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Nigerian man extradited from France to US over hacking and fraud allegations

A Nigerian man has been extradited from France to face hacking, identity theft, and fraud charges in the…

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Facebook users targeted in ‘login’ phish

Scammers are targeting Facebook users in this latest phishing campaign.

Hacker Accesses Millions of IMDataCenter Records from Exposed AWS Bucket

Florida firm IMDataCenter exposed 38GB of sensitive data including names, emails and ownership info. At least one hacker accessed and downloaded the files.

GHSA-jxhh-4648-vpp3: FPDI allows Memory Exhaustion (OOM) in PDF Parser which leads to Denial of Service

### Impact This is a significant Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. Any application that uses FPDI to process user-supplied PDF files is at risk. An attacker can upload a small, malicious PDF file that will cause the server-side script to crash due to memory exhaustion. Repeated attacks can lead to sustained service unavailability. ### Patches Fixed as of version 2.6.4 ### Workarounds No.

LegalPwn Attack Tricks GenAI Tools Into Misclassifying Malware as Safe Code

A new security flaw, LegalPwn, exploits a weakness in generative AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, where malicious code is disguised as legal disclaimers. Learn why human oversight is now more critical than ever for AI security.

New Choicejacking Attack Steals Data from Phones via Public Chargers

Choicejacking is a new USB attack that tricks phones into sharing data at public charging stations, bypassing security prompts in milliseconds.

Why React Didn't Kill XSS: The New JavaScript Injection Playbook

React conquered XSS? Think again. That's the reality facing JavaScript developers in 2025, where attackers have quietly evolved their injection techniques to exploit everything from prototype pollution to AI-generated code, bypassing the very frameworks designed to keep applications secure. Full 47-page guide with framework-specific defenses (PDF, free). JavaScript conquered the web, but with

Arizona Woman Jailed for Helping North Korea in $17M IT Job Scam

Arizona woman jailed 8.5 years for aiding North Korea's $17 million IT job scam, defrauding over 300 US companies. Learn how to protect your business from such sophisticated cybersecurity threats.

Watch out: Instagram users targeted in novel phishing campaign

Phishers are using legitimate looking Instagram emails in order to scam users.

Phishers Target Aviation Execs to Scam Customers

KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss's email account got phished and was used to trick one of the company's customers into sending a large payment to scammers. An investigation into the attacker's infrastructure points to a long-running Nigerian cybercrime group that is actively targeting established companies in the transportation and aviation industries.