A decade-long investigation into puzzling neutrino behavior has now ruled out one of the most widely discussed explanations: the sterile neutrino.
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How Agentic BAS AI Turns Threat Headlines Into Defense Strategies
Picus Security explains why relying on LLM-generated attack scripts is risky and how an agentic approach maps real threat intel to safe, validated TTPs. Their breakdown shows how teams can turn headline threats into reliable defense checks without unsafe automation.
Ransomware gangs turn to Shanya EXE packer to hide EDR killers
Multiple ransomware gangs are using a packer-as-a-service platform named Shanya to help them deploy payloads that disable endpoint detection and response solutions on victim systems.
Packer services provide cybercriminals with specialized tools to package their payloads in a way that obfuscates malicious code to evade detection by most known security tools and antivirus engines.
The Shanya packer operation emerged in late 2024 and has grown in popularity significantly, with malware samples using it being spotted in Tunisia, the UAE, Costa Rica, Nigeria, and Pakistan, as per telemetry data from Sophos Security.
Malicious VSCode extensions on Microsoft’s registry drop infostealers
Two malicious extensions on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers’ machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal credentials, crypto wallets, and hijack browser sessions.
The marketplace hosts extensions for the popular VSCode integrated development environment (IDE) to extend functionality or add customization options.
The two malicious extensions, called Bitcoin Black and Codo AI, masquerade as a color theme and an AI assistant, respectively, and were published under the developer name ‘BigBlack.’