Security News

The XCSSET info-stealing malware is back, targeting macOS users and devs
2025-02-17 17:40

A new, improved variant of the XCSSET macOS malware has been spotted “in limited attacks” by Microsoft’s threat researchers. XCSSET macOS malware XCSSET in information-stealing and...

Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities
2025-02-13 01:29

FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff US authorities have labelled buffer overflow vulnerabilities "unforgivable defects”,...

Malicious PyPi package steals Discord auth tokens from devs
2025-01-17 19:16

A malicious package named 'pycord-self' on the Python package index (PyPI) targets Discord developers to steal authentication tokens and plant a backdoor for remote control over the system. [...]

Job-seeking devs targeted with fake CrowdStrike offer via email
2025-01-10 12:20

Cryptojackers are impersonating Crowdstrike via email to get developers to unwittingly install the XMRig cryptocurrency miner on their Windows PC, the company has warned. The email Crowdstrike has...

Devs sent into security panic by 'feature that was helpful … until it wasn't'
2025-01-10 08:30

Screenshot showed it wasn't a possible attack – unless you qualify everything Google does as a threat On Call Velkomin, Vælkomin, Hoş geldin, and welcome to Friday, and therefore to another...

Fake CrowdStrike job offer emails target devs with crypto miners
2025-01-09 21:30

CrowdStrike is warning that a phishing campaign is impersonating the cybersecurity company in fake job offer emails to trick targets into infecting themselves with a Monero cryptocurrency miner...

New 'OtterCookie' malware used to backdoor devs in fake job offers
2024-12-26 16:53

North Korean threat actors are using new malware called OtterCookie in the Contagious Interview campaign that is targeting software developers. [...]

Malicious Microsoft VSCode extensions target devs, crypto community
2024-12-18 17:47

Malicious Visual Studio Code extensions were discovered on the VSCode marketplace that download heavily obfuscated PowerShell payloads to target developers and cryptocurrency projects in supply...

WeChat devs introduced security flaws when they modded TLS, say researchers
2024-10-17 08:31

No attacks possible, but enough issues to cause concern Messaging giant WeChat uses a network protocol that the app's developers modified – and by doing so introduced security weaknesses,...

CISA urges software devs to weed out XSS vulnerabilities
2024-09-17 16:39

CISA and the FBI urged tech companies to review their software and eliminate cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities before shipping. [...]