Dec 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananRegulatory Compliance / Online Safety 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…
Dec 02, 2025The Hacker NewsIdentity Theft / Threat Intelligence 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…
Dec 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Blockchain 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…
Dec 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Software Supply Chain 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…
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…
Vulnerability management is a core component of every cybersecurity strategy. However, businesses often use thousands of software without realising it (when was the last time you checked?), and keeping track of all the vulnerability alerts,…
Dec 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Vulnerability Google on Monday released monthly security updates for the Android operating system, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild. The patch addresses a…
Dec 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananSurveillance / National Security India’s telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed cybersecurity app named Sanchar Saathi on all new phones within 90 days. According to…
A threat actor known as ShadyPanda has been linked to a seven-year-long browser extension campaign that has amassed over 4.3 million installations over time. Five of these extensions started off as legitimate programs before malicious…
Dec 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananHacking News / Cybersecurity Hackers aren’t kicking down the door anymore. They just use the same tools we use every day — code packages, cloud accounts, email, chat, phones, and “trusted” partners…