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Malicious Rust Crate Delivers OS-Specific Malware to Web3 Developer Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Rust package that's capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, and features malicious functionality to stealthily execute on developer machines by masquerading as an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) unit helper tool. The Rust crate, named "evm-units," was uploaded to crates.io in mid-April 2025 by a user named "ablerust,"

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“Sleeper” browser extensions woke up as spyware on 4 million devices

After seven years of acting like normal add-ons, five popular Chrome and Edge extensions with millions of installs suddenly turned malicious.

India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and Misuse

India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to ensure that the platforms cannot be used without an active SIM card linked to the user's mobile number. To that end, messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, Arattai, Sharechat, Josh, JioChat, and Signal that use an Indian mobile number for uniquely identifying their

Researchers Capture Lazarus APT's Remote-Worker Scheme Live on Camera

A joint investigation led by Mauro Eldritch, founder of BCA LTD, conducted together with threat-intel initiative NorthScan and ANY.RUN, a solution for interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence, has uncovered one of North Korea’s most persistent infiltration schemes: a network of remote IT workers tied to Lazarus Group’s Famous Chollima division. For the first time, researchers managed

GlassWorm Returns with 24 Malicious Extensions Impersonating Popular Developer Tools

The supply chain campaign known as GlassWorm has once again reared its head, infiltrating both Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and Open VSX with 24 extensions impersonating popular developer tools and frameworks like Flutter, React, Tailwind, Vim, and Vue. GlassWorm was first documented in October 2025, detailing its use of the Solana blockchain for command-and-control (C2) and harvest npm,

Whispering poetry at AI can make it break its own rules

Malicious prompts rewritten as poems have been found to bypass AI guardrails. Which models resisted and which failed the poetic jailbreak test?

Malicious npm Package Uses Hidden Prompt and Script to Evade AI Security Tools

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an npm package that attempts to influence artificial intelligence (AI)-driven security scanners. The package in question is eslint-plugin-unicorn-ts-2, which masquerades as a TypeScript extension of the popular ESLint plugin. It was uploaded to the registry by a user named "hamburgerisland" in February 2024. The package has been downloaded

Iran-Linked Hackers Hits Israeli Sectors with New MuddyViper Backdoor in Targeted Attacks

Israeli entities spanning academia, engineering, local government, manufacturing, technology, transportation, and utilities sectors have emerged as the target of a new set of attacks undertaken by Iranian nation-state actors that have delivered a previously undocumented backdoor called MuddyViper. The activity has been attributed by ESET to a hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Mango

Proxyearth Tool Lets Anyone Trace Users in India with Just a Mobile Number

Proxyearth is a new site that shows names, Aadhaar numbers, and live locations of users in India using only mobile numbers, raising serious privacy and security concerns.