Weaponizing human trust to bypass security

Weaponizing human trust to bypass...

Weekly CYBER NEWS by Alex

S2 · E15

Apr 5, 2026

06:38

Episode notes

In today’s Cybersecurity Daily, we break down the biggest threats shaping April 2026. A coordinated npm supply chain attack involving 36 malicious packages is targeting developers through post-install scripts, exploiting Redis and PostgreSQL to deploy persistent backdoors and steal sensitive data.

We also uncover new details behind the Axios npm hack, where attackers used a fake Microsoft Teams error to socially engineer a maintainer and inject malware into widely used packages. Meanwhile, device code phishing attacks have surged over 37x, allowing attackers to hijack sessions and bypass traditional credential-based defenses.

Plus, we analyze the European Commission cloud breach, showing how a single compromised AWS key led to multi-entity data exposure, alon ...

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