In this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, a bird flies near a North Korean flag fluttering in the wind at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea on October 4, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Socket researchers said the malware-ridden packages were collectively downloaded over 330 times. GitHub removed all of the malicious packages Wednesday.
The Stop CSAM Act, first introduced in 2023 by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., (above) and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., would impose several new requirements on companies to prevent the hosting and distribution of child sexual abuse material on their platforms.
The Stop CSAM Act would compel companies to curb online child sexual abuse material, but critics argue it would also weaken encrypted services for all users.
A view of the Microsoft corporate logo in front of the Microsoft Office building on 41st street and 8th avenue on July 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)
The Apple logo is seen on a window of the company’s store in Bangkok on March 5, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Apple released emergency software patches Tuesday that address a newly identified zero-day vulnerability in the company’s WebKit web browser engine. Tracked as CVE-2025-24201, an attacker can potentially…
External researchers can’t determine the originating IP addresses for the flood of malicious traffic that hit X’s servers without direct access to X’s systems. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
National General, an insurance company Allstate acquired for $4 billion in 2021, failed to notify almost 12,000 people their driver’s license numbers were compromised. (Getty Images)