A malicious npm package posing as a remote user interface for OpenAI Codex exfiltrated developer authentication tokens, after attackers allegedly published code to npm that was not visible in the project’s public GitHub repository. Researchers at Aikido said the package, called codexui-android, appeared to offer legitimate functionality while collecting authentication tokens and sending them to…
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Signal Phishing Campaign Targets Journalists and Activists to Steal Backup Recovery Keys
Attackers are texting Signal users posing as Support, asking for backup recovery keys. Once obtained, they can decrypt the entire message history, not just future chats. A phishing campaign is currently targeting Signal users with text messages that impersonate Signal Support and ask them to hand over their backup recovery key. The message looks urgent,…
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Silent Ransom Group Targets Law Firms With IT Impersonation Attacks
Silent Ransom Group is escalating attacks on U.S. law firms by posing as IT staff through phishing emails, phone calls, and in-person visits. The group, also tracked as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, is focusing on data theft and extortion rather than traditional ransomware encryption, making its activity more difficult for organizations to detect…
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FBI warns law firms of in-person data theft by Silent Ransom Group
SRG actors initiate attacks by posing as IT support staff, contacting victims via phone calls or phishing emails to solicit a remote desktop session.
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Malicious Hugging Face model masquerading as OpenAI release hits 244K downloads
A malicious Hugging Face repository posing as an OpenAI release delivered infostealer malware to Windows systems and logged 244,000 downloads before being removed, raising fresh concerns about how enterprises source and validate AI models from public repositories. The repository, named Open-OSS/privacy-filter, impersonated OpenAI’s legitimate Privacy Filter release, copied its model card almost word-for-word, and included…
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Nigerian romance scammer jailed after being caught out by fellow fraudster
A Nigerian fraudster spent years posing as a woman online, romancing unsuspecting American men out of their savings – until he accidentally tried the same trick on a fellow scammer, who told him to “learn how to do a clean job.” The recovered chat logs helped put him behind bars for 15 years. Read more…
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Fake OpenClaw npm Package Installs GhostClaw Malware
A malicious npm package is targeting developers by posing as a legitimate command-line tool while secretly deploying an infostealer and a remote access trojan (RAT). The package, @openclaw-ai/openclawai, masquerades as an OpenClaw Installer utility but instead initiates a multi-stage malware operation. Once executed, it attempts to steal credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, SSH keys, browser data, and…
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Devs looking for OpenClaw get served a GhostClaw RAT
A malicious npm package posing as an OpenClaw Installer has been caught deploying a remote access trojan (RAT) on victim machines, according to new JFrog research. The package, published under the name “@openclaw-ai/openclawai”, pretends to be an installer for the legitimate CLI tool but instead launches a multi-stage infection chain that steals system credentials, browser…
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New Social Security Scam Emails Use Fake Tax Documents to Hijack PCs
A new phishing campaign is targeting thousands in the US by posing as the Social Security Administration. Learn how scammers use fake 2025/2026 tax statements and Datto RMM software to hijack computers and steal data, as shared with Hackread.com
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Fake Clawdbot VS Code Extension Deploys ScreenConnect RAT
A malicious Visual Studio (VS) Code extension posing as an AI-powered assistant was quietly installing remote access malware on developers’ systems. The fake extension, called ClawdBot Agent, appeared legitimate on the surface but executed malware automatically as soon as VS Code launched. “The layering here is impressive. You’ve got a fake AI assistant dropping legitimate…