Skip to content
HomeInsights

Insights

Ideas for building
better software.

Engineering perspectives on architecture, product development, AI, and the everyday decisions behind useful software.

From the engineering desk

Browse practical articles or follow the latest technology updates.

Subscribe via RSS →

Curated links from external sources — not 360Softy original articles.

External
The Hacker News

WeaselBiscuit Stealer Spreads via 13 npm Packages to Harvest Chrome Extension Storage

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 13 npm packages that have been found to deliver a previously undocumented JavaScript stealer codenamed WeaselBiscuit. The new malware family, per OpenSourceMalware, exhibits functional overlaps with two malware strains associated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) Contagious Interview campaign: BeaverTail and

The Hacker NewsRead original
ExternalCybersecurity
SecurityWeek

NightmareStresser DDoS Service Disrupted in International Operation

Active since at least 2022, NightmareStresser was one of the longest-running DDoS-for-hire services in the world. The post NightmareStresser DDoS Service Disrupted in International Operation appeared first on SecurityWeek.

CybercrimeTracking & Law Enforcementcybercrime
SecurityWeekRead original
ExternalCybersecurity
SecurityWeek

Brevo Supply Chain Attack Injects Malware Into 100,000 Websites

Hackers used a compromised API key to deploy a Cloudflare worker that injected malicious scripts. The post Brevo Supply Chain Attack Injects Malware Into 100,000 Websites appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Malware & ThreatsSupply Chain SecurityBrevo
SecurityWeekRead original
External
The Hacker News

Claimed Bug Bounty Hunter Likely Used LLM to Build PhantomRaven npm Stealer

A financially motivated threat actor has been linked to the development and distribution of a JavaScript (JS)-based information stealer known as PhantomRaven via the npm package registry. "The developer likely wrote the malware using a large language model (LLM), an assessment made with high confidence based on verbose comments, placeholder code, and statistical token-analysis patterns,"

The Hacker NewsRead original

Let’s start with a conversation

Tell us what you’re working on.

An idea, a challenge, or a system that needs to work better. We’ll help you understand the next step.