Google announced that it helped take down NetNut, a 2 million strong malicious residential proxy network. The incident highlights the growing risks posed by residential proxy networks that quietly conscript consumer devices into services used by cybercriminals and nation-state actors alike.
A malicious campaign by North Korean state actors saw a malicious npm package dependency slipped into a crypto trading agent by an AI coding agent, according to a new report by ReversingLabs. The incident highlights a troubling new frontier in software supply chain attacks: hackers targeting developers…and the AI tools writing their code.
GitGuardian’s latest Secrets Sprawl report found more than 28 million new secrets exposed via public GitHub commits in 2025, a 34% increase over 2024 and the largest annual jump the company has recorded. The spike reflects a broader transformation in software creation, as AI tools lower the barrier to coding.
Can a remote software attack send a power wheelchair tumbling down a staircase? Sadly: the answer is “yes.” Check out our latest podcast interview with Billy Rios and Brandon Rothel of QED Secure Solutions. Billy and Brandon discuss their research into security flaws in power wheelchairs by the Japanese firm WHILL.
Stranger Things concept of the “Upside Down” is a useful way to think about the risks lurking in the software we all rely on. A new report from ReversingLabs shines a light into that dark world.
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