Microsoft Finds New Malware Used by Hackers to Maintain Secret Access Inside Target Networks

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Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered NeedyMantis, a modular post-compromise malware framework designed to preserve covert access inside already-breached networks. The malware has appeared in a small number of highly targeted intrusions involving telecommunications providers, universities, medical nonprofits, intergovernmental bodies, and …

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

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Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 24-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the suspect’s arrest, remaining ShinyHunters members dramatically escalated their attacks, …

NCSC Urges UK organizations to Patch for Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway 0-Day Vulnerabilities

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The UK National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has urged organizations to take immediate action against eight vulnerabilities affecting customer-managed Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances. Two critical flaws, CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772, are already being exploited against unmitigated systems, turning …

New File Notification Attack Lets Hackers Track User Activity Across Linux, Windows and macOS

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A cross-platform side-channel attack that abuses file-notification services to monitor user activity on Linux, Windows and macOS. The technique turns inotify, ReadDirectoryChangesW, and FSEvents, which alert applications when files are changed, into a surveillance mechanism requiring no elevated privileges. The …

Hackers Built an AI-Powered Attack Machine and Accidentally Left the Control Panel Open

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A criminal crew linked to Blackhatsect0r and DXQRTXX built an automated system designed to find weaknesses across the internet. Its exposed server revealed a credential vault, source code, chat logs, fraud notes, and a target list, offering a rare look …

OpenCode AI Coding Agent Flaw Lets Malicious Websites Execute Code on Developer Machines

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A critical attack path in OpenCode, an open-source AI coding agent, could let a malicious website execute commands on a developer’s computer. Tracked as GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4, the remote code execution vulnerability combines content-type confusion in OpenCode’s /global/upgrade API with unsafe handling of an …

Bitget Backend Breach Drains $387.5 Million as DPRK-Linked Launderers Expose Themselves

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has begun restoring withdrawals after attackers exploited its backend wallet infrastructure on September 24, stealing approximately $387.5 million from hot and warm wallets. The incident did not involve stolen private keys, and Bitget said its offline cold …

ShinyHunters Bypasses WAF Protections to Exploit Oracle PeopleSoft Flaw and Deploy Web Shells

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ShinyHunters has renewed attacks against Oracle PeopleSoft systems by slipping past web application firewall protections and planting web shells. The campaign shows how a small change in an attack request can reopen exposure that administrators believed had been contained. The …

CISA Warns of Microsoft SharePoint Code Injection Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Microsoft SharePoint code injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-65660, to its KEV Catalog after evidence showed the flaw was being exploited in attacks. The vulnerability affects Microsoft SharePoint and could …

Attackers Create Fake Jev AI Stores to Intercept Prompts Through Third-Party Servers

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Fake storefronts appeared days after the launch of Jev, an artificial intelligence model that returns decisions rather than written answers. The sites offer access to the service, but they put an unrelated operator between users and the official API. That …