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Hackread.com@HackReadOct 9
#MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi, who once wrote a ransomware prevention article for HackRead, is accused by the DOJ of paying attackers for decryption keys while charging victims much higher recovery fees. Read: hackread.com/monstercloud-ce… #Ransomware #Cybercrime #Cybersecurity
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Hackread.com@HackReadSep 25
⚠️📢 Just In: Attackers stole $351.6M from Bitget, forcing the exchange to suspend withdrawals. The company suspects North Korea’s Lazarus Group is behind the hack after breaching its servers. Listen/Read: hackread.com/bitget-hack-sus… #Bitget #Crypto #Lazarus #Cybersecurity #Bitcoin
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Hackread.com@HackReadSep 10
⚠️📢 Anthropic has disclosed a 4th Claude AI hacking incident after Opus 4.6 gained unauthorized access to a real third-party system during a cybersecurity test. Listen/Read: hackread.com/anthropic-finds… #Anthropic #ClaudeAI #Cybersecurity #AI #Hacking
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Hackread.com@HackReadAug 5
📢🪟⚠️ 2 new Windows backdoors, OctLurk and SilkLurk, have been targeting government systems in 6 countries, stealing credentials, files, logging keystrokes, and enabling remote access. Listen/Read: hackread.com/octlurk-silklur… #CyberSecurity #Malware #Windows #OctLurk #SilkLurk
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Hackread.com@HackReadJul 30
🚨 #LeakNet ransomware group claims to have allegedly stolen 11TB of data from NYC Health + Hospitals (#NYCHH), including over 12 million patient records. Listen/Read: hackread.com/leaknet-11tb-st… #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #Healthcare #Ransomware
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Hackread.com@HackReadJul 15
📣🚨 Going to #CélineDion's concerts in France? Beware of this: Scammers are selling fake Céline Dion Paris tickets on Facebook and cloned #Ticketmaster sites, with the same entry code sent to multiple buyers. Listen/Read: hackread.com/fake-celine-dio… #Ticket #Scam #Cybersecurity
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Hackread.com@HackReadJun 28
📣🚨 Anonymous-linked Canadian hacktivist #AubreyCottle, known as Kirtaner, has been jailed for 18 months over the 2021 Texas GOP website cyberattack. Listen or read: hackread.com/anonymous-hackt… #Anonymous #Hacktivist #CyberAttack #Cybersecurity #TexasGOP
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Hackread.com@HackReadJun 8
📣🚨New: #WhatsApp says it blocked a Pegasus spyware campaign linked to Israeli firm NSO and is asking a US court to treat the latest targeting as a breach of its injunction. Read: hackread.com/whatsapp-blocke… #Meta #Pegasus #Spyware #NSOGroup #Malware #CyberSecurity
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Hackread.com@HackReadJun 4
🚨 iFood confirms a data breach affecting 1.2 million customers in Brazil, exposing names, phone numbers, addresses, and CPF numbers. Hackers on #BreachForums claim the actual theft is far larger. Read: hackread.com/ifood-confirms-… #iFood #DataBreach #CyberSecurity #Brazil #Privacy
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 14
📢⚠️ A #TeamPCP account claims to be selling alleged internal Mistral AI repositories days after the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attacks targeted npm and PyPI packages linked to the AI company. Read: hackread.com/teampcp-mistral… #CyberSecurity #MistralAI #MiniShaiHulud #DataBreach
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 10
📢⚠️ Hackers hijacked the official #JDownloader website to distribute malware through malicious Windows and Linux installers in a supply chain attack. Read: hackread.com/hackers-hijack-… #CyberSecurity #Malware #Linux #Windows #CyberAttack
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 11
📢🐧⚠️ Dirty Frag is the collective name for two Linux kernel vulnerabilities that existed for around nine years before being discovered. Read: hackread.com/9-year-old-dirt… #CyberSecurity #DirtyFrag #Linux #Vulnerability #InfoSec
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 11
📢⚠️ Hackers are now using #AI to develop zero-day exploits. Researchers also uncovered AI-powered #Android backdoors, phishing scams and automated supply chain attacks targeting GitHub and PyPI. Read: hackread.com/google-hackers-… #Cybersecurity #Hacking #0Day #Malware #GitHub #PyPI
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 10
📢⚠️ Two US men have been jailed for helping North Korean hackers infiltrate US firms through remote laptop farms. The scheme targeted nearly 70 companies and generated over $1.2 million for #NorthKorea. Read: hackread.com/us-men-sentence… #CyberSecurity #CyberCrime #Hacking #Scam
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 8
📢 Just In: #ShinyHunters hackers defaced the official Canvas LMS portal after breaching Instructure systems, disrupting university access worldwide. Read: hackread.com/shinyhunters-de… #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #Canvas #Instructure
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 4
📢⚠️ Researchers revealed 20-year-old #PostgreSQL flaws at Wiz’s ZeroDayCloud hacking event, exposing critical pgcrypto vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution. Read: hackread.com/wiz-zeroday-clo… #CyberSecurity #Vulnerability #Wiz #ZeroDayCloud
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 2
📢⚠️🪝Hackers abused #GoogleAppSheet to hijack 30,000 Facebook accounts in a global #AccountDumpling phishing campaign, bypassing email security using trusted Google infrastructure. Read: hackread.com/google-appsheet… #CyberSecurity #Phishing #Google #AppSheet #Facebook
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Hackread.com@HackReadMay 3
📢⚠️ Researchers warn that #VECT 2.0 ransomware contains fatal flaws that permanently destroy files, making recovery impossible and rendering ransom payments useless for victims worldwide. hackread.com/paying-ransom-v… #CyberSecurity #CyberCrime #Ransomware
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Hackread.com@HackReadApr 27
📢⚠️ 82 Chrome extensions caught collecting and selling user data, affecting at least 6.5 million users through disclosed but concerning practices. Read: hackread.com/82-chrome-exten… #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Breach #Chrome #Browser #Extensions
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Hackread.com@HackReadApr 28
📢⚠️ Watch out, #FIRESTARTER, a new Linux-based backdoor, targets Cisco Firepower devices, evades patches, and maintains access even after firmware updates. Read: hackread.com/linux-firestart… #CyberSecurity #Linux #Malware #Cisco #Firewall
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