Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as “malicious activity” in newly published versions of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious – [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] “Early analysis indicates that [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]

Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government With Geofenced PDF Phishing, Cobalt Strike

The Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting governmental organizations in Ukraine. Active since at least 2016, Ghostwriter has been linked to both cyber espionage and influence operations targeting neighboring countries, particularly Ukraine. It’s also tracked under the monikers FrostyNeighbor, PUSHCHA, Storm-0257, TA445, UAC‑0057

PraisonAI CVE-2026-44338 Auth Bypass Targeted Within Hours of Disclosure

Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in PraisonAI, an open-source multi-agent orchestration framework, within four hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44338 (CVSS score: 7.3), a case of missing authentication that exposes sensitive endpoints to anyone, potentially allowing an attacker to invoke the

How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks

AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks into critical infrastructure decision-making by exploiting human trust through highly confident yet incorrect outputs. When an AI model lacks certainty, it doesn’t have a mechanism to recognize that. Instead, it generates the most probable response based on patterns in its training data, even if that response is inaccurate….

Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation

An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege escalation impacting Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON). The security defects have been codenamed YellowKey and GreenPlasma, respectively, by the researcher, who goes by the online aliases Chaotic Eclipse

New Fragnesia Linux Kernel LPE Grants Root Access via Page Cache Corruption

Details have emerged about a new variant of the recent Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain root access, making it the third such bug to be identified in the kernel within a span of two weeks. Codenamed Fragnesia, the security vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-46300 (CVSS score:…