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This week had real hits. The key software got tampered with. Active bugs showed up in the tools people use every day. Some attacks didn’t even need much effort because the path was already there. One weak spot now spreads wider than before. What starts small can reach a lot of systems fast. New bugs, faster use, less time to react. That’s this week. Read&
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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Apr. 6, 2026In 2021, Nicole Perlroth wrote “This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race“, a New York Times Bestseller. The book won numerous awards, including the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year.
Perlroth, Founding Partner at Silver Buckshot Ventures, and Venture Partner at Ballistic Ventures, has a LinkedIn tagline that reads ‘Was: Telling the story of cyber. Now: changing the story of cyber.’ To understand, Cybercrime Magazine met Perlroth at the RSAC Conference 2026 in San Francisco last month.
So, how exactly is Perlroth changing the story of cyber? Watch this video interview with Perlroth and Evan Pena, Founder and Chief Offensive Security Officer at Armadin, a hot startup with a record $190 million in seed funding that was raised in a round led by Accel. Google Ventures participated, along with Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, and Ballistic Ventures.
Silver Buckshot is a cyber moonshot fund backing next-generation cybersecurity solutions. In addition to Armadin, they are proud backer-believers of companies including: Alethea, Archer Faris, AuthMind, BreachRX, Descope, GetReal, Kibu, Manifest Cyber, Noma Security, Nozomi (now Mitsubishi), Reach Security, Realm Labs, Sublime, Talon (now Palo Alto Networks), Veza (Service Now), Witness AI, and Zip Security.
Although Perlroth has pivoted, if you want to know how the world ends, then you still need to read her book. It’s as relevant today as it was five years ago.
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Hackers are abusing Windows shortcut files and GitHub to run a stealthy, multi‑stage malware campaign against organizations in South Korea. The operation chains LNK files, PowerShell, and GitHub APIs to deliver surveillance tools while blending into normal enterprise traffic.The campaign begins with weaponized LNK files that contain hidden scripts instead of simple shortcuts. These older […]
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An automated campaign abusing GitHub’s pull_request_target workflow trigger to steal CI/CD secrets at scale. The attacker, using the handle ezmtebo, fired off more than 475 malicious pull requests (PRs) in just 26 hours, impersonating routine CI configuration updates to trick maintainers. The campaign hinges on a risky but still common misconfiguration: using pull_request_target while checking out untrusted code from forks. […]
The post Fake GitHub CI Update Steals Secrets and Tokens appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.
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The most active piece of enterprise infrastructure in the company is the developer workstation. That laptop is where credentials are created, tested, cached, copied, and reused across services, bots, build tools, and now local AI agents. In March 2026, the TeamPCP threat actor proved just how valuable developer machines are. Their supply chain attack on
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North Korea’s cyber program is shifting from monolithic “families” to a modular, portfolio-style malware ecosystem designed to survive exposure, frustrate attribution, and keep operations running under constant pressure. Years of sanctions, coordinated law-enforcement pressure, and rapid public disclosure of campaigns have forced Pyongyang to treat every tool as disposable. Once-static implants are now built with […]
The post North Korea’s Modular Malware Strategy Hides Attribution, Defies Takedowns appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.
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North Korean hackers (UNC4736) posed as a trading firm for six months to infiltrate Drift Protocol, using social engineering tactics to steal $285M without suspicion.
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Anthropic’s flagship AI coding agent, Claude Code, was recently discovered to contain a critical security flaw that silently bypasses developer-configured safety rules. The vulnerability allows attackers to execute blocked commands, such as data exfiltration scripts, by simply padding them with 50 or more harmless subcommands. Claude Code allows developers to configure “deny rules” to prevent […]
The post Critical Claude Code Flaw Silently Bypasses User-Configured Security Rules appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.
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German authorities have officially put a face to one of the most notorious names in cybercrime. The German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) recently identified 31-year-old Russian national Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin as the man behind the hacker alias “UNKN.” According to the BKA, Shchukin led the infamous GandCrab and REvil ransomware operations. Working alongside 43-year-old Anatoly […]
The post Alleged REvil Leader ‘UNKN’ Identified by German Authorities in New Takedown Effort appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.
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Google has announced a record-breaking year for its Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP). In 2025, the tech giant paid out more than $17 million to ethical hackers worldwide to help secure its platforms. This major milestone marks a massive 40% increase compared to 2024 and perfectly aligns with the program’s 15th anniversary. Over 700 security researchers […]
The post Google’s Bug Bounty Program Hits Record $17 Million in 2025 Payouts appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.
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