SecurityWeek

Researchers Demo New Claude Code Attack Using Harmless-Looking Repositories to Hijack Developer Machines

Attackers can inject indirect prompts in normal-looking repositories to trick Claude Code into spawning a reverse shell.
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Programming Languages for Cyber Security: What the Tools Actually Use

Security tooling is not written in a single language. Python powers most automation. C sits at the exploit layer. PowerShell ...

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...

'Just icky'. Florida hunter cracks open a python egg on video

Professional python hunter Amy Siewe recently posted a video on her Facebook page showing her cutting open a snake's egg to see what it looks like.

Two prolific Florida python hunters reveal their essentials for success

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...
Indiatimes

'Spy turtles and spy fish': China alleges foreign agencies using marine animals for espionage

China's Ministry of State Security has claimed that foreign intelligence agencies are using marine animals fitted with sensors, including "spy turtles" and "spy fish," to collect sensitive data in ...
Global Times

MSS warns of overseas spies using 'spy turtles, spy fish' to steal China's sensitive maritime data

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) warned that overseas espionage and intelligence agencies are using new types of spy equipment, including detection buoys, sensor-fitted marine animals, wave ...
Wall Street Journal

China Uses LinkedIn to Lure Spy Recruits in West, U.S. and Allies Warn

BEIJING—Chinese spies are increasingly posing as job recruiters on LinkedIn and other professional networking sites to recruit Western military and government personnel, the U.S. and its intelligence ...
New York Post

New York Times accused of using AI to spy on unionized employees: ‘workers everywhere are under attack’

Unionized New York Times employees have taken legal action against the publication, claiming it uses artificial intelligence to “surveil and monitor” them. Staffers in the New York Times Guild and the ...
Ars Technica

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Even ...
The New York Times

White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.

The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips. By Dustin Volz and Julian E. Barnes Dustin Volz and Julian E.
Fox News

Kash Patel accuses FBI of lying to obtain warrants used to illegally spy on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign

FBI Director Kash Patel accused the FBI of lying to obtain surveillance warrants to illegally spy on President Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent first term. Trump has ...