Tag: malicious
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GitHub to Disable npm Install Scripts by Default to Stop Supply Chain Attacks
GitHub has announced what it said are “breaking changes” coming to npm version 12, one of which turns off install scripts by default to combat software supply chain threats.The changes aim to combat attack techniques that abuse the “npm install” command to trigger the execution of malicious code using npm lifecycle hooks. “Npm install” is…
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PoC Exploit Released for Linux Kernel GuestHost Escape Vulnerability
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been publicly released for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46316, enabling guest-to-host escape in KVM/arm64 environments. The flaw, dubbed “ITScape” by security researcher Hyunwoo Kim (V4bel), affects the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem and allows a malicious guest virtual machine to execute arbitrary commands on the host with…
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Hades PyPI Attack: 19 Packages Poisoned to Auto-Run Bun Credential Stealer
The Miasma supply chain campaign has sparked a fresh attack wave called Hades, this time involving 37 malicious wheel artifacts across 19 packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry, as the Mini Shai-Hulud-style attacks continue to be refined and splintered to target specific ecosystems.”The compromised releases shipped a *-setup.pth file that attempts to execute…
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New FROST Attack Lets Websites Track What Sites and Apps You Open via SSD Timing
A malicious website can work out which sites you visit and which apps you open, using nothing but JavaScript and the timing of your SSD. The attack, called FROST, needs no native code, no extension, and no permission prompt.You open the page, leave the tab sitting there, and it watches the drive for contention in…
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NFCShare Android Malware Spreads via Weaponized Banking Apps
A renewed and operationally refined wave of the NFCShare Android banking trojan that delivers NFC card-data theft by masquerading as legitimate banking applications. First documented in January 2026, NFCShare continues to rely on a social”‘engineering phishing flow that coerces victims into sideloading malicious APKs; since 14 May 2026 the campaign has pivoted to Italian and…
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Shai-Hulud Malware Campaign Abuses 23 PyPI Packages in Developer-Focused Attack
A rapidly evolving supply chain campaign dubbed “Shai-Hulud” is targeting developers through malicious Python packages. Researchers have identified 23 newly weaponised PyPI artefacts, expanding the scope of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware operations. The latest findings highlight a shift in attacker tradecraft, combining multiple delivery techniques to compromise developer environments, CI/CD pipelines,…
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Miasma Worm Hits Microsoft’s AI Coding Ecosystem
Attackers Compromised More Than 70 Microsoft Repositories in Under 2 Minutes. Attackers linked to the Miasma supply-chain campaign compromised a Microsoft contributor account and pushed malicious code into more than 70 repositories, using artificial intelligence-assisted coding tools as an infection path to steal credentials and developer secrets at scale. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Meta Blocks NSO Group’s New WhatsApp Phishing Attack, Files Contempt Order
Meta on Monday said it detected and blocked spear-phishing attempts linked to Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group.In addition, the tech giant said it’s filing a federal court contempt order against the company for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting WhatsApp and its users.”They tried to trick people into clicking on malicious links…
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Multiple VMware Stored XSS Flaw Enable Attackers to Inject Malicious Scripts
VMware has disclosed multiple high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts and compromise administrative environments. The issues, tracked as CVE-2026-41722, CVE-2026-41723, and CVE-2026-41724, were published under advisory VMSA-2026-0004 on June 8, 2026, and carry a combined CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, indicating…
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Multiple VMware Stored XSS Flaw Enable Attackers to Inject Malicious Scripts
VMware has disclosed multiple high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts and compromise administrative environments. The issues, tracked as CVE-2026-41722, CVE-2026-41723, and CVE-2026-41724, were published under advisory VMSA-2026-0004 on June 8, 2026, and carry a combined CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, indicating…
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Multiple VMware Stored XSS Flaw Enable Attackers to Inject Malicious Scripts
VMware has disclosed multiple high-severity stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations, potentially allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts and compromise administrative environments. The issues, tracked as CVE-2026-41722, CVE-2026-41723, and CVE-2026-41724, were published under advisory VMSA-2026-0004 on June 8, 2026, and carry a combined CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, indicating…
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Malicious Hugging Face Models Could Trigger Remote Code Execution
A flaw in Hugging Face Transformers could allow malicious AI models to execute code, exposing credentials and highlighting AI supply chain risks. The post Malicious Hugging Face Models Could Trigger Remote Code Execution appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-hugging-face-transformers-rce-flaw/
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Malspam Campaign Abuses DoubleClick to Deploy Stealthy .NET Loader
A sophisticated new malspam campaign is actively exploiting Google’s DoubleClick ad-tracking infrastructure to bypass enterprise email security gateways. Discovered by researchers at Huntress, the attack utilizes highly personalized dynamic lures to initiate a complex, five-stage infection chain that actively dismantles local defenses before deploying process-hollowed payloads. The attack chain begins with a malicious HTML attachment,…
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Malicious podcast, PDF apps spread FlutterShell macOS backdoor malware
