Tag: hacker
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Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database
The ShinyHunters gang leaked the files online after saying the Florida state agency did not pay their ransom demand. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/hackers-publish-thousands-of-drivers-data-after-breaching-florida-motor-vehicle-database/
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Hackers exploit zero-day flaw in Cisco email gateway
Researchers warn the vulnerability could be used by state-linked actors for espionage. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/hackers-exploit-zero-day-cisco-email-gateway/830553/
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Chinese-Speaking Hackers Use Noodle RAT Backdoor to Spy on Windows and Linux Systems
Chinese-speaking threat actors are continuing to rely on Noodle RAT, a cross-platform remote access trojan designed to maintain covert access to compromised Windows workstations and Linux servers. Also tracked as ANGRYREBEL and Nood RAT, the malware has been active since at least mid-2016 but was long mistaken for variants of Gh0st RAT, Rekoobe, and other…
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Smishing Triad Hackers Use JWR Phishing Kit to Steal Cards, OTPs and Bank Credentials
A large-scale SMS phishing campaign linked to the Smishing Triad is using a sophisticated phishing kit dubbed JWR to harvest payment-card data, one-time passwords, online-banking credentials, identity information, and digital-wallet logins. Group-IB attributed the activity to an operator sub-cluster tracked as Outsider, which appears to operate as a customer within the wider phishing-as-a-service ecosystem rather…
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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/hackers-flock-camera-data-shows-how-system-works/
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Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK data-stealing malware to spy on dissidents and journalists
Iranian state cyber actors are deploying malware called CHOSEN BRICK against individuals they see as a threat to the regime, reaching victims through social messaging apps and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/16/iranian-hackers-chosen-brick-malware-dissidents-journalists/
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Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims 7.49M Records Stolen
CenterPoint Energy confirmed a customer data breach after a hacker claimed to leak 7.49M records, including personal and billing information. CenterPoint Energy admitted on Monday that an intruder stole personal information belonging to some of its customers. The Houston-based utility, which supplies electricity and gas to about 7 million accounts across Texas, Indiana, Minnesota and…
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Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims 7.49M Records Stolen
CenterPoint Energy confirmed a customer data breach after a hacker claimed to leak 7.49M records, including personal and billing information. CenterPoint Energy admitted on Monday that an intruder stole personal information belonging to some of its customers. The Houston-based utility, which supplies electricity and gas to about 7 million accounts across Texas, Indiana, Minnesota and…
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Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims 7.49M Records Stolen
CenterPoint Energy confirmed a customer data breach after a hacker claimed to leak 7.49M records, including personal and billing information. CenterPoint Energy admitted on Monday that an intruder stole personal information belonging to some of its customers. The Houston-based utility, which supplies electricity and gas to about 7 million accounts across Texas, Indiana, Minnesota and…
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Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims 7.49M Records Stolen
CenterPoint Energy confirmed a customer data breach after a hacker claimed to leak 7.49M records, including personal and billing information. CenterPoint Energy admitted on Monday that an intruder stole personal information belonging to some of its customers. The Houston-based utility, which supplies electricity and gas to about 7 million accounts across Texas, Indiana, Minnesota and…
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China-Aligned Hackers Hide PeckBirdy Malware C2 Inside Casino and Adult Websites
China-aligned threat actors are concealing the PeckBirdy command-and-control framework inside low-quality Chinese-language casino and adult websites. Exploiting a vast and routinely ignored category of internet infrastructure to blend malware traffic into apparent gambling activity. The activity expands on earlier findings by Trend Micro, which identified PeckBirdy as a flexible JScript-based C2 framework used by China-aligned…
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Microsoft Teams IT Support Calling? Not So Fast, Hackers are Exploiting Trust in Spring Ring
Hackers are impersonating IT support staff in Microsoft Teams calls, using vishing, remote-access tools and trusted collaboration workflows to breach organizations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/microsoft-teams-it-support-calling-not-so-fast-hackers-are-exploiting-trust-in-spring-ring/
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Hackers Disguise CHOSEN BRICK Malware as AI Apps, Antivirus Software and MRI Results
Iranian state-linked cyber actors are using fake AI applications, antivirus tools and even fabricated MRI scan results to deliver CHOSEN BRICK, a Windows-focused spyware family designed to surveil dissidents, activists and journalists. A joint advisory from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the FBI and the Netherlands’ AIVD warns that the campaign has targeted…
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CISA Warns Hackers Exploit 17 Active Directory Techniques to Gain Control of Enterprise Networks
Tags: cisa, control, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, guide, hacker, identity, infrastructure, international, networkThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has collaborated with international partners to guide the defense of Active Directory (AD). They warn that attackers exploit 17 common techniques to gain control of identity infrastructure. The guide, released on September 15, was co-authored by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Center, CISA, the NSA,…
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Crypto Industry Figures Blackmailed by Revolut’s Hacker
Payments Platform Socially Engineered With Hacked Government Agency Email Account. Personally identifiable information for multiple cryptocurrency industry figures was targeted and stolen by the threat actor who hacked payments platform Revolut, prompting warnings for these customers’ personal safety, with some receiving direct extortion threats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/crypto-industry-figures-blackmailed-by-revoluts-hacker-a-32824
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Iranian Hackers Dodging Corporate Defenses to Reach Critics
