Tag: open-source
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AI Startup Mercor Hit by Supply Chain Attack Linked to LiteLLM
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cyberattack, data, data-breach, malicious, open-source, risk, software, startup, supply-chainA recent Mercor cyberattack has brought renewed attention to the risks associated with open-source software dependencies, after the AI recruiting startup confirmed it was impacted by a broader supply chain compromise. The Mercor data breach, which is still under investigation, has been linked to a malicious incident involving the widely used LiteLLM project. First seen…
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AI Startup Mercor Hit by Supply Chain Attack Linked to LiteLLM
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cyberattack, data, data-breach, malicious, open-source, risk, software, startup, supply-chainA recent Mercor cyberattack has brought renewed attention to the risks associated with open-source software dependencies, after the AI recruiting startup confirmed it was impacted by a broader supply chain compromise. The Mercor data breach, which is still under investigation, has been linked to a malicious incident involving the widely used LiteLLM project. First seen…
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Javascript-Bibliothek: Nordkoreanische Hacker sollen hinter Axios-Hack stecken
Millionen Entwickler nutzen die Axios-Bibliothek. Hinter dem Schadsoftware-Angriff auf das Open-Source-Projekt stecken womöglich nordkoreanische Hacker. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/javascript-bibliothek-nordkoreanische-hacker-sollen-hinter-axios-hack-stecken-2604-207133.html
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Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source
Tags: access, ai, computer, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, data-breach, malicious, open-source, service, technology, tool, vulnerabilityCSO, “no sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed. This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach. We’re rolling out measures to prevent this from happening again.”But it wasn’t the first time this had happened; according to Fortune and other news sources, the same thing happened last…
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Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project
The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project/
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Synthetic data is all you need for Reinforcement Learning
We used Tonic Fabricate to generate a fully synthetic email corpus, then RL fine-tuned an open-source model against it. The result: it beat o3 on real Enron emails, without ever seeing a real email. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/synthetic-data-is-all-you-need-for-reinforcement-learning/
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Attackers trojanize Axios HTTP library in highest-impact npm supply chain attack
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, github, incident response, linux, LLM, macOS, malicious, malware, monitoring, open-source, openai, powershell, pypi, rat, spam, supply-chain, tool, windowspostinstall hook that would execute a dropper script when it was pulled in by a different package as a dependency.Shortly after midnight UTC on March 31 a new version of the Axios package, axios@1.14.1, was published on npm followed by axios@0.30.4 39 minutes later. Both listed plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 as a dependency in their package.json files, but…
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Supply chain attack on Axios npm package: Scope, impact, and remediations
Tags: access, api, attack, breach, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, incident response, macOS, malicious, malware, open-source, rat, risk, security-incident, software, supply-chain, theft, threat, vulnerability, windowsThe Axios npm package has been compromised in a supply chain attack that uploaded new versions of the package containing malicious code. Any environment that downloaded these compromised Axios versions is at risk of severe data theft, including the loss of credentials and API keys. Scan your environment now. Key takeaways This incident is a…
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North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-project-used-by-millions-to-push-malware/
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North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open-source project to spread malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-project-used-by-millions-to-push-malware/
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Attack on axios software developer tool threatens widespread compromises
Researchers at numerous firms are sounding warnings about the supply-chain attack on an open-source project with 100 million weekly downloads. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/axios-software-developer-tool-attack-compromise/
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Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-project-used-by-millions-to-push-malware/
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How we made Trail of Bits AI-native (so far)
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, blockchain, business, ceo, chatgpt, computer, computing, conference, control, data, email, germany, government, identity, injection, jobs, macOS, marketplace, nvidia, open-source, risk, service, skills, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThis post is adapted from a talk I gave at [un]prompted, the AI security practitioner conference. Thanks to Gadi Evron for inviting me to speak. You can watch the recorded presentation below or download the slides. Most companies hand out ChatGPT licenses and wait for the productivity numbers to move. We built a system instead.…
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Situation Monitors vs. Osint: Desinformation statt Intelligence
Situation Monitors über den Iran schaffen Verwirrung, nicht Aufklärung – zumindest solange man nicht zwischen Open Source Information und Open Source Intelligence unterscheidet. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/situation-monitors-vs-osint-desinformation-statt-intelligence-2603-207025.html
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Rspamd 4.0.0 ships memory savings, a new scan protocol, and a required migration step
