Apple's threat notifications are triggered by the detection of mercenary spyware, which is described as sophisticated, expensive, and aimed at a small number of individuals, often journalists, activists, politicians, and diplomats.
In the security news this week: • North Carolina ports and contingency plans • Back to paper and pencils • Midnight Blizzard compromises hotel Wi-Fi • DNS strikes again • Captive portals, stolen credentials, and nation-state scale • Phishing-resistant MFA • Goodbye SMS and voice authentication • Cornflake RAT and Chaco Shell • The NPM worm • Hundre...
Bitdefender has identified that fake downloads of "The Odyssey," presented as scene releases with .exe files disguised by VLC icons, are actively spreading Lumma Stealer.
Seventy-seven malicious extensions impersonating legitimate developer tools were discovered on the Open VSX marketplace, transmitting system and development environment information.
