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Tag: threat actor techniques

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Supply Chain Attacks Target SDLC's Overlooked Corners

Meet the ChainDrop npm worm, a sneaky threat that infiltrated over 400 packages, including popular libraries like keyv and cacheable-request, by hiding in plain sight within routine developer workflows. This highly evasive threat uses a three-step chain to steal sensitive tokens and secrets, spreading its reach with alarming ease.

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Researcher works on laptop in lab while computer screen displays obscured code.

Malicious AI Skills Evade Scanners With Self-Extracting Packing

Researchers have developed a sneaky tool called SKILLCLOAK that can disguise malicious AI skills, making them slip past scanners undetected more than 90% of the time. This unsettling breakthrough challenges the reliability of static AI skill reviews, leaving a gaping hole in security defenses.

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