- UNC1069 Targets Cryptocurrency Sector with New Tooling and AI-Enabled Social Engineering
February 9, 2026
North Korean threat actors continue to evolve their tradecraft to target the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) verticals. Mandiant recently investigated an intrusion targeting a FinTech entity within this sector, attributed to UNC1069, a financially motivated threat actor active since at least 2018. This investigation revealed a tailored intrusion resulting in the deployment of seven unique ...
- Viral AI, Invisible Risks: What OpenClaw Reveals About Agentic Assistants
February 6, 2026
The name OpenClaw might not immediately be recognizable, partly because it has undergone several name changes, from Clawdbot to Moltbot, then finally to OpenClaw. Yet one thing is certain: This new digital assistant feels genuinely groundbreaking. It remembers past interactions, keeps data on the user’s device, and adapts to individual preferences, making it feel like a ...
- Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit searches X office
February 3, 2026
French police raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media network X on Tuesday and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in April in a widening investigation, amid growing scrutiny of the platform by authorities across Europe. France’s raid and the summoning of Musk — which could further increase tensions between Europe and the ...
- Android apps have leaked over 730TB of user data and Google secrets
February 1, 2026
A major security investigation has analyzed 1.8 million Android apps available on the Google Play Store, focusing on those that explicitly claim AI features, and identified worrying security flaws which may be exposing secrets. From the initial research pool, Cybernews researchers identified 38,630 Android AI apps and examined their internal code for exposed credentials and cloud service ...
- Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT
January 27, 2026
The interim head of the country’s cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks, according to four Department of Homeland Security officials with knowledge of the incident. The ...
- Malicious Microsoft VSCode AI extensions might have hit over 1.5 million users
January 26, 2026
More than 1.5 million people may have had their sensitive data exfiltrated to Chinese hackers through two malicious extensions found on the VSCode Marketplace. Security researchers at Koi Security said they discovered two malicious browser extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace, the official Microsoft store for code editor add-ons. The extensions were advertised as ...
- The Next Frontier of Runtime Assembly Attacks: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Phishing JavaScript in Real Time
January 22, 2026
Imagine visiting a webpage that looks perfectly safe. It has no malicious code, no suspicious links. Yet, within seconds, it transforms into a personalized phishing page. This isn’t merely an illusion. It’s the next frontier of web attacks where attackers use generative AI (GenAI) to build a threat that’s loaded after the victim has already visited ...
- “Reprompt” attack lets attackers steal data from Microsoft Copilot
January 15, 2026
Researchers found a method to steal data which bypasses Microsoft Copilot’s built-in safety mechanisms. The attack flow, called Reprompt, abuses how Microsoft Copilot handled URL parameters in order to hijack a user’s existing Copilot Personal session. Copilot is an AI assistant which connects to a personal account and is integrated into Windows, the Edge browser, and ...
- ‘ZombieAgent’ zero click vulnerability allows for silent account takeover
January 9, 2026
OpenAI recently introduced a new feature for ChatGPT which, unfortunately, also puts users at risk of data exfiltration and persistent access. In December 2025, a feature called Connectors finally moved out of beta and into general availability. This feature allows ChatGPT to connect to numerous other apps, such as calendars, cloud storage, email accounts, and similar ...
- FBI: Senior U.S. Officials Continue to be Impersonated in Malicious Messaging Campaign
December 19, 2025
This is an update to Public Service Announcement I-051525-PSA, released May 15, 2025, which can be found here. Activity dating back to 2023 reveals malicious actors have impersonated senior U.S. state government, White House, and Cabinet level officials, as well as members of Congress to target individuals, including officials’ family members and personal acquaintances. If ...
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