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Hackers Use Emojis to Bypass Cybersecurity Defenses
Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging emojis in malicious communications to evade detection by security tools that traditionally scan for known malware sig
Hong Kong law compels travelers to surrender device passwords at the border
Hong Kong authorities revised enforcement rules under the National Security Law on March 23, 2026, granting police the power to demand passwords and decryption
Iran-Linked APT Hits US Critical Infrastructure PLCs Amid Escalating Conflict
An Iranian government-affiliated threat group has been actively disrupting programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across US critical infrastructure since at leas
IVIP: A New Category Pitches Visibility as the Cure for IAM Sprawl
Identity and access management has fragmented across SaaS, cloud, and on-prem systems faster than most organizations can map. The result is an attack surface de
LinkedIn's Silent Browser Extension Scanning Triggers Two Privacy Lawsuits
LinkedIn is facing two class action lawsuits after reports emerged that it scans users' installed browser extensions without clear disclosure. The suits allege
Magento Skimmer Hides in 1×1 SVG Pixel, Hits ~100 Stores
Attackers have compromised roughly 100 Magento stores by injecting a credit card skimmer into a single-pixel SVG element embedded directly in page HTML. The mal
Malicious litellm 1.82.8 wheel auto-executes on Python startup via .pth file
A poisoned release of the litellm package on PyPI, version 1.82.8, shipped a wheel containing a 34,628-byte .pth file named litellm_init.pth. Because Python pro
Masjesu Botnet Surfaces as DDoS-for-Hire Platform Exploiting IoT Devices
A new botnet dubbed Masjesu has emerged as a commercial DDoS-for-hire service, compromising IoT devices worldwide to build its attack infrastructure. The operat
Meta's Superintelligence Lab Debuts Spark, a Proprietary Break from Llama
Meta has released Muse Spark, the first model from its Superintelligence Labs division - a unit formed roughly a year ago with ambitions around personal superin
Microsoft auto-suspends VeraCrypt, WireGuard, MemTest86 dev signing accounts
Microsoft silently terminated Windows Hardware Program signing accounts belonging to maintainers of WireGuard, VeraCrypt, MemTest86, and Windscribe, cutting off
Mobile-Driven Fraud Surges Across Latin America
Fraud rates are climbing sharply across Latin America, driven by the region's heavy reliance on mobile devices as the primary gateway to digital services. With
New Mexico's Meta Ruling Could Make Encryption a Legal Liability
A New Mexico court ruling against Meta is being used to argue that adding end-to-end encryption to Facebook Messenger was itself a negligent design choice - bec