Hackers Use NeedyMantis to Maintain Long-Term Access in Breached Networks

The Hacker News - Sep 28, 2026

Hackers have used a malware family called NeedyMantis to maintain long-term access to networks they had already breached, Microsoft said in a technical analysis. The malware has been seen in a small number of targeted intrusions at telecommunications organizations, universities, medical nonprofits, intergovernmental organizations, and government contractors. Its use goes back to at least

Read full article

More News

SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time, but Returns to Earth Early

Sep 28, 2026

SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time, but Returns to Earth Early

The 14th test flight marks a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars, but it was not a complete success.

RatHat Android Malware Console Uses Gemini to Identify Higher-Value Victims

Sep 28, 2026

RatHat Android Malware Console Uses Gemini to Identify Higher-Value Victims

RatHat's operators build and publish the Android banking trojan and control infected phones from a web console, according to security company Cleafy. Cleafy has traced nearly 100 deployments of that console since April 2026. It said this fits a malware-as-a-service model, in which each customer runs a separate copy. The console stores what the malware collects from each phone,

SpaceX sends giant Starship into orbit for the first time but ends the flight early

Sep 28, 2026

SpaceX sends giant Starship into orbit for the first time but ends the flight early

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but decided to cut short the flight.

This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It

Sep 28, 2026

This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It

Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

⚡ Weekly Recap: $387M Crypto Hack, Citrix Exploits, AI Agents Go Off-Script, and More Threats

Sep 28, 2026

⚡ Weekly Recap: $387M Crypto Hack, Citrix Exploits, AI Agents Go Off-Script, and More Threats

A domain used as harmless placeholder text showed up in roughly 1,700 repositories. Then somebody registered it and started serving malicious lures. That is the kind of week this was: forgotten assumptions turning into live attack surface. Elsewhere, weak service accounts, old bugs, exposed systems, phishing kits, and strangely easy exploit paths kept doing useful work for attackers. Nothing

Watch: SpaceX launches Starship rocket into orbit for first time

Sep 28, 2026

Watch: SpaceX launches Starship rocket into orbit for first time

Until now, all Starship flights have been suborbital, meaning the capsules did not complete a loop around the Earth.

SpaceX launches Starship toward orbit for first time

Sep 28, 2026

SpaceX launches Starship toward orbit for first time

SpaceX on Monday sent its Starship out to orbit for the first time, with the company looking for the craft to achieve six laps around the Earth in order to show off its capability for the NASA Artemis program, according to The Associated Press. SpaceX said everything needs to go as planned for Starship before...

Say goodbye to brown bananas! Gene-edited fruits could soon be sold in UK supermarkets

Sep 28, 2026

Say goodbye to brown bananas! Gene-edited fruits could soon be sold in UK supermarkets

Experts at Tropic Biosciences, a UK company based in Norfolk, used a technique known as CRISPR-Cas9 to edit three genes that cause bananas to brown.

SpaceX Starship Flight 14 reaches orbit after successful insertion burn

Sep 28, 2026

SpaceX Starship Flight 14 reaches orbit after successful insertion burn

SpaceX Starship Flight 14 reaches orbit in historic mission SpaceX launched its unprecedented Starship Flight for its first-ever orbital mission on Monday. The Super Heavy rocket booster just fired up its 33 rocket engines, giving the first burst of power off the launchpad. The launch took...

New hotel reservation analysis raise questions about guest experience and lost revenue opportunities

Sep 28, 2026

New hotel reservation analysis raise questions about guest experience and lost revenue opportunities

Lobby, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform that automates complex booking operations across suppliers of travel, hospitality and experiences, has carried out several analysis of reservation workflows that reveal a consistent pattern and challenge some common assumptions within hospitality. For years, hotels have focused on reducing reservation response times and on increasing conversion rates, as well as operational efficiency. According to Lobby’s analysis, the actual weaknesses in this part of the process are related to information, guest intent and the commercial opportunities lost between request and booking.

Siri Co-Creator to Open New Paris Forum Tackling AI’s Impact on the Traveller Journey

Sep 28, 2026

Siri Co-Creator to Open New Paris Forum Tackling AI’s Impact on the Traveller Journey

The world is not moving towards a single artificial intelligence future. The United States, Europe, China, the Middle East and India are developing distinct systems shaped by different approaches to innovation, sovereignty, trust, data and scale. On 28 and 29 October, the Global Resilience Network (GRN) will bring those five pathways into one room at the Global Travel Futures Forum in Paris and test what they mean in practice for the global travel economy.

Crows are being given naloxone after suspected drug overdoses in Prince George

Sep 28, 2026

Crows are being given naloxone after suspected drug overdoses in Prince George

The increased toxicity of the illicit drug supply has prompted public warnings in the north-central B.C. city.

Recommended