Ten npm packages were suddenly updated with malicious code yesterday to steal environment variables and other sensitive data from developers’ systems. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
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Dark Reading Confidential Episode 5: Christofer Hoff, chief secure technology officer at LastPass, shares the human side of the story of how he led his team through a major cyber incident and built from the ground up a security team and security culture. Go to Source Author: Dark Reading Staff
A China-linked cyberespionage group known as ‘FamousSparrow’ was observed using a new modular version of its signature backdoor ‘SparrowDoor’ against a US-based trade organization. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
Microsoft has released the KB5053656 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with 38 changes, including real-time translation on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs and fixes for authentication and blue-screen issues. […] Go to Source Author: Sergiu Gatlan
In May, Microsoft plans to roll out a new Windows scheduled task that launches automatically to help Microsoft Office apps load faster. […] Go to Source Author: Sergiu Gatlan
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) mail exchange (MX) records to serve fake login pages that impersonate about 114 brands. DNS intelligence firm Infoblox is tracking the actor behind the PhaaS, the phishing kit, and the related activity under the moniker Morphing Meerkat. […]
The union received a spoofed email that led to the loss of $6.4 million, much of it transferred to other accounts or to a cryptocurrency exchange. Go to Source Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
A new report sheds light on the most targeted WordPress plugin vulnerabilities hackers used in the first quarter of 2025 to compromise sites. […] Go to Source Author: Bill Toulas
Mozilla has released Firefox 136.0.4 to patch a critical security vulnerability that can let attackers escape the web browser’s sandbox on Windows systems. […] Go to Source Author: Sergiu Gatlan
You can’t escape AI in WhatsApp even if you are based in one of the 41 European countries. Today, more people are seeing the Meta AI chatbot being added to WhatsApp. […] Go to Source Author: Mayank Parmar