Tag: attack
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Bluesky hit by 24-hour DDoS attack as pro-Iran group claims responsibility
Bluesky suffered a 24-hour DDoS attack that caused outages. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed responsibility for the disruption. Bluesky experienced a sophisticated DDoS attack that disrupted its services for about 24 hours, starting on April 15. Bluesky is a decentralized, open-source microblogging social media platform similar to X (formerly Twitter). It allows users to post…
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Bluesky hit by 24-hour DDoS attack as pro-Iran group claims responsibility
Bluesky suffered a 24-hour DDoS attack that caused outages. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed responsibility for the disruption. Bluesky experienced a sophisticated DDoS attack that disrupted its services for about 24 hours, starting on April 15. Bluesky is a decentralized, open-source microblogging social media platform similar to X (formerly Twitter). It allows users to post…
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GitHub Issue Alerts Exploited in OAuth Phishing Scam Targeting Developers
Hackers are abusing GitHub’s own issue-notification emails to phish developers and silently take over their repositories using malicious OAuth applications, effectively turning trusted DevOps tooling into a supply-chain attack vector. Developers are now prime targets because compromising their accounts gives attackers direct access to source code CI/CD pipelines, and production workflows, making this a textbook supply-chain attack…
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Bluesky, Fast-Growing X Alternative, Hit by Sophisticated DDoS Attack
A service disruption at Bluesky last week exposed the growing challenges faced by fast-expanding social media platforms, after the company confirmed that a “sophisticated” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) incident was behind widespread outages. The Bluesky cyberattack began late on April 15, 2026, and quickly escalated, interrupting core functions across the app and leaving users unable to…
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CISA Warns Compromised Axios npm Package Fueled Major Supply Chain Attack
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding a severe software supply chain compromise affecting the widely used Axios node package manager (npm). Axios is a highly popular JavaScript library that developers rely on to handle HTTP requests in both Node.js and browser environments. Because of its massive global adoption…
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Vercel Employee’s AI Tool Access Led to Data Breach
Stolen OAuth tokens, which are at the root of these breaches, are the new attack surface, the new lateral movement, a researcher noted. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/vercel-employees-ai-tool-access-data-breach
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Vercel’s security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats
The attack, which originated at Context.ai, showcases the pitfalls of interconnected cloud applications and SaaS integrations with overly privileged permissions. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/vercel-security-breach-third-party-attack-context-ai-lumma-stealer/
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The Gentlemen ransomware now uses SystemBC for bot-powered attacks
A SystemBC proxy malware botnet of more than 1,570 hosts, believed to be corporate victims, has been discovered following an investigation into a Gentlemen ransomware attack carried out by a gang affiliate. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-gentlemen-ransomware-now-uses-systembc-for-bot-powered-attacks/
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SerialIP Devices Hide Thousands of Old and New Bugs
The OT devices that translate machine talk into Internet-speak are riddled with vulnerabilities and more frequently targeted for attacks, researchers say. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/serial-ip-devices-thousands-of-bugs
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The MCP Disclosure Is the AI Era’s ‘Open Redirect’ Moment
The MCP flaw reveals a systemic AI security gap, exposing enterprise systems to supply chain attacks and forcing a shift toward data-layer governance. The post The MCP Disclosure Is the AI Era’s ‘Open Redirect’ Moment appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-mcp-ai-security-vulnerability-data-layer-governance/
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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack
The DDoS attack against Mastodon’s flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/
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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack
The DDoS attack against Mastodon’s flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/mastodon-says-its-flagship-server-was-hit-by-a-ddos-attack/
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2026’s Breach List So Far: FBI Hacked, 1B Androids at Risk, 270M iPhones Vulnerable
From the FBI breach to the DarkSword iPhone exploit, these are the biggest cyber attacks and security failures that have shaped 2026 so far. The post 2026’s Breach List So Far: FBI Hacked, 1B Androids at Risk, 270M iPhones Vulnerable appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-top-cyberattacks-2026-so-far/
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2026’s Breach List So Far: FBI Hacked, 1B Androids at Risk, 270M iPhones Vulnerable
From the FBI breach to the DarkSword iPhone exploit, these are the biggest cyber attacks and security failures that have shaped 2026 so far. The post 2026’s Breach List So Far: FBI Hacked, 1B Androids at Risk, 270M iPhones Vulnerable appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-top-cyberattacks-2026-so-far/
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2026’s Breach List So Far: FBI Hacked, 1B Androids at Risk, 270M iPhones Vulnerable
From the FBI breach to the DarkSword iPhone exploit, these are the biggest cyber attacks and security failures that have shaped 2026 so far. The post 2026’s Breach List So Far: FBI Hacked, 1B Androids at Risk, 270M iPhones Vulnerable appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-top-cyberattacks-2026-so-far/
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In 2026, Transform a Recovery-based MVE Into an MVDE That Can Create “Unaffected” Digital Business
