PCMag on MSN

FBI warns about North Korean hackers adding malicious QR codes to emails

Think before you scan. The FBI says a hacking group known as Kimsuky is targeting 'US entities' with emails that contain ...
American Hospital Association

FBI warns of attacks by North Korean cyber threat group using malicious QR codes

The FBI Jan. 8 released an alert on evolving threat tactics by Kimsuky, a North Korean state-sponsored cyber threat group. As of last year, the group has targeted research organizations, academic ...
TwistedSifter on MSN

Multi-level marketing company was scamming people, so he found a way to shut them down with malicious code

The post Multi-Level Marketing Company Was Scamming People, So He Found A Way To Shut Them Down With Malicious Code first on ...
Security Boulevard

Why QR Codes Are Education’s New Phishing Blind Spot

So, when an attacker sends a fake UCPath payroll notification with a QR code linking to a credential harvesting site, a SEG ...
SiliconANGLE

Malicious QR code hacking campaign is targeting Microsoft credentials

QR codes are arguably one of the most ubiquitous technologies of the third decade of the 21st century, following the lead from China, where they’ve mostly replaced cash in everyday transactions. The ...
JD Supra

Threat actors increasingly introducing malicious code into open source packages

The risks associated with leveraging open source libraries, and the review needed, are increasing. In the first half of 2025, cybersecurity researchers observed a sharp rise in the incidence of ...
SiliconANGLE

New repository aims to illuminate open-source package vulnerabilities and malicious code

The Open Source Security Foundation today launched its Malicious Packages Repository, an open-source system for collecting and publishing cross-ecosystem reports of malicious packages. Claimed to be ...
SD Times

New open source tools to detect, defend against malicious code

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...
Engadget

Hackers injected malicious code into several Chrome extensions in recent attack

Hackers were reportedly able to modify several Chrome extensions with malicious code this month after gaining access to admin accounts through a phishing campaign. The cybersecurity company Cyberhaven ...
Threat Post

Malicious PyPI Code Packages Rack Up Thousands of Downloads

The Python code repository was infiltrated by malware bent on data exfiltration from developer apps and more. Three malicious packages hosted in the Python Package Index (PyPI) code repository have ...
AFCEA

Keeping Malicious Code at Bay

Changing threats, technologies redefine notions of network security. Research is extending the boundaries of information assurance technology to include the operational reliability of individual ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious web redirect scripts stealth up to hide on hacked sites

Security researchers looking at more than 10,000 scripts used by the Parrot traffic direction system (TDS) noticed an evolution marked by optimizations that make malicious code stealthier against ...