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MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026, by a user named "malfexteste8." It has been downloaded 979 times as of writing and is still available on npm as of writing. The latest version of

The Hacker News · October 17, 2026

⚡ Weekly Recap: Rogue AI Agents, WeChat Worm, PaperCut Attacks, AI Espionage, and Rootkits

AI keeps showing up in the wrong places. Attackers are using it to speed up exploits, test defenses, and automate more of the job. Some models are also crossing lines on their own. That is not a great combination. The rest of the week is more familiar: old bugs still working, fresh exploit chains, exposed systems, weak defaults, and simple paths that should have been harder to abuse. A few of

Tech Sep 14, 2026

Watch astronaut Christina Koch and Google’s James Manyika discuss space, technology, and discovery.

Christina Koch sits down with James Manyika, Google’s Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology & Society.

Tech Sep 14, 2026

Is Big Tech’s AI slowdown a safety pact or a cartel?

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX head Elon Musk loosely agreed over the weekend to slow down AI development, skeptics spotted an ulterior motive immediately. The AI titans had declared that their aim was to "pace the frontier," signing on at least partially to a […]

Tech Sep 14, 2026

Apple Home’s new security camera features cost up to $60 a month

With the public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27, Apple Home is getting an injection of Apple Intelligence - but you'll have to pay more for it. Apple Intelligence for Home brings AI-powered video summaries to HomeKit Secure Video, so you can get short text descriptions of who and what compatible security cameras saw, […]

Security Sep 14, 2026

AI Changed the Exposure Problem. Validation Needs to Change With It.

There's a lot of noise around AI and cybersecurity right now. What’s actually important is far simpler, if often lost in the hubbub. Vulnerability discovery is getting faster and happening at a much greater scale, while defenders still have to work out which findings actually deserve their action. In the first half of 2026, a whopping 35,853 CVEs were published, roughly 49% more than in the

Tech Sep 14, 2026

What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development

Dario Amodei kicked off a flood of statements over the past few days about AI safety by publishing a long essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" detailing why AI development should be slowed down. Other AI leaders and politicians are speaking out in favor of or opposing his points, and we've compiled some of […]

Marketing & SEO Sep 14, 2026

Facebook ad costs fall as traffic and lead performance improves: Report

Facebook ad performance improved in 2026, with traffic CTR rising 12.87% to 1.93% and CPC falling 14.29% to $0.60.

Tech Sep 14, 2026

Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules

The Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans today to kill any remaining standards on how much greenhouse gas pollution power plants are allowed to emit in the US. The move will only make electricity dirtier as AI, electric vehicles, and a revival of domestic manufacturing drive up power demand. The EPA's proposal today is a […]

Learning Sep 14, 2026

How to Use Differential Testing During a Legacy Migration

The most dangerous moment in a legacy migration isn't necessarily when you start writing the new implementation. It's when the new implementation looks finished. The code compiles, the tests pass, the

Tech Sep 14, 2026

Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots won’t take over the world

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has taken a call from the president during work, but this time he put Trump on speakerphone before a big crowd. During the call, the president launched into his […]

Tech Sep 14, 2026

DevFest is back

DevFest 2026 is back and here’s how you can connect with one of the more than 800 global events to build, secure, and scale in the agentic AI era.

Marketing & SEO Sep 14, 2026

Microsoft Advertising sets rules for AI-generated ads

Microsoft is tightening AI ad transparency, requiring advertisers to disclose synthetic content, and preserve provenance data

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