Jul 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Phishing Unknown threat actors have been observed weaponizing v0, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Vercel, to design fake sign-in pages that impersonate their legitimate counterparts. “This observation signals a new evolution in… Read More "Vercel’s v0 AI Tool Weaponized by Cybercriminals to Rapidly Create Fake Login Pages at Scale"
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector project that could result in remote code execution (RCE) and allow an attacker to gain complete access to the hosts. The… Read More "Critical Vulnerability in Anthropic’s MCP Exposes Developer Machines to Remote Exploits"
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarities between the threat actors behind the RomCom RAT and a cluster that has been observed delivering a loader dubbed TransferLoader. Enterprise security firm Proofpoint is tracking the activity associated with TransferLoader to a… Read More "TA829 and UNK_GreenSec Share Tactics and Infrastructure in Ongoing Malware Campaigns"
Jul 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananDeveloper Security / Software Development A new study of integrated development environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Cursor has revealed weaknesses in how they handle the extension verification process, ultimately enabling… Read More "New Flaw in IDEs Like Visual Studio Code Lets Malicious Extensions Bypass Verified Status"
Despite years of investment in Zero Trust, SSE, and endpoint protection, many enterprises are still leaving one critical layer exposed: the browser. It’s where 85% of modern work now happens. It’s also where copy/paste actions, unsanctioned GenAI usage, rogue extensions,… Read More "A New Maturity Model for Browser Security: Closing the Last-Mile Risk"
Jul 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Browser Security Google has released security updates to address a vulnerability in its Chrome browser for which an exploit exists in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6554 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described… Read More "Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2025-6554 Under Active Attack — Google Issues Security Update"
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday announced sweeping actions targeting the North Korean information technology (IT) worker scheme, leading to the arrest of one individual and the seizure of 29 financial accounts, 21 fraudulent websites, and nearly 200… Read More "U.S. Arrests Facilitator in North Korean IT Worker Scheme; Seizes 29 Domains and Raids 21 Laptop Farms"
Jul 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy Microsoft has said that it’s ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August 1, 2025. The changes, the company said, are part of its efforts to streamline autofill in the two-factor… Read More "Microsoft Removes Password Management from Authenticator App Starting August 2025"
Jun 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Ever wonder what happens when attackers don’t break the rules—they just follow them better than we do? When systems work exactly as they’re built to, but that “by design” behavior quietly opens the… Read More "Airline Hacks, Citrix 0-Day, Outlook Malware, Banking Trojans and more"
Europol on Monday announced the takedown of a cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that laundered €460 million ($540 million) from more than 5,000 victims across the world. The operation, the agency said, was carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil, along… Read More "Europol Dismantles $540 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Network, Arrests Five Suspects"
