A security researcher has discovered that the websites of over 100 car dealerships have been compromised in a supply-chain attack that attempted to infect the PCs of internet visitors. As researcher Randy McEoin explains in a blog post, cybercriminals infected the systems of LES Automotive, a company which provides a video services to help car … Read more
Open-source software used by more than 23,000 organizations, some of them in large enterprises, was compromised with credential-stealing code after attackers gained unauthorized access to a maintainer account, in the latest open-source supply-chain attack to roil the Internet. The corrupted package, tj-actions/changed-files, is part of tj-actions, a collection of files that’s used by more than … Read more
Mar 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a novel technique that allows a malicious web browser extension to impersonate any installed add-on. “The polymorphic extensions create a pixel perfect replica of the target’s icon, HTML popup, workflows and even temporarily disables the legitimate extension, making it extremely convincing for victims to believe … Read more
EncryptHub, an emerging malware threat actor that has compromised more than 600 organizations, had details about its operations and attack chain exposed by researchers.In a Thursday blog post, Outpost24’s KrakenLabs Threat Intelligence Team outlined the inner workings of the malware operation, including its structure and techniques for infecting and managing infected systems.The new information about … Read more
Twichel was admitted to the hospital. His care team discovered severe blockages in his heart. Even more concerning, he had an impending aortic aneurysm — a bulge in his main artery that, if ruptured, can cause death. Just 3 days later, Twichel underwent a successful triple bypass surgery and aortic aneurysm repair. “It was the … Read more
