Tag: theft
-
New Critical MediaTek Vulnerability Exposes Android Phone PINs to Theft in 45 seconds
A newly discovered hardware vulnerability in the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset is putting millions of Android users at risk. By exploiting this flaw, physical attackers can bypass security layers to steal device PINs, decrypt storage, and extract cryptocurrency seed phrases in just 45 seconds. The vulnerability affects roughly 25% of the global Android market, causing…
-
Medical giant Stryker crippled after Iranian hackers remotely wipe computers
Tags: access, attack, authentication, best-practice, ceo, computer, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, data, flaw, group, hacker, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, mobile, phone, service, software, supply-chain, theft, threat, updateHandala claims credit: The Handala threat group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. While the group’s involvement is just a claim for now, Stryker employees reportedly saw a version of the Handala logo a cartoon of a Palestinian boy with his back turned and hands crossed behind him on affected devices.Handala’s identity is hard to…
-
Cryptohack Roundup: Suspect Arrested in a $46M Theft Case
Also: Detainment in GainBitcoin Case, Solv Protocol and Gondi Hacks. This week, an arrest in a $46M U.S. Marshals theft, a detainment in the GainBitcoin case, exploits at Solv Protocol and Gondi, an Alibaba AI agent’s mining attempt, the SEC dropping claims against Justin Sun, Treasury weighing in on mixers, Bithumb facing suspension and a…
-
Telus Digital confirms breach after hacker claims 1 petabyte data theft
Canadian business process outsourcing giant Telus Digital has confirmed it suffered a security incident after threat actors claimed to have stolen nearly 1 petabyte of data from the company in a multi-month breach. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telus-digital-confirms-breach-after-hacker-claims-1-petabyte-data-theft/
-
Apple patches older iPhones and iPads against Coruna exploits
Apple has released security updates to patch older iPhones and iPads against a set of vulnerabilities targeted in cyberespionage and crypto-theft attacks using the Coruna exploit kit. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-patches-older-iphones-and-ipads-against-coruna-exploits/
-
Palo Alto Cortex XDR Broker Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Sensitive Information Theft and Modification
Palo Alto Networks has issued a security advisory regarding a newly discovered vulnerability in its Cortex XDR Broker Virtual Machine (VM). Tracked as CVE-2026-0231, this medium-severity flaw could allow a threat actor to access and modify sensitive system information. Because the Broker VM acts as a critical bridge between on-premises network assets and the cloud-based…
-
Palo Alto Cortex XDR Broker Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Sensitive Information Theft and Modification
Palo Alto Networks has issued a security advisory regarding a newly discovered vulnerability in its Cortex XDR Broker Virtual Machine (VM). Tracked as CVE-2026-0231, this medium-severity flaw could allow a threat actor to access and modify sensitive system information. Because the Broker VM acts as a critical bridge between on-premises network assets and the cloud-based…
-
Devs looking for OpenClaw get served a GhostClaw RAT
From password theft to persistence: The second stage malware, internally referred to as “GhostLoader,” is a large JavaScript bundle implementing both an infostealer and a remote access framework. Once launched, GhostLoader installs itself into a hidden directory disguised as an npm telemetry service and sets up persistence mechanisms which include shell configuration hooks that automatically…
-
SurxRAT Android Malware Uses LLMs for Phishing and Data Theft
Tags: access, android, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, LLM, malware, phishing, ransomware, theftA new Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named SurxRAT, which is being sold as a commercial malware platform through a Telegram-based malware”‘as”‘a”‘service (MaaS) ecosystem. The malware, marketed under the SURXRAT V5 branding, enables cybercriminals to create customized Android malware builds capable of surveillance, credential theft, remote device control, and ransomware-style device locking. The malware appears…
-
ShinyHunters claims ongoing Salesforce Aura data theft attacks
Salesforce is warning customers that hackers are targeting websites with misconfigured Experience Cloud platforms that give guest users access to more data than intended. However, the ShinyHunters extortion gang claims to be actively exploiting a new bug to steal data from instances. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claims-ongoing-salesforce-aura-data-theft-attacks/
-
Chrome Extension Turns Malicious After Ownership Transfer, Enabling Code Injection and Data Theft
Two Google Chrome extensions have turned malicious after what appears to be a case of ownership transfer, offering attackers a way to push malware to downstream customers, inject arbitrary code, and harvest sensitive data.The extensions in question, both originally associated with a developer named “akshayanuonline@gmail.com” (BuildMelon), are listed below -QuickLens – Search Screen with First…
