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January 2026

North Korea-Linked Hackers Target Developers via Malicious VS Code Projects

North Korea-Linked Hackers Target Developers via Malicious VS Code Projects

The North Korean threat actors associated with the long-running Contagious Interview campaign have been observed using malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) projects as lures to deliver a backdoor on compromised endpoints. The latest… 

Three Flaws in Anthropic MCP Git Server Enable File Access and Code Execution

Three Flaws in Anthropic MCP Git Server Enable File Access and Code Execution

Ravie LakshmananJan 20, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence A set of three security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in mcp-server-git, the official Git Model Context Protocol (MCP) server maintained by Anthropic, that could be exploited to read… 

Hackers Use LinkedIn Messages to Spread RAT Malware Through DLL Sideloading

Hackers Use LinkedIn Messages to Spread RAT Malware Through DLL Sideloading

Ravie LakshmananJan 20, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign that exploits social media private messages to propagate malicious payloads, likely with the intent to deploy a remote access trojan…