SimpleHelp Flaw Exploited to Deploy Malware Targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux

A SimpleHelp authentication flaw is being exploited to deploy Djinn Stealer, a cross-platform malware targeting cloud, ...
Tech Times

Microsoft Pulls 119 Malicious Edge Extensions Hiding Malware in Images

StegoAd Microsoft Edge extensions malware affected up to 2.6 million users after the company removed 119 add-ons that hid ...

Microsoft takes down over 100 malicious Edge extensions hiding malware in images and fonts

Microsoft says these 119 malicious extensions were downloaded a total of 2.6 million times since 2021.
SecurityWeek

Critical SimpleHelp Vulnerability Exploited for Malware Delivery

A threat actor has been exploiting CVE-2026-48558, a critical SimpleHelp vulnerability, to drop TaskWeaver and Djinn Stealer ...
Scientific American

The rare Ebola virus behind the current outbreak, explained

Global health officials are tracking an outbreak of Ebola caused by a rare species of orthoebolavirus called the Bundibugyo virus that has so far killed more than 130 people and infected more than 500 ...
The New York Times

What is the Bundibugyo Virus Involved in the Ebola Outbreak?

Here’s what to know about the symptoms and spread of the virus, which has sickened people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. By Dani Blum Global health officials are raising alarms about ...
Bleeping Computer

Leaked Shai-Hulud malware fuels new npm infostealer campaign

The Shai-Hulud malware leaked last week is now used in new attacks on the Node Package Manager (npm) index, as infected packages emerged over the weekend. A threat actor using the account ...
Science Daily

Giant virus discovery could rewrite the origin of complex life

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...
The Conversation

Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic

For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who ...
Time

The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Serious. But It's No COVID, Health Officials Say

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Medical Xpress

Past hantavirus outbreak shows how Andes virus spreads

An elderly man had just started running a fever when he walked into a birthday party in the Argentine village of Epuyen in 2018. That began the last "super-spreader" event of the Andes strain of ...
National Geographic news

What is hantavirus? Here's everything you need to know about how it spreads

Audio Timeline Slider: Use the left or right arrow keys to decrease or increase the slider value. Either way, Andes’ spread is not particularly efficient, says Bradfute. Unlike measles and COVID, ...