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Malicious npm Package Leverages Unicode Steganography, Google Calendar as C2 Dropper

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package named “os-info-checker-es6” that disguises itself as an operating system information utility to stealthily drop a next-stage payload onto compromised systems.
“This campaign employs clever Unicode-based steganography to hide its initial malicious code and utilizes a Google Calendar event short link as a dynamic dropper for its final

Canadian Electric Utility Lists Customer Information Stolen by Hackers

Nova Scotia Power says a wide range of personal and financial information was stolen in the recent cyberattack.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Discloses Data Breach

The Australian Human Rights Commission says data submitted through the complaint form on its website was inadvertently exposed.

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Chrome 136 Update Patches Vulnerability With ‘Exploit in the Wild’

Google has rolled out a Chrome 136 update that resolves a high-severity vulnerability for which a public exploit exists.

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Google fixes high severity Chrome flaw with public exploit

Google has released emergency security updates to patch a high-severity Chrome vulnerability that has a public exploit and can let attackers hijack accounts. […]

New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy

Google on Wednesday released updates to address four security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one for which it said there exists an exploit in the wild.
The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4664 (CVSS score: 4.3), has been characterized as a case of insufficient policy enforcement in a component called Loader.
“Insufficient policy enforcement in Loader in Google

Google Chrome to block admin-level browser launches for better security

Google is rolling out a change to Chromium that “de-elevates” Google Chrome so it does not run as an administrator to increase security in Windows. […]

Hackers behind UK retail attacks now targeting US companies

Google warned today that hackers using Scattered Spider tactics against retail chains in the United Kingdom have also started targeting retailers in the United States. […]

Google Ships Android ‘Advanced Protection’ Mode to Thwart Surveillance Spyware

Google bundles multiple safeguards under a single Android toggle to protect high-risk users from advanced mobile malware implants.

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Samsung Patches CVE-2025-4632 Used to Deploy Mirai Botnet via MagicINFO 9 Exploit

Samsung has released software updates to address a critical security flaw in MagicINFO 9 Server that has been actively exploited in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4632 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a path traversal flaw.
“Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability in Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server version before 21.1052 allows attackers to

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