A 20-year-old hacker just got 10 YEARS in prison.

Noah Urban, part of the Scattered Spider crew, stole millions through SIM swaps & crypto heists—and now owes $13M in restitution.

But the gang isn’t gone. They’ve merged with other groups to get even stronger.

Full story → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/scattered-spider-hacker-gets-10-years.html

👾 Hackers are using a new malware loader—QuirkyLoader—to spread Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, Snake Keylogger & more.

One campaign even targeted a Taiwan cybersecurity company with spyware built to steal passwords & keystrokes.

Learn more about this threat ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/hackers-using-new-quirkyloader-malware.html

🔥 Nearly half of orgs failed password-cracking tests in 2025 (up from last year).

Once inside? Attackers succeed in 98% of cases using valid accounts—slipping past defenses unnoticed.

The weakest link isn’t malware. It’s your passwords.

Read the report → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/weak-passwords-and-compromised-accounts.html

Hackers are luring people with fake CAPTCHA pages—then tricking them into copy-pasting malware.

The result: a new backdoor, CORNFLAKE.V3, that steals credentials, hides behind Cloudflare, and won’t go away once it’s in.

Here’s how the attack works → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/cybercriminals-deploy-cornflakev3.html

🚨 Four new Commvault flaws just dropped — and they can be chained for pre-auth remote code execution.

Attackers could seize control before you even log in.

Worst part? One chain works if the default admin password was never changed.

Patch now. Details here → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/pre-auth-exploit-chains-found-in.html

A Houston software dev just got 4 years in prison.

Why? He built a hidden kill switch that locked out thousands of coworkers the moment his account was disabled.

The sabotage cost his company hundreds of thousands.

Details ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/ex-developer-jailed-four-years-for.html

Three China-backed hacking groups are tearing into cloud & telecom networks worldwide.

🐼 Murky Panda → hijacked cloud partners to backdoor Entra ID
🐼 Genesis Panda → burrowed deep into CSP accounts
🐼 Glacial Panda → raided telecom networks in 11 countries .

Different methods.
Same mission: espionage.

Details here → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/chinese-hackers-murky-genesis-and.html

🚨 1,209 cybercriminals arrested across 18 African countries.

• $97.4 million recovered
• 88,000 victims
• 11,432 malicious infrastructures dismantled

From crypto fraud to ransomware, Operation Serengeti shows the global fight against cybercrime is heating up.

Read → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/interpol-arrests-1209-cybercriminals.html

Why are we still delivering pentest results like it’s 2010?

Static PDFs. Email attachments. Weeks of delay.

Automation flips the script: findings delivered in real time, workflows auto-tracked. This is the future of pentest delivery.

See how → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/automation-is-redefining-pentest.html

🛑 WARNING: A phishing email with a RAR file can hijack your Linux system—without opening the file’s content.

The malware? Hidden in the file name itself.

No macros. No hidden content. Just a filename that executes Bash.

This trick slips past antivirus scans.

Here’s how it works ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/linux-malware-delivered-via-malicious.html

🔐 BREAKING: Google will begin verifying the identity of ALL DEVELOPERS who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store!

This is to prevent malware developers from using anonymity as a shield.

Full details👇

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/

No deleted account found from 80 scanned users from this group 🚫👻

Updates, only on Android 16 qpr1, I'm not going to spend money on a server without having anything to compile or unfinished builds.

Besides, I'll be quite busy with the new job.

I'll set some EOL (End of Life) builds of Android 15 in the meantime.

RedMagic 11 will boast a world first

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Oppo Find X9 Pro full camera details leak

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Lava Play Ultra unveiled: Dimensity 7300 SoC, 120Hz screen, and 5,000 mAh battery

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Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 and W5+ Gen 2 with improved location accuracy

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Realme to introduce phone with larger than 10,000 mAh battery on August 27

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Huawei is launching the Watch GT 6 series next month

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