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Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, but stealthily drops a malicious payload on compromised hosts

New Research Uncovers Tokenizer Blind Spots in Leading LLMsSubtle obfuscation techniques can systematically evade the guardrails that today's large language models rely on. Researchers from Mindgard team found that adversaries can "smuggle" malicious payloads past tokenizers using emojis, zero-width spaces and homoglyphs.

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Mysterious Elephant Using Hajj-Themed Bait in Attacks

Group Deploys Upgraded Malware Disguised as Microsoft File on Pilgrimage GoersA South Asian threat actor identified as Mysterious Elephant or APT-K-47 by Knownsec 404 researchers is using a Hajj-themed lure to trick victims into malicious payload disguised as a Windows file. The hacker is using upgraded Asyncshell malware disguised as a Microsoft Compiled HTML Help file.

The suspected Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging themes related to the Indian military research organization as part of an ongoing phishing campaign

Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results Threat researchers have discovered an obfuscation platform that attaches malware to legitimate Android applications to lure users to install the malicious payload and make it difficult for security tools to detect.…