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β€ŠHackers abuse Notepad++ plugins to stealthily install malware

Ukraine's CERT has uncovered attacks distributing an archive containing the legitimate Notepad++ application and a malicious utility called LunchPoke disguised as a plugin to establish persistence. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-notepad-plus-plus-plugins-to-stealthily-install-malware/
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β€ŠRussian hackers exploit Zimbra zero-click flaw for email theft

CISA is warning that the Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is targeting organizations using Zimbra Collaboration email servers by combining phishing attacks with the exploitation of a now-patched Zimbra vulnerability. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-exploit-zimbra-zero-click-flaw-for-email-theft/
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β€ŠFake Claude app promoted by Bing ads pushes SectopRAT malware

A malvertising campaign on the Bing search service is pushing a fake Claude desktop app installer hosted on a legitimate Claude.ai domain to deliver the SectopRAT malware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-claude-app-promoted-by-bing-ads-pushes-sectoprat-malware/
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β€ŠNew Dolphin X malware uses AI to rank high-value targets

A new Dolphin X remote access trojan claims to use an AI-powered profiling feature to score and rank infected users, helping cybercriminals identify which victims should be targeted first. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dolphin-x-malware-uses-ai-to-rank-high-value-targets/
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β€ŠMan gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts

An Illinois man was sentenced on Tuesday to 76 months in prison and three years of supervised release for hacking the Snapchat accounts of over 750 women to steal nude photos. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-womens-snapchat-accounts/
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β€ŠSlopsquatting, Phantom Domains, and HalluSquatting Are the Same AI Attack

Slopsquatting, phantom squatting, and HalluSquatting all exploit the same late-binding attack pattern, where AI coding agents trust hallucinated package, repo, or domain names. ActiveState explains how pre-fetch verification and governed dependency management can help stop these attacks before malicious code enters the pipeline. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slopsquatting-phantom-domains-and-hallusquatting-are-the-same-ai-attack/
β€ŠMicrosoft blames massive Microsoft 365 outage on maintenance bug

Microsoft says a bug in its automated network maintenance request system caused Thursday's massive outage by mistakenly removing IP routes from more devices than intended, disrupting Azure and Microsoft 365 services. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-massive-microsoft-365-outage-on-maintenance-bug/
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