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Microsoft Silently Patches Windows LNK Flaw After Years of Active Exploitation

Microsoft Silently Patches Windows LNK Flaw After Years of Active Exploitation

Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Microsoft has silently plugged a security flaw that has been exploited by several threat actors since 2017 as part of the company’s November 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, according… 

WordPress King Addons Flaw Under Active Attack Lets Hackers Make Admin Accounts

WordPress King Addons Flaw Under Active Attack Lets Hackers Make Admin Accounts

Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security A critical security flaw impacting a WordPress plugin known as King Addons for Elementor has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-8489 (CVSS score: 9.8),… 

Brazil Hit by Banking Trojan Spread via WhatsApp Worm and RelayNFC NFC Relay Fraud

Brazil Hit by Banking Trojan Spread via WhatsApp Worm and RelayNFC NFC Relay Fraud

The threat actor known as Water Saci is actively evolving its tactics, switching to a sophisticated, highly layered infection chain that uses HTML Application (HTA) files and PDFs to propagate via WhatsApp a worm that… 

Picklescan Bugs Allow Malicious PyTorch Models to Evade Scans and Execute Code

Picklescan Bugs Allow Malicious PyTorch Models to Evade Scans and Execute Code

Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Three critical security flaws have been disclosed in an open-source utility called Picklescan that could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code by loading untrusted PyTorch models, effectively… 

Malicious Rust Crate Delivers OS-Specific Malware to Web3 Developer Systems

Malicious Rust Crate Delivers OS-Specific Malware to Web3 Developer Systems

Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web3 Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Rust package that’s capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, and features malicious functionality to stealthily execute on developer machines by… 

India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and Misuse

India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and Misuse

Dec 02, 2025Ravie 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… 

Researchers Capture Lazarus APT’s Remote-Worker Scheme Live on Camera

Researchers Capture Lazarus APT’s Remote-Worker Scheme Live on Camera

Dec 02, 2025The 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… 

GlassWorm Returns with 24 Malicious Extensions Impersonating Popular Developer Tools

GlassWorm Returns with 24 Malicious Extensions Impersonating Popular Developer Tools

Dec 02, 2025Ravie 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… 

Malicious npm Package Uses Hidden Prompt and Script to Evade AI Security Tools

Malicious npm Package Uses Hidden Prompt and Script to Evade AI Security Tools

Dec 02, 2025Ravie 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…