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Toxic Combinations: When Cross-App Permissions Stack into Risk

On January 31, 2026, researchers disclosed that Moltbook, a social network built for AI agents, had left its database wide open, exposing 35,000 email addresses and 1.5 million agent API tokens across 770,000 active agents. The more worrying part sat inside the private messages. Some of those conversations held plaintext third-party credentials, including OpenAI API […]

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Lotus Wiper Malware Targets Venezuelan Energy Systems in Destructive Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented data wiper that has been used in attacks targeting Venezuela at the end of last year and the start of 2026. Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the novel file wiper has been used in a destructive campaign targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela, per findings from Kaspersky. “Two

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Harvester Deploys Linux GoGra Backdoor in South Asia Using Microsoft Graph API

The threat actor known as Harvester has been attributed to a new Linux version of its GoGra backdoor deployed as part of attacks likely targeting entities in South Asia. “The malware uses the legitimate Microsoft Graph API and Outlook mailboxes as a covert command-and-control (C2) channel, allowing it to bypass traditional perimeter network defenses,” the

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Self-Propagating Supply Chain Worm Hijacks npm Packages to Steal Developer Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of packages that have been compromised by bad actors to deliver a self-propagating worm that spreads through stolen developer npm tokens. The supply chain worm has been detected by both Socket and StepSecurity, with the companies tracking the activity under the name CanisterSprawl owing to the use of

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Malicious KICS Docker Images and VS Code Extensions Hit Checkmarx Supply Chain

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official “checkmarx/kics” Docker Hub repository. In an alert published today, software supply chain security company Socket revealed that unknown threat actors managed to have overwritten existing tags, including v2.1.20 and alpine, while also introducing a new v2.1.21 tag that does not correspond to an official

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Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023

A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, teamed up with the operators of the BlackCat ransomware starting in April 2023 to assist the e-crime gang in extracting higher amounts as ransoms. “Working as

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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters

Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them. The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by Forescout Research Vedere Labs, which identified nearly 20,000 Serial-to-Ethernet converters exposed

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SystemBC C2 Server Reveals 1,570+ Victims in The Gentlemen Ransomware Operation

Threat actors associated with The Gentlemen ransomware‑as‑a‑service (RaaS) operation have been observed attempting to deploy a known proxy malware called SystemBC. According to new research published by Check Point, the command-and-control (C2 or C&C) server linked to SystemBC has led to the discovery of a botnet of more than 1,570 victims. “SystemBC establishes SOCKS5 network

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NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family called NGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and patched it with malicious code that appears to have been AI-generated,” ESET security researcher Lukáš Štefanko

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5 Places where Mature SOCs Keep MTTR Fast and Others Waste Time

Security teams often present MTTR as an internal KPI. Leadership sees it differently: every hour a threat dwells inside the environment is an hour of potential data exfiltration, service disruption, regulatory exposure, and brand damage.  The root cause of slow MTTR is almost never “not enough analysts.” It is almost always the same structural problem:

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