Malware

This new protection, currently in development and planned to be enabled by default, aims to combat malware abuse of Chrome's enterprise policy features on unmanaged consumer devices.

The attack chain begins with a spear-phishing email containing a link to an encrypted archive.

The campaign, identified in May 2026 by Group-IB, uses a modified XMRig miner.

The Flying Eagle framework is being distributed as a fake "公安一网通办" Public Security service application targeting Android users in China.

Italian organizations faced 148 confirmed ransomware attacks in the first half of 2026, with the manufacturing sector being the most frequently targeted.

As outlined in Cyber Insider, a malicious Steam Workshop map for the game MECCHA CHAMELEON exploited a vulnerability in the game's mod-loading system to deliver malware to players' computers.

The Hacker News disclosed that the threat actors behind the Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem have resurfaced with four new malware families, indicating that the operators are showing no signs of stopping despite extensive public disclosures into their inner workings.