Security
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GM agrees to $12.75M California settlement over sale of drivers’ data
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $12.75 million settlement agreement with General Motors (GM) over allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The violations arise from allegations that the car maker illegally collected and sold Californians’ driving and location data to data brokers Verisk Analytics and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, between 2020 and […]
Official CheckMarx Jenkins package compromised with infostealer
Checkmarx warned over the weekend that a rogue version of its Jenkins Application Security Testing (AST) plugin had been published on the Jenkins Marketplace. The compromise was claimed by the TeamPCP hacker group, which initiated a spree of supply-chain attacks that included the Shai-Hulud campaigns on npm and the Trivy vulnerability scanner breach, resulting in the delivery of credential-stealing […]
New GhostLock tool abuses Windows API to block file access
A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept tool named GhostLock that demonstrates how a legitimate Windows file API can be abused in attacks to block access to files stored locally or on SMB network shares. This technique, created by Kim Dvash of Israel Aerospace Industries, abuses the Windows ‘CreateFileW‘ API and file-sharing modes to prevent other users and […]
Instructure confirms hackers used Canvas flaw to deface portals
Education technology giant Instructure has confirmed that a security vulnerability allowed hackers to modify Canvas login portals and leave an extortion message. GeekFeed has learned that both the breach and defacements involved multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that enabled the attacker to obtain authenticated admin sessions. The second hack was to draw attention and to pressure […]
Google: Hackers used AI to develop zero-day exploit for web admin tool
Researchers at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) say that a zero-day exploit targeting a popular open-source web administration tool was likely generated using AI. The exploit could be leveraged to bypass the two-factor authentication (2FA) protection in a popular open-source, web-based system administration tool that remains unnamed. Although the attack was foiled before the mass exploitation […]
TrickMo Android banker adopts TON blockchain for covert comms
A new variant of the TrickMo Android banking malware, delivered in campaigns targeting users across Europe, introduces new commands and uses The Open Network (TON) for stealthy command-and-control communications. The TrickMo banker was first spotted in September 2019 and has remained in active development, constantly receiving updates since then. In October 2024, Zimperium analyzed 40 variants of the malware […]
Hackers abuse Google ads, Claude.ai chats to push Mac malware
Attackers are abusing Google Ads and legitimate Claude.ai shared chats in an active malvertising campaign. Users searching for “Claude mac download” may come across sponsored search results that list claude.ai as the target website, but lead to instructions that install malware on their Mac. Shared Claude Chats weaponized to target macOS users The campaign was spotted by Berk Albayrak, a […]
Police shut down reboot of Crimenetwork marketplace, arrest admin
German authorities have shut down a relaunch version of the criminal marketplace ‘Crimenetwork’ that generated more than 3.6 million euros, and arrested its operator. Crimenetwork was the largest online cybercrime marketplace in Germany, operating since 2012 and with 100,000 registered users. The platform enabled the sale of illegal services, substances, and stolen data. In late […]
JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware
The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows and Linux installers, with the Windows payload found deploying a Python-based remote access trojan. The supply chain attack affects those who downloaded installers from the official website between May 6 and May 7, 2026 via the Windows “Download Alternative […]
Fake OpenAI repository on Hugging Face pushes infostealer malware
A malicious Hugging Face repository that reached the platform’s trending list impersonated OpenAI’s “Privacy Filter” project to deliver information-stealing malware to Windows users. The repository briefly reached #1 on Hugging Face and accumulated 244,000 downloads before the platform responded to reports and removed it. The Hugging Face platform lets developers and researchers share AI models, […]