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A year ago, on February 21, 2026, North Korea (DPRK)-linked operators executed the largest confirmed cryptocurrency theft in history, siphoning…
The Iranian hacking group MuddyWater, also known by aliases such as Earth Vetala, Mango Sandstorm, and MUDDYCOAST, has launched a…
A novel cyber threat campaign leveraging generative AI has successfully compromised over 600 FortiGate devices across 55 countries. This financially…
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has introduced a significant new security feature for its Claude Code platform, aiming to bolster software…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially acknowledged the active exploitation of two critical security vulnerabilities affecting…
A new stealthy malware strain named CharlieKirk Grabber is actively targeting Windows systems, with a primary objective of stealing sensitive…
A critical vulnerability discovered in Grandstream VoIP phones, specifically the GXP1600 series, allows attackers to gain root privileges and potentially…
New research reveals that large language models (LLMs), increasingly tasked with generating passwords, produce credentials that are significantly weaker than…
With a significant rise in cyber-attacks leveraging compromised employee accounts, cyber insurers and regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of an…
The FBI has issued an emergency FLASH alert, warning U.S. banks and ATM operators of a significant surge in “jackpotting”…
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in BeyondTrust’s remote support software, identified as CVE-2026-1731, to deploy powerful backdoors like…
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