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The self-propagating Shai-Hulud malware has returned to npm, compromising over 25,000 developers in just three days. Hundreds of infected versions of popular packages—including Zapier, ENS Domains, PostHog, Postman, and AsyncAPI—were uploaded to npm to steal developer and CI/CD secrets. Scale of the Attack According to analysts

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new botnet named Tsundere that targets Windows devices using PowerShell scripts or MSI installers. The malware distributes itself by masquerading as installers for popular games including Valorant, CS2, and R6x. Geographic Targeting Tsundere attacks have been recorded primarily in Mexico and Chile. Technical analysis

The Tor Project has announced implementation of a new traffic encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO), which will replace the outdated tor1 cipher. The upgrade aims to strengthen the network's defense against current data interception methods and enhance user anonymity. Per the project team, tor1 was developed

The founders of cryptocurrency mixer Samourai Whirlpool and the Samourai Wallet application have been sentenced to prison after US authorities determined the service facilitated the laundering of over $237 million in criminal proceeds. The Arrests and Charges Samourai founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were arrested on April 24,

The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), one of the world's premier cryptography organizations, has annulled its annual leadership elections after losing the key needed to decrypt voting results—an ironic mishap for experts in secure communications. About IACR IACR is a non-profit scientific organization conducting research in

Nvidia has confirmed that October security updates for Windows 11 are causing performance degradation in games on systems running Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. In response, the company has released a beta hotfix driver (GeForce Display Driver version 581.94) to address the issue. "A performance drop may