According to cybersecurity firm Hacken, financial losses from crypto hacks topped $440 million in the third quarter of 2024. Researchers at the Checkmarx cybersecurity firm sounded the alarm on a ...

Attackers uploaded fake Python packages to PyPI that posed as Bitcoinlib tools and targeted wallet data. The malware infected crypto development environments, stole private keys and seed phrases and ...

Malicious Python packages masquerading as legitimate code obfuscation tools are targeting developers via the PyPI code repository. Focusing on those interested in code obfuscation is a savvy choice ...

To make things worse than they already are for DeepSeek, hackers are found flooding the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with fake DeepSeek packages carrying malicious payloads. According to a ...

Threat actors linked to lesser-known ransomware and malware projects now use AI tools as lures to infect unsuspecting victims with malicious payloads. This development follows a trend that has been ...

Anthropic's Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The company says that its tool has also been ...

The open-source development ecosystem has experienced a significant rise in malicious software components, putting enterprises on high alert for software supply chain attacks. Malware is infiltrating ...

One of North Korea's most sophisticated threat groups has been hiding remote access malware for macOS and Linux inside of open source Python packages. North Korean advanced persistent threats (APTs) ...

DeepSeek and Alibaba’s high-performing large language models (LLMs) have not only captivated AI enthusiasts but also caught the attention of cybercriminals. Many cybercriminals “are rushing” to test ...

As cybercrime surges around the world, new research increasingly shows that ransomware is evolving as a result of widely available generative AI tools. In some cases, attackers are using AI to draft ...

UPDATE (September 3 rd, 2025): ESET Research has been contacted by the authors of an academic study, Ransomware 3.0: Self-Composing and LLM-Orchestrated, whose research prototype closely resembles the ...