Corporate Espionage Archives - Information Security News

March 7, 2026

The Prompt Poachers: 900,000 Users Exposed as Malicious AI Extensions Siphon ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats

Artificial intelligence extensions have seamlessly woven themselves into the fabric of everyday browser utility. Multitudes of users routinely summon the sidebar, interrogating chatbots and injecting proprietary corporate documents or intricate code snippets into the...

Malware

January 5, 2026

The DarkSpectre Files: How a 7-Year Extension Campaign Hijacked 8.8 Million Browsers

A hacking group operating under the name DarkSpectre has, for seven years, systematically infected the computers of users running Chrome, Edge, and Firefox browsers. According to Koi Security, more than 8.8 million unique devices...

Data Leak

December 10, 2025

China’s “King of Vulnerabilities” Hacked: Knownsec Leak Exposes Zero-Day Flaws

A data leak at the Chinese company Knownsec—long heralded as one of the flagships of the nation’s cybersecurity industry—has dealt the firm a reputational blow and forced an unexpected admission of internal weaknesses. In...