Assad regime hacker who caused $136 billion market drop sentenced to 42 months

Help Net Security reports on major cybersecurity developments, including a poisoned Claude Code extension carrying a persistent SSH backdoor, a possible $6.3 billion Binance cryptocurrency theft linked to a compromised developer laptop, help-desk impersonation attacks leading to remote access and ransomware, large-scale payment-card phishing sites, AI-enabled offensive cyber capabilities, and security weaknesses in smart-home devices. The feed also covers a sentenced Syrian hacker and security operations and AI-agent governance topics.