Chinese Cyber Threat Lurks In Critical Asian Sectors for Years
An undefined Chinese-speaking actor wields a combo of custom malware, open source tools, and LOTL binaries against Windows and Linux, likely for spying.
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Can the Security Platform Finally Deliver for the Mid-Market?
Mid-market organizations are constantly striving to achieve security levels on a par with their enterprise peers. With heightened awareness of supply chain attacks, your customers and business partners are defining the security level you must meet. What if you could be the enabler for your organization to remain competitive — and help win business —…
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Chrome Extension Turns Malicious After Ownership Transfer, Enabling Code Injection and Data Theft
Two Google Chrome extensions have turned malicious after what appears to be a case of ownership transfer, offering attackers a way to push malware to downstream customers, inject arbitrary code, and harvest sensitive data. The extensions in question, both originally associated with a developer named “akshayanuonline@gmail.com” (BuildMelon), are listed below – QuickLens – Search Screen…
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Web Server Exploits and Mimikatz Used in Attacks Targeting Asian Critical Infrastructure
High-value organizations located in South, Southeast, and East Asia have been targeted by a Chinese threat actor as part of a years-long campaign. The activity, which has targeted aviation, energy, government, law enforcement, pharmaceutical, technology, and telecommunications sectors, has been attributed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 to a previously undocumented threat activity group dubbed
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OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues
OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent that’s designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities. The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex web with free usage for the next month. “It builds deep context…
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Anthropic Finds 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities Using Claude Opus 4.6 AI Model
Anthropic on Friday said it discovered 22 new security vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser as part of a security partnership with Mozilla. Of these, 14 have been classified as high, seven have been classified as moderate, and one has been rated low in severity. The issues were addressed in Firefox 148, released late last…
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Cylake Offers AI-Native Security Without Relying on Cloud Services
Cylake’s platform will analyze security data locally and identify potential attacks for organizations concerned about data sovereignty.
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North Korean APTs Use AI to Enhance IT Worker Scams
DPRK worker scams are old hat, but they’re still working, thanks to AI tools that help with everything from face swapping to daily emails.
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Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India
The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like Nim, Zig, and Crystal and rely on trusted…
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EU Auto Rules Shift Gears on Cybersecurity Standards
The European Union is taking new precautions as climate change and cybersecurity threats rise across the automotive industry.