IEEE

Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Controlling Malware Propagation in Internet of Underwater ...

Abstract: The security of Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) is vulnerable to malware attacks. Therefore, timely control of malware is necessary. However, the efficiency and effectiveness of ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Malware Discovered in 19 Visual Studio Code Extensions

A campaign involving 19 Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions that embed malware inside their dependency folders has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. Active since February 2025 but identified ...
PC World

Malware found in popular SmartTube app on smart TVs. Here’s what to do about it

The popular open-source YouTube app for Android TVs known as SmartTube was temporarily hacked and infected with malware. Attackers had access to the app’s signature ...
Bleeping Computer

Glassworm malware returns in third wave of malicious VS Code packages

The Glassworm campaign, which first emerged on the OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studio marketplaces in October, is now in its third wave, with 24 new packages added on the two platforms. OpenVSX and ...
financefeeds

Shai Hulud Malware Hits 400+ JavaScript Packages in Major NPM Supply-Chain Attack

What Happened in the Shai Hulud JavaScript Attack? A major JavaScript supply-chain attack has compromised more than 400 NPM packages — including at least 10 widely used across the crypto ecosystem — ...
IEEE

Synthetic Malware at Scale: Malicious Code Generation with Code Transplanting

Abstract: Malicious code detection is one of the most essential tasks in safeguarding against security breaches, data compromise, and related threats. While machine learning has emerged as a ...
The Hacker News

GlassWorm Malware Discovered in Three VS Code Extensions with Thousands of Installs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new set of three extensions associated with the GlassWorm campaign, indicating continued attempts on part of threat actors to target the Visual Studio Code ...
Digital Trends

Google flags an AI-powered malware which rewrites itself in real time

What Happened: So, Google’s top security – Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, or GTIG – just found something that is frankly pretty terrifying. It’s a new type of malware they’re calling PROMPTFLUX.
Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...