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Talos: CLOSEDQUORUM malware lets four LLMs vote on next attack step

Cisco Talos documented CLOSEDQUORUM, a Windows credential stealer that asks DeepSeek, Qwen, Gemini, and Mistral what to do next and follows the majority vote—no attacker C2 server to block. The public binary is an inert template with placeholder API keys; Talos has not confirmed live victims.

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Qwen Code 0.26.9 adds Skill ZIP installs and bulk Skill activation

Released Nov 6, Qwen Code 0.26.9 lets you install large Skill ZIPs via the daemon API, TypeScript SDK, or Web Shell, and toggle 1–100 Skills in one PUT /skills/activation call. It also turns managed agent automation on by default, adds image input for Llama 4, Pixtral, and Mistral Small models, and reports working/blocked/done status to terminals via OSC 7501…

Apiiro: Claude Code "don't ask again" left secrets in 1,122 public GitHub copies

Apiiro found 1,122 public .claude/settings.local.json copies holding at least one secret (1,379 distinct, including 379 database passwords) after "Yes, and don't ask again" saves the full approved command—credentials included—in plain text. Claude Code only adds the file to the user's global git excludes, not the project's .gitignore , so already committed copies and forks stay exposed; rotate first, then clean up…

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