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A new version of Python’s native package management tool, pip, will remove a limitation that has frustrated Python developers for years. If you wanted to install the dependencies for a given package, but not install the package itself, you were stuck. Either you had to extract the dependency list from the package and install it…

A newly identified Windows malware sample abuses Microsoft Graph API to transform a compromised Microsoft 365 calendar into a covert two-way command and control (C2) channel. Researchers at Group-IB dubbed the highly sophisticated malware sample HollowGraph and attributed it, with high confidence, to the Cavern backdoor framework.  Analysis by Group-IB found that the HollowGraph attack is highly…

A Russian-speaking cyber-criminal has been observed moving in three months from posting a jailbreak tutorial on a Russian-language forum to selling a commercial offensive AI pentest platform built on the techniques he documented. According to new research from Cato CTRL, the research unit of Cato Networks, an actor using the handle Trim first appeared on…

U.S. Treasury Sanctions VPN Provider and Cryptor Seller Behind Billions in Ransomware Losses Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2026 U.S. sanctions hit VPN provider 1VPNS and a cryptor seller for enabling ransomware gangs behind billions in losses to critical infrastructure. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two individuals and one entity on July…

Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. ALPRs are promoted as tools for keeping communities safe by finding missing persons and locating stolen vehicles, but this case showed how ALPRS…