“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Redirects Tags to Steal CI/CD Credentials [email protected] (The Hacker News)
In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow, actions-cool/issues-helper, to run malicious code that harvests sensitive credentials and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. “Every existing tag in the repository has been moved to point to an imposter commit that does not appear in the action’s normal…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Pushes Malicious AntV npm Packages via Compromised Maintainer Account [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has compromised various npm packages associated with the @antv ecosystem as part of the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud attack wave. “The attack affects packages tied to the npm maintainer account atool, including echarts-for-react, a widely used React wrapper for Apache ECharts with roughly 1.1…
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INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests [email protected] (The Hacker News)
INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects. The initiative involved the efforts of 13 countries from the region between October 2025 and February 2026, aiming to investigate and neutralize malicious infrastructure, arrest perpetrators behind…
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⚡ Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Monday opens with a trust problem. A mail server flaw is under active use. A network control system was targeted. Trusted packages were poisoned. A fake model page pushed a stealer. Then came the familiar ransom claim: the data was returned and deleted. The pattern is clear. One weak dependency can leak keys. One leaked…
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How to Reduce Phishing Exposure Before It Turns into Business Disruption [email protected] (The Hacker News)
What happens when a phishing email looks clean enough to pass through security, but dangerous enough to expose the business after one click? That is the gap many SOCs still struggle with: the attacks that leave teams unsure what was exposed, who else was targeted, and how far the risk has spread. Early phishing detection…
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Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Supply chain attackers are not only trying to slip malicious code into trusted software. They are trying to steal the access that makes trusted software possible. Recently, three separate campaigns hit npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub in a 48-hour window, and all three targeted secrets from developer environments and CI/CD pipelines, including API keys, cloud…
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Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Ivanti, Fortinet, n8n, SAP, and VMware have released security fixes for various vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code. Topping the list is a critical flaw impacting Ivanti Xtraction (CVE-2026-8043, CVSS score: 9.6) that could be exploited to achieve information disclosure or client-side attacks. “External control of…
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SOC vs. MDR: What CISOs need to consider
Security operations centers and managed detection and response providers differ in how they manage threats. What’s the best way to choose between a SOC and MDR service?Read More
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Four Malicious npm Packages Deliver Infostealers and Phantom Bot DDoS Malware [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four new npm packages containing information-stealing malware, one of which is a clone of the Shai-Hulud worm open-sourced by TeamPCP. The list of identified packages is below – chalk-tempalte (825 Downloads) @deadcode09284814/axios-util (284 Downloads) axois-utils (963 Downloads) color-style-utils (934 Downloads) “One of the packages (chalk-tempalte)Read More
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Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations. According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon Black teams, the pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered to corrupt uranium-compression simulations that are central to nuclear weapon design. “Fast16’s hook engine is selectively interested…
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