Daily Signal Note: Supply Chain | Pre-Auth Exploitation

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Signal 1: Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Compromised via Supply Chain

Malicious code embedded in Trust Wallet Chrome extension v2.68, released December 24, 2025. Attacker used leaked Chrome Web Store API key to publish update. Per Koi Security analysis, malicious code triggered on every unlock, not just seed phrase import. $7M drained across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana. Hundreds of victims. Attacker infrastructure (metrics-trustwallet.com) staged December 8. PeckShield: $4M+ already laundered through ChangeNOW, FixedFloat, KuCoin. Trust Wallet confirmed reimbursement. v2.69 patched.

Signal 2: Condé Nast Breach Exposes 2.3M WIRED Subscribers, 40M Threatened

Hacker "Lovely" leaked 2.3M WIRED subscriber records on December 20, 2025. Data includes email addresses, display names; subset includes physical addresses (102,479), phone numbers, dates of birth. Hudson Rock validated authenticity via infostealer cross-reference. Data entries as recent as September 8, 2025. Threat actor claims access to centralized Condé Nast identity infrastructure covering 40M+ users across Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ. Per Hudson Rock assessment, attacker likely exploited IDOR and broken access control flaws. Condé Nast has not issued public statement.

Signal 3: China Drafts Regulation for Emotionally Interactive AI

Cyberspace Administration of China published draft rules December 27, 2025, targeting "anthropomorphic interactive AI services." Draft provisions include: prohibitions on encouragement of self-harm; mandated human escalation mechanisms if user signals suicidal intent; mandatory 2-hour usage reminder; minors require guardian consent with time limits; platforms must detect underage users even if age undisclosed. Security assessments required for providers crossing user thresholds. Public comment period open until January 25, 2026.

Signal 4: MongoBleed Exploitation Accelerates Post-PoC Release

CVE-2025-14847 PoC exploit published December 26, 2025. Reporting: SecurityWeek indicates active exploitation observed shortly after PoC release. Vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to read heap memory via malformed zlib-compressed packets. Zlib compression enabled by default. Telemetry: Censys reports 87,000+ exposed instances; Wiz reports 42% of cloud environments contain at least one vulnerable MongoDB instance. Fixed in MongoDB 8.2.3, 8.0.17, 7.0.28, 6.0.27, 5.0.32, 4.4.30.

Author
Daniel Michan is the founder of CybersecurityHQ, a CISO-grade intelligence platform read weekly across the Fortune 100. He analyzes identity-centric risk, machine identity failures, SaaS integration breakdowns, and emerging AI-speed threats, producing executive briefings and deep-dive research used by enterprise security leaders for decision support.