Tag: leak
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Ransomware leak posts show weekday peak, October spikes
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ransomware-leak-posts-show-weekday-peak-october-spikes
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Ransomware Operators Keep Business Hours. The Data Proves It
16,699 ransomware leak posts over 2 years show 84% drop MondayFriday, peak at European afternoon hours. October spikes yearly. Someone analyzed 16,699 ransomware leak-site posts across 200 groups over two years and asked the question most threat intelligence reports dance around: when does this actually happen? The answer is mundane and useful. Ransomware runs on…
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Verrücktester Leak des Jahres? Pixel Watch 5 offenbar beim Tauchen in der Karibik gefunden
Tags: leakFirst seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/verrueckter-leak-pixel-watch-5-beim-tauchen-gefunden-1745121/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 579 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers Signal Phishing Campaign Targets Journalists and…
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ShinyHunters Leaks Charter Communications Data, Potentially Impacting 5 Million Customers
Cybercrime group ShinyHunters leaked data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications, exposing millions of customer records after a failed extortion attempt. The ShinyHunters extortion group has published data allegedly stolen from Charter Communications after the company apparently refused to pay a ransom. Charter Communications is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It…
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Charter confirms data breach after ShinyHunters extortion threat
U.S. telecommunications giant Charter Communications has confirmed it suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/charter-confirms-data-breach-after-shinyhunters-extortion-threat/
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The Hidden Ransomware Economy Running on Exposed Databases
A 5-year study on the Ransomware Economy found that 30,515 exposed databases were hit by ransom attacks, causing massive damage despite victims never paying. Database extortion doesn’t look like the ransomware stories that usually grab headlines. There’s no slick branding, no leak-site countdown, no gang posting memes on Telegram. In most cases, there’s just a…
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NightSpire Ransomware Abuses RDP for Stealthy Persistence
NightSpire has quickly emerged as a significant ransomware threat since its discovery in early 2025, combining classic double-extortion tactics with stealthy intrusion techniques. The malware not only encrypts victim data but also exfiltrates sensitive files, threatening to publish them on a Tor-based leak site if ransom demands are not met. In just a three-month window…
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Multiple 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Enable Arbitrary Code Execution
Multiple memory safety bugs in 7″‘Zip 26.00 allow remote attackers to leak sensitive data and, in at least one case, execute arbitrary code when a victim opens a crafted archive file. GitHub Security Lab has disclosed a critical heap buffer overflow in 7″‘Zip’s NTFS handler (GHSL”‘2026″‘140, CVE”‘2026″‘48095), alongside a cluster of additional memory access violations…
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Hacker Lists 340M OnlyFans User Records for Sale
A hacker is selling a 340M OnlyFans database, but the seller says old leaks and public data were used to link creators and subscribers to real identities. The post Hacker Lists 340M OnlyFans User Records for Sale appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-onlyfans-340m-database-sale/
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Mega-Leak bei Onlyfans 340 Millionen Datensätze könnten Anonymität von Creatorn und Nutzern gefährden
Ein neuer angeblicher Mega-Datenleak rund um die Plattform <> sorgt derzeit in der Cybersecurity-Szene für Aufsehen. Laut einem Bericht von Cybernews behaupten Hacker, rund 340 Millionen Datensätze von Onlyfans-Nutzern und Creatorn zu verkaufen darunter E-Mail-Adressen, Nutzernamen, Aktivitätsdaten und angeblich auch Verknüpfungen zu sozialen Profilen. Sollten sich die Angaben bestätigen, wäre das nicht nur ein […]…
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340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks
A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the…
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340 Million OnlyFans Profiles Allegedly Rebuilt from Leaks
A hacker is selling a 340M-strong OnlyFans-linked dataset built by correlating old breaches and public data, not by hacking OnlyFans directly. A threat actor is adverertising a purported database containing data of 340 million OnlyFans users, but the available evidence points to something less dramatic than a direct breach. According to HackRead, which reported the…
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Why pure extortion is replacing traditional ransomware
Ransomware gangs are shifting from encryption to pure extortion, focusing on stolen data, reputational pressure, and stealthier attacks. Ransomware groups are quietly changing strategy in 2026. Instead of encrypting systems and causing immediate disruption, many attackers are now focusing on pure extortion: stealing sensitive data and threatening to leak it publicly if victims refuse to…
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Wahlap data leak exposes 18.9 million records from WeChat mini-program ecosystem
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/wahlap-data-leak-exposes-18-9-million-records-from-wechat-mini-program-ecosystem
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Senator urges classified briefing after CISA data leak on GitHub
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/senator-urges-classified-briefing-after-cisa-data-leak-on-github
