22-Aug-2025: NIST Faces, Microsoft's Vibe Hack, and the Rise of CORNFLAKE.V3

Hacked dAily is here to serve you a hot pot of all the cyber soup with a side of sarcasm. Imagine your face morphing app going rogue and landing you on the no-fly list! Thank NIST for stepping in with new guidelines that aim to outwit any wannabe evil twin plots. Have you ever thought your remote development environment was your secure sanctuary? Well, Microsoft's VS Code Remote-SSH might give you a rude wake-up call by letting attackers play jazz on your local machine. Next time, don’t share your VIP hacker pass. Speaking of creative crime, hackers are making breakfast a minefield with the CORNFLAKE.V3 backdoor served up via fake CAPTCHAs. Next time you're proving you're not a robot, double-check—those cyber villains might just be out-creeping the CAPTCHA. In non-breakfast-related news, someone from the Scattered Spider hacking group scored a decade in the slammer thanks to some old-school SIM swapping. At $13 million in restitution, it's no wonder they won't be laughing all the way to the digital bank! Lastly, Meta and OpenAI are bulldozing their way through the internet with AI crawlers—picture elephants in a data buffet. If your servers are groaning under the weight, maybe RSVP lessons are in order. Join us daily for more cybersecurity hijinks! This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations. Cyatdel helps you test your cyber resilience against the threats of today, keeping your data secure. Checkout cytadel.co.uk for more information.