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NewsWednesday, 15 July 2026

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New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that's distributed by means of a multi-stage phishing chain capable of bypassing traditional security controls. Avalon combines credential collection, lateral movement, remote access, recovery disruption, and ransomware execution, bringing together diverse functions under one

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)3 July 2026

IEEE Spectrum

IEEE’s Global Museum Brings Engineering History to You

Many IEEE members who collect historical engineering artifacts often offer them to the IEEE History and Heritage group, which includes the IEEE History Center, to display. To bring these artifacts to the public, the group created the IEEE Global Museum, which curates traveling exhibits for display at conferences and in libraries, universities, and other venues.The program educates people about how technological progress has unfolded over generations, and how engineers and researchers build on pa

Joanna Goodrich3 July 2026

The Hacker News

North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been linked to a fresh set of malicious npm packages that masquerade as Rollup polyfill tooling to facilitate remote access and data theft. According to JFrog, the packages "rollup-packages-polyfill-core" and "rollup-runtime-polyfill-core" mimic the legitimate "rollup-plugin-polyfill-node" project, down to the description, repository metadata, and

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)3 July 2026

The Hacker News

Armored Likho Targets Government Agencies, Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer

A previously undocumented threat actor known as Armored Likho has been attributed to cyber attacks targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. "Armored Likho blends financially motivated campaigns targeting private individuals with targeted cyber espionage aimed at organizations," Kaspersky said in a technical analysis published today. "

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)3 July 2026

IEEE Spectrum

AI’s Volatile Power Use Quietly Tests Grid Limits

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is typically framed as an energy problem. Data centers are projected to consume a growing share of global electricity demand: The International Energy Agency estimates they could account for 3 to 4 percent of total global consumption within this decade.Utilities are already adjusting long-term forecasts to accommodate anticipated growth from hyperscale facilities and high-density compute clusters.This framing captures scale. It misses

Matt Hasan3 July 2026

The Hacker News

European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus

A new report from the Citizen Lab has revealed that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou had his mobile device repeatedly hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while serving on a committee that was tasked with investigating the abuse of such commercial surveillance tools in the bloc. "Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)3 July 2026

The Hacker News

PamStealer Uses Fake Maccy Sites and PAM Checks to Steal Mac Login Passwords

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new macOS information stealer called PamStealer that employs a series of clever tricks to infect systems and siphon sensitive data. The stealer, discovered by Jamf Threat Labs, is distributed as a compiled AppleScript (.scpt) file impersonating Maccy, a legitimate open-source clipboard manager. It has been codenamed PamStealer owing to its ability to

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)3 July 2026

The Hacker News

Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

Google has significantly degraded NetNut, one of the biggest networks that turns home devices into rented relays for other people's traffic. Working with the FBI, Lumen, and others, Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said this week it had reduced the network's pool of usable devices by millions. Google identifies NetNut, also tracked as Popa, as a network spread across home

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)2 July 2026

The Hacker News

Ransomware Groups Turn to Citrix Bleed 2, BYOVD, and Supply Chain Credentials

Threat actors associated with the Anubis ransomware operation have been observed exploiting the Citrix Bleed 2 (CVE-2025-5777) vulnerability to obtain initial access. "Although tactics differ between affiliates, common patterns emerged in tradecraft through use of legitimate Remote Management and Monitoring (RMM) tooling, credential access, and hands-on-keyboard procedures used for lateral

info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)2 July 2026

IEEE Spectrum

How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering

When considering the 1960s sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, both of which featured women with supernatural powers navigating life with mortals, most people wouldn’t connect them with pursuing an engineering career. But Karen Panetta did. The sitcoms’ main characters—Samantha Stevens, a witch; and Jeannie, a genie—were “strong, empowered female leads using magic,” Panetta says, and they inspired her to become an engineer, as it was like sorcery to her.Panetta, an IEEE Fellow, is dean of

Joanna Goodrich24 June 2026

IEEE Spectrum

Make an Origami Circuit Board

What could you do if you could make a circuit trace by just bending a piece of paper? How about bridging modern technologies and traditional handicrafts while providing opportunities for learning skills in both.As part of our interdisciplinary research into digital craftsmanship at the MEI Lab at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, we came across research that demonstrated how to impregnate paperlike material (technically a “nonwoven textile”) with the kind of liquid meta

Qi Zhang24 June 2026

IEEE Spectrum

AI Is Designing Radio Chips That Humans Couldn’t Even Imagine

SummaryRFIC design is a complex “dark art” that limits progress in wireless technologies like 5G, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communications.Princeton researchers use reinforcement learning and inverse design to rapidly create RFICs from scratch.Diffusion models rapidly generate novel or human-interpretable RF layouts, achieving record performance and drastically reducing design time.Future progress needs large, shared chip design datasets and open ecosystems so AI can learn universal ele

Kaushik Sengupta24 June 2026

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New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities

IEEE’s Global Museum Brings Engineering History to You

North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets

Armored Likho Targets Government Agencies, Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer

AI’s Volatile Power Use Quietly Tests Grid Limits

European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus

PamStealer Uses Fake Maccy Sites and PAM Checks to Steal Mac Login Passwords

Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

Ransomware Groups Turn to Citrix Bleed 2, BYOVD, and Supply Chain Credentials

How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering

Make an Origami Circuit Board

AI Is Designing Radio Chips That Humans Couldn’t Even Imagine

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