Data exfiltration was the most common malware in Sonatype report, with more than 4,400 packages designed to steal secrets, personally identifiable information, credentials, and API tokens.
Researchers have uncovered multiple campaigns spreading Lumma, Arechclient2, and Rhadamanthys malware by leveraging key features of the AV/EDR evasion framework.
The alleged Chinese state-sponsored hacker faces multiple charges, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to protected computers.
Following a breach at the country's top mobile provider that exposed 27 million records, the South Korean government imposed a small monetary penalty but stiff regulatory requirements.
Startup Tumeryk's State of AI Trust finds Google Gemini Pro 2.5 as the most trustworthy, with ChatGPT-4 Mini a close second and DeepSeek and Alibaba Qwen scoring lowest.
Encryption is essential to data security, protecting sensitive information from theft through strong algorithms, key management, and layered defenses.