Gizmodo readers hit with ClickFix malware prompts after account compromise

Veteran tech website Gizmodo confirmed a compromise on Saturday after readers reported ClickFix malware prompts appearing on article pages. Users posted screenshots of fake CAPTCHA windows appearing on Gizmodo’s site. The attack aims to fool users into running malicious code via their Read More …

Threat Actors Abuse claude.ai Shared Chat for ClickFix Malvertising Campaign

TrendAI™ Research tracked a sustained malvertising campaign that abused Google Ads to deliver ClickFix social engineering attacks disguised as popular AI developer tools. The campaign impersonated at least six legitimate brand names, including ChatGPT Codex, Perplexity, Cursor IDE, JetBrains, Claude AI, and Read More …

Free Spotify Premium hacks on social media are spreading infostealers

Short-form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels have become the latest way cybercriminals spread malware. We’ve already seen attackers move away from traditional phishing emails and toward tactics that trick people into installing malware themselves. Now they’re being lured with slick Read More …

You do surprise me.exe: An unexpected executable in Hola Browser

During review work related to an AppEsteem Windows Certified Application test, Sophos X-Ops recently identified an unexpected executable delivered alongside Hola Browser (version 1.251.91.0). The executable, me.exe, was not listed as a certified component, and appears to be a crypto-miner. After the issue was reported through Read More …

Researchers find cyber-sabotage malware that may predate Stuxnet by five years

Infosec outfit SentinelOne found malware that tries to induce errors in engineering and physics simulation software and therefore represents an attempt at sabotage, and suggests it was created years before the Stuxnet worm that aimed to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment Read More …

Hackers are abusing Apple account notifications to distribute malware, steal money and data

Scammers have found a way to abuse Apple’s email notification system to deliver phishing messages and trick people into giving away sensitive data and system access. Recently, people started receiving emails from the email.apple.com domain, notifying them of a $899 Read More …

Weaponizing Trust Signals: Claude Code Lures and GitHub Release Payloads

In late March 2026open on a new tab, Anthropic inadvertently released the internal Claude Code source material as part of an npm package that included a large internal source map file. Although the incident stemmed from a simple packaging mistake, Read More …

Gigabyte warns users Control Center flaw could let hackers hijack your files

GIGABYTE Control Center, a Windows utility which comes preloaded with certain computers, carried a critical-severity vulnerability that allowed malicious actors to access files, run code, and trigger denial-of-service conditions on affected devices. The bug has now been addressed and users Read More …

Government of Iran Cyber Actors Deploy Telegram C2 to Push Malware to Identified Targets

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate information on malicious cyber activity conducted by actors on behalf of the Government of Iran Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Specifically, MOIS cyber actors are responsible for Read More …