Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...
SecurityWeek

Researchers Demo New Claude Code Attack Using Harmless-Looking Repositories to Hijack Developer Machines

Attackers can inject indirect prompts in normal-looking repositories to trick Claude Code into spawning a reverse shell.

I stopped Google Chrome from slowing down my laptop by changing this one setting

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at ...
Android Police

Google is testing a faster way to summarize PDFs without leaving Chrome

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Microsoft

Chromium extension uses AI‑related branding to redirect browser search

A malicious Chromium-based extension that spoofs the AI-powered answer engine Perplexity AI redirects browser search traffic using MV3 APIs and intermediary infrastructure.

Chrome vs. Edge vs. Firefox: I tested each browser's AI, but I'm only sticking with one

I have a love/hate, or at least a like/dislike, relationship with AI. There are certainly things about it that turn me off.

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...