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Hackers Hijack JDownloader Site to Deliver Malware Through Installers
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (285+ words) Hackread Hackers Hijack JDownloader Site to Deliver Malware Through Installers The open-source download management tool, JDownloader, website was recently targeted in a security incident involving the manipulation of the official download links to distribute malicious files. This was a kind…...
Shiny Hunters Defaces Canvas LMS Portal, Thousands of Universities Affected
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (316+ words) Students across several universities are reporting major disruptions on Thursday after the Canvas LMS, a learning platform, began showing what appeared to be a defacement message linked to the cybercrime group Shiny Hunters. The incident follows earlier disclosures from Instructure,…...
Hackers Use Fake Claude AI Site to Infect Users With New Beagle Malware
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (454+ words) Hackers are using AI popularity to trick people into installing malware. According to new research from Sophos X-Ops, shared with Hackread. com, a fake website designed to look like Anthropic's Claude AI has been discovered spreading a previously unknown backdoor....
Shiny Hunters" Instructure Canvas LMS and Vimeo Breaches Impact Millions of Users
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (594+ words) The infamous hacking group Shiny Hunters has targeted two major technology firms, putting the personal details of millions of students and professionals at risk. The breaches hit Instructure, the US-based parent company behind the popular Canvas learning platform, and the…...
Massive "Low and Slow" DDo S Attack Hits Platform With 2. 45 Billion in 5 Hours
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (269+ words) A new report from the Galileo threat research team at Data Dome has detailed one of the most fragmented DDo S (Distributed Denial of Service) campaigns ever recorded. In mid-April, within just five hours, cybercriminals launched a stunning 2. 45 billion malicious…...
Anti-ICE Site GTFO ICE Accused of Exposing Data of 17, 000+ Activists
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (404+ words) Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff and former Google security executive, is at the centre of a major data exposure-related controversy. His new project, GTFO ICE, was launched just a couple of weeks ago with…...
FEMITBOT Network Abuses Telegram Mini Apps for Crypto Scams and Android Malware
5+ day, 57+ min ago (269+ words) A massive fraud network called FEMITBOT uses Telegram Mini Apps and fake brand names like Apple, Disney, and the BBC to trick users into investment scams and downloading Android malware. A massive fraud network, called FEMITBOT, is currently using Telegram's…...
Google App Sheet Exploited in 30, 000-User Facebook Phishing Operation
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (269+ words) Guardio Labs researchers explained in the report that this campaign abuses the notification system of Google App Sheets (a no-code tool designed for business automation). By using this service, hackers send emails from [email'protected] and appsheet. bounces. google. com. These…...
2 US Cybersecurity Experts Jailed for Aiding ALPHV (Black Cat) Ransomware
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (369+ words) Two cybersecurity experts from the United States have been sent to prison for turning against the industry they were meant to protect. The accused, Ryan Goldberg, 40, and Kevin Martin, 36, received four years sentence each, for their involvement in a series…...
45, 000 Attacks, 5, 300+ Backdoors Tied to China-Linked Cybercrime Operation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (435+ words) The SOCRadar Threat Research Team has discovered a massive, automated cybercrime setup linked to threat actors based in China. This operation uses a central backend called Paperclip and an agent-based workflow system known as Open Claw. Using these tools, the…...