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Vibe-Coded Malicious VS Code Extension Found with Built-In Ransomware Capabilities

Vibe-Coded Malicious VS Code Extension Found with Built-In Ransomware Capabilities

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in other words, vibe-coded. Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner, who flagged the extension “susvsex,” said it does not attempt to hide itsRead More »Vibe-Coded Malicious VS Code Extension Found with Built-In Ransomware Capabilities

Trojanized ESET Installers Drop Kalambur Backdoor in Phishing Attacks on Ukraine

Trojanized ESET Installers Drop Kalambur Backdoor in Phishing Attacks on Ukraine

A previously unknown threat activity cluster has been observed impersonating Slovak cybersecurity company ESET as part of phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The campaign, detected in May 2025, is tracked by the security outfit under the moniker InedibleOchotense, describing it as Russia-aligned. “InedibleOchotense sent spear-phishing emails and Signal text messages,Read More »Trojanized ESET Installers Drop Kalambur Backdoor in Phishing Attacks on Ukraine

Cisco Warns of New Firewall Attack Exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362

Cisco Warns of New Firewall Attack Exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362

Cisco on Wednesday disclosed that it became aware of a new attack variant that’s designed to target devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software releases that are susceptible to CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362. “This attack can cause unpatched devices toRead More »Cisco Warns of New Firewall Attack Exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362

Truffle Security Raises $25 Million for Secret Scanning Engine

The investment will fuel the development of Truffle’s enterprise-grade secrets detection, verification, and remediation platform. The post Truffle Security Raises $25 Million for Secret Scanning Engine appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Follow Pragmatic Interventions to Keep Agentic AI in Check

Agentic AI speeds operations, but requires clear goals, least privilege, auditability, red‑teaming, and human oversight to manage opacity, misalignment, and misuse. The post Follow Pragmatic Interventions to Keep Agentic AI in Check appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Rigged Poker Games

The Department of Justice has indicted thirty-one people over the high-tech rigging of high-stakes poker games. In a typical legitimate poker game, a dealer uses a shuffling machine to shuffle the cards randomly before dealing them to all the players in a particular order. As set forth in the indictment,Read More »Rigged Poker Games

From Tabletop to Turnkey: Building Cyber Resilience in Financial Services

From Tabletop to Turnkey: Building Cyber Resilience in Financial Services

Introduction Financial institutions are facing a new reality: cyber-resilience has passed from being a best practice, to an operational necessity, to a prescriptive regulatory requirement. Crisis management or Tabletop exercises, for a long time relatively rare in the context of cybersecurity, have become required as a series of regulations hasRead More »From Tabletop to Turnkey: Building Cyber Resilience in Financial Services

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