FBI Warns of North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing Attacks

Jan 12, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260108.pdf The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors, specifically the Kimsuky group, leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting...

Google to Discontinue Its Dark Web Report Security Feature in 2026

Dec 19, 2025 | Podcast

Google has announced that it will be shutting down its “dark web report” security tool, which notifies users if their email address or other personal information has been found on the dark web. The tech giant stated that it wants to focus on other tools it...

Massive Chrome Extension Caught Harvesting Millions of Users’ AI Chat Conversations

Dec 18, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection A Google Chrome extension with over 6 million users has been observed silently collecting every prompt entered by users into popular AI-powered chatbots, including OpenAI’s...

Scammers Abuse PayPal Subscriptions to Send Fake Purchase Notification Emails

Dec 17, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-paypal-subscriptions-abused-to-send-fake-purchase-emails Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new email scam that abuses PayPal’s “Subscriptions” billing feature to send legitimate-looking...

Google Links Additional Chinese Hacking Groups to Widespread Exploitation of Critical React2Shell Vulnerability

Dec 16, 2025 | Podcast

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threat-actors-exploit-react2shell-cve-2025-55182 Google’s threat intelligence team has identified five more Chinese cyber-espionage groups joining the ongoing attacks exploiting the critical...

Notepad++ Releases Security Update to Address Traffic Hijacking Vulnerability

Dec 15, 2025 | Podcast

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released The popular text editor Notepad++ has released version 8.8.9 to address a critical security vulnerability affecting its updater, WinGUp. According to security experts, incidents of traffic hijacking have been reported,...