Dec 06, 2025

Email 1 Summary:

– Hacker Newsletter Issue #772 (Dec 5, 2025) highlights include enterprise security features shipping by WorkOS, and a variety of favorites, Ask HN, Show HN projects, code, data, design, books, working, learning, watching, startup news, and fun sections.

– Topics mentioned include Advent of Code 2025, quality of Dell/Lenovo laptops, open source projects, search tools, open source payment processor, Django 6, Pocketbase, Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, transparent leadership, Claude 4.5, and AI-generated fonts.

– Working section discusses the junior hiring crisis and US job losses affecting housing demand.

– Learning section includes studies on disabilities, public domain 2026, vitamin D, Conway’s Life glider, and some mathematical curiosities.

– Watching section references a Google DeepMind documentary and interviews with computing pioneers.

– Startup news covered acquisitions and some leaks about AI ad rollouts.

– Fun section includes unique games and city builder projects.

– Over 68,000 subscribers receive this newsletter weekly for Hacker News curated content.

Email 2 Summary:

– US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), NSA, and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warn about Chinese state-sponsored hackers using “Brickstorm” malware targeting VMware vSphere platforms to maintain long-term access since April 2024.

– Amnesty International reveals spyware firm Intellexa had remote access to Predator spyware customers’ systems, viewed private data, and used zero-day exploits for infections.

– New cybersecurity guidance published for secure AI integration in operational technology by CISA and Australian Cyber Security Centre.

– Phreeli, a privacy-focused US cell provider, collects minimal user data (ZIP code only).

– Taiwan suspends the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu for one year due to fraud and security issues.

– New Android malware called Albiriox enables live remote control for financial theft, targeting over 400 financial apps worldwide.

– UK’s NCSC starts “Proactive Notifications” to alert organizations about vulnerabilities detected through internet scanning.

– The Trump administration preparing a concise national cybersecurity strategy focusing on cyber offense, workforce, infrastructure, and emerging tech.

– US Treasury’s FinCEN reports ransomware incidents and payments dropped in 2024 after police disrupted two major ransomware groups.

– Russian physicist sentenced to 21 years for alleged treason and sabotage.

– Australian woman charged with multiple cybercrimes involving university servers.

– SmartTube YouTube client compromised due to developer key theft; malicious update pushed.

– Command injection vulnerability exploited in Array AG VPN devices.

– Guernsey’s Ladies’ College ordered to improve IT security following breach.

– AI image generator startup left over 1 million images exposed, including explicit content.

– Study finds AI chatbots can be jailbroken by phrasing forbidden requests as poetry.

– Israeli Cybersecurity firm imper.ai raises $28M; Lumia raises $18M for AI employee monitoring.

– EU fined Elon Musk’s X platform €120M for inadequate bot verification.

– Sophos reports cybercriminals shift focus from encryption to data theft in manufacturing.

Email 3 Summary:

– SecurityWeek headlines cover:

– Cloudflare outage caused by React2Shell vulnerability mitigations.

– Chinese-linked threat actors exploiting React2Shell vulnerability.

– Imper.ai secures $28 million funding; Lumia raises $18 million in AI security.

– Record 29 Tbps DDoS attack powered by Aisuru botnet.

– Other news: X fined €120 million for bot verification issues, Array VPN flaw exploitation, Iranian backdoor threat, Microsoft 365 backup importance.

– React2Shell vulnerability actively exploited in the wild.

– Microsoft silently patched LNK exploit.

– King Addons WordPress vulnerability exploited.

– Facial recognition privacy concerns.

– Data breach at Penn and Phoenix universities post Oracle hack.

– New Albiriox Android malware targeting global financial apps.

– Includes links to expert articles on cybersecurity topics such as phishing, threat detection, and AI in cyber defense.

Email 4 Summary:

– CyberWire Daily Briefing Dec 5, 2025:

– Critical React Server Components vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182, React2Shell) is being exploited by Chinese state-affiliated groups like Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda soon after disclosure.

– Vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote code execution via unsafe deserialization.

– One-third of cloud environments potentially vulnerable; patching urged immediately.

– Joint report by CISA, NSA, and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security details Brickstorm malware campaign targeting VMware vSphere and Windows environments used by Chinese-sponsored hackers.

– Brickstorm enables stealing virtual machine snapshots, credentials, and creation of hidden rogue VMs.

– Twin brothers arrested for stealing and destroying government data after firing from a government contractor; they previously pleaded guilty to hacking charges in 2015.

– Muneeb faces 45 years imprisonment, Sohaib faces 6 years.

– Several sponsored events and webinars related to AI and security mentioned.

Stay Well!