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UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us

UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us

A website called UK Visa Portal publicly exposed thousands of passports and selfie photos of applicants who paid the site to obtain a U.K. immigration visa, TechCrunch has learned. An anonymous person notified TechCrunch about… 

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks

CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks

CrowdStrike, working with Google and Shadowserver, a nonprofit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a botnet that cybercriminals used to push malware and steal passwords from open-source software developers. The… 

Grandoreiro Malware and BTMOB RAT Campaigns Target Windows and Android Users

Grandoreiro Malware and BTMOB RAT Campaigns Target Windows and Android Users

Latin America and Europe become the target of two banking trojan campaigns that are designed to infect Windows and Android devices with Grandoreiro and BTMOB malware, respectively. That’s according to new findings from WatchGuard and… 

Malicious npm Package Stole Files From Claude AI User Directory via GitHub

Malicious npm Package Stole Files From Claude AI User Directory via GitHub

Ravie LakshmananMay 27, 2026Threat Intelligence / Supply Chain Attack Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious package on the npm registry that comes with information stealing capabilities. According to OX Security, the package, named “mouse5212-super-formatter,”…