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Malicious npm packages stole crypto wallets and developer secrets this week. Plus: the FBI seized a two-million-device botnet, Zimbra needs an urgent patch, and a very strange "cybersecurity startup" just got exposed.
The FBI seized a proxy network secretly running on 2 million home devices — plus a WordPress hacking ring exposed itself, a voice scam is hijacking Microsoft 365 accounts, and free VPNs flunk a massive safety test.
A ransomware group just used an AI agent to run an entire attack with no human at the keyboard. Plus: Scattered Spider guilty pleas, a hidden backdoor in millions of Tenda routers, and the FBI shuts down a botnet hiding in your smart TV.
Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly routing criminal traffic through your home internet. Plus: ransomware gangs are exploiting a patched Windows flaw, and AI browsers can be tricked into handing over your passwords.
Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly renting your home internet to criminals. Plus: two Linux bugs with working exploits, a critical industrial software flaw under active attack, and Scattered Spider members plead guilty in London.
Scattered Spider members plead guilty in the UK, two Cisco zero-days are under active attack, and that cheap Android TV box on your shelf may be routing criminal traffic through your home network.
A botnet hiding in cheap TV boxes is renting out your home internet to criminals. Plus: 430,000 firewalls breached, Scattered Spider members plead guilty, and a GitHub flaw anyone can exploit.
A four-year botnet secretly rented out millions of home internet connections. Plus: 73,000 Fortinet VPNs had passwords stolen, LastPass got caught in a supply chain breach, and WhatsApp is being used to hijack PCs worldwide.