Iran’s ‘MuddyWater’ Levels Up With MuddyViper Backdoor
New Fooder loader and memory-only tactics suggest MuddyWater has evolved from its usual noisy ops to more stealthy espionage operations.
Cyber Security
Researchers Use Poetry to Jailbreak AI Models
When prompts were presented in poetic rather than prose form, attack success rates increased from 8% to 43%, on average…
India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and Misuse
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to ensure that the platforms cannot be…
New Raptor Framework Uses Agentic Workflows to Create Patches
Researchers utilized prompts and large language models to develop an open-source AI framework capable of generating both vulnerability exploits and…
Researchers Capture Lazarus APT’s Remote-Worker Scheme Live on Camera
A joint investigation led by Mauro Eldritch, founder of BCA LTD, conducted together with threat-intel initiative NorthScan and ANY.RUN, a…
GlassWorm Returns with 24 Malicious Extensions Impersonating Popular Developer Tools
The supply chain campaign known as GlassWorm has once again reared its head, infiltrating both Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and…
Malicious npm Package Uses Hidden Prompt and Script to Evade AI Security Tools
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an npm package that attempts to influence artificial intelligence (AI)-driven security scanners. The package…
Iran-Linked Hackers Hits Israeli Sectors with New MuddyViper Backdoor in Targeted Attacks
Israeli entities spanning academia, engineering, local government, manufacturing, technology, transportation, and utilities sectors have emerged as the target of a…
DPRK’s ‘Contagious Interview’ Spawns Malicious Npm Package Factory
North Korean attackers have delivered more than 197 malicious packages with 31K-plus downloads since Oct. 10, as part of ongoing…
A NICE Retrospective on Shaping Cybersecurity’s Future
Rodney Petersen has served as the Director of NICE at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for the…