“Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy as technical prowess.”
― James Scott
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FBI and Europol Seize LeakBase Forum Used to Trade Stolen Credentials [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools. The LeakBase forum, per the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), had over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages between members as of December 2025. Those attempting to access…
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149 Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Hit 110 Organizations in 16 Countries After Middle East Conflict [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a surge in retaliatory hacktivist activity following the U.S.-Israel coordinated military campaign against Iran, codenamed Epic Fury and Roaring Lion. “The hacktivist threat in the Middle East is highly lopsided, with two groups, Keymous+ and DieNet, driving nearly 70% of all attack activity between February 28 and March 2,” Radware…
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Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Uses 23 Exploits Across Five Chains Targeting iOS 13–17.2.1 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Google said it identified a “new and powerful” exploit kit dubbed Coruna (aka CryptoWaters) targeting Apple iPhone models running iOS versions between 13.0 and 17.2.1. The exploit kit featured five full iOS exploit chains and a total of 23 exploits, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said. It’s not