Cyber Bites - 16th May 2025

Pearson Educational Giant Suffers Major Cyberattack Through Exposed GitLab Tokenhttps://plc.pearson.com/en-GB/news-and-insights/news/cyber-security-incidenthttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/education-giant-pearson-hit-by-cyberattack-exposing-customer-data/Malicious npm Packages Target Cursor Editor Users, Affecting Over 3,200 Developershttps://socket.dev/blog/malicious-npm-packages-hijack-cursor-editor-on-macosCyber Scammers Deploy Fake AI Creation Tools to Spread Noodlophile Malware via Facebookhttps://www.morphisec.com/blog/new-noodlophile-stealer-fake-ai-video-generation-platforms/Google Deploys On-Device AI to Combat Scams Across Chrome, Search, and Androidhttps://blog.google/technology/safety-security/how-were-using-ai-to-combat-the-latest-scams/New Investment Scams Employ Sophisticated Techniques to Target Victimshttps://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/uncovering-actor-ttp-patterns-and-the-role-of-dns-in-investment-scams/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit edwinkwan.substack.com