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Latest news, analysis, and updates in cybersecurity.

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Critical Gitea Bug Hijacks Systems for Crypto Mining

A critical Gitea vulnerability is under active attack, letting hackers hijack servers for cryptocurrency mining, confirmed by CISA's urgent patch order.

Aug 26, 20267 min
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Iran Cyberattack Shuts UK Power Plant Amid US Sanctions

US sanctions target six Iranian hackers following a destructive cyberattack that forced a UK power plant offline for four days, signaling a sharp escalation aga

Aug 25, 20264 min
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OpenAI Confirms AI Hackers Are Already Routine

OpenAI's global affairs chief warned of routine, AI-driven cyberattacks in a confession that the primary threat model from advanced AI is a current reality, not

Aug 24, 20269 min
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Finance Heist Hijacks Live Microsoft 365 Session for 30 Days

Cybercriminals stole a live Microsoft session token with one click, bypassing multifactor authentication to hijack a finance inbox for 30 days and reroute vendo

Aug 20, 20269 min
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Australia Forces Roblox to Overhaul Child Safety Flaws

Australia's eSafety Commissioner found serious gaps in Roblox's protections, compelling the platform to make emergency fixes under court order and submit to ind

Aug 20, 20265 min
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U.S. Charges Iran in Multi-Billion Dollar Hacking Heist

U.S. prosecutors charged 17 Iranians with stealing over $3 billion in intellectual property from American universities and companies for Iran's Revolutionary Gu

Aug 19, 20265 min
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HHS Reveals True CareCloud Breach Impact: 3.7M Victims

The CareCloud healthcare data breach is officially ten times worse than first reported, now impacting 3.7 million people, a discrepancy that reveals major flaws

Aug 19, 20266 min
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Fraud Ring Turns State Business Filings into $12 Million Weapon

Criminals stole nearly $12 million by hijacking legitimate companies and creating fake ones through New Jersey's public business registry, turning state documen

Aug 18, 20267 min
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Pokémon Center Shipments Axed by Logistics Data Breach

A Pokémon Center logistics vendor breach didn't just expose data. It forced the cancellation of paid orders for limited edition merch, revealing how fragile col

Aug 18, 20268 min
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Bank Outage Triggered by Third-Party IT Vendor Flaw

A critical vulnerability in a vendor tool used to manage bank IT systems caused outages, proving a bank's security is only as strong as its most vulnerable thir

Aug 17, 20267 min
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Apple Spyware Alerts Swamp Targets In 110 Countries

An unprecedented wave of Apple spyware alerts hit targets across 110 countries, signaling a troubling shift from surgical government surveillance to mass-scale

Aug 17, 20266 min
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Coldcard's $115 Million Security Breach Shatters Bitcoin Vault Myth

A critical five-year-old firmware bug in Coldcard wallets, which compromised the randomness used to create wallet seeds, has led to thefts exceeding $115 millio

Aug 17, 20266 min