Infostealer
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Child Identity Theft Surges 40%: The Decade-Long 'Shelf Life' of Stolen Minor Data
Data belonging to minors offers fraudsters a ten-year shelf life due to pristine credit scores and delayed detection. The FTC reports…
AI Zero-Days and OT Vulnerabilities: ESET’s May 2026 Security Briefing
Tony Anscombe’s latest roundup highlights critical failures in Polish water plants, Google’s discovery of the first AI-generated zero-…
AI-Directed Attacks and ICS Vulnerabilities: ESET’s Tony Anscombe on DynoWiper and the First AI Zero-Day
In his May 2026 security review, ESET’s Tony Anscombe analyzes a landscape of extremes: from the first AI-generated zero-day and 'AI-d…
FortiClient EMS: EKZ Infostealer May Target VPN Management Channels
CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS 9.8): Compromised FortiClient EMS platforms could be transformed into malware delivery vehicles. Attacks in May 2…
JINX-0164: Potential macOS Malware Campaigns Targeting Crypto Developers via LinkedIn
Threat actor JINX-0164 may be targeting cryptocurrency developers through LinkedIn social engineering, potentially utilizing the AUDIO…
TrapDoor Campaign Targets Crypto and AI Developers via 34+ Malicious Packages
The TrapDoor campaign deployed credential-stealing malware across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io, exfiltrating crypto wallets and weaponizin…
DocketWise Data Breach: 143,480 Impacted via Third-Party Repository Exposure
Legal-tech platform DocketWise has notified 143,480 individuals of a data breach involving cloned third-party repositories. The incide…
Fake Data Breach Alerts: When the Warning Becomes the Trap
Cybercriminals are weaponizing 'breach fatigue' and generative AI to craft hyper-realistic phishing alerts that mimic official inciden…
18 Malicious AI Extensions Exposed: Unit 42 Details Email Spying and RAT Risks
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has uncovered 18 AI browser extensions that masquerade as productivity tools while deploying RATs and spyin…
GitHub: 3,800 Internal Repos Exfiltrated via Trojanized VS Code Extension
GitHub has confirmed the theft of approximately 3,800 internal repositories after an employee installed a trojanized version of the Nx…
Grafana Labs Breach: Forgotten Workflow Token Exposes Internal Repositories
Grafana Labs has disclosed a security breach involving its GitHub repositories after an overlooked CI/CD token—missed during an emerge…
AI Productivity Facade: 18 Malicious Extensions Discovered with RAT and MitM Capabilities
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has identified 18 high-risk AI browser extensions that surveil emails, steal prompts, and compromise user…