Tag: hacking
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Rockstar Games receives “pay or leak” warning after cyberattack
Rockstar Games, the developer behind titles such as Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, has confirmed a cyberattack claimed by hacking group ShinyHunters, which says it … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/13/rockstar-games-data-breach-shinyhunters/
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Nearly 4K industrial control devices vulnerable to Iran-linked hacking campaign
A research firm tallied the internet-exposed devices Iran is targeting and recommended mitigations for any infrastructure operator using them. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/critical-infrastucture-plcs-iran-hacking-censys/817209/
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Nearly 4,000 industrial control devices vulnerable to Iran-linked hacking campaign
A research firm tallied the internet-exposed devices Iran is targeting and recommended mitigations for any infrastructure operator using them. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/critical-infrastucture-plcs-iran-hacking-censys/817209/
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Nearly 4,000 industrial control devices vulnerable to Iran-linked hacking campaign
A research firm tallied the internet-exposed devices Iran is targeting and recommended mitigations for any infrastructure operator using them. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/critical-infrastucture-plcs-iran-hacking-censys/817209/
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Poisoned >>Office 365<< search results lead to stolen paychecks
A financially motivated hacking group is targeting Canadian employees with a sophisticated campaign designed to covertly redirect their salary payments into … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/10/poisoned-office-365-search-results-lead-to-stolen-paychecks/
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OpenAI Readies Rollout of New Cyber Model as Industry Shifts to Defense
OpenAI is finalizing a cybersecurity product slated for a restricted release to select partners. The new model, as reported by Axios, could signal growing anxiety among developers that their latest creations may be too dangerous for the public. The shift comes as artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities reach a critical threshold in autonomous hacking and reasoning……
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ClickFix, Malicious DMGs Push notnullOSX to macOS Users
Hackers are abusing ClickFix commands and booby-trapping DMG installers to deliver a new macOS stealer called notnullOSX, built to loot high-value crypto wallets from Mac users. The story starts with 0xFFF, a malware developer who abruptly quit a major Russian-speaking hacking forum in 2023 after claiming he was being investigated and accusing the forum of…
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Cybercriminals target accountants to drain Russian firms’ bank accounts
Cybercriminals have stolen millions from Russian companies by hacking accountants’ computers and disguising transfers as salary payments, with the largest confirmed theft exceeding 14 million rubles. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cybercriminals-hack-russian-accountants-to-steal-millions
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Operation Masquerade: FBI Disrupts Russian Router Hacking Campaign
Operation Masquerade: The FBI and DoJ disrupted a Russian GRU campaign that hijacked routers via DNS attacks to spy on users and steal credentials. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/operation-masquerade-fbi-russia-router-hacking/
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Russian hacking group targets home and small office routers to spy on users
The FBI, NCSC, and Microsoft warn of an ongoing Russian campaign hijacking DNS settings on home and small office routers to spy on users. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/russian-hacking-group-targets-home-and-small-office-routers-to-spy-on-users/
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Russian Forest Blizzard Hackers Hijack Home Routers for Global Spying
Microsoft Threat Intelligence reveals how Russian hacking group Forest Blizzard uses home routers for DNS hijacking and spying. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/russian-forest-blizzard-hackers-hijack-home-routers/
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Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends
In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/men-are-buying-hacking-tools-to-use-against-their-wives-and-friends/
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FBI, Pentagon warn of Iran hacking groups targeting operational technology
The advisory said Iranian actors are targeting local municipal governments, water and wastewater systems and the energy sector. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/fbi-pentagon-warn-iran-hacking-groups-target-ot
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Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
The AI lab’s Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They’ll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/anthropic-mythos-preview-project-glasswing/
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UK exposes Russian cyber unit hacking home routers to hijack internet traffic
Officials said the activity centers on compromising small office and home office routers and similar network devices exposed to the internet, often because of weak security settings or outdated software. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-exposes-russian-cyber-unit-hacking-home-routers
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The rise of proactive cyber: Why defense is no longer enough
Tags: attack, breach, ciso, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, framework, google, government, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, law, microsoft, network, north-korea, risk, threat, toolWhat ‘proactive cyber’ means: Despite the more aggressive language, this shift toward private-sector involvement doesn’t envision vigilante-style payback by aggrieved organizations. It instead embraces a more systematic effort to interfere with adversaries earlier in the attack chain using authorities and capabilities that already exist.”To be clear, this is not hacking back,” Joyce said. “This is…
