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North Korea-linked ScarCruft is using spear-phishing with RokRAT malware to spy on academics, dubbed the #HanKookPhantom campaign.
Read: https://hackread.com/north-korea-scarcruft-target-academics-rokrat-malware/
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North Korean elite hackers from #ScarCruft group have moved from spying to ransomware, using VCD malware in phishing attacks, targeting #SouthKorea with advanced tools.
Read: https://hackread.com/north-korean-group-scarcruft-spying-ransomware-attacks/
#CyberSecurity #NorthKorea #VCDRansomware #Malware #Ransowmare
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Chaos Agent: An AI-powered bot called #HackerbotClaw targeted major #GitHub repositories tied to Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects, exploiting CI/CD misconfigurations to gain code execution and steal tokens.
Read: https://hackread.com/ai-bot-hackerbot-claw-microsoft-datadog-github-repos/
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Microsoft reveals a macOS flaw dubbed #Sploitlight that lets attackers steal data, including #AppleIntelligence caches, by abusing Spotlight plugins. Patch is out. Update your Mac NOW!
Read: https://hackread.com/macos-sploitlight-flaw-apple-intelligence-cached-data/
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#ScatteredSpider hacker Noah Michael Urban sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $13 million after #SIMSwapping and phishing scam related crimes.
Read: https://hackread.com/scattered-spider-hacker-noah-michael-urban-jailed/
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Eric Council Jr., 26, gets 14 months in prison for a 2024 SIM swap that let hackers post a fake Bitcoin #ETF approval from the SEC’s X account.
Read: https://hackread.com/man-sec-bitcoin-hoax-tweet-sentenced-sim-swap-hack/
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📢🤖 Researchers uncover #AeternumC2, a new botnet that uses the Polygon blockchain to send commands, making law enforcement takedowns far harder by removing central servers.
Full details: https://hackread.com/aeternum-c2-botnet-polygon-blockchain/
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📢⚠️ French police arrest 20-year-old HexDex hacker, caught as he prepared to leak more stolen data from multiple targeted organisations.
Read: https://hackread.com/french-police-arrest-hexdex-hacker-data-leak-leaks/
#CyberSecurity #CyberCrime #France #BreachForums #DarkForums
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ShinyHunters hacker group steps away from BreachForums, leaks data of 300,000 users, warns all active domains are fake, and threatens more leaks from forum backups.
Read more: https://hackread.com/shinyhunters-breachforums-leak-300000-user-database/
#CyberSecurity #BreachForums #ShinyHunters #DataBreach #CyberCrime
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A database exposing 323,986 #BreachForums users has surfaced online. The leak was accompanied by rhetoric referencing #ShinyHunters, Scattered groups, and a manifesto signed “James.”
Read: https://hackread.com/breachforums-database-users-leak-admin-disputes/
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#NordVPN has denied any breach after a hacker claimed access to Salesforce dev data and posted SQL samples on #BreachForums. The company says the files came from a short lived third party test environment.
Read: https://hackread.com/nordvpn-denies-breach-hacker-salesforce-dev-data/
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#France has arrested a 22 year old after a cyberattack on the Interior Ministry. The breach was claimed by the admin of the newly resurfaced BreachForums stating to access 16 million records.
Read: https://hackread.com/france-arrests-hacker-interior-ministry-systems/
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🚨 Doxxing Site Doxbin Data Breach - Hackers leak 136,000+ user records and the blacklist exposing those who paid to keep their info off the site. ⚠️
Read: https://hackread.com/doxbin-data-breach-hackers-leak-user-records-blacklist-file/
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📢 Is there a data breach at #Acer? A threat actor is claiming to have stolen sensitive information from the technology giant, which has gone on sale on a #hackerforum.
Details: https://www.hackread.com/acer-data-breach-hacker-sell-data/
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#OpenSSF warns of hackers impersonating Linux Foundation leaders on Slack, tricking developers into installing malware that can compromise entire systems.
Read: https://hackread.com/openssf-malware-slack-linux-foundation-figures/
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An evil twin WiFi hacker from #Australia has been sentenced to 7 years for stealing data during flights and at airports. Passengers joined a fake in flight network and had logins and personal info taken.
