software…
Hackers Compromised 34 Packages in npm, PyPI, and Crates in New Supply Chain Attack
New TrapDoor supply chain campaign, an active attack deploying 34 malicious packages and over 384 related versions across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to steal developer credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. The operation explicitly targets developers in the crypto, DeFi, Solana, and…