Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2025-12-23 12:00 PST
- WebRAT malware spread via fake vulnerability exploits on GitHub
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-23 11:31 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The WebRAT malware is now being distributed through GitHub repositories that claim to host proof-of-concept exploits for recently disclosed vulnerabilities. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webrat-malware-spread-via-fake-vulnerability-exploits-on-github/ - The AI Fix #82: Santa Claus doesn’t exist (according to AI)
Graham Cluley • 2025-12-23 07:30 • grahamcluley.com
Is Santa Claus real? This Christmas special of The AI Fix podcast sets out to answer that question in the most sensible way possible: by consulting chatbots, Google’s festive killjoys, and the laws of relativistic physics.Your hosts unwrap a festive grab-bag of AI absurdity as Waymo self-driving taxis run over a beloved San Francisco cat, then stage several fresh PR disasters by refusing to cross bridges, block holiday parades, and apparently chauffeur a man hiding in the trunk.
Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Copilot struggles to find anyone who actually wants to use it, while new research sugge…
https://grahamcluley.com/the-ai-fix-82-santa-claus-doesnt-exist-according-to-ai/ - Two Chrome Extensions Caught Secretly Stealing Credentials from Over 170 Sites
The Hacker News • 2025-12-23 06:42 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Google Chrome extensions with the same name and published by the same developer that come with capabilities to intercept traffic and capture user credentials.
The extensions are advertised as a “multi-location network speed test plug-in” for developers and foreign trade personnel. Both the browser add-ons are available for download as of
https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/two-chrome-extensions-caught-secretly.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