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North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making
North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer’s computer in a long-running campaign. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/06/north-koreas-hijack-of-one-of-the-webs-most-used-open-source-projects-was-likely-weeks-in-the-making/
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6 ways attackers abuse AI services to hack your business
Tags: ai, api, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ceo, china, control, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, email, espionage, exploit, framework, group, hacking, injection, leak, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, open-source, openai, service, skills, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAbusing AI platforms as covert C2 channels: Cybercriminals are also abusing AI platforms as covert command-and-control (C2) channels by turning AI services into proxies that hide malicious traffic inside the flow of legitimate content.Instead of running a dedicated C2 server, malware is programmed to fetch commands and exfiltrate data through AI services, circumventing traditional security…
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After fighting malware for decades, this cybersecurity veteran is now hacking drones
Mikko Hyppönen is one of the most recognizable faces of the cybersecurity industry. After fighting computer viruses, worms, and malware, for more than 35 years, he tells TechCrunch why he is now working on systems to stop killer drones. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/04/after-fighting-malware-for-decades-this-cybersecurity-veteran-is-now-hacking-drones/
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Hackers Are Posting the Claude Code Leak With Bonus Malware
Plus: The FBI says a recent hack of its wiretap tools poses a national security risk, attackers stole Cisco source code as part of an ongoing supply chain hacking spree, and more. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-hackers-are-posting-the-claude-code-leak-with-bonus-malware/
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Supply Chain Attacks Surge in March 2026
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, cloud, container, control, corporate, credentials, crypto, data-breach, github, group, hacking, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, least-privilege, linux, LLM, macOS, malicious, malware, mfa, network, north-korea, open-source, openai, phishing, pypi, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsIntroductionThere was a significant increase in software supply chain attacks in March 2026. There were five major software supply-chain attacks that occurred including the Axios NPM package compromise, which has been attributed to a North Korean threat actor. In addition, a hacking group known as TeamPCP was able to compromise Trivy (a vulnerability scanner), KICS…
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EU cyber agency attributes major data breach to TeamPCP hacking group
The European Union’s cybersecurity agency said the hacking group TeamPCP was behind a massive recent data breach at the European Commission. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/european-commission-cyberattack-teampcp
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Europe’s cyber agency blames hacking gangs for massive data breach and leak
CERT-EU blamed the cybercrime group TeamPCP for the recent hack on the European Commission, and said the notorious ShinyHunters gang was responsible for leaking the stolen data online. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/03/europes-cyber-agency-blames-hacking-gangs-for-massive-data-breach-and-leak/
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Infrastructure Engineer Pleads Guilty to Locking 254 Windows Servers at Former Employer
Daniel Rhyne, a 59-year-old former core infrastructure engineer, pleaded guilty on April 1, 2026, to federal hacking and extortion charges. He admitted to locking out administrators and sabotaging systems at his former New Jersey-based employer in an attack that began in November 2023. Rhyne entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in…
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Possible US Government iPhone Hacking Tool Leaked
Tags: data-breach, defense, exploit, google, government, group, hacking, iphone, malware, tool, vulnerabilityWired writes (alternate source): Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report describing what they’re calling “Coruna,” a highly sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit that includes five complete hacking techniques capable of bypassing all the defenses of an iPhone to silently install malware on a device when it visits a website containing the exploitation code.…
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Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open source LiteLLM project
The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project/
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A Taxonomy of Cognitive Security
Last week, I listened to a fascinating talk by K. Melton on cognitive security, cognitive hacking, and reality pentesting. The slides from the talk are here, but”, even better”, Menton has a long essay laying out the basic concepts and ideas. The whole thing is important and well worth reading, and I hesitate to excerpt.…
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Cisco Faces Alleged Data Leak as ShinyHunters Claims Responsibility
Cisco is actively dealing with a major cybersecurity incident after threat actors breached its internal development networks. The notorious hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging they stole sensitive source code and data affecting Cisco, Salesforce, Aura, and various AWS storage buckets. The breach stems from a recent supply chain attack involving…