Security News

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. [...]

CISA urges devs to weed out OS command injection vulnerabilities
2024-07-10 18:02

CISA and the FBI urged software companies on Wednesday to review their products and eliminate path OS command injection vulnerabilities before shipping. "OS command injection vulnerabilities arise when manufacturers fail to properly validate and sanitize user input when constructing commands to execute on the underlying OS," today's joint advisory explains.

Devs claim Apple is banning VPNs in Russia 'more effectively' than Putin
2024-07-05 21:27

Red Shield VPN, which is focused on providing its services to Russian users, claims it received a note from Apple that says its VPN was removed from the Russian App Store. The email, which the VPN operator shared on X, says Cupertino had to remove the app from the App Store in Russia since the software did not "Conform with all local laws." This is after the Kremlin had apparently spent years trying technological approaches to block the use of the VPN. "Apple's actions, motivated by a desire to retain revenue from the Russian market, actively support an authoritarian regime," Red Shield said in a statement.