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Fake Booking Emails Redirect Hotel Staff to Fake BSoD Pages Delivering DCRat

Fake Booking Emails Redirect Hotel Staff to Fake BSoD Pages Delivering DCRat

Jan 06, 2026Ravie LakshmananMalware / Endpoint Security Source: Securonix Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed PHALT#BLYX that has leveraged ClickFix-style lures to display fixes for fake blue screen of death (BSoD)… 

VS Code Forks Recommend Missing Extensions, Creating Supply Chain Risk in Open VSX

VS Code Forks Recommend Missing Extensions, Creating Supply Chain Risk in Open VSX

Jan 06, 2026Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Cloud Security Popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) forks such as Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Trae have been found to recommend extensions that are… 

New n8n Vulnerability (9.9 CVSS) Lets Authenticated Users Execute System Commands

New n8n Vulnerability (9.9 CVSS) Lets Authenticated Users Execute System Commands

Jan 06, 2026Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / DevOps A new critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in n8n, an open-source workflow automation platform, that could enable an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying… 

Critical AdonisJS Bodyparser Flaw (CVSS 9.2) Enables Arbitrary File Write on Servers

Critical AdonisJS Bodyparser Flaw (CVSS 9.2) Enables Arbitrary File Write on Servers

Jan 06, 2026Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Web Security Users of the “@adonisjs/bodyparser” npm package are being advised to update to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical security vulnerability that, if successfully exploited, could… 

Russia-Aligned Hackers Abuse Viber to Target Ukrainian Military and Government

Russia-Aligned Hackers Abuse Viber to Target Ukrainian Military and Government

Jan 05, 2026Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Windows Security The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0184 has been observed targeting Ukrainian military and government entities by leveraging the Viber messaging platform to deliver malicious ZIP archives.… 

Kimwolf Android Botnet Infects Over 2 Million Devices via Exposed ADB and Proxy Networks

Kimwolf Android Botnet Infects Over 2 Million Devices via Exposed ADB and Proxy Networks

Jan 05, 2026Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Mobile Security The botnet known as Kimwolf has infected more than 2 million Android devices by tunneling through residential proxy networks, according to findings from Synthient. “Key actors involved… 

The State of Cybersecurity in 2025: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations 

The State of Cybersecurity in 2025: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations 

Jan 05, 2026The Hacker NewsData Protection / Artificial Intelligence Featuring: Cybersecurity is being reshaped by forces that extend beyond individual threats or tools. As organizations operate across cloud infrastructure, distributed endpoints, and complex supply chains,… 

Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act

Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act

Jan 05, 2026Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Financial Crime Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016,…