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Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data

Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data

A cluster of 77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace has been found to impersonate legitimate developer tools while transmitting information about the systems and development environments on which they were installed. The “evil twin” extensions were uploaded to the repository between July 26 and August 1, 2026, according toRead More »Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data

Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself

Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself

An agent running Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 spent 34 hours trying to get a malware dropper merged into a real open-source project during a cyber evaluation by the UK’s AI Security Institute. When a bystander publicly warned that the code was malicious, the agent denied it, force-pushed a rewritten branchRead More »Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself

CISA Flags Langflow RCE, Tomcat, and N-central Flaws as Actively Exploited

CISA Flags Langflow RCE, Tomcat, and N-central Flaws as Actively Exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on August 5, 2026, added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-9198 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A code injection vulnerability in Langflow thatRead More »CISA Flags Langflow RCE, Tomcat, and N-central Flaws as Actively Exploited

QuickFox Supply Chain Attack Delivers FDMTP Backdoor via Trojanized Windows Installer

QuickFox Supply Chain Attack Delivers FDMTP Backdoor via Trojanized Windows Installer

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what has been described as a “long-standing supply chain attack” on QuickFox, a virtual private network (VPN) and network acceleration tool designed for overseas Chinese users. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the supply chain attack has been ongoing since at least August 2025 and involves aRead More »QuickFox Supply Chain Attack Delivers FDMTP Backdoor via Trojanized Windows Installer

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