Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials
The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the popular…
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits
Aug 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malware The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a fresh round of sanctions…
Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks
The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments. “Unlike…
Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the…
Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Aug 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Artificial Intelligence Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot…
ShadowSilk Hits 36 Government Targets in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots
A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific (APAC).…
The 5 Golden Rules of Safe AI Adoption
Aug 27, 2025The Hacker NewsEnterprise Security / Data Protection Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming…
Blind Eagle’s Five Clusters Target Colombia Using RATs, Phishing Lures, and Dynamic DNS Infra
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five distinct activity clusters linked to a persistent threat actor known as Blind Eagle between May 2024 and July 2025. These…
Salesloft OAuth Breach via Drift AI Chat Agent Exposes Salesforce Customer Data
Aug 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Threat Intelligence A widespread data theft campaign has allowed hackers to breach sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth…
New Sni5Gect Attack Crashes Phones and Downgrades 5G to 4G without Rogue Base Station
Aug 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Mobile Security A team of academics has devised a novel attack that can be used to downgrade a 5G connection…
MixShell Malware Delivered via Contact Forms Targets U.S. Supply Chain Manufacturers
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a sophisticated social engineering campaign that’s targeting supply chain-critical manufacturing companies with an in-memory malware dubbed MixShell. The activity…
ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners
A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the…