Tag: hacker
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy GRIMWEDGE
A Chinese threat actor has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign that exploits recently patched security flaws in Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows to deliver a malicious JavaScript backdoor called GRIMWEDGE.Volexity, which is tracking the threat cluster under the moniker UTA0560, said the activity targeted multiple non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on September 1, 2026.”The First seen…
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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.…
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Finnish Police Alert Europe Over Fugitive Vastaamo Hacker
Tags: hackerAleksanteri Tomminpoika Kivimäki Has Eluded Finnish Authorities for Months. Finnish authorities issued a European Arrest Warrant for convicted Vastaamo hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki after he failed to return to prison, widening the search for the man who stole 33,000 psychotherapy records and extorted patients. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/finnish-police-alert-europe-over-fugitive-vastaamo-hacker-a-32813
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Hackers hijack HBO Max Reddit account to push malware in ClickFix ads
Hackers compromised HBO Max’s official Reddit account and used it to push malicious ads that launched ClickFix attacks to infect Windows and macOS devices with information-stealing malware. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-hbo-max-reddit-account-to-push-malware-in-clickfix-ads/
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Hackers target exposed Vite dev servers to steal AWS, Azure secrets
A mass-scanning campaign targeting internet-exposed Vite development servers is attempting to steal cloud credentials and configurations from AWS and Azure deployments. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-exposed-vite-dev-servers-to-steal-aws-azure-secrets/
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Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Flaw in GitLab
CISA warns that threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-exploit-maximum-severity/
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit Sogou One-Click RCE to Deploy GRAYRABBIT Backdoor
China-linked threat actors tracked as UNC3569 have exploited a critical one-click remote code execution vulnerability in Tencent’s Sogou Input Method for Windows to deploy the GRAYRABBIT backdoor on targeted systems. Tracked as CVE-2026-51990, the vulnerability chains an insecure custom protocol handler, unrestricted embedded-browser navigation, and an obsolete Chromium build running without sandbox protections. Tencent addressed…
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Hackers now exploit max severity GitLab flaw in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are now exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability in attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-hackers-now-exploit-max-severity-gitlab-flaw-in-attacks/
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Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware
Threat actors linked to a China-aligned espionage group are exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-51990) in Tencent’s Sogou Input Method for Windows to deploy the GrayRabbit backdoor. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-tencent-app-flaw-to-deploy-grayrabbit-malware/
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Conti Hacker Who Built Malware and Attacked Victims Gets Four-Year Sentence
Ukrainian lawyer and Conti malware developer Oleksii Lytvynenko was sentenced to four years in U.S. prison for ransomware attacks. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko had, by most accounts, a fairly ordinary legal career in Ukraine before he switched to writing malware. A US federal court sentenced the 44-year-old to four years in prison this week for conspiracy…
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From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere
Plus: The US disrupts the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-from-hacks-to-bioweapons-claude-misuse-is-now-everywhere/
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China-Linked Hackers Chain Chrome Zero-Day With Windows Kernel Flaw in Attacks
China-linked threat actors UTA0560 and JungleBamboo chained a Google Chrome zero-day with a Windows kernel privilege-escalation flaw in phishing campaigns targeting NGOs and other victims. Volexity documented the operations, detected on September 1, 2026, as using identical browser-to-kernel exploit components but ultimately installing separate espionage payloads: the GRIMWEDGE JScript backdoor and the LONGTALE credential-stealing Chrome…
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Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps
Anthropic says multiple threat groups, including the financially motivated and state-sponsored espionage groups linked to Russia and China, tried to abuse its Claude AI model for malicious purposes. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abused-claude-to-extract-secrets-from-18m-android-apps/
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Claude Used to Automate Exploitation and Data Theft Across Multiple Victims
Anthropic has warned that cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers alike are using its Claude models for cyber attacks, weapons design, propaganda, and mass surveillance between December 2025 and August 2026.The threat actors, which the artificial intelligence (AI) company has branded Generative Threat Groups (GTGs), span state-sponsored groups, financially motivated criminals, commercial First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Use Claude to Rebuild Malware After Detection
Anthropic on Thursday revealed it disrupted a campaign mounted by a Russian state-sponsored threat actor that abused Claude for developing an AI-assisted workflow to get ahead of the detection curve.The operation has been attributed to a cyber espionage group it calls GTG-20006 (where “GTG” stands for Generative Threat Group), which aligns with broader reporting linking…
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Hackers Favor US Eastern Business Hours in M365 Phishing Campaign
KnowBe4 researchers observed a new phishing campaign leveraging Microsoft 365’s Direct Send to send malicious emails First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-us-business-hours-m365/
