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Microsoft Removes 119 Edge Extensions That Hid Malware in Images and Fonts

Microsoft has shut down a long-running malicious extension operation on the Edge Add-ons store that hid its payloads inside ordinary image and font files, then woke up days after install to steal credentials and run ad fraud. The company calls it StegoAd, a mash-up of steganography and adware, and ties 119 extensions to a single threat actor it says has been active since at least 2021.

Public PoC Released for Critical libssh2 CVE-2026-55200 Client-Side SSH Flaw

A public proof-of-concept is now out for CVE-2026-55200, a critical flaw in libssh2 that lets a malicious or compromised SSH server trigger memory corruption on a connecting client, with possible code execution. No credentials, no user interaction. The bug affects every release up to and including 1.11.1 and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.2. libssh2 is a client-side SSH library, not a server.

Hijacked npm and Go Packages Use VS Code Tasks to Deploy Python Infostealer

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two hijacked npm packages and a cluster of Go packages that are designed to deploy a Python-based information stealer on compromised Windows, Linux, and macOS hosts. "This attack avoids the most common npm execution paths through lifecycle scripts, perhaps in an attempt to remain 'compatible' with npm v12's security hardenings," JFrog said in a

Sysco - 2,691,852 breached accounts

In June 2026, the food distribution company . Data was subsequently published containing 2.7M unique email addresses belonging to staff and customers. The data also contained largely corporate contact information including names, phone numbers, physical addresses, internal job titles, and customer feedback. Sysco was targeted by a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign

Data breach exposes up to 14.2 million email logins at six ISPs

Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corporation disclosed a data breach where threat actors gained access to one of its email systems used by five other internet service providers (ISPs) in the country. [...]

Ukraine Says Russian Intelligence Used Fake Support Texts to Steal Messaging Credentials

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said it, together with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), uncovered a long-running campaign orchestrated by Russian intelligence services to break into the messaging accounts of government officials, military personnel, politicians, and activists in Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S. The systematic cyber attacks aimed at stealing sensitive

Timekeeping biz Kronos hit by ransomware and warns customers to engage biz continuity plans

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Is VPOTUS Bluetooth-phobic or sensible? The answer's pretty clear

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When disaster strikes, data recovery really is a race against time

Log4j RCE latest: In case you hadn't noticed, this is Really Very Bad, exploited in the wild, needs urgent patching

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