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TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Activity Through 2026-05-24, (Mon, May 25th)

TeamPCP now operates across three package ecosystems in parallel, it reached GitHub’s own internal codebase, it trojanized an officially Microsoft-published Python SDK, and it appears to have open-sourced its own framework on GitHub. Bottom line up front Three escalations stacked inside a single week. First, GitHub’s CISO Alexis Wales publicly named a malicious Nx Console…

TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Activity Through 2026-05-24, (Mon, May 25th)

TeamPCP now operates across three package ecosystems in parallel, it reached GitHub’s own internal codebase, it trojanized an officially Microsoft-published Python SDK, and it appears to have open-sourced its own framework on GitHub. Bottom line up front Three escalations stacked inside a single week. First, GitHub’s CISO Alexis Wales publicly named a malicious Nx Console…

GitHub says internal repositories were taken in poisoned VS Code extension attack

GitHub said late Tuesday that internal repositories were exfiltrated after an employee device was compromised through a poisoned Visual Studio Code extension, an incident that underscores the growing risks facing software development platforms and the ecosystems built around third-party developer tools. The Microsoft-owned company said in posts on X that it detected and contained the…

A malicious VS code extension just breached GitHub ‘s internal repositories

One employee installed a trojanized VS Code extension. Result: ~3,800 GitHub internal repositories exfiltrated. TeamPCP claims credit, wants $50K. There is something almost ironic about GitHub, the platform that hosts the code for most of the world’s software, getting breached through a trojanized plugin for a code editor. But that is exactly what happened, and…

GitHub Investigating TeamPCP Claimed Breach of ~4,000 Internal Repositories

GitHub on Tuesday said it’s investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories after the notorious threat actor known as TeamPCP listed the platform’s source code and internal organizations for sale on a cybercrime forum. “While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories (such as our customers’…

Poisoned truth: The quiet security threat inside enterprise AI

As enterprises rush to deploy internal LLMs, AI copilots, and autonomous agents, most security conversations focus on familiar threats: prompt injection, jailbreaks, model abuse, and data exfiltration. But some security leaders argue a quieter risk deserves far more attention: what happens when the model’s understanding of reality itself becomes corrupted. This problem is broadly described…

DigiCert breached via malicious screensaver file

A targeted social engineering attack against DigiCert’s support channel led to the compromise of internal systems and the unauthorized issuance of EV Code Signing certificates. DigiCert is a global Certificate Authority (CA) providing digital trust services, specializing in TLS/SSL certificates, PKI management, and IoT security. According to DigiCert’s incident report, a threat actor contacted the…

Vercel attack fallout expands to more customers and third-party systems

Vercel said the fallout from an attack on its internal systems hit more customers than previously known, as ongoing analysis uncovered additional evidence of compromise.  The company, which makes tools and hosts cloud infrastructure for developers, maintains a “small number” of accounts were impacted, but it has yet to share a number or range of…

Vercel’s security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats

Vercel customers are at risk of compromise after an attacker hopped through multiple internal systems to steal credentials and other sensitive data, the company said in a security bulletin Sunday.  The attack, which didn’t originate at Vercel, showcases the pitfalls of interconnected cloud applications and SaaS integrations with overly privileged permissions.  An attacker traversed third-party…

McGraw-Hill Confirms Data Exposure Tied to Salesforce Issue 

McGraw-Hill has confirmed unauthorized access to a limited set of internal data following a reported Salesforce misconfiguration.  The disclosure comes after an extortion threat that raised questions about the scale and sensitivity of the incident.  “ShinyHunters has no shortage of options for potential follow-up campaigns. They can target instructors with convincingly branded messages, pivot into…

Why is the timeline to quantum-proof everything constantly shrinking?

When Google announced last month it was moving up its own internal timeline for migrating to quantum-resistant forms of encryption, it started a broader conversation in the cybersecurity and cryptography communities: Just what was pushing one of the largest tech companies in the world to significantly accelerate its adoption of post-quantum protections for its systems,…

New Bitdefender assessment helps organizations identify and eliminate hidden internal attack paths

Bitdefender has announced the Bitdefender Internal Attack Surface Assessment, a complimentary evaluation that helps organizations identify and reduce hidden internal cyber risks caused by unnecessary user access to applications, tools, and operating system utilities commonly exploited in attacks. The assessment provides organizations with a data-driven view of their internal attack surface and offers actionable guidance…

FBI probing intrusion into a system managing sensitive surveillance information

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing suspicious activity on an internal system containing sensitive surveillance and investigation data. The FBI is investigating suspicious cyber activity affecting an internal system that stores sensitive data tied to surveillance operations and investigations, The Associated Press reports. According to a notification sent to members of the United…

Enigma AI enables internal trust governance to asset-to-asset communications

Enigma Networks has announced the general availability of its Internal Trust Governance platform, Enigma AI, which continuously determines and validates which communications are necessary and safe across enterprise networks. Just as identity and access management (IAM) governs trust for users, Enigma AI governs trust between internal systems and assets, introducing a new control plane for…

Japan’s Washington Hotel Reports Ransomware Attack

Washington Hotel Corporation has confirmed a ransomware attack that compromised several internal servers, triggering containment measures and an ongoing investigation into potential data exposure.  The incident was detected when unauthorized access was identified across multiple systems. “Unauthorized access to various business data stored on our servers has been confirmed. The information leak is currently under…

Exposed Training Open the Door for Crypto-Mining in Fortune 500 Cloud Environments

Intentionally vulnerable training applications are widely used for security education, internal testing, and product demonstrations. Tools such as OWASP Juice Shop, DVWA, Hackazon, and bWAPP are designed to be insecure by default, making them useful for learning how common attack techniques work in controlled environments. The issue is not the applications themselves, but how they…

NIS2: Supply chains as a risk factor

Many companies today invest significant resources to secure their internal IT. Firewalls, monitoring, incident response plans, and awareness programs are well-established. At the same time, a dangerous illusion is growing: the assumption that risks can be controlled within the boundaries of one’s own system. The reality is quite different. Modern business models are virtually inconceivable without…

NIS2: Supply chains as a risk factor

Many companies today invest significant resources to secure their internal IT. Firewalls, monitoring, incident response plans, and awareness programs are well-established. At the same time, a dangerous illusion is growing: the assumption that risks can be controlled within the boundaries of one’s own system. The reality is quite different. Modern business models are virtually inconceivable without…