'Contagious Interview' Attack Now Delivers Backdoor Via VS Code
Once trust is granted to the repository's author, a malicious app executes arbitrary commands on the victim's system with no other user interaction.
Malicious PyPI Package Impersonates SymPy, Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts
A new malicious package discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) has been found to impersonate a popular library for symbolic mathematics to deploy malicious payloads, including a cryptocurrency miner, on Linux hosts. The package, named sympy-dev, mimics SymPy, replicating t
Filling the Most Common Gaps in Google Workspace Security
Security teams at agile, fast-growing companies often have the same mandate: secure the business without slowing it down. Most teams inherit a tech stack optimized for breakneck growth, not resilience. In these environments, the security team is the helpdesk, the compliance exper
The Next Frontier of Runtime Assembly Attacks: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Phishing JavaScript in Real Time
We discuss a novel AI-augmented attack method where malicious webpages use LLM services to generate dynamic code in real-time within a browser. The post The Next Frontier of Runtime Assembly Attacks: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Phishing JavaScript in Real Time appeared first on U
Exposure Assessment Platforms Signal a Shift in Focus
Gartner® doesn’t create new categories lightly. Generally speaking, a new acronym only emerges when the industry's collective "to-do list" has become mathematically impossible to complete. And so it seems that the introduction of the Exposure Assessment Platforms (EAP) category i
Webinar: How Smart MSSPs Using AI to Boost Margins with Half the Staff
Every managed security provider is chasing the same problem in 2026 — too many alerts, too few analysts, and clients demanding “CISO-level protection” at SMB budgets. The truth? Most MSSPs are running harder, not smarter. And it’s breaking their margins. That’s where the quiet re
Pro-Russia Information Operations Leverage Russian Drone Incursions into Polish Airspace
Written by: Alden Wahlstrom, David Mainor Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) observed multiple instances of pro-Russia information operations (IO) actors promoting narratives related to the reported incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace that occurre
Keys to the Kingdom: A Defender's Guide to Privileged Account Monitoring
Written by: Bhavesh Dhake, Will Silverstone, Matthew Hitchcock, Aaron Fletcher The Criticality of Privileged Access in Today's Threat Landscape Privileged access stands as the most critical pathway for adversaries seeking to compromise sensitive systems and data. Its protection
Preparing for Threats to Come: Cybersecurity Forecast 2026
Every November, we make it our mission to equip organizations with the knowledge needed to stay ahead of threats we anticipate in the coming year. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 report, released today, provides comprehensive insights to help security leaders and teams prepare fo
Closing the Door on Net-NTLMv1: Releasing Rainbow Tables to Accelerate Protocol Deprecation
Written by: Nic Losby Introduction Mandiant is publicly releasing a comprehensive dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables to underscore the urgency of migrating away from this outdated protocol. Despite Net-NTLMv1 being deprecated and known to be insecure for over two decades—with
Meet Rey, the Admin of ‘Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters’
A prolific cybercriminal group that calls itself "Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters" made headlines regularly this year by stealing data from and publicly mass extorting dozens of major corporations. But the tables seem to have turned somewhat for "Rey," the moniker chosen by the technic
Drones to Diplomas: How Russia’s Largest Private University is Linked to a $25M Essay Mill
A sprawling academic cheating network turbocharged by Google Ads that has generated nearly $25 million in revenue has curious connections to a Kremlin-connected oligarch whose Russian university builds drones for Russia's war against Ukraine.