Malware threats continue to infiltrate open-source software registries. FortiGuard Labs’ Q2 2025 analysis reveals persistent tactics used in malicious NPM and PyPI packages, including credential theft, obfuscation, and install-time payloads. Learn how threat actors exploit OSS and how to stay…
US Announces $100 Million for State, Local and Tribal Cybersecurity
CISA and FEMA announced two grants of more than $100 million for state, local, and tribal governments looking to improve cybersecurity. The post US Announces $100 Million for State, Local and Tribal Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has…
Ex-CISA Head Easterly: Rescinded West Point Post Victim of ‘Manufactured Outrage’
Jen Easterly, a West Point graduate who led CISA during the Biden Administration, had her appointment to head a department at the academy rescinded after a complaint by Laura Loomer, a right-wing MAGA adherent who spoke out in a X…
Web-Based AI Usage Surge Shifts Global Internet Traffic Patterns
Web traffic to AI sites surged 50% from Feb 2024 to Jan 2025, driven by browser-based GenAI tools This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Web-Based AI Usage Surge Shifts Global Internet Traffic Patterns
LegalPwn Attack Tricks GenAI Tools Into Misclassifying Malware as Safe Code
A new security flaw, LegalPwn, exploits a weakness in generative AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, where malicious code is disguised as legal disclaimers. Learn why human oversight is now more critical than ever for AI security. This article…
FUJIFILM Printer Flaw Allows Attackers to Trigger DoS Attacks
FUJIFILM Business Innovation has disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting multiple printer models that could allow attackers to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks through specially crafted network packets. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-48499, affects the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and Line Printer…
Mozilla Issues Warning on Phishing Campaign Targeting Add-on Developer Accounts
Mozilla has issued an urgent security warning to Firefox add-on developers following the detection of a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting accounts on the Add-ons Mozilla Organization (AMO) platform. The alert, published by Scott DeVaney from Mozilla’s Add-ons Community team on…
Get up to a year of Adobe Creative Cloud access for 40% off
Get more than 20 Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat Pro, at a big discount through Adobe. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: Get up to a year of Adobe…
LastPass can now warn or block logins to shadow SaaS apps – here’s how
The password manager’s browser plug-in now includes identity-and-access–management controls for unapproved SaaS applications. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: LastPass can now warn or block logins to shadow SaaS apps – here’s how
LARGEST EVER Bitcoin Hack Valued $3.5 Billion Uncovered
The largest cryptocurrency hack ever recorded involved the theft of 127,426 BTC from Chinese mining pool LuBian in December 2020. The stolen Bitcoin was worth approximately $3.5 billion at the time of the theft and has since appreciated to an…
Critical Squid Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Remote Code
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Squid Web Proxy Cache that enables attackers to execute remote code through a heap buffer overflow in URN (Uniform Resource Name) handling. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54574, affects all Squid versions prior…
Hackers Use AI to Create Malicious NPM Package that Drains Your Crypto Wallet
Cybercriminals have escalated their attack sophistication by leveraging artificial intelligence to create a malicious NPM package that masquerades as a legitimate development tool while secretly draining cryptocurrency wallets. The package, named @kodane/patch-manager, presents itself as an “NPM Registry Cache Manager”…
Threat Actors Exploitation Attempts Spikes as an Early Indicator of New Cyber Vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a groundbreaking pattern that could revolutionize how organizations prepare for emerging threats. A comprehensive analysis reveals that spikes in malicious attacker activity against enterprise edge technologies serve as reliable early warning signals for new vulnerability disclosures,…
New Malware Attack Weaponizing LNK Files to Install The REMCOS Backdoor on Windows Machines
In recent weeks, cybersecurity teams have observed a surge in malicious campaigns exploiting Windows shortcut (LNK) files to deliver sophisticated backdoors. This new wave of attacks disguises LNK shortcuts as innocuous documents or folders, relying on Windows’ default behavior of…
AI Guardrails Under Fire: Cisco’s Jailbreak Demo Exposes AI Weak Points
Cisco’s latest jailbreak method reveals just how easily sensitive data can be extracted from chatbots trained on proprietary or copyrighted content. The post AI Guardrails Under Fire: Cisco’s Jailbreak Demo Exposes AI Weak Points appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article…
Google Patched A Code Execution Vulnerability In Gemini CLI
A serious code execution vulnerability threatened the security of Gemini CLI users. Upon detecting the… Google Patched A Code Execution Vulnerability In Gemini CLI on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This article…
Mitel Fixed Multiple Vulnerabilities Including An Auth Bypass Flaw
Canadian telecommunication giant Mitel Networks patched serious vulnerabilities across different products. One of these includes… Mitel Fixed Multiple Vulnerabilities Including An Auth Bypass Flaw on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This article…
Managed Security Operations Center For SMBs: Is It Worth It?
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face increasing cybersecurity threats, often with limited resources to defend… Managed Security Operations Center For SMBs: Is It Worth It? on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This…
Post SMTP Plugin Flaw Risked 400K+ WordPress Sites To Hijacking
WordPress admins need to update their websites with the latest Post SMTP plugin release, as… Post SMTP Plugin Flaw Risked 400K+ WordPress Sites To Hijacking on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This…
Hackers Leverage AI to Craft Malicious NPM Package That Drains Crypto Wallets
Security researchers at Safety have uncovered an AI-generated malicious NPM package dubbed @kodane/patch-manager, engineered as an advanced cryptocurrency wallet drainer. This package, posing as a benign “NPM Registry Cache Manager” for license validation and registry optimization, embeds sophisticated mechanisms to…
Biggest-Ever Bitcoin Hack Uncovered: $3.5B Stolen in Silent Breach
A massive cryptocurrency theft that remained hidden for over four years has been uncovered, revealing what may be the largest Bitcoin hack in history. LuBian, once one of the world’s most prominent Bitcoin mining pools, lost approximately $3.5 billion in…
Sean Cairncross Confirmed by Senate as National Cyber Director
The US Senate voted to confirm Sean Cairncross as the National Cyber Director, five months after nominalization. The post Sean Cairncross Confirmed by Senate as National Cyber Director appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…
Researchers Use 0-Day to Exploit Google kernelCTF and Debian 12
Security researchers have uncovered and weaponized a critical Use-After-Free vulnerability (CVE-2025-38001) in the Linux network packet scheduler’s HFSC queuing discipline, successfully compromising Google kernelCTF instances—LTS, COS, and mitigation—and fully updated Debian 12. By ingeniously combining HFSC’s real-time scheduling mode, NETEM’s…
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 44 Deals Announced in July 2025
Forty-four cybersecurity merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in July 2025. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 44 Deals Announced in July 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: Cybersecurity M&A…