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Who Is Running Up Your AI Bill at 3am
Security researchers have mapped an ecosystem of more than 80,000 proxy servers quietly routing stolen AI credentials to frontier models, and companies are footing bills they never ran up.
ClickLock Stealer Tricks Mac Users Into Handing Over Their Own Passwords
A newly discovered piece of Mac malware skips the usual hacking tricks and simply persuades victims to run it themselves, then locks the screen until they surrender their passwords.
Over 200 Fake GitHub Repositories Caught Secretly Installing Windows Malware
A criminal operation called Muck and Load built a web of 222 phoney code repositories to trick software developers into downloading password-stealing programs, spyware, and cryptominers.
BEC Isn't an Email Problem. It's a Supply Chain.
Underground forums reveal Business Email Compromise as a multi-stage operation built on account access, target research, and cash-out networks, not a clever phishing lure.
Monday Brief: A DirtyClone Linux Bug, Turla's New Backdoor, and the Infostealer Churn
Old access paths, missed patches, and a fresh kernel flaw kept defenders busy. A roundup of what moved this week in the cybercrime ecosystem.
The 'Search-as-a-Service' Economy Built on Stolen Credentials
Underground brokers now sell targeted lookups against stolen credential corpora, lowering the bar for access brokers and intrusion crews alike.