Open VSX Supply Chain Attack Used Compromised Dev Account to Spread GlassWorm

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a supply chain attack targeting the Open VSX Registry in which unidentified threat actors compromised a legitimate developer's resources to push malicious updates to downstream users. "On January 30, 2026, four established Open VSX extensions...

North Korean Hackers Use EtherHiding to Hide Malware Inside Blockchain Smart Contracts

A threat actor with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea aka North Korea has been observed leveraging the EtherHiding technique to distribute malware and enable cryptocurrency theft, marking the first time a state-sponsored hacking group has embraced the method. The activity has been...

ClearFake Infects 9,300 Sites, Uses Fake reCAPTCHA and Turnstile to Spread Info-Stealers

The threat actors behind the ClearFake campaign are using fake reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile verifications as lures to trick users into downloading malware such as Lumma Stealer and Vidar Stealer. ClearFake, first highlighted in July 2023, is the name given to a threat activity cluster that...