In March 2026, the CyberStrikeAI campaign used fully autonomous AI engines to breach over 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries. Let that sink in. 600 firewalls, 55 countries. This is the age of AI. The attack speed is impossible to match with human defenders. The only defense against AI-powered attacks is to eliminate the path……
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Teams increasingly abused in helpdesk impersonation attacks
Microsoft is warning of threat actors increasingly abusing external Microsoft Teams collaboration and relying on legitimate tools for access and lateral movement on enterprise networks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-increasingly-abused-in-helpdesk-impersonation-attacks/
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Vercel Hack, Push Fraud, QEMU Abused, New Android RATs Emerge & More
Monday’s recap shows the same pattern in different places. A third-party tool becomes a way in, then leads to internal access. A trusted download path is briefly swapped to deliver malware. Browser extensions act normally while pulling data and running code. Even update channels are used to push payloads. It’s not breaking systems”, it’s bending…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Vercel Hack, Push Fraud, QEMU Abused, New Android RATs Emerge & More
Monday’s recap shows the same pattern in different places. A third-party tool becomes a way in, then leads to internal access. A trusted download path is briefly swapped to deliver malware. Browser extensions act normally while pulling data and running code. Even update channels are used to push payloads. It’s not breaking systems”, it’s bending…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Vercel Hack, Push Fraud, QEMU Abused, New Android RATs Emerge & More
Monday’s recap shows the same pattern in different places. A third-party tool becomes a way in, then leads to internal access. A trusted download path is briefly swapped to deliver malware. Browser extensions act normally while pulling data and running code. Even update channels are used to push payloads. It’s not breaking systems”, it’s bending…
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Formbook Malware Campaign Uses Multiple Obfuscation Techniques to Avoid Detection
Formbook attacks use combination of DLL Side-Loading and Obfuscated JavaScript to stay hidden, researchers at WatchGuard have uncovered First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/formbook-malware-multiple/
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Vercel Data Breach Linked to Earlier Context.ai Compromise
Hackers breached systems of Vercel, a popular frontend cloud platform provider and Next.js maintainer, in an attack that’s been traced back to the compromise earlier this year of a Context.ai employee’s system. The threat group ShinyHunters is asking for $2 million for the data stolen in yet another attack linked to a third-party provider. First…
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Bluesky blames app outage on ‘sophisticated’ DDoS attack
The decentralized social network said the incident began on April 15, when the company received reports of intermittent outages affecting the app. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/bluesky-blames-app-outage-on-ddos
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Why the Axios attack proves AI is mandatory for supply chain security
Two weeks ago, a suspected North Korean threat actor slipped malicious code into a package within Axios, a widely used JavaScript library. The immediate concern was the blast radius: roughly 100 million weekly downloads spanning enterprises, startups, and government systems. But beyond the sheer scale, the attack’s speed was just as worrisome a stark […]…
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CVE-2023-33538 under attack for a year, but exploitation still unsuccessful
Hackers have targeted CVE-2023-33538 flaw in old TP-Link routers for a year, but no successful exploitation has been seen so far. Hackers have been trying for over a year to exploit a serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score of 8.8), in outdated TP-Link routers, but so far without success. The vulnerability is a command…
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Vercel Data Breach Linked to Earlier Context.ai Compromise
Hackers breached systems of Vercel, a popular frontend cloud platform provider and Next.js maintainer, in an attack that’s been traced back to the compromise earlier this year of a Context.ai employee’s system. The threat group ShinyHunters is asking for $2 million for the data stolen in yet another attack linked to a third-party provider. First…
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Attackers abuse Microsoft Teams to impersonate the IT helpdesk in a new enterprise intrusion playbook
Cross-tenant risk grows: The attack chain uses Teams’ cross-tenant communication capability, which allows external users to initiate chats with employees, Microsoft wrote in the blog.”The cross-tenant risk is significant, and many organizations probably do underestimate it,” said Sunil Varkey, advisor at Beagle Security.”Collaboration tools were designed to reduce friction, but many organizations enabled that convenience…
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Intel Utility Hijacked in AppDomain Attack to Launch Malware
Hackers are abusing a trusted Intel utility to quietly launch advanced malware by hijacking the .NET AppDomain mechanism, allowing malicious code to run inside a signed executable and evade many enterprise defenses. The campaign, dubbed Operation PhantomCLR by researchers, targets financial and other organizations in the Middle East and wider EMEA region using highly targeted…
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Hackers exploit Vercel’s trust in AI integration
Allegedly breached by ShinyHunters: According to screenshots circulating on the internet, a threat actor has already claimed the breach on the dark web and is attempting to sell the spoils. “Greetings All, Today I am selling Access Key/ Source Code/ Database from Vercel company,” the actor said in one of such posts. “Give me a…
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What is DANE? DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities Explained (2026)
DANE (DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities) uses DNSSEC and TLSA records to secure TLS certificates and prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on email and the web. Here’s how it works. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/what-is-dane-dns-based-authentication-of-named-entities-explained-2026/