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New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard.Read More »New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalateRead More »3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

A Taxonomy of Cognitive Security

Last week, I listened to a fascinating talk by K. Melton on cognitive security, cognitive hacking, and reality pentesting. The slides from the talk are here, but—even better—Menton has a long essay laying out the basic concepts and ideas. The whole thing is important and well worth reading, and IRead More »A Taxonomy of Cognitive Security

Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack

A long-lived NPM access token was used to bypass the GitHub Actions OIDC-based CI/CD publishing workflow and push backdoored package versions. The post Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. “We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069,” John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat IntelligenceRead More »Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms

Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms

Anthropic on Tuesday confirmed that internal code for its popular artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, Claude Code, had been inadvertently released due to a human error. “No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed,” an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC News. “This was aRead More »Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms

A laughing RAT: CrystalX combines spyware, stealer, and prankware features

A laughing RAT: CrystalX combines spyware, stealer, and prankware features

Introduction In March 2026, we discovered an active campaign promoting previously unknown malware in private Telegram chats. The Trojan was offered as a MaaS (malware‑as‑a‑service) with three subscription tiers. It caught our attention because of its extensive arsenal of capabilities. On the panel provided to third‑party actors, in addition to theRead More »A laughing RAT: CrystalX combines spyware, stealer, and prankware features

Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement

Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement

Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand this September, beforeRead More »Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement

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