Read: https://hackread.com/evil-twin-wifi-hacker-jail-steal-data-midflight/
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#BitterAPT, known for target China and Pakistan, is now exploiting an older, unpatched, and unknown WinRAR vulnerability to target critical infrastructure with a C# backdoor.
Read: https://hackread.com/bitter-apt-winrar-vulnerability-backdoor-attacks/
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⚠️Researchers expose Vane Viper, a massive malvertising network linked to PropellerAds that posed as legitimate adtech while spreading malware and scams on a global scale. 👀
Read: https://hackread.com/vane-viper-malvertising-adtech-global-scams/
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Google China-linked hackers (#UNC5221) are targeting US SaaS and tech firms using the new BRICKSTORM malware, exploiting zero-day flaws, Mandiant has found.
Read: https://hackread.com/china-hackers-hit-us-tech-firms-brickstorm-malware/
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#OperationTalent: The FBI has seized hacking forums Nulled and Cracked, along with their payment and infrastruture providers Sellix and StarkRDP.
Read: https://hackread.com/operation-talent-fbi-seizes-nulled-to-cracked-to-sellix-io/
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A US man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for a three-year cyberstalking campaign, using more than 1,100 IP addresses, 50+ phone numbers, and a VPN to hide his tracks while terrorizing his victim, including staging a fake shooting.
Read: https://hackread.com/us-man-jailed-fbi-ip-addresses-cyberstalking-case/
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🚨 Hackers are actively exploiting a new flaw in #TeleMessage SGNL, a Signal clone app used by US government officials and agencies, putting sensitive data at risk - The app was already breached in may 2025.
Details: https://hackread.com/telemessage-sgnl-flaw-actively-exploited-by-attackers/
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Ilya Lichtenstein, the #Bitfinex 2016 hack mastermind behind a theft now valued at roughly 10 billion dollars, has been released early to home confinement under the #FirstStepAct after serving about 14 months of a 5-year sentence.
Read: https://hackread.com/bitfinex-hack-mastermind-gets-early-release/
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Ilya Lichtenstein, the #Bitfinex 2016 hack mastermind behind a theft now valued at roughly 10 billion dollars, has been released early to home confinement under the #FirstStepAct after serving about 14 months of a 5-year sentence.
Read: https://hackread.com/bitfinex-hack-mastermind-gets-early-release/
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Ilya Lichtenstein, the #Bitfinex 2016 hack mastermind behind a theft now valued at roughly 10 billion dollars, has been released early to home confinement under the #FirstStepAct after serving about 14 months of a 5-year sentence.
Read: https://hackread.com/bitfinex-hack-mastermind-gets-early-release/
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Ilya Lichtenstein, the #Bitfinex 2016 hack mastermind behind a theft now valued at roughly 10 billion dollars, has been released early to home confinement under the #FirstStepAct after serving about 14 months of a 5-year sentence.
Read: https://hackread.com/bitfinex-hack-mastermind-gets-early-release/
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Authorities in the US and Netherlands have seized #VerifTools, an infamous fake‑ID marketplace, but operators have already relaunched the platform with new domain.
Read: https://hackread.com/feds-seize-veriftools-net-relaunch-veriftools-com/
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AI firm Mercor confirms a breach linked to the #LiteLLM supply chain attack, as hackers claim 4TB of stolen data.
Read: https://hackread.com/ai-firm-mercor-breach-hackers-4tb-data/
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🚨 LAPSUS$ claims it breached #AstraZeneca, alleging theft of 3GB of data, including source code, credentials, cloud configs, and employee info now being sold online. Claims remain unverified.
Read: https://hackread.com/hacker-group-lapsus-astrazeneca-data-breach/
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🚨 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (#CISA) has flagged active attacks exploiting two critical flaws in #Cisco ASA and Firepower devices (CVE-2025-20362 + CVE-2025-20333) used in the #ArcaneDoor campaign.
Read: https://hackread.com/cisa-attacks-cisco-asa-firepower-flaws/