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The March 24th #liteLLM compromise isn't just another vulnerable package; it is a masterclass in why relying solely on CVE databases is a fundamentally broken security posture.
For those catching up, the threat group TeamPCP compromised the Trivy GitHub Action to steal PyPI publisher credentials, publishing malicious versions (1.82.7 and 1.82.8) of the liteLLM package. If you ran pip install during the exposure window, the payload executed in three layers:
1. Exfiltration: AES-256-CBC encrypted archive sent to a remote C2 server.
2. Credential Harvesting: Aggressive targeting of ~/.ssh, AWS/GCP/Azure credentials, Kubernetes configs, and API keys.
3. Persistence: Establishing a sysmon.py backdoor that polls the C2 endpoint every 50 minutes.
Traditional vulnerability scanners missed this entirely because no CVE existed. They look for known bad patterns, not malicious behavior -- let alone malicious intent.
When the scope of this attack became clear, our engineering team at Threat Point mobilized instantly. In the face of a critical ecosystem exploit, we knew we had to ship a practical, zero-day defense tool to developers globally. We shipped v0.1.0 in <24 hours. Expect some false positives. It’s a flashlight in a dark room for immediate visibility while we actively iterate to reduce noise.
To give teams an immediate way to triage their environments, we built and open-sourced: who-touched-my-packages (wtmp).
Here is what the tool does:
* Dependency Graphing: Uses Node.js and Python tools to generate a full dependency graph (ensure your dependencies are downloaded as usual prior to scanning).
* Local CVE Cross-Referencing: Downloads two sources of vulnerabilities directly to your device (GitHub Advisories and Google's OSV) and matches your dependency versions against them.
* Active Behavioral Scanning (Zero-Day Defense): You can optionally pass an Anthropic, Open AI, or Open Router API key via an environment variable. If an API key is provided, an agentic AI process with the latest LangGraph tooling will deeply scan every dependency.
* Targeted Threat Detection: The agentic LLM process not only actively hunts for the exact zero-day mechanisms used in yesterday's attack, but it more broadly identifies dozens of threat indicator patterns common in supply chain compromises. This includes data exfiltration, credential harvesting, crypto wallet theft, environment scanning, code obfuscation, persistence, data packaging, and CI/CD poisoning.
We are making this completely public and free to use.
Install globally & scan your project: point-wild.github.io/who-tou…
If your security tooling can't analyze what a package is actually doing during execution, you are flying blind. Run your scans, rotate your keys, and secure the ecosystem.
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University of Hawaii Cancer Center hit by ransomware attack - @serghei
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🚨🚨🚨Cyber Attack Update‼️
🇯🇵 Japan - ASKUL
RansomHouse hacking group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack against ASKUL.
The ransomware caused major disruptions, including system outages and the suspension of order and shipping operations.
The attacker claims to have exfiltrated 1.1 TB of data.
Sector: Wholesale / Retail
Threat class: Cybercrime
Observed: Oct 30, 2025
Status: Confirmed
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About this post:
Hackmanac provides early warning and cyber situational awareness through its social channels. This alert is based on publicly available information that our analysts retrieved from clear and dark web sources. No confidential or proprietary data was downloaded, copied, or redistributed, and sensitive details were redacted from the attached screenshot(s).
For more details about this incident, our ESIX impact score, and additional context, visit HackRisk.io.
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🚨Cyber Attack Alert‼️
🇪🇸Spain - Ayuntamiento de Elche
The City Council of Elche (Ayuntamiento de Elche), Spain, suffered a ransomware-style cyberattack on August 25, 2025, which paralyzed municipal operations.
All officials were ordered to shut down their computers to prevent further intrusion or data theft. The attack was detected when a department’s screen displayed encrypted and inaccessible data.
Key departments such as payroll and census were impacted, potentially affecting salary payments and citizen records. Around 500 citizens per day who rely on the OMAC offices for administrative services were also left without service.
Source:informacion.es/elche/2025/08…
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Ransomware attacks surged 47% in H1 2025, but only a fraction were publicly confirmed. According to @Comparitech, just 445 of 3,627 claimed attacks were acknowledged by victims.
🔗 Read more: informationsecuritybuzz.com/…
✍ Kirsten Doyle
#Ransomware #CyberThreats #ISBNews
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This borough has 75 cameras per 1000 people, which is far more than the London average of 13 timeout.com/london/news/reve…
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Healthcare Organizations Take 3.7 Months To Announce Ransomware Data Breaches zurl.co/xqbvR #hipaa #compliance #ransomware
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Ransomware Attacks Fall in April Amid RansomHub Outage infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
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Personal data compromised in Gateshead Council cyber attack trib.al/Wkm6zdo
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Comparitech reveals widespread privacy gaps in mobile shopping apps ahead of holiday season ift.tt/GnDjeAZ
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Why Healthcare Needs More Than AI to Fight Cyber-Attacks infosecurity-magazine.com/op…
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Over Half of US County Websites “Could Be Spoofed” infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
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More Kids Apps Could Be Breaking Federal Rules for Children's Data Privacy cnet.com/news/privacy/more-k… via @CNET
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UK Government Set to Introduce New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
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Ransomware Attack Demands Reach a Staggering $5.2m in 2024 infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
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Ransomware atinge US$ 5,2 milhões em pedido médio para resgate tecmundo.com.br/seguranca/28…
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Ransomware group #BlackSuit adds KADOKAWA Corporation to its data leak site – 1.5TB of data allegedly stolen.
This follows confirmation from the company that it had sustained a #ransomware attack on June 8 with system recoveries ongoing.
Read more here: bit.ly/3XFrHCC
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Data Breaches in US Schools Exposed 37.6M Records infosecurity-magazine.com/ne…
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BREAKING NEWS: Dmitry Yureyvich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, is identified as the leader of the #LockBit ransomware gang under the alias LockbitSupp. therecord.media/lockbitsupp-…


















