Information Security News Blog
On a well-known data leak forum, a post has surfaced advertising the sale of a database allegedly containing 15.8 million PayPal accounts, complete with email addresses and plaintext passwords. The seller claims the information...
Washington and London have at last managed to reach an accord on an issue that threatened to escalate into a serious diplomatic and technological conflict. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that...
A serious incident was recently uncovered on Lenovo’s website involving its corporate chatbot, Lena, designed to assist customers. Cybernews researchers revealed that Lena was vulnerable to an XSS-based attack chain, enabling attackers—through nothing more...
At the beginning of 2025, Trellix specialists uncovered a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic missions in Seoul. Between March and July, at least nineteen phishing attacks were recorded, in which North Korean–linked actors impersonated...
TikTok has found itself at the center of a new scandal following an investigation by 404 Media: through TikTok Shop, vast numbers of GPS trackers and covert audio devices are being sold, brazenly advertised...
The HexStrike AI repository has released HexStrike AI MCP Agents v6.0—a powerful framework for automating penetration tests. The system integrates more than 150 security tools and 12 autonomous AI agents operating through the FastMCP...
In the latest issue of the hacker magazine Phrack, a vast archive has been published detailing the operations of North Korean cybercriminal groups. The leak includes exploitation techniques, information on compromised systems, and a...
Cybercriminals have discovered a way to weaponize Cisco’s own security mechanisms against its users. Researchers at Raven have documented a credential theft campaign in which attackers learned to exploit Cisco’s Safe Links technology—a tool...
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from Yanis Alexandrovich Antroppenko, who stands accused of computer fraud and money laundering. Antroppenko is linked to the...
Researchers at Hunt.io have published an in-depth analysis of the Android banking trojan ERMAC 3.0, uncovering not only its enhanced capabilities but also severe flaws within its infrastructure. This iteration expands upon the functionality...
Experts at Censys have released their State of the Internet 2025 report, focusing on the infrastructure of cybercriminals—specifically Command-and-Control (C2) servers and other tools used to coordinate attacks and maintain access to compromised systems....
Groups of cybercriminals specializing in mobile phishing have discovered a new way to profit from stolen credentials. Whereas they once focused on transferring compromised cards into digital wallets and selling them for fraudulent transactions,...