** 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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Years of JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify Leaks Expose Thousands of Passwords and API Keys
** Nov 25, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Data Exposure / Cloud Security New research has found that organizations in various sensitive sectors, including governments, telecoms, and critical infrastructure, …
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that’s leveraging a combination of ClickFix lures and fake adult websites to deceive users into running malicious commands under …
** Nov 25, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Vulnerability The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been observed adopting new methods to obtain access to corporate email data belonging to target …
Four Ways AI Is Being Used to Strengthen Democracies Worldwide Democracy is colliding with the technologies of artificial intelligence. Judging from the audience reaction at the recent World Forum on …
** Nov 25, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Browser Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that has leveraged Blender Foundation files to deliver an information …
** Nov 25, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Spyware / Mobile Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday issued an alert warning of bad actors actively leveraging …