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/malicious-podcast-pdf-apps-spread-fluttershell-macos-backdoor-malware
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Malicious podcast, PDF apps spread FlutterShell macOS backdoor malware
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/malicious-podcast-pdf-apps-spread-fluttershell-macos-backdoor-malware
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IronWorm and New Miasma Worm Variant Hit npm in Supply Chain Attacks
Multiple software supply chain attacks have hit the npm ecosystem, with threat actors using both malicious and poisoned versions of over 50 legitimate packages to distribute a Rust-based information stealer and a self-spreading worm, respectively.According to JFrog, the information stealer “scrapes every secret it can find on a developer’s machine, hides behind an eBPF kernel…
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Silent Ransom Group (SRG): Switching To DNS Fast Flux Infrastructure
Tags: attack, cybersecurity, data-breach, dns, group, infrastructure, intelligence, law, malicious, network, ransomResearchers exposed the Silent Ransom Group ‘s Fast Flux infrastructure as the FBI warns of ongoing attacks targeting U.S. law firms and businesses. Resecurity uncovered the Silent Ransom Group (SRG)’s Fast Flux network infrastructure and shares available intelligence with the cybersecurity community to disrupt their malicious activities and enable ISP/DNS providers to counter this threat.…
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Hugging Face Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution
Hugging Face flaw allows RCE from malicious AI models. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/hugging-face-vulnerability-allows-remote-code-execution/
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What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser
Phishing, shadow AI, malicious extensions, and credential theft increasingly happen inside the browser. Keep Aware explains what the 2026 Verizon DBIR reveals about browser-layer security gaps and modern attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/what-2026-dbir-confirms-attacks-are-living-in-the-browser/
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Hugging Face Transformers Security Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution
A critical security flaw in Hugging Face Transformers, tracked as CVE-2026-4372, has exposed millions of machine learning workflows to silent remote code execution (RCE) through a malicious model configuration. Discovered by Pluto Security researcher Yotam Perkal, the issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s system simply by tricking them into loading a…
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AI is helping low-skill hackers pull off advanced cyberattacks
Anthropic has published an analysis of cyber-related misuse of its AI systems, examining 832 accounts that were banned for malicious cyber activity between March 2025 and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/05/anthropic-ai-cyber-activity-analysis/
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Malicious Browser Add-Ons Target Major AI Chatbot Users
Malicious browser add-ons are actively harvesting conversations and personal data from users of major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and DeepSeek. The threat leverages ostensibly helpful Chrome extensions VPNs, sidebars, and “AI assistants” to intercept agentic-AI interactions, exfiltrate chat histories, and aggregate sensitive information that users routinely share with generative models. Analysis of…
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New SHub Stealer Variant Targets Major Browsers and Crypto Wallets
Threat actors have resurfaced with an upgraded SHub stealer for macOS, now branded “Reaper,” and they’re using a stealthy distribution trick that should worry every Mac user. Attackers build fake download pages for popular apps (WeChat, Miro and others) and employ an automated ClickFix technique that opens Apple’s Script Editor preloaded with malicious code. One…
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Malicious Python Package Mimics Parsimonious Parser
A sophisticated typosquatting attack targeting Python developers through a malicious package named >>parsimonius<< on the Python Package Index (PyPI). The rogue package was engineered to impersonate the legitimate parsimonious parsing library, a well-known tool for building recursive descent parsers in Python, by altering just a single character in the package name. The attack exemplifies a…
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Your AI agent could become your biggest insider threat
New research details how the increasing integration of AI agents into businesses is making it easier than ever for insiders – malicious or otherwise – to put sensitive data at risk. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ai-agent-insider-threat-cybersecurity-dtex/
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Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users
SafeBreach found a now-fixed Gemini Android flaw that let malicious WhatsApp and Slack alerts manipulate AI responses and tools. The post Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-whatsapp-slack-alerts-could-manipulate-gemini-android/
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Claude Code GitHub Action Flaw Let One Malicious Issue Hijack Repositories
A security researcher found a flaw in Anthropic’s Claude Code GitHub Action that let an attacker take over vulnerable public repositories running it, with nothing more than a single opened GitHub issue. Because Anthropic’s own action repo used the same workflow, a working attack could have pushed malicious code into the action itself and onto…
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Barracuda Finds Malicious Microsoft 365 Logins Are Blending In
Barracuda finds that trusted Microsoft 365 logins can hide attacks. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/barracuda-finds-malicious-microsoft-365-logins-are-blending-in/
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Infosecurity Europe: AI Adoption Creates New Opportunities for Attackers to Distribute Malware, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) details how it has uncovered malicious AI applications as cyber criminals manipulate organizations adopting AI tools First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/attackers-ai-adoption-malware/