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open Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes 4
open Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks 6
open Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads 16
open The Gentlemen come calling as Nutex confirms sensitive data theft 1
open 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble 8
open Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records 9
open Attack hides malware in PNGs and drops custom reverse tunnel on victims' machines 28
open Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens 5
open Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private 117
By PB90210
open Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website 31
By elaar
open US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies 16
open CISA: Most exploited vulnerabilities should have been eradicated decades ago 16
open Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution 34
By jiho
open Print management outfit PaperCut is under 0-day attack, and it’s drawing customers’ blood 9
open Australian cops cuff alleged TeamPCP masterminds 9
open CRPx0 hacking service for dummies claims victim count more than quintupled 3
open AI girlfriend review site's secrets were exposed to the world for three weeks 12
By IGotOut
open ATF responds to 'major' cybersecurity incident after ransomware gang's claims 5
By PB90210
open Cybercrooks jet off with Manchester Airports Group customer data 35
By Mark W2
open Nuisance-call blocker fined £190k for being a nuisance caller 56
By PB90210
open FBI seizes hacking tools it says China used to attack NASA, DOE, US Senate and other critical networks 3
open OpenAI explains how its naughty AI agents attacked Hugging Face 38
open More than 100 water systems were hit in July cyberattacks 34
open Boston Scientific discloses 'global disruption' in ongoing cyberattack 4
open Carhartt data breach affects 12.9M, half of what ShinyHunters claimed 3
By PRR
open You could've applied all 1,449 Oracle patches and still been hit by this attack 7
open You don't want this Sleepwalker backdoor on your Windows machine 8
open Browser fingerprint tool shows how easy you are to track using the latest sneaky tricks 28
open Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a UK power plant 30
By JT_3K
open ShinyHunters and ReliaQuest trade blows over claimed breach 1
open AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphones 39
open $1T investment giant Apollo breached after social engineering attack 5
By Stevie
open Security vets rally around $4 paper password books for sale in Australia 145
open If you're not using AI to attack your own systems, your adversaries will 16
open AWS Security makes an inscrutable choice 4
open Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia's Zoom) if you're using it 2
open SickKids children’s hospital bandages up careers website after intruder breaks in 1
open Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials 23
By druck
open $10K phishing kit claims it can plant rogue passkeys for persistent access to pwned accounts 1
open Microsoft sounds alarm over perfect-10 Entra ID flaw 17
open Cisco bug severity warning reads like Olympic gymnastics scores: 10, 10, 9.9, 9.6, and 7.5. 9
open Russian snoops add OAuth abuse to targeted phishing campaigns 2
open US Bank investigates LockBit's claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline 5
open Researcher tricks Apple’s Find My into sharing location data with Linux 19
open Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists 9
open French tax authority says break-in exposed data of 600K, including some private messages 6
open AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice 19
By druck
open 'Not a theoretical risk,' feds warn as attackers use AI-made code to hack critical infrastructure controllers 33
open ICE boss to agents: Leave the Meta spy glasses at home 50
open Flock surveillance backlash mounts as fiendish Halloween plans circulate 56