AttackFeed by Joe Wagner

Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. “Use-after-free in Dawn in Google … Read More “New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released  – The Hacker News” »

Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It’s currently not known what lures the threat actors use to … Read More “Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass  – The Hacker News” »

A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend … Read More “Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures  – The Hacker News” »

New research from Seqrite explains the ‘dual-use dilemma,’ where ransomware attackers repurpose legitimate IT tools like IOBit Unlocker…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

There is a character that keeps appearing in enterprise security departments, and most CISOs know exactly who that is. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t enable. Its entire function is to say “No.” No to ChatGPT. No to DeepSeek. No to the file-sharing tool the product team swears by. For years, this looked like security. But … Read More “Block the Prompt, Not the Work: The End of “Doctor No”  – The Hacker News” »

Post-quantum cryptography explained, risks of quantum attacks, and steps to secure data, systems, and infrastructure for a quantum-resilient…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

New York, New York, April 1st, 2026, CyberNewswire  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

New research from Octagon Networks reveals a critical zero-day ImageMagick vulnerability that allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via simple image uploads affecting Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, and WordPress. This magic byte shift bypasses even the most secure policies.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising … Read More “3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)  – The Hacker News” »

A man has appeared in federal court in Austin, Texas, after being extradited to the United States to face charges related to his alleged role as a key developer of the notorious RedLine malware. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. “We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069,” John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker … Read More “Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069  – The Hacker News” »

Anthropic on Tuesday confirmed that internal code for its popular artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, Claude Code, had been inadvertently released due to a human error. “No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed,” an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC News. “This was a release packaging issue caused by … Read More “Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms  – The Hacker News” »

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that purports to limit mail-in voting, though critics say the move will almost certainly be challenged in court on constitutional grounds. The order instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists … Read More “White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists   – CyberScoop” »

Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand this September, before it expands globally next year. … Read More “Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement  – The Hacker News” »

A high-severity security flaw in the TrueConf client video conferencing software has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day as part of a campaign targeting government entities in Southeast Asia dubbed TrueChaos. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score: 7.8), a lack of integrity check when fetching application update code, allowing an attacker … Read More “TrueConf Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on Southeast Asian Government Networks  – The Hacker News” »

A hacker briefly delivered malware this week through a popular open-source project for software developers that has an estimated 100 million weekly downloads, raising the possibility of compromises spreading widely through a supply-chain attack. Axios is a JavaScript client library used in web requests. The unknown attacker hijacked the npm account — npm being a … Read More “Attack on axios software developer tool threatens widespread compromises  – CyberScoop” »

Axios npm Package compromised in a supply chain attack, exposing developers to malware, data theft, and full system takeover risks worldwide.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security “blind spot” in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform that could allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents to be weaponized by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and compromise an organization’s cloud environment. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the issue relates to how the Vertex AI … Read More “Vertex AI Vulnerability Exposes Google Cloud Data and Private Artifacts  – The Hacker News” »

The cybersecurity landscape is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. What is emerging is not simply a rise in the number of vulnerabilities or tools, but a dramatic increase in speed. Speed of attack, speed of exploitation, and speed of change across modern environments. This is the defining challenge of the new era of digital warfare: … Read More “The AI Arms Race – Why Unified Exposure Management Is Becoming a Boardroom Priority  – The Hacker News” »

F5 BIG-IP APM flaw CVE-2025-53521 escalates to critical 9.8 RCE, actively exploited. Patch now, check IoCs, and secure vulnerable systems immediately.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Chinese-speaking users are the target of an active campaign that uses typosquatted domains impersonating trusted software brands to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan named AtlasCross RAT. “The operation covers VPN clients, encrypted messengers, video conferencing tools, cryptocurrency trackers, and e-commerce applications, with eleven confirmed delivery domains impersonating  – Read More  – The Hacker … Read More “Silver Fox Expands Asia Cyber Campaign with AtlasCross RAT and Fake Domains  – The Hacker News” »

It’s not every day that you read that the head of America’s top law enforcement agency has been hacked, but then – these aren’t ordinary times. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency. Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to inject “plain-crypto-js” version 4.2.1 as a fake dependency. According to StepSecurity, the two versions were published using the compromised … Read More “Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account  – The Hacker News” »

Kernel-level visibility reveals hidden data movement in breaches, exposing gaps in modern security tools and improving detection, compliance, and system behavior tracking.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

AI agents are transforming finance, enabling automated trading and payments, but introduce new risks around keys, data inputs and secure execution control.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

What is really slowing Tier 1 down: the threat itself or the process around it? In many SOCs, the biggest delays do not come from the threat alone. They come from fragmented workflows, manual triage steps, and limited visibility early in the investigation. Fixing those process gaps can help Tier 1 move faster, reduce unnecessary … Read More “3 SOC Process Fixes That Unlock Tier 1 Productivity  – The Hacker News” »

OpenAI Codex vulnerability allowed attackers to steal GitHub tokens via malicious branch names using hidden Unicode command injection flaw.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Wave Browser for gaming: built for multitasking, streaming, and tabs, with tools for gamers plus ocean cleanup support tied to everyday browsing activity.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A previously unknown vulnerability in OpenAI ChatGPT allowed sensitive conversation data to be exfiltrated without user knowledge or consent, according to new findings from Check Point. “A single malicious prompt could turn an otherwise ordinary conversation into a covert exfiltration channel, leaking user messages, uploaded files, and other sensitive content,” the cybersecurity company said in  … Read More “OpenAI Patches ChatGPT Data Exfiltration Flaw and Codex GitHub Token Vulnerability  – The Hacker News” »

A new malware-based credential-stealing campaign, which researchers are calling “DeepLoad,” has been infecting enterprise business IT environments over the past In a report released Monday, ReliaQuest AI researchers Thassanai McCabe and Andrew Currie say the most relevant feature of this attack is the way it uses artificial intelligence and other engineering “to defeat the controls … Read More “Researchers say credential-stealing campaign used AI to build evasion ‘at every stage’  – CyberScoop” »

A new campaign has leveraged the ClickFix social engineering tactic as a way to distribute a previously undocumented malware loader referred to as DeepLoad. “It likely uses AI-assisted obfuscation and process injection to evade static scanning, while credential theft starts immediately and captures passwords and sessions even if the primary loader is blocked,” ReliaQuest researchers … Read More “DeepLoad Malware Uses ClickFix and WMI Persistence to Steal Browser Credentials  – The Hacker News” »

Crypto enables 24/7 payments for AI agents, replacing fiat limits with scalable machine-to-machine transactions and powering the emerging machine economy.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

15-year-old strongSwan flaw allows attackers to crash VPNs via integer underflow bug, affecting EAP-TTLS plugin and multiple versions worldwide.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More