Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2025-11-07 02:00 PST
- Google Launches New Maps Feature to Help Businesses Report Review-Based Extortion Attempts
The Hacker News • 2025-11-07 01:15 • thehackernews.com
Google on Thursday said it’s rolling out a dedicated form to allow businesses listed on Google Maps to report extortion attempts made by threat actors who post inauthentic bad reviews on the platform and demand ransoms to remove the negative comments.
The approach is designed to tackle a common practice called review bombing, where online users intentionally post negative user reviews in an
https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/google-launches-new-maps-feature-to.html - Vibe-Coded Malicious VS Code Extension Found with Built-In Ransomware Capabilities
The Hacker News • 2025-11-06 22:48 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in other words, vibe-coded.
Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner, who flagged the extension “susvsex,” said it does not attempt to hide its malicious functionality. The extension was uploaded on
https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/vibe-coded-malicious-vs-code-extension.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
