Banning VPNs This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs , because…think of the children! As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy …
AI Security Roundup
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** Dec 01, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Hacking News / Cybersecurity Hackers aren’t kicking down the door anymore. They just use the same tools we use every day — code packages, cloud accounts, …
A threat actor known as ShadyPanda has been linked to a seven-year-long browser extension campaign that has amassed over 4.3 million installations over time. Five of these extensions started off as …
** Dec 01, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Surveillance / National Security India’s telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed …
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Tomiris Shifts to Public-Service Implants for Stealthier C2 in Attacks on Government Targets
** Dec 01, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Tomiris has been attributed to attacks targeting foreign ministries, intergovernmental organizations, and …
A new Android malware named Albiriox has been advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model to offer a “full spectrum” of features to facilitate on-device fraud (ODF), screen …
** Nov 30, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Hacktivism / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog to …
Prompt Injection Through Poetry In a new paper, “ Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models ,” researchers found that turning LLM prompts into poetry …
** Nov 28, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Supply Chain Attack / Malware The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have continued to flood the npm registry with 197 more …
Friday Squid Blogging: Flying Neon Squid Found on Israeli Beach A meter-long flying neon squid ( Ommastrephes bartramii ) was found dead on an Israeli beach. The species is rare in the Mediterranean. …
** Nov 28, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain …
** Nov 28, 2025 ** The Hacker News Enterprise Security / Threat Detection As IT environments become increasingly distributed and organizations adopt hybrid and remote work at scale, traditional …
** Nov 28, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Email Security / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cross-tenant blind spot that allows attackers to bypass Microsoft Defender for …
** Nov 27, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Web Security / Zero Trust Microsoft has announced plans to improve the security of Entra ID authentication by blocking unauthorized script injection attacks …
** Nov 27, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Social Engineering The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf has been attributed to a cyber attack campaign that has targeted Kyrgyzstan since at least June …
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Malware, Voice Bot Flaws, Crypto Laundering, IoT Attacks — and 20 More Stories
** Nov 27, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Hacking News Hackers have been busy again this week. From fake voice calls and AI-powered malware to huge money-laundering busts and new scams, …
** Nov 27, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Ransomware / Cloud Security Gainsight has disclosed that the recent suspicious activity targeting its applications has affected more customers than previously …
The second wave of the Shai-Hulud supply chain attack has spilled over to the Maven ecosystem after compromising more than 830 packages in the npm registry. The Socket Research Team said it identified …
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Qilin Ransomware Turns South Korean MSP Breach Into 28-Victim 'Korean Leaks' Data Heist
South Korea’s financial sector has been targeted by what has been described as a sophisticated supply chain attack that led to the deployment of Qilin ransomware. “This operation combined …
Enterprises today are expected to have at least 6-8 detection tools, as detection is considered a standard investment and the first line of defense. Yet security leaders struggle to justify dedicating …
Huawei and Chinese Surveillance This quote is from House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company . “Long before anyone had heard of Ren Zhengfei or Huawei, Wan Runnan had been …
** Nov 26, 2025 ** The Hacker News Software Security / Patch Management If you’re using community tools like Chocolatey or Winget to keep systems updated, you’re not alone. These platforms …
** Nov 26, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Cyber Espionage The threat actors behind a malware family known as RomCom targeted a U.S.-based civil engineering company via a JavaScript loader dubbed …
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FBI Reports $262M in ATO Fraud as Researchers Cite Growing AI Phishing and Holiday Scams
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions with an aim to steal money or sensitive information to facilitate account …
** Nov 26, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Browser Security / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious extension on the Chrome Web Store that’s capable of injecting a …