An important date is approaching: Sunday, Jan. 19, also known as Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday. I’m just kidding. That heartbeat in the floorboards? It’s TikTok’s. The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. If the court upholds the law, it will go into effect on Jan. 19. … Read more
Dec 19, 2024Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security Threat actors have been observed uploading malicious typosquats of legitimate npm packages such as typescript-eslint and @types/node that have racked up thousands of downloads on the package registry. The counterfeit versions, named @typescript_eslinter/eslint and types-node, are engineered to download a trojan and retrieve second-stage payloads, respectively. “While … Read more
At Neuways, we often see how minor oversights can lead to significant cyber security breaches. Imagine this scenario: an employee researching for a client visits what appears to be a legitimate website. Unbeknownst to them, malware disguised as a Trojan virus silently downloads onto their device. From there, the Trojan infiltrates the organisation’s network, and … Read more