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Ukrainian hacker gets four years in US prison over Conti ransomware attacks
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in a U.S. prison for his role in the notorious Conti ransomware operation, which targeted more than 1,000 victims worldwide before shutting down in 2022. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/conti-ransomware-ukraine-hacker
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Exploit-Kit Bluemoon: Chinesische Hacker attackieren Windows-Nutzer
Ein neues Exploit-Kit nutzt gefährliche Sicherheitslücken in Windows und Google Chrome aus. Mehrere Cybergruppierungen machen davon Gebrauch. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/exploit-kit-bluemoon-chinesische-hacker-bei-angriffen-auf-windows-nutzer-erwischt-2609-212919.html
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Exploit-Kit Bluemoon: Chinesische Hacker bei Angriffen auf Windows-Nutzer erwischt
Ein neues Exploit-Kit nutzt gefährliche Sicherheitslücken in Windows und Google Chrome aus. Mehrere Cybergruppierungen machen davon Gebrauch. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/exploit-kit-bluemoon-chinesische-hacker-bei-angriffen-auf-windows-nutzer-erwischt-2609-212919.html
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Hackers Weaponize AI Safety Guardrails to Hide Malware From LLM-Powered Security Scanners
Threat actors are adapting malware not only for conventional endpoint defenses and sandboxes, but also for large language model-powered tools increasingly used to triage suspicious code. ESET researchers linked the activity to Russia-aligned threat actor UAC-0099, which used the method during an attack against an organization in Ukraine. The group inserted a safety-sensitive, weapon-related request…
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Hackers Exploit JFrog Artifactory Flaws to Bypass Authentication and Gain Admin Access
Tags: access, authentication, control, cve, cyber, data-breach, exploit, flaw, hacker, threat, vulnerabilityThreat actors are actively exploiting three vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory, CVE-2026-42016, CVE-2026-42018, and CVE-2026-82329, to bypass authentication, escalate privileges, and gain administrative control of exposed instances. Wiz Research reports that multiple attackers are targeting self-hosted Artifactory deployments in the wild, using both a two-bug token escalation chain and a separate critical authentication-bypass flaw. A successful…
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IDScan confirms breach after 153 million driver’s licenses leak on dark web
Days after reports linked IDScan to a dark web database holding more than 153 million driver’s license scans, the identity verification company has confirmed hackers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/idscan-net-data-breach-153-million-drivers-licenses/
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Hackers Use AI-Assisted CEO Emails to Trick Finance Teams Into Sending $50,000 Payments.
Threat actors are using AI-assisted phishing templates, executive impersonation, fake ServiceNow invoices, and fabricated email threads to pressure finance teams into authorizing fraudulent ACH payments worth nearly $50,000. Microsoft detected more than one million messages in the campaign, demonstrating how business email compromise (BEC) operations are becoming more polished, scalable, and difficult to spot. The…
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Hackers Use AI-Assisted CEO Emails to Trick Finance Teams Into Sending $50,000 Payments.
Threat actors are using AI-assisted phishing templates, executive impersonation, fake ServiceNow invoices, and fabricated email threads to pressure finance teams into authorizing fraudulent ACH payments worth nearly $50,000. Microsoft detected more than one million messages in the campaign, demonstrating how business email compromise (BEC) operations are becoming more polished, scalable, and difficult to spot. The…
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Hackers Deploy New SloppyRAT via ClickFix to Enable Ransomware Lateral Movement
A new Windows remote-access trojan dubbed SloppyRAT, which appears to be positioned as an intrusion-enablement tool for ransomware operations. First observed in June 2026, the malware is delivered through a multi-stage ClickFix chain and combines host reconnaissance, stealthy command execution, reverse proxying, and resilient command-and-control mechanisms to support post-compromise activity and lateral movement. Rather than…
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Hackers Abuse Claude AI Agents to Automate Cyberattacks, Exploitation and Data Theft
Threat actors increasingly deploy AI agents as operational systems for cyberattacks, moving beyond simple chatbot assistants. These AI systems automate various stages of the cyber kill chain, including reconnaissance, phishing, exploitation, persistence, and bulk data theft. Anthropic reported disrupting multiple such operations between December 2025 and August 2026, involving groups suspected to be linked to…
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White House Touts Local First Approach to Securing Water
Texas Pilot Will Pave Way for National Expansion, Says Sean Cairncross. A White House effort dubbed Project Watershed 250 that’s meant to help small or rural water utilities in Texas secure their systems against hackers with free technology donated by cybersecurity vendors will expand nationwide, the country’s top cyber official said Thursday. First seen on…
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Breach Roundup: ShinyHunters Claims Florida DMV Hack
Also, N-Able Patches Critical N-Central Zero-Day, Nightmare Eclipse Zero-Day. This week: ShinyHunters claims Florida DMV breach, N-able patch, Bimbo Bakeries breach, French police arrest suspected ZeroBytes hackers, Patch Tuesday, a new Nightmare Eclipse zero-day, Grindr agrees to $35 million U.K. privacy settlement, SAP patch. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-shinyhunters-claims-florida-dmv-hack-a-32792
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Surfshark VPN says hackers breached internal testing, proxy servers
Surfshark disclosed that hackers accessed one of its internal test servers after a configuration error exposed it to the internet. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/surfshark-vpn-says-hackers-breached-internal-testing-proxy-servers/