Tag: hacker
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Three Infamous Hacker Groups Join Forces as the ‘Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters
The cybercriminal underground has witnessed a significant consolidation as three of the most notorious threat actors Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and LAPSUS$ have formally aligned to create the Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH), a federated collective that emerged in early August 2025. This strategic merger represents a departure from traditional standalone operations, presenting a sophisticated threat model…
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Best-Practices für den Schutz von kritischen Datenbanken
Viele Unternehmen verlassen sich auf Firewalls und starke Passwörter, um Datenbanken zu schützen. Doch Hacker sind heute deutlich effizienter und umgehen solche Barrieren mitunter mühelos. Häufig treffen sie dann auf ungepatchte SQL-Server oder Admin-Konten mit übermäßigen Berechtigungen. Für den wirksamen Schutz Ihrer Datenbanken sind drei Schritte entscheidend: Sie müssen verstehen, welche Systeme und Risiken vorhanden…
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Best-Practices für den Schutz von kritischen Datenbanken
Viele Unternehmen verlassen sich auf Firewalls und starke Passwörter, um Datenbanken zu schützen. Doch Hacker sind heute deutlich effizienter und umgehen solche Barrieren mitunter mühelos. Häufig treffen sie dann auf ungepatchte SQL-Server oder Admin-Konten mit übermäßigen Berechtigungen. Für den wirksamen Schutz Ihrer Datenbanken sind drei Schritte entscheidend: Sie müssen verstehen, welche Systeme und Risiken vorhanden…
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Best-Practices für den Schutz von kritischen Datenbanken
Viele Unternehmen verlassen sich auf Firewalls und starke Passwörter, um Datenbanken zu schützen. Doch Hacker sind heute deutlich effizienter und umgehen solche Barrieren mitunter mühelos. Häufig treffen sie dann auf ungepatchte SQL-Server oder Admin-Konten mit übermäßigen Berechtigungen. Für den wirksamen Schutz Ihrer Datenbanken sind drei Schritte entscheidend: Sie müssen verstehen, welche Systeme und Risiken vorhanden…
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Best-Practices für den Schutz von kritischen Datenbanken
Viele Unternehmen verlassen sich auf Firewalls und starke Passwörter, um Datenbanken zu schützen. Doch Hacker sind heute deutlich effizienter und umgehen solche Barrieren mitunter mühelos. Häufig treffen sie dann auf ungepatchte SQL-Server oder Admin-Konten mit übermäßigen Berechtigungen. Für den wirksamen Schutz Ihrer Datenbanken sind drei Schritte entscheidend: Sie müssen verstehen, welche Systeme und Risiken vorhanden…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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Mysterious ‘SmudgedSerpent’ Hackers Target U.S. Policy Experts Amid IranIsrael Tensions
A never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been attributed as behind a set of cyber attacks targeting academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025, coinciding with heightened geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel.”UNK_SmudgedSerpent leveraged domestic political lures, including societal change in Iran and investigation into the First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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U.S. Sanctions 10 North Korean Entities for Laundering $12.7M in Crypto and IT Fraud
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions against eight individuals and two entities within North Korea’s global financial network for laundering money for various illicit schemes, including cybercrime and information technology (IT) worker fraud.”North Korean state-sponsored hackers steal and launder money to fund the regime’s nuclear weapons program,” said Under Secretary of First seen…
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Mysterious ‘SmudgedSerpent’ Hackers Target U.S. Policy Experts Amid IranIsrael Tensions
A never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been attributed as behind a set of cyber attacks targeting academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025, coinciding with heightened geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel.”UNK_SmudgedSerpent leveraged domestic political lures, including societal change in Iran and investigation into the First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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U.S. Sanctions 10 North Korean Entities for Laundering $12.7M in Crypto and IT Fraud
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions against eight individuals and two entities within North Korea’s global financial network for laundering money for various illicit schemes, including cybercrime and information technology (IT) worker fraud.”North Korean state-sponsored hackers steal and launder money to fund the regime’s nuclear weapons program,” said Under Secretary of First seen…
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Bugcrowd brings Mayhem AI to bear on ethical hacking community
Bugcrowd acquires scaleup Mayhem Security to enhance the ingenuity of its human hackers with AI-backed software testing capabilities First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634010/Bugcrowd-brings-Mayhem-AI-to-bear-on-ethical-hacking-community
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Hackerparagraf: BSI-Chefin fordert Straffreiheit für ethische Hacker
Die Reform des Hackerparagrafen ist seit Jahren geplant. Die neue Regierung prüft das Thema noch. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/hackerparagraf-bsi-chefin-fordert-straffreiheit-fuer-ethische-hacker-2511-201852.html
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Curly COMrades Hacker Group Deploys New Tools for Stealthy Remote Access on Compromised Windows 10 Systems
A sophisticated threat actor known as Curly COMrades has demonstrated advanced evasion capabilities by leveraging legitimate Windows virtualization features to establish covert, long-term access to victim networks. Operating to support Russian geopolitical interests, the group has deployed innovative tools and techniques that successfully bypass traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. This investigation, conducted in…
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Curly COMrades Hacker Group Deploys New Tools for Stealthy Remote Access on Compromised Windows 10 Systems
A sophisticated threat actor known as Curly COMrades has demonstrated advanced evasion capabilities by leveraging legitimate Windows virtualization features to establish covert, long-term access to victim networks. Operating to support Russian geopolitical interests, the group has deployed innovative tools and techniques that successfully bypass traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. This investigation, conducted in…
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FIN7 Hackers Leverage Windows SSH Backdoor for Stealthy Remote Access and Persistence
Tags: access, backdoor, cyber, cybercrime, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, threat, windowsThe notorious FIN7 cybercriminal group, also known as Savage Ladybug, continues to rely on a sophisticated Windows SSH backdoor infrastructure with minimal modifications since 2022, according to threat intelligence analysis. The threat actor has maintained operational consistency while using an install.bat script paired with OpenSSH toolsets to establish reverse SSH and SFTP connections for maintaining…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin Post SMTP to hijack admin accounts
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 WordPress sites, to take complete control by hijacking administrator accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-post-smtp-to-hijack-admin-accounts/
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Pro-Russian Hackers Use Linux VMs to Hide in Windows
A threat actor known as Curly COMrades is using Linux VMs to remain undetected in Windows environments while conducting Russia-aligned activities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/pro-russian-hackers-linux-vms-hide-windows
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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin Post SMTP to hijack admin accounts
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 WordPress sites, to take complete control by hijacking administrator accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-post-smtp-to-hijack-admin-accounts/
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Microsoft Teams Flaws Let Hackers Impersonate Executives
Researchers found Microsoft Teams bugs letting attackers spoof executives, alter messages, and erode trust in workplace communication. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/microsoft-teams-social-engineering-flaw/
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Researchers warn of flaws that allow manipulation of Microsoft Teams messages
A report by Check Point shows hackers could forge identities and alter messages. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/researchers-flaws-manipulation-microsoft-teams-messages/804636/