Tag: hacker
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Accenture Confirms Breach After Hacker Claims 35GB Data Theft
The Accenture breach reinforces the need to secure development environments. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/accenture-confirms-breach-after-hacker-claims-35gb-data-theft/
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Hacker Claims Accenture Breach Exposed Source Code, SSH Keys, and Azure Tokens
Accenture confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed 35GB of source code and cloud keys were stolen, raising questions for cloud and security teams. The post Hacker Claims Accenture Breach Exposed Source Code, SSH Keys, and Azure Tokens appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-accenture-breach-cloud-keys/
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IonStack Exploit Chain Lets Hackers Root Android 17 Phones With a Single URL Click
Nebula Security has revealed a significant exploit chain known as “IonStack,” demonstrating how attackers could gain full root access on Android 17 devices with just a single click on a malicious URL. This raises serious concerns about browser-to-kernel attack surfaces in today’s mobile ecosystems. The disclosure highlights a complex, multi-stage exploitation technique that combines two…
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CISA Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos AI to Hunt Vulnerabilities in U.S. Government Code
CISA is using Anthropic’s Mythos AI to scan federal code for vulnerabilities, aiming to find flaws before hackers and foreign intelligence services. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that CISA, the U.S. government’s civilian cyber defense agency, is running Anthropic’s Mythos AI model against federal code repositories to find vulnerabilities before foreign intelligence…
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
“HalluSquatting” weaponizes LLMs’ inability to say “I don’t know.” First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/hackers-can-use-9-of-the-most-popular-ai-tools-to-assemble-massive-botnets/
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From the archive: Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online podcast
Tags: hackerWe are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2021: Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activitiesBy Huib…
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Spain arrests suspected hacker linked to Russian hacktivist campaign
Authorities didn’t name the man or file formal charges, but accuse him of participating in attacks linked to Cyber Army of Russia Reborn and NoName. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/spain-arrests-alleged-cyber-army-of-russia-reborn-member/
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Accenture confirms breach after hacker offers stolen data for sale
IT services giant Accenture has confirmed it suffered a security breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen 35 GB of source code and other data from the company. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/accenture-confirms-breach-after-hacker-offers-stolen-data-for-sale/
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Spanish Police Arrest Man Linked to CARR, Z-Pentest, and NoName057(16)
Spain arrested a suspected CARR and Z-Pentest collaborator in an FBI-led probe for aiding pro-Russian hackers, coordinating attacks, and using crypto. Spanish National Police arrested a man in Palencia last March on charges of membership in and collaboration with a terrorist organization, glorifying terrorism, and computer damage. The investigation, carried out jointly with the FBI,…
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Chinese hackers develop LONGLEASH malware to expand ORB network
Chinese hackers tracked as ‘UAT-7810’ are actively evolving their malware to expand their Operational Relay Box (ORB) network by compromising internet-facing networking devices, primarily unpatched Ruckus routers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-develop-longleash-malware-to-expand-orb-network/
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Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker
U.S. prosecutors linked an alleged Scattered Spider hacker to a break-in at a luxury jewelry retailer using a persistent Windows device ID, according to a newly unsealed federal complaint.Microsoft records tied that ID first to the account the attackers used to keep access during the May 2025 intrusion, then to online accounts prosecutors say belong…
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Berechtigungen in der Lieferkette werden zum kritischen Einfallstor
Regulierung schützt nicht vor Angriffen mit kompromittierten Identitäten und Zugangsdaten Identitäts-Sicherheit hingegen schon. Exemplarische Vorfälle im Juni, wie bei der V-Bank, bei dem Hacker über einen IT-Dienstleister Zugriff auf Systeme erlangten und einen Datenabfluss verursachten, oder das Datenleck bei Lastpass, das durch eine Schwachstelle bei einem Drittanbieter ausgenutzt wurde, zeigen exemplarisch eine bittere Wahrheit: […]…
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials, First seen…
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Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities
A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign.The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials, First seen…
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Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Adobe ColdFusion Flaw
Threat actors are exploiting an Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability which has a CVSS score of 10.0 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/exploit-maximum-severity-adobe/
