Malware campaign lures users with fake Windows Update website

Malwarebytes recently uncovered a new malicious campaign targeting the Windows Update service. Focused on French-speaking users, the campaign uses layered obfuscation techniques to deliver multiple ...

Do not fall for this fake Windows update support site. It’s spreading a password-stealing malware

Malwarebytes warns that a fake Microsoft support site is distributing password-stealing malware through a spoofed Windows update installer ...
Security Boulevard

This fake Windows support website delivers password-stealing malware

A convincing Microsoft lookalike tricks users into downloading malware that steals passwords, payments, and account access.

Months-old Adobe Reader zero-day uses PDFs to size up targets

Hackers have been quietly exploiting what appears to be a zero-day in Adobe Acrobat Reader for months, using booby-trapped PDFs to profile targets and decide who's worth fully compromising.

Adobe finally patches PDF pest after months of abuse

Adobe has released a fix for an Acrobat and Reader zero-day that attackers had been exploiting for months. The patch, shipped on April 11, addresses CVE-2026-34621, a critical vulnerability in Acrobat ...

Stealthy Malware Campaign Uses Fake Windows Update Site To Infect PCs

Security researchers at Malwarebytes have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Windows users with a fraudulent clone of Microsoft's site.
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Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google links Axios npm supply chain attack to UNC1069 after trojanized versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 spread WAVESHAPER.V2, impacting multiple OS.
SecurityWeek

Critical Vulnerability in Claude Code Emerges Days After Source Leak

Within days of each other, Anthropic first leaked the source code to Claude Code, and then a critical vulnerability was found ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: The Supply Chain Has Problems

The biggest story of the week is a new massive supply chain breach, which appears to be unrelated to the previous massive supply chain breaches, this time of the Axios HTTP project. Axios was ...
Hoodline

Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Password-Snatching Malware

Fake CAPTCHA pages can install the StealC infostealer. Don't paste or run commands; disconnect and change passwords.
Windows Report

Axios Hack Bypasses GitHub Protections and Installs Hidden Malware on Systems

The popular JavaScript HTTP client Axios has been compromised in a supply chain attack, exposing projects to malware through malicious npm releases. Security researchers from StepSecurity identified ...
Security Boulevard

Google Says North Korea Was Behind the Axios npm Supply Chain Attack

A supply chain compromise involving the widely used JavaScript package Axios is now being tied to a North Korea-linked threat actor, turning what already looked like a serious open-source incident ...