-
FBI Arrests Suspect in $46M U.S. Marshals Crypto Theft
The FBI arrested a suspect accused of stealing $46 million in cryptocurrency from U.S. Marshals Service holdings. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/fbi-arrests-suspect-in-46m-u-s-marshals-crypto-theft/
-
CISA warns feds to patch iOS flaws exploited in crypto-theft attacks
CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch three iOS security flaws targeted in cyberespionage and crypto-theft attacks using the Coruna exploit kit. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-apple-flaws-exploited-in-spyware-crypto-theft-attacks/
-
CISA warns of Apple flaws exploited in spyware, crypto-theft attacks
CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch three iOS security flaws targeted in cyberespionage and crypto-theft attacks using the Coruna exploit kit. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-apple-flaws-exploited-in-spyware-crypto-theft-attacks/
-
Backup strategies are working, and ransomware gangs are responding with data theft
Business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud combined for 58% of all cyber insurance claims filed in 2025, according to data from Coalition covering more than … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/06/cyber-claims-report-ransomware-gangs-data-theft/
-
LeakBase marketplace unplugged by cops in 14 countries
Tags: banking, breach, credentials, cybercrime, data, germany, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, marketplace, phishing, service, theftGlobal effort: Thanks to international co-operation, a number of criminal marketplaces have been seized in recent years, including BreachForums and RaidForums.Law enforcement agencies involved in various ways in this week’s takedown came from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Kosovo, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and the US.News of the seizure comes…
-
FBI arrests suspect linked to $46M crypto theft from US Marshals
A U.S. government contractor’s son, accused of stealing more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshals Service, was arrested Wednesday on the island of Saint Martin. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-arrests-suspect-linked-to-46m-crypto-theft-from-us-marshals/
-
Cryptohack Roundup: Ariomex Leak Flags Iran Sanction Risks
Also: US’ Multi-Million Dollar Scam Funds Seizure. Iran exchange leak raises sanctions risks, $580M frozen in scam crackdown, $61M romance scam funds seized, feds seek $327K in dating scam case, Russia exploit broker sanctioned, South Korean wallet recovery phrase exposure and arrest in custody bitcoin theft, Axiom data misuse and Uniswap lawsuit ends. First seen…
-
DPRK Hackers Target Crypto Firms, Steal Keys and Cloud Assets in Coordinated Attacks
Suspected DPRK-linked threat actors have been observed compromising cryptocurrency firms through a coordinated campaign that blends web-app exploitation, cloud abuse, and secrets theft to position for large”‘scale digital asset theft. The intrusions show a full kill chain from initial access via the React2Shell vulnerability (CVE”‘2025″‘55182) to deep AWS and Kubernetes reconnaissance and exfiltration of proprietary…
-
Coruna Exploit Kit Targets Older iPhones in Multi-Stage Campaigns
Exploit kit Coruna targets iPhones running iOS 13.0 to 17.2.1, focusing on financial data theft First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/coruna-exploit-older-iphones/
-
14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
-
14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
-
Spyware-grade Coruna iOS exploit kit now used in crypto theft attacks
A previously undocumented set of 23 iOS exploits named “Coruna” has been deployed by multiple threat actors in targeted espionage campaigns and financially motivated attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spyware-grade-coruna-ios-exploit-kit-now-used-in-crypto-theft-attacks/
-
Iranian-U.S./Israeli Hostilities Lead to Increased Threat Landscape
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, data-breach, disinformation, espionage, exploit, intelligence, iran, phishing, risk, theft, threatOverview Iranian”‘aligned cyber actors pose an elevated near”‘term risk due to their history of espionage, credential theft, disruptive attacks, and high”‘visibility “hacktivist” and disinformation operations, often targeting U.S. and allied interests through phishing, exploitation of exposed systems, and social manipulation. Given the current active hostilities between Iran and the U.S./Israeli-led coalition, threat intelligence indicates activity”¦…
-
Anthropic AI ultimatums and IP theft: The unspoken risk
Tags: ai, ceo, china, ciso, data, data-breach, defense, google, government, intelligence, monitoring, network, openai, risk, service, theft, toolChina’s extraction campaign: A targeting operation, not a curiosity: Anthropic’s disclosure that three China”‘based AI companies (DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax) ran more than 16 million interactions through roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts is not a story about model misuse. It is a story about targeting. These campaigns went straight at Claude’s most sensitive capabilities: agentic…