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Wenn Cyberkriminelle gehackt werden Was die Gentlemen-Leaks verraten
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat interne Daten der Ransomware-Gruppe ‘The Gentlemen” (CPR berichtete) analysiert, die nach einer Kompromittierung ihrer Infrastruktur öffentlich wurden. Die Erkenntnisse geben einen seltenen Einblick in die Struktur, Arbeitsweise und Angriffsmethoden einer der derzeit aktivsten Ransomware-Operationen weltweit. Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse im Überblick: Zweite Kraft im…
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Nine-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Leaks SSH Keys and Password Hashes
Qualys finds nine-year-old Linux ptrace flaw exposing SSH keys and password hashes locally First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linux-kernel-ptrace-flaw-ssh-keys/
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Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics
Dark web activity often becomes visible during marketplace seizures, major data leaks, or sudden spikes in criminal activity. Those events can create an impression of an … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/21/dark-web-activity-research/
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Senator presses CISA for answers about alleged GitHub repository leak
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter to the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday demanding answers about an alleged breach uncovered by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs involving government contractor Nightwing. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hassan-presses-cisa-github-leak
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Old Breaches Resold as New Corporate Data Leaks
Dark web data brokers are increasingly recycling old breach data and marketing it as fresh corporate leaks. The activity, largely observed in Chinese-language cybercrime forums and Telegram channels, is creating confusion among organizations and diverting security resources toward investigating claims that often lack credibility. Group-IB identified a surge in high-volume data advertisements targeting companies across…
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Hardware being destroyed by users fearful of data leaks
In an effort to ensure data leaks won’t came back and haunt them, significant numbers of customers are dumping machines that could have a second life First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366643475/Hardware-being-destroyed-by-users-fearful-of-data-leaks
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CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers
A researcher who found a repository that leaked on GitHub said it was one of the worst he’s witnessed. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-credential-leak-congress-demands-answers/
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AI Agent Security: Automating Workflow Without Creating Prompt Injection or Data Leak Risks
AI agent security starts with a simple fact: the more authority an agent has, the tighter its access… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ai-agent-security-automating-prompt-injection-data-leak/
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CISA GitHub Leak Exposes AWS GovCloud Secrets
A public GitHub repository tied to a CISA contractor reportedly exposed AWS GovCloud credentials and internal deployment data. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/cisa-github-leak-exposes-aws-govcloud-secrets/
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Shai-Hulud worm copycats emerge after source code leak
Shai-Hulud worm copycats are already attacking NPM developers after its source code leaked, enabling fast supply chain exploitation. The first copycats of the Shai-Hulud worm have already started showing up online, only a few days after the malware’s source code was dumped on GitHub. Researchers had warned this would happen almost immediately, and they were…
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Compromised Nx Console VS Code Extension Steals Developer and Cloud Secrets
Nx Console’s popular VS Code extension was briefly weaponized into a credential-stealing tool that can leak developer and cloud secrets and plant a persistent backdoor. Anyone who installed v18.95.0 should treat their environment as fully compromised. On May 18, 2026, a malicious build of the Nx Console VS Code extension, nrwl.angular-console v18.95.0 was published to the Visual…
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Wachsende Verwundbarkeit des Wirtschaftsstandorts Deutschland
Die wichtigsten Punkte im Überblick: Die Zahl der auf Leak-Seiten veröffentlichten Ransomware-Fälle in Deutschland stieg 2025 um 92 Prozent. Diese Entwicklung ist ein deutliches Warnsignal für die Verwundbarkeit des Wirtschaftsstandorts Deutschland. Cybererpressung hat sich zu einem professionalisierten und industrialisierten Geschäftsmodell entwickelt. Unternehmen stehen gleichzeitig unter Druck durch steigende Bedrohungen und komplexe Regulierungen wie NIS2, DORA……
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Grafana confirms GitHub token breach cybercrime group claims the attack
Tags: attack, breach, cybercrime, data, data-breach, extortion, github, group, leak, security-incident, theftGrafana confirmed a GitHub token breach that exposed source code, but said no customer data or systems were affected. Grafana Labs confirmed a security incident after the extortion group Coinbase Cartel listed it on a leak site and claimed data theft on May 15. The breach was triggered by a compromised token that gave attackers…
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18th May Threat Intelligence Report
Vodafone, a major international telecom, has sustained a source code leak claimed by the Lapsus$ extortion group. The company confirmed limited access to GitHub files through compromised third-party development software, while stating that […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/18th-may-threat-intelligence-report/