More than one-third of cancer cases are preventable, massive study finds Summary A large global analysis, published in Nature Medicine, estimates that about 38% (roughly 7.1 million) of the 18.7…
Russian Hackers Weaponize Microsoft Office Bug in Just 3 Days Summary Russia-linked APT28 (aka Fancy Bear) rapidly exploited a newly disclosed Microsoft Office vulnerability, CVE-2026-21509, to run targeted espionage campaigns…
GlassWorm Malware Returns to Shatter Developer Ecosystems Summary GlassWorm, a self-replicating supply-chain malware, has resurfaced after researchers at Socket found Trojanised versions of four legitimate Open VSX components. The malicious…
Russia-linked APT28 attackers already abusing new Microsoft Office zero-day Summary Ukraine’s CERT (CERT-UA) reports that Russia-linked APT28 (aka Fancy Bear / UAC-0001) is actively exploiting a Microsoft Office security feature…
Notepad++ update service hijacked in targeted state-linked attack Summary Notepad++’s update infrastructure was compromised in 2025 by a likely state-sponsored actor, who selectively redirected some users to attacker-controlled update manifests.…
Notepad++ hijacked by suspected state-sponsored hackers Summary A software update mechanism for the popular text editor Notepad++ was hijacked by suspected Chinese state-sponsored actors. The compromise targeted the infrastructure that…
Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor Summary Security researchers attribute a targeted hijack of Notepad++’s update infrastructure to a Chinese state-linked espionage group known as…
Long-lived remote ion-ion entanglement for scalable quantum repeaters Summary Researchers demonstrate memory–memory entanglement between two trapped-ion nodes linked by 10 km of spooled fibre that survives longer than the average…
Just a moment… Summary Access to the original DarkReading article was blocked (HTTP 403 / CAPTCHA). Based on the article URL and available metadata, DarkReading reports that Chinese-linked hackers reportedly…
ShinyHunters Expands Scope of SaaS Extortion Attacks Summary Security researchers at Mandiant report that ShinyHunters has broadened its extortion campaigns beyond Salesforce to target a wide range of SaaS platforms,…
