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One of JavaScript's most popular libraries compromised by hackers
By Luke James published
An attacker compromised the npm account of a lead Axios maintainer on March 30, and used it to publish two malicious versions of the widely used JavaScript HTTP client library.

Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords, including from US citizens, under penalty of imprisonment
By Bruno Ferreira published
Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords under penalty of imprisonment

CanisterWorm, a persistent malware worm, uses time zone to identify and wipe Iranian machines for no apparent reason.
By Bruno Ferreira published
CanisterWorm malware wipes Iranian machines for no apparent reason

Flipper Zero pen-testing tool gets an AI-powered companion app
By Bruno Ferreira published
If you have smart glasses, you can even pretend you're Case from Neuromancer.

US Departments of Justice and Defense crush four massive botnets totaling 3,000,000 devices
By Bruno Ferreira published
U.S. Departments of Justice and Defense take out four gigantic botnets with 3 million devices

North Korean fake IT army of 100,000 nets Kim Jong-Un a cool $500 million a year
By Bruno Ferreira published
North Korean army of IT workers infiltrates western companies to make money for the nation.

Invisible malicious code attacks 151 GitHub repos and VS Code
By Luke James published
The technique exploits Unicode Private Use Area characters, which render as zero-width whitespace in virtually every code editor and terminal.

DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected routers and IOT devices across 163 countries that ran for 16 years
By Bruno Ferreira published
Long-running SocksEscort proxy network brought down by US-EU operation
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