The open-source spam filtering platform Rspamd released version 4.0.0, delivering infrastructure changes across its scan protocol, memory model, hash storage, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/31/rspamd-4-0-0-released/
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Situation Monitors vs Osint: Desinformation statt Intelligence
Situation Monitors über den Iran schaffen Verwirrung, nicht Aufklärung – zumindest solange man nicht zwischen Open Source Information und Open Source Intelligence unterscheidet. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/situation-monitors-vs-osint-desinformation-statt-intelligence-2603-207025.html
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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2026
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/31/hottest-cybersecurity-open-source-tools-of-the-month-march-2026/
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ShipSec Studio brings open-source workflow orchestration to security operations
Security teams have long relied on a mix of shell scripts, cron jobs, and loosely connected tools to chain reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning work together. ShipSec … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/30/shipsec-studio-security-workflow-automation-platform/
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New Infinity Stealer malware grabs macOS data via ClickFix lures
A new info-stealing malware named Infinity Stealer is targeting macOS systems with a Python payload packaged as an executable using the open-source Nuitka compiler. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-infinity-stealer-malware-grabs-macos-data-via-clickfix-lures/
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Attackers exploit critical Langflow RCE within hours as CISA sounds alarm
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, cisa, cloud, credentials, cve, cvss, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, exploit, flaw, framework, github, infrastructure, injection, kev, malicious, monitoring, nvd, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, windowscredentials, was weaponized within 20 hours of the open-source AI-pipeline tool disclosing it.According to a Sysdig report, crooks started hitting a fleet of honeypot nodes with vulnerable instances across multiple cloud providers and regions right after they went live. Sysdig observed four such attempts within hours of deployment, with one attacker progressing to environment variable exfiltration.”This is…
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Attackers exploit critical Langflow RCE within hours as CISA sounds alarm
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, cisa, cloud, credentials, cve, cvss, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, exploit, flaw, framework, github, infrastructure, injection, kev, malicious, monitoring, nvd, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerability, windowscredentials, was weaponized within 20 hours of the open-source AI-pipeline tool disclosing it.According to a Sysdig report, crooks started hitting a fleet of honeypot nodes with vulnerable instances across multiple cloud providers and regions right after they went live. Sysdig observed four such attempts within hours of deployment, with one attacker progressing to environment variable exfiltration.”This is…
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CISA Flags Critical Flaw in Grassroots DICOM Imaging Library
Researcher: If Exploited, Bug Could Crash Hospital Medical Imaging Systems. The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency is warning of a high severity in Grassroots DICOM, an open-source library commonly used for medical imaging products, that if exploited could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted file resulting in a denial-of-service situation. First seen on…
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CISA Adds Critical Aquasecurity Trivy Scanner Vulnerability to KEV Catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, malicious, open-source, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urgently added a critical flaw affecting Aquasecurity’s Trivy scanner to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Tracked as CVE-2026-33634, this security weakness involves embedded malicious code that targets continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) environments. Because Trivy is a widely adopted open-source vulnerability scanner used natively within…
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LangChain, LangGraph Flaws Expose Files, Secrets, Databases in Widely Used AI Frameworks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security vulnerabilities impacting LangChain and LangGraph that, if successfully exploited, could expose filesystem data, environment secrets, and conversation history.Both LangChain and LangGraph are open-source frameworks that are used to build applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). LangGraph is built on the foundations of First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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Silicon Valley’s two biggest dramas have intersected: LiteLLM and Delve
LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/delve-did-the-security-compliance-on-litellm-an-ai-project-hit-by-malware/
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Delve did the security compliance on LiteLLM, an AI project hit by malware
LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/delve-did-the-security-compliance-on-litellm-an-ai-project-hit-by-malware/
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PolyShell attacks target 56% of all vulnerable Magento stores
Attacks leveraging the ‘PolyShell’ vulnerability in version 2 of Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce installations are underway, targeting more than half of all vulnerable stores. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/polyshell-attacks-target-56-percent-of-all-vulnerable-magento-stores/
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Supply chain attack hits widely-used AI package, risks impacting thousands of companies
The incident highlights growing concerns over the security of the open-source software supply chain, where widely-used tools maintained by small teams can provide a gateway into thousands of organizations if compromised. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/supply-chain-attack-hits-widely-used-ai-package