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Iranian hackers use new modular C2 framework against Israeli organizations
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/iranian-hackers-use-new-modular-c2-framework-against-israeli-organizations
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Hackers Breach Sensitive DHS Information-Sharing Network
Hackers Breach DHS Network Used to Coordinate Major Event Security. Federal investigators are probing a breach of a sensitive DHS network that thousands of law enforcement and emergency officials use to coordinate security for major events, as a top senator warns the intrusion could carry national security consequences. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Iran-Linked Hackers Use New Cavern C2 Framework to Target Israeli Organizations
An Iranian hacking group affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been wielding a previously undocumented modular command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Cavern (aka Cav3rn) targeting Israeli organizations.The activity, which has primarily singled out IT providers and government sectors, has been attributed to a threat cluster tracked by Check Point Research First seen…
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Ukrainian media outlets now among ‘priority targets’ for Russian hackers
A top Ukrainian security official described two previously unreported attacks on TV media organizations and said Russia has ramped up hacking activities against the industry. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-media-organizations-priority-hacking-targets-russia
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Why schools are easy prey for hackers, and why they struggle to fight back
Tags: hackerPower plants and gas pipelines might receive more attention, but schools are arguably more vulnerable. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/schools-cybersecurity-threats-education-sector-reporters-notebook/824123/
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Why schools are easy prey for hackers, and why they struggle to fight back
Tags: hackerPower plants and gas pipelines might receive more attention, but schools are arguably more vulnerable. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/schools-cybersecurity-threats-education-sector-reporters-notebook/824123/
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Hackers Use Trusted Microsoft Domain and One-Time Codes to Hijack Corporate Accounts
A rising phishing technique is exploiting a legitimate Microsoft authentication flow to hijack corporate accounts without stealing passwords. Attackers are weaponizing the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant commonly used to sign in input-constrained devices via a one-time user code to trick victims into approving access on Microsoft’s own domain. Because the final authentication occurs on…
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Suspected China-Nexus Hackers Use Fake Indian Tax Filing Utility to Deploy DcRAT
A suspected China-nexus threat activity cluster has been observed targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams to deliver a remote access trojan designed to steal sensitive data from compromised hosts.The multi-stage campaign, codenamed Operation DragonReturn by Seqrite Labs, involves sending spear-phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department of India. First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Hackers Use RedLine C2 Infrastructure to Target South Korean Maritime Industry
A single RedLine Stealer command-and-control (C2) indicator has revealed a focused spear-phishing campaign targeting the South Korean maritime industry, exposing a cluster of attacker-owned domains and mail infrastructure used to distribute credential-stealing payloads. The initial signal originated from a VMRay UniqueSignal feed: an IP observed running RedLine activity on a non-standard high port (194[.]156.79.122:55615). That…
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Scattered Spider: 19-Jähriger Hacker mittels Windows-ID getrackt
Jedes Windows-Gerät hat einen weltweit eindeutigen Identifier. Ermittler konnten damit Aktivitäten eines jungen Hackers verfolgen und ihn festnehmen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/scattered-spider-19-jaehriger-hacker-mittels-windows-id-getrackt-2607-210530.html
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Hackers Use Server-Side Geofencing to Deliver Ousaban Banking Trojan in Spain and Portugal
A targeted campaign that delivers the Ousaban banking Trojan to users in Spain and Portugal using sophisticated server-side geofencing and multi-stage delivery. The adversary begins with a socially engineered phishing PDF that impersonates a corrupted document and coerces victims into visiting a malicious webpage through an “Atualizar” (Update) prompt. The PDF’s JavaScript is hex-escaped to…
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Medtronic Notifies 3.8 Million After ShinyHunters Data Breach
Medtronic says a ShinyHunters attack exposed the personal and medical data of over 3.8 million people. Products and operations were unaffected. Medtronic is notifying 3,834,294 individuals after a cyberattack by the ShinyHunters extortion group exposed personal and medical information. In April 2026, Medtronic confirmed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems after the hacker group ShinyHunters claimed…
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Hacker kapern TelegramServer via PyPI
Eine bösartige PyPI-Kampagne inszeniert gefälschte Pyrogram-Pakete, um Schadcode auf Telegram-Bot-Servern auszuführen und Daten zu exfiltrieren. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/hacker-telegram-bot-server-pypi