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Over 5,500 GitHub Repositories Infected in ‘Megalodon’ Supply Chain Attack
Fake automated commits injected GitHub Actions workflows containing payloads to steal credentials, CI secrets, keys, and tokens. The post Over 5,500 GitHub R...
Hackers Hide Linux Malware in SSH-Like Package Filename
Hackers have been observed disguising a malicious Linux payload under an SSH-like filename during software installation, as part of a coordinated supply chai...
GitHub Strengthens npm Security With Staged Publishing Protection
GitHub has introduced a major security enhancement to the npm ecosystem with the general availability of staged publishing and new install-time controls in n...
Iranian APT Uses SEO Poisoning to Spread Fake SQL Developer Malware
A newly observed cyber campaign linked to the Iranian IRGC-affiliated threat group Nimbus Manticore (also tracked as UNC1549) highlights an evolution in both...
TrapDoor Supply Chain Attack Spreads Credential-Stealing Malware via npm, PyPI, and CratesIO
A new coordinated cross-ecosystem software supply chain attack campaign has targeted npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to distribute credential-stealing malware.
OpenHack: Open-source AI-powered vulnerability research
Source-guided vulnerability research increasingly leans on coding harnesses such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to drive agent-based reviews of applicatio...
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 98
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Popu...
Laravel Lang packages hijacked to deploy credential-stealing malware
A supply chain attack targeting the Laravel Lang localization packages has exposed developers to a sophisticated credential-stealing malware campaign after a...
npm Adds 2FA-Gated Publishing and Package Install Controls Against Supply Chain Attacks
GitHub has rolled out new controls for npm to improve the security of the software supply chain, giving maintainers the ability to explicitly approve a relea...
Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware
A new "coordinated" supply chain attack campaign has impacted eight packages on Packagist including malicious code designed to run a Linux binary retrieved f...
Laravel-Lang PHP Packages Compromised to Deliver Cross-Platform Credential Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has targeted multiple PHP packages belonging to Laravel-Lang to del...
Hackers Compromise Laravel-Lang Packages via 700 GitHub Repos
A sophisticated and active supply chain attack has struck the Laravel-Lang open-source organization, compromising over 700 historical package versions across...
Former US execs plead guilty to aiding tech support scammers
Two former executives of a call-tracking and analytics company pleaded guilty to concealing a years-long tech support fraud scheme that victimized individual...
In Other News: Industrial Router Exploitation, CISA KEV Nomination Form, Gas Station Hacking
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: CISA contractor exposes credentials, Mythos testing and new features, Huawei router flaw tr...
5,561 GitHub Repositories Hit by Megalodon Supply Chain Attack in Six Hours
SafeDep uncovered the Megalodon attack targeting 5,561 GitHub repositories with malicious CI workflows and cloud credential theft.
GitLab 19.0 adds AI workflows, secrets management, and self-hosted model support
GitLab released GitLab 19.0 with expanded secrets management, agentic merge request workflows, improved CI pipeline visibility, support for self-hosted open-...
Paved With Intent: ROADtools and Nation-State Tactics in the Cloud
Open-source framework ROADtools is being misused by threat actors for cloud intrusions. Learn how to identify its malicious use.
Why your AI strategy stops where the PLC starts: Hard lessons from the OT frontlines
I spent two days at a substation connecting a major offshore wind farm to the grid. The control room featured three new AI-ready dashboards and a board manda...
Grafana Says Codebase and Other Data Stolen via TanStack Supply Chain Attack
Hackers accessed Grafana’s GitHub repositories after a token compromised in the TanStack attack was not rotated. The post Grafana Says Codebase and Other Dat...