At 5 p.m. on West 128th Street in Harlem, the rats are already out, and some days it feels like a test of faith. “I would describe it as biblical. It’s epic. It’s unbelievable,” resident Elizabeth ...

On 2026-03-31, an unknown threat actor compromised the npm account of jasonsaayman, the primary maintainer of axios. The attacker changed the account email to ifstap@proton[.]me and manually published ...

Rats are spreading in the Treasure Valley and a new bill could get the State of Idaho involved to help. On Tuesday, Sen. Tammy Nichols, R-Middleton, and Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, introduced a bill in ...

In January 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts identified a new evolution in the ongoing ClickFix campaign. This updated tactic deliberately crashes victims’ browsers and then attempts to lure users into ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerade as spellcheckers but contain functionality to deliver a remote access ...

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Another common creature, with a slightly bushier tail, may have been the culprit Scott Olson/Getty The now infamous "rat hole," an imprint of a critter etched into a stretch of concrete in Chicago's ...

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Everest group takes credit for Collins Aerospace hack, Maryland launches VDP, gamers targeted with red teaming tool and RAT.

Chicago’s viral ‘Rat Hole’ is less rat splat, more squirrel squish. Researchers determined it was probably a squirrel that left a rodent-shaped impression in the concrete of the Windy City. Their new ...

A new polymorphic malware identified by a security researcher earlier this week remains undetected by most security tools. Xavier Mertens wrote about the malware in a SANS blog post on October 8. At ...

An investigation into what appeared at first glance to be a “standard” Python-based infostealer campaign took an interesting turn when it was discovered to culminate in the deployment of a ...