A well-known hacker group has released the personal information of hundreds of U.S. government officials. The leaked data includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, and even home addresses belonging to employees from several major federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and […]
Cybersecurity researchers have sounded the alarm over a sharp increase in automated attacks targeting PHP servers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and cloud gateways. These attacks, primarily driven by well-known botnets such as Mirai, Gafgyt, and Mozi, are exploiting known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to gain unauthorized control over exposed systems and expand botnet networks. According […]
Microsoft has issued a warning about a threat actor identified as Storm-2657, which is hijacking employee accounts to reroute salary payments into accounts controlled by attackers. The group has reportedly focused on U.S. organizations, particularly in sectors like higher education, exploiting HR software–as–a–service (SaaS) platforms such as Workday. Although Microsoft notes that any SaaS system […]
OpenAI recently announced that it has disrupted three distinct hacker clusters that were using ChatGPT to assist in malicious operations. One cluster, tied to Russian-speaking groups, leveraged multiple accounts to prototype and refine a remote access trojan (RAT) and a credential stealer. Though the models refused direct requests for harmful code, the attackers worked around […]
Microsoft has rolled out patches for 183 security vulnerabilities across its products this October, including three flaws already being exploited in the wild. Among them, two zero-days affect Windows systems and allow attackers to elevate privileges. One vulnerability involves the ltmdm64.sys driver (part of the Agere modem stack), which ships with every Windows installation—even if […]
Microsoft has taken steps to strengthen security around its Internet Explorer (IE) compatibility mode in Edge after learning that hackers had been using the legacy feature as a backdoor into systems. In August 2025, reports revealed that unknown threat actors exploited IE mode by combining social engineering with zero-day vulnerabilities in the old Chakra JavaScript […]
A new kind of cyber threat has emerged: malware that uses GPT-4 — the same type of AI behind advanced chat assistants — to generate malicious programs like ransomware. It’s like giving a weapon the ability to forge its own bullets. Researchers have discovered a prototype called MalTerminal that does just that. MalTerminal is a […]
A dangerous new Android malware called Datzbro has been discovered, and it’s specifically tricking seniors through fake Facebook groups and AI-generated posts. The attackers are pretending to organize friendly travel or community events, but their real goal is to convince people to install malicious apps that give hackers full control of their phones. The scam […]
Google’s new AI assistant, Gemini, had some serious security holes — and researchers say hackers could’ve used them to sneak in, steal data, or manipulate the system in sneaky ways. The good news is: these flaws have been patched. Here’s what went wrong, how it could’ve been abused, and what it means for you. What […]
A serious new security flaw has been uncovered in VMware software, and reports show that hackers linked to China have been quietly using it since October of last year. This issue affects several VMware products used by businesses around the world, including tools for managing virtual machines and cloud platforms. What’s the Problem? The flaw […]