A browser. A plugin. A package. A login screen. Normal stuff. That is basically the problem this week. The trouble keeps showing up inside things people already trust:… Continue reading
Tag: Hijacks
Hacker news
Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories
Swati KhandelwalSep 16, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Software Security Mandiant says an attacker hijacked an active AI coding-assistant session at an unnamed software-as-a-service provider and later spread Shai-Hulud across about 100… Continue reading
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Brazilian banking malware operation that delivers a toolkit called KREMLIN. Elastic Security Labs is tracking the activity under the… Continue reading
Turning off email images should at least stop the pictures. This week, attackers had a workaround: a scannable QR code built out of text. It still appears, even… Continue reading
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China-Linked Fire Ant Hijacks Cisco Routers to Steal Credentials and Blind Security Logs
A China-nexus cyber espionage actor tracked as Fire Ant has expanded a long-running campaign beyond VMware hypervisors to compromise Cisco IOS XR routers, Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System… Continue reading
Ravie LakshmananAug 17, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones. This week had plenty of proof. Exposed services got hit, old bugs found… Continue reading
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to an active “widespread email-driven phishing campaign” that employs adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) techniques to take control of Microsoft 365 accounts with an aim to… Continue reading
This week kept coming back to permission. A model crossed a boundary. A wallet trusted bad randomness. Webmail kept an intruder around. Public systems, package feeds, hotel networks,… Continue reading
