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β€ŠMan pleads guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts

An Illinois man pleaded guilty to hacking nearly 600 women's Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos that he kept, sold, or traded online, including accounts he compromised at the request of a former university track coach who was later convicted of sextortion. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-nearly-600-womens-snapchat-accounts/
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β€ŠEU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design"

The European Commission said today that TikTok is facing a fine because its addictive features, including infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and personalized recommendation systems, are breaching the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-commission-says-tiktok-facing-fine-over-addictive-design/
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β€ŠEDR, Email, and SASE Miss This Entire Class of Browser Attacks

Many modern attacks happen entirely inside the browser, leaving little evidence for traditional security tools. Keep Aware shows why EDR, email, and SASE miss browser-only attacks and how visibility changes prevention. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/edr-email-and-sase-miss-this-entire-class-of-browser-attacks/
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β€ŠCISA warns of SmarterMail RCE flaw used in ransomware attacks

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. has issued a warning about CVE-2026-24423, an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaw in SmarterMail that is used in ransomware attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-smartermail-rce-flaw-used-in-ransomware-attacks/
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β€ŠGermany warns of Signal account hijacking targeting senior figures

Germany's domestic intelligence agency is warning of suspected state-sponsored threat actors targeting high-ranking individuals in phishing attacks via messaging apps like Signal. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-warns-of-signal-account-hijacking-targeting-senior-figures/
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β€ŠPayments platform BridgePay confirms ransomware attack behind outage

A major U.S. payment gateway and solutions provider says a ransomware attack has knocked key systems offline, triggering a widespread outage affecting multiple services. The incident began on Friday and quickly escalated into a nationwide disruption across BridgePay's platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/payments-platform-bridgepay-confirms-ransomware-attack-behind-outage/
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β€ŠState actor targets 155 countries in 'Shadow Campaigns' espionage op

A new state-aligned cyberespionage threat group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619, has conducted a global-scale operation dubbed the "Shadow Campaigns," where it targeted government infrastructure in 155 countries. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/state-actor-targets-155-countries-in-shadow-campaigns-espionage-op/
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β€ŠNew tool blocks imposter attacks disguised as safe commands

A new open-source and cross-platform tool called Tirith can detect homoglyph attacks over command-line environments by analyzing URLs in typed commands and stopping their execution.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-tool-blocks-imposter-attacks-disguised-as-safe-commands/
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β€ŠEuropean Commission discloses breach that exposed staff data

The European Commission is investigating a breach after finding evidence that its mobile device management platform was hacked. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-commission-discloses-breach-that-exposed-staff-data/
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β€ŠBeyondTrust warns of critical RCE flaw in remote support software

BeyondTrust warned customers to patch a critical security flaw in its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) software that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-warns-of-critical-rce-flaw-in-remote-support-software/
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β€ŠPassword guessing without AI: How attackers build targeted wordlists

Attackers don't need AI to crack passwords, they build targeted wordlists from an organization's own public language. This article explains how tools like CeWL turn websites into high-success password guesses and why complexity rules alone fall short. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/password-guessing-without-ai-how-attackers-build-targeted-wordlists/
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β€ŠHackers breach SmarterTools network using flaw in its own software

SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock ransomware gang breached its network after compromising an email system, but did not impact business applications or account data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-smartertools-network-using-flaw-in-its-own-software/
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β€ŠThreat actors exploit SolarWinds WDH flaws to deploy Velociraptor

Hackers are now exploiting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) vulnerabilities to gain code execution rights on exposed systems and deploy legitimate tools, including the Velociraptor forensics tools, for persistence and remote control. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/threat-actors-exploit-solarwinds-wdh-flaws-to-deploy-velociraptor/
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β€ŠChinese cyberspies breach Singapore's four largest telcos

The Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC3886 breached Singapore's four largest telecommunication service providers, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba, at least once last year. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyberspies-breach-singapores-four-largest-telcos/
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β€ŠFugitive behind $73M 'pig butchering' scheme gets 20 years in prison

A dual Chinese and St. Kitts and Nevis national was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment scheme (also known as pig butchering or romance baiting) that defrauded victims of more than $73 million. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fugitive-behind-73m-pig-butchering-scheme-gets-20-years-in-prison/
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β€ŠZeroDayRAT malware grants full access to Android, iOS devices

A new commercial mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT is being advertised to cybercriminals on Telegram as a tool that provides full remote control over compromised Android and iOS devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zerodayrat-malware-grants-full-access-to-android-ios-devices/
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β€ŠMicrosoft announces new mobile-style Windows security controls

Microsoft wants to introduce smartphone-style app permission prompts in Windows 11 to request user consent before apps can access sensitive resources such as files, cameras, and microphones. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-new-mobile-style-windows-security-controls/
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