** Jan 05, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cryptocurrency / Financial Crime Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive …
AI Security Roundup
Daily AI security roundup covering malware, vulnerabilities, defensive research, cloud risk, and incident response signals from trusted technical sources.
Introduction In October 2025, a work colleague documented a cryptocurrency scam using a fake chatbot . After investigating this, I was able to receive messages from the campaign, and these emails have …
One of my holiday projects was to redo and optimize part of my home network. One of my homelab servers failed in November. I had only thrown the replacement in the rack to get going, but some cleanup …
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants …
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Found in Light Fixture Probably a college prank . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog …
Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools promise reduced risk. What they usually deliver is more information. Security teams deploy ASM, asset inventories grow, alerts start flowing, and dashboards fill …
Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras 404 Media has the story : Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are …
** Jan 02, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cloud Security / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that involves the attackers impersonating legitimate …
As web browsers evolve into all-purpose platforms, performance and productivity often suffer. Feature overload, excessive background processes, and fragmented workflows can slow down browsing sessions …
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: GhostAd Drain, macOS Attacks, Proxy Botnets, Cloud Exploits, and 12+ Stories
** Jan 01, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Hacking News The first ThreatsDay Bulletin of 2026 lands on a day that already feels symbolic — new year, new breaches, new tricks. If the past …
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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers
** Jan 01, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Network Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a persistent nine-month-long campaign that has targeted Internet of Things …
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Software Security / Data Breach Trust Wallet on Tuesday revealed that the second iteration of the Shai-Hulud (aka Sha1-Hulud) supply chain outbreak in November 2025 …
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what appears to be a new strain of Shai Hulud on the npm registry with slight …
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan API Security / Vulnerability IBM has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in API Connect that could allow attackers to gain remote access to the …
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DarkSpectre Browser Extension Campaigns Exposed After Impacting 8.8 Million Users Worldwide
The threat actor behind two malicious browser extension campaigns, ShadyPanda and GhostPoster , has been attributed to a third attack campaign codenamed DarkSpectre that has impacted 2.2 million users …
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U.S. Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Three Individuals Linked to Intellexa and Predator Spyware
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Spyware / Mobile Security The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday removed three individuals linked to the …
LinkedIn Job Scams Interesting article on the variety of LinkedIn job scams around the world: In India, tech jobs are used as bait because the industry employs millions of people and offers …
** Dec 30, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Vulnerability / Email Security The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools …
Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds Scammers are generating images of broken merchandise in order to apply for refunds. Tags: AI , China , scams Posted on December 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM • 0 …
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has turned its focus to India, using income tax-themed lures in phishing campaigns to distribute a modular remote access trojan called ValleyRAT (aka Winos 4.0). …
** Dec 30, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Cyber Espionage The Chinese hacking group known as Mustang Panda has leveraged a previously undocumented kernel-mode rootkit driver to deliver a new …
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into security operations quickly, but many practitioners are still struggling to turn early experimentation into consistent operational value. This is …
KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 16th anniversary today! A huge “thank you” to all of our readers — newcomers, long-timers and drive-by critics alike. Your engagement this past year here has been …
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⚡ Weekly Recap: MongoDB Attacks, Wallet Breaches, Android Spyware, Insider Crime & More
** Dec 29, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Hacking News / Cybersecurity Last week’s cyber news in 2025 was not about one big incident. It was about many small cracks opening at the same time. Tools …
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Traditional Security Frameworks Leave Organizations Exposed to AI-Specific Attack Vectors
In December 2024, the popular Ultralytics AI library was compromised, installing malicious code that hijacked system resources for cryptocurrency mining. In August 2025 , malicious Nx packages leaked …