Joint Advisory Details Chosen Brick Spyware Used Against Iran’s Critics Abroad. Iranian state hackers are steering dissidents, activists and journalists away from corporate devices and onto personal computers to plant spyware that can capture screens, record audio and steal messages, according to a joint advisory from British, U.S. and Dutch intelligence agencies. First seen on…
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Iranian Hackers Use Telegram-Controlled Malware to Spy on Dissidents and Journalists
Cybersecurity agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have detailed a Windows malware that they say Iran’s intelligence service uses to spy on dissidents, journalists, and activists around the world.The malware is controlled via the Telegram messaging app and can copy a target’s emails and chat messages, take screenshots, and activate…
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Hackers Abuse YouTube Gaming Channels and SEO Poisoning to Deploy RATs and Chrome Hijacker
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way software is developed, analyzed, and secured. However, the same capabilities that help developers inspect applications can also be misused by cybercriminals to automate reconnaissance, identify exposed secrets, and accelerate data theft.According to Cybersecurity… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/hackers-abuse-youtube-gaming-channels-and-seo-poisoning-to-deploy-rats-and-chrome-hijacker/
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Hackers Abuse YouTube Gaming Channels and SEO Poisoning to Deploy RATs and Chrome Hijacker
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way software is developed, analyzed, and secured. However, the same capabilities that help developers inspect applications can also be misused by cybercriminals to automate reconnaissance, identify exposed secrets, and accelerate data theft.According to Cybersecurity… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/hackers-abuse-youtube-gaming-channels-and-seo-poisoning-to-deploy-rats-and-chrome-hijacker/
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Hackers Abuse YouTube Gaming Channels and SEO Poisoning to Deploy RATs and Chrome Hijacker
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way software is developed, analyzed, and secured. However, the same capabilities that help developers inspect applications can also be misused by cybercriminals to automate reconnaissance, identify exposed secrets, and accelerate data theft.According to Cybersecurity… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/hackers-abuse-youtube-gaming-channels-and-seo-poisoning-to-deploy-rats-and-chrome-hijacker/
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Hackers Abuse YouTube Gaming Channels and SEO Poisoning to Deploy RATs and Chrome Hijacker
Cybercriminals are increasingly turning trusted online platforms into malware delivery channels. Gaming videos, software tutorials, search results, and file-download pages can all be manipulated to make malicious installers appear legitimate. According to Cybersecurity News, hackers abused YouTube gaming channels and… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/hackers-abuse-youtube-gaming-channels-and-seo-poisoning-to-deploy-rats-and-chrome-hijacker-2/
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Hackers Abuse YouTube Gaming Channels and SEO Poisoning to Deploy RATs and Chrome Hijacker
Cybercriminals are increasingly turning trusted online platforms into malware delivery channels. Gaming videos, software tutorials, search results, and file-download pages can all be manipulated to make malicious installers appear legitimate. According to Cybersecurity News, hackers abused YouTube gaming channels and… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/hackers-abuse-youtube-gaming-channels-and-seo-poisoning-to-deploy-rats-and-chrome-hijacker-2/
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Hackers target WordPress sites via third-party WooCommerce plugin
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-wordpress-sites-via-third-party-woocommerce-plugin/
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Hackers Actively Exploit Critical WooCommerce Plugin Vulnerability to Upload PHP Backdoors
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin that lets unauthenticated attackers upload malicious PHP files and potentially seize full control of vulnerable WordPress sites. The vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2026-27540, affects plugin versions 2.0.3.1 and earlier and has received a CVSS severity score of 9.8 out of…
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WordPress Events Calendar Vulnerabilities Let Hackers Take Over 600,000 Websites
Two critical unauthenticated vulnerability chains in the widely used The Events Calendar WordPress plugin could allow attackers to execute code and fully compromise affected websites remotely. These flaws, identified by Wordfence Argus, impact plugin versions up to 6.17.4 and have been patched in version 6.17.4.1. The Events Calendar is active on over 600,000 WordPress websites,…
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Red Heron Hackers Exploit Critical Gitea RCE to Steal Source Code and Deploy Linux Rootkit
Tags: access, china, credentials, cyber, exploit, hacker, linux, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityA Chinese-speaking threat actor known as Red Heron has exploited a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Gitea to steal private source code, harvest credentials, establish persistent access, and move laterally within victim infrastructures. Researchers from the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) have linked this operation to a newly documented Linux implant called JITTERLY,…
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Marimo RCE Flaw Lets Hackers Steal AWS Credentials and Pivot to Bastion Host in 8 Seconds
Tags: authentication, credentials, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, hacker, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityA threat actor exploited a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in marimo to harvest AWS credentials, retrieve an SSH private key from AWS Secrets Manager, and authenticate to a bastion host in just eight seconds, according to the Sysdig Threat Research Team. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-39987, affects marimo versions up to 0.20.4 and…
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Hackers Deploy Agentic AI to Automate Exploitation and Mass Credential Harvesting
Threat actors are moving from using artificial intelligence as a productivity aid to deploying autonomous agentic systems that can execute major portions of an intrusion with minimal human intervention. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has documented a financially motivated actor that used a multi-agent framework to plan, build, and run a mass credential-harvesting operation in…
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Hackers Turn Windows Shadow Copies Into a Tool for Credential Theft and Ransomware
Threat actors are increasingly weaponizing Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for two distinct objectives: removing recovery options before ransomware deployment and extracting credential material from protected Windows files. The shift means VSS telemetry should no longer be treated as a simple backup or disk-maintenance event, but as behavior requiring process, identity, and endpoint context.…