FBI Suspects Cybersecurity Executive Helped ShinyHunters Run Extortion Website

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Federal investigators suspect an executive at a United States consulting firm helped ShinyHunters operate a website used to pressure hacked companies into paying ransom demands. The allegation raises questions about whether trusted ransomware advisers crossed from helping victims into supporting …

Hackers Exploit Open Banking Services to Test Stolen Credentials Without Paying a Cent

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Criminals have found a way to use open banking as a low-cost checking service for stolen bank and card details. In a campaign described by Group-IB, fraudsters abused a spend-management platform’s account-linking process to check whether credentials worked and whether …

WP2Shell Attack Lets Hackers Create WordPress Admin Accounts and Install Web Shells Without Login

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WP2Shell combines two WordPress Core flaws to move from an unauthenticated request to server-side code execution. It can let an attacker create an administrator account and install a plugin-based web shell. Seqrite’s October 16 analysis lists affected releases, but does …

Hackers Use Generative AI to Build Custom Malware and Bypass Traditional Security Detection

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Hackers are using generative AI to build custom malware, rewrite harmful scripts, and make phishing messages harder to spot. The shift puts pressure on security tools that mainly depend on known file signatures, while helping ransomware operators move faster from …

Thousands of Android Phones Ship With Hidden Malware That Disables Google Play Protections

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Thousands of Android phones across more than 150 countries have been found running malware planted in their firmware before purchase. The campaign, called Midnight Mimosa, targets low-cost devices and gives attackers system access without requiring owners to download a harmful …

Hackers Hijack 790 GitHub Repositories to Steal Cloud Credentials and AI API Keys

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A campaign called GhostAction has placed malicious GitHub Actions workflows in 790 repositories, putting cloud credentials, software-publishing tokens, and AI service keys at risk. The total is OpenSourceMalware’s count of publicly recoverable, validated repositories through October 9, 2026; it is …

Revolut Outage Disrupts Payments and Banking Services as Google Cloud Reports London Issues

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Revolut suffered a major service outage on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, disrupting payments, cash withdrawals, and access to its banking app. The digital bank said customer money and data remained safe while engineers worked to restore affected services. The disruption …

Hackers Target South Korean Banks With AI, Then Accidentally Expose Their Own Attack Tools

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Hackers linked to AI-assisted attacks on South Korean banks left parts of their own infrastructure open, giving researchers a view of their tools and preparations. The exposed files showed a wider operation involving cryptocurrency theft tools, Linux attacks, and mobile …

ThreatBook Launches RedAgents AI Platform That Uses Multiple Hacking Agents to Find Security Flaws

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ThreatBook has launched RedAgents, a cloud platform that brings several AI-powered penetration-testing agents together to assess an organization’s systems. Announced on October 16, 2026, the service is designed to help security teams find weaknesses in their own networks by running …

U.S. Government Bans DeepSeek AI and Orders Federal Agencies to Remove All Related Tools

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop buying DeepSeek products and remove related technology from their IT systems. The action covers products from Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., its affiliates, and third-party products …