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The Hacker News (Security) 2d ago

PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to stealthily deliver a previously u...

The Hacker News (Security) 2d ago

vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution

A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox an...

The Hacker News (Security) 5d ago

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered Phishing, Android Spying Tool, Linux Exploit, GitHub RCE & More

This week, the shadows moved faster than the patches. While most teams were still triaging last month’s alerts, attackers had already turned control panels i...

The Hacker News (Security) May 1

Poisoned Ruby Gems and Go Modules Exploit CI Pipelines for Credential Theft

A new software supply chain attack campaign has been observed using sleeper packages as a conduit to subsequently push malicious payloads that enabled creden...

The Hacker News (Security) Apr 30

PyTorch Lightning and Intercom-client Hit in Supply Chain Attacks to Steal Credentials

In yet another software supply chain attack, threat actors have managed to compromise the popular Python package Lightning to push two malicious versions to ...

The Hacker News (Security) Apr 30

New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish per...

The Hacker News (Security) Apr 30

EtherRAT Distribution Spoofing Administrative Tools via GitHub Facades

Intro A sophisticated, high-resilience malicious campaign was identified by Atos Threat Research Center (TRC) in March 2026. This operation specifically targ...