Tag: hacker
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Hacker Uses Generative AI to Breach 90 Companies and Steal 8.2 Million Records
South Korean police have arrested a 32-year-old suspect, identified only as A, accused of leading a massive data breach that stole 8.2 million personal information records and internal documents from about 90 organizations. The victims included private academies, hospitals, golf courses, universities, and an affiliate of a major corporation, Yonhap News Agency reported. On October…
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Microsoft 365 Token Replay Attacks Let Hackers Access Business Emails Without Passwords
Hackers accessed Microsoft 365 environments at 79 organizations by replaying stolen sign-in sessions, letting them enter business accounts without victims’ passwords. Huntress recorded 497 successful sign-ins and more than 200,000 failed attempts during the ten-week campaign, which ran from July 14 through September 22, 2026. Use of the provider’s network does not establish its involvement…
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Hackers Use Instagram Ads to Deploy Coruna and DarkSword Spyware on iPhones
Tags: attack, cyber, cybercrime, exploit, group, hacker, infrastructure, iphone, malicious, spyware, vulnerabilityCybercriminal groups are using malicious Instagram advertisements, abandoned analytics tags, and compromised websites to deliver Coruna and DarkSword exploit kits to vulnerable iPhones. The investigation exposes a scalable spyware distribution model in which attackers exploit advertising infrastructure to reach victims during ordinary browsing. Researchers describe these as “half-click” attacks: users must encounter an infected webpage…
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Hackers Abuse ConnectWise Cloud Backup Credentials to Launch AI-Driven Microsoft 365 Attacks
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, china, cloud, credentials, cyber, data, framework, hacker, microsoft, open-source, threatHackers abused compromised ConnectWise Cloud Backup application credentials to access Microsoft 365 environments, escalate privileges, and plant persistent credentials. Microsoft attributed the campaign to Storm-0940, a China-state-aligned threat actor using ARTEX, an open-source agentic AI framework, to accelerate downstream attacks against more than 2,250 tenants. Successful authentication, however, does not establish data theft. Huntress initially…
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University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people
The University of Copenhagen in Denmark confirmed that hackers accessed one of its test environments containing personal data belonging to 525,000 people. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-of-copenhagen-data-breach-exposes-data-of-525-000-people/
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GMO Internet Compensates Users as Cyberattacks Hit Japanese Companies
Japanese companies are starting to compensate customers after a run of cyberattacks disrupted internet services and stirred concerns about economic stability. GMO Internet is the latest to do so, pledging payouts after hackers breached its foreign exchange trading service. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/gmo-internet-japanese-companies/
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Hackers Infect 953 Online Stores With Scanner-Evading JavaScript, Mostly on Magento
An unknown threat actor has infected 953 online stores, most of them running Magento, as part of a long-running campaign active since July 2025.According to Dutch e-commerce security company Sansec, the activity is designed to add a small piece of code to the store’s pages that, when visited by unsuspecting users, serves malicious JavaScript loader…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: This2Shell, That2Shell, Everything’s an RCE? Rogue AI, Supply Chain Chaos and More
This2Shell, That2Shell, Everything2Shell. That’s pretty much how the last week went. Critical bugs that let attackers run code remotely are showing up everywhere. Hackers are scanning for targets, some flaws are already being used in attacks, and security teams have more urgent patches than they can keep up with.And that’s not even the full story.…
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Popular AI tool LiteLLM says unrevoked key allowed hackers to target users
LiteLLM, an open-source tool widely used by artificial intelligence developers, said a key accidentally exposed in May was behind a supply-chain attack that is believed to have hit tens of thousands of users last week. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/litellm-hackers-ai-malware
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Hackers Turn Mac Password Stealer Into RAT That Survives Reboots and Executes Remote Commands
The Icarus macOS stealer, marketed as ICMacOS, has moved beyond smash-and-grab theft. Its latest version installs persistence, keeps a live channel open to its operators, and executes commands sent from a remote server. SOCRadar identified ICMacOS in September 2026 and found two variants. Version 1 focuses on core theft, targeting browser credentials, password manager databases,…
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Hackers Can Hijack AI Agents Just by Planting Malicious Files in the Downloads Folder
AI coding assistants such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. These tools write, run, and modify code with little supervision. Each one automatically reads and obeys any instructions file it finds in the folder it opens. The investigation began with an alert. Forever stopped a coding agent mid-session from installing function-color, a malicious npm package.…
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Hackers Use PowerShell and Windows Error Reporting to Hide Malware on Infected PCs
Malware campaigns that combine phishing, obfuscated VBScript, PowerShell, and legitimate Windows applications to conceal infections targeting users in Brazil and Portugal. The investigation covers Overlord RAT, Lampion, and an unidentified payload delivered through a malicious newdev.dll. Rather than exploiting Windows Error Reporting itself, attackers impersonated its components and naming conventions, disguising malicious executables and scheduled…
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TrendAI-Studie: So nutzen China, Russland, Nordkorea und Iran KI für Cyberangriffe
Staatliche Hacker nutzen KI für Spionage, Malware und Cyberangriffe. TrendAI zeigt, wie China, Russland, Nordkorea und Iran ihre Strategien verändern. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/trendai-studie-so-nutzen-china-russland-nordkorea-und-iran-ki-fuer-cyberangriffe/a46915/
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Hackers Launch Mass Scanning Campaigns Using Public PHP2Shell Exploit Scripts
Hackers are sweeping internet-facing PHP infrastructure with publicly circulating PHP2Shell exploit scripts, turning the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities into a worldwide reconnaissance campaign. Fastly recorded approximately 250,000 requests from PHP2Shell-named tools across roughly 3,200 public IP addresses through midday October 22. However, those figures include defensive scanners and do not establish successful server compromises.…
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Hacker Demonstrates PHP Remote Code Execution in StealMyBitcoin Challenge, Shares Exploit
A security researcher has successfully demonstrated a PHP remote code execution (RCE) exploit against the Steal My Bitcoin challenge. This proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit illustrates how specially crafted HTTP requests can trigger memory corruption, disclose internal PHP addresses, and execute commands on a vulnerable server. The researcher, using the GitHub username KillaBoi, published the exploit in…
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PHP2Shell Exploitation Attempts Continue Amid Suspected N. Korea Global Scanning Activity
In an update, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it’s retracting its earlier assessment that the post-compromise activity targeting the European government agency involved the exploitation of the PHP2Shell flaws.”What researchers saw was an attack against a European government agency executed in the context of a vulnerable PHP application,” a spokesperson for the company told…
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Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts
‘Session cookies’ are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accountsYou’ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your next job.What you don’t know is…
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Pierluigi Paganini answers questions about the PHP2Shell flaws
Pierluigi Paganini answers questions about the PHP2Shell vulnerability, early exploitation, AI-assisted attacks, and the risks to businesses, servers, and personal data. 1. Your latest report reveals that hackers began exploiting the PHP2Shell vulnerability four days before it was publicly disclosed. First, can you explain what PHP is, how widely it is used across the internet,…
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Capcom Data Breach Exposes 11.7 Million Email Addresses
Capcom disclosed a data breach exposing 11.7 million email addresses and account details after hackers accessed its CAPCOM ID service. Japanese gaming company Capcom has disclosed a data breach discovered on October 19 involving its CAPCOM ID service, which provides access to online services and games. As of October 22, attackers stole 11,774,247 email addresses,…
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Hackers Use Fake Chocolatey and Microsoft Activation Websites to Spread New Armorsteal Malware
Hackers are distributing ArmorSteal, a Python-based malware family, through fake Chocolatey and Microsoft Activation-Script websites promoted via search engine poisoning. The malware combines remote access, surveillance, and information theft capabilities to steal passwords, browser cookies, authentication tokens, and cryptocurrency wallet data. Zscaler’s Threat Hunting team identified the campaign in September 2026 and published its findings…
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Hackers Breached LiteLLM GitHub Repository 11 Days Before Supply Chain Attack
Hackers accessed LiteLLM’s GitHub organization and executed credential-stealing workflows eleven days before the October 21 supply chain attack that distributed malicious litellm==1.107.0 packages. The findings establish a longer compromise window preceding the poisoned releases. Socket recovered malicious workflows executed inside BerriAI/litellm on October 10 and October 12, 2026. Both used the maintenance-style commit message ci:…
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Russia-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine Attack
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm teamed up with another threat actor to carry out a destructive wiping attack targeting a Ukrainian logistics company last year.According to ESET, the attack involved UAC-0099 (aka Earth Sirrush) obtaining initial access to the target on July 16, 2025, via a spear-phishing email bearing a malware-laced attachment that led…
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Hackers Breach Enterprise Firewalls and VPNs, Exposing Over 70,000 Credentials
Tags: access, breach, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, firewall, fortinet, hacker, network, vpnCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale campaign that has targeted exposed network edge devices such as Fortinet FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect firewalls.”Artifacts from this investigation also indicate that operators in this campaign have obtained access to numerous organizations worldwide, and have attempted to further compromise some victims, First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany’s far-right AfD party
The AfD has confirmed that hackers breached its hosting provider. A leak site now claims to offer 421,179 of the party’s internal emails, and shows AI-written summaries rather than the emails themselves. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-leaks-281-gb-data-germany-afd
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Critical HPE Aruba AOS-8 Flaw Allows Hackers to Bypass SSH Authentication and Take Over Systems
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has addressed a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in the SSH daemon of its AOS-8 wireless operating system. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-79855, could let a remote, unauthenticated attacker gain administrative privileges and fully compromise an affected host. It has a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, indicating a high severity. Attackers can exploit…
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Russian-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine Attack
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm teamed up with another threat actor to carry out a destructive wiping attack targeting a Ukrainian logistics company last year.According to ESET, the attack involved UAC-0099 (aka Earth Sirrush) obtaining initial access to the target on July 16, 2025, via a spear-phishing email bearing a malware-laced attachment that led…
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PoC Exploit Released for Two Critical PHP RCE Vulnerabilities as Hackers Launch Attacks
Tags: attack, cve, cvss, cyber, data-breach, exploit, hacker, rce, remote-code-execution, sophos, vulnerabilityPublic proof-of-concept exploit code targeting two critical PHP vulnerabilities has surfaced as attackers scan exposed servers and attempt exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, the vulnerabilities are collectively called PHP2Shell and carry CVSS v4.0 scores of 9.2, potentially allowing unauthenticated remote code execution with web server privileges. However, Sophos has corrected an earlier report of…
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Suspected Chinese APT41 Hackers Use BlackX Bootkit to Bypass Windows Secure Boot
Suspected Chinese APT41 hackers have deployed BlackX, a UEFI bootkit, against diplomatic organizations in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Researchers attribute the operation to APT41 with medium confidence. BlackX closely resembles BlackLotus, the bootkit advertised on underground forums for $5,000 in October 2022. ESET confirmed its capabilities in March 2023, demonstrating exploitation of Baton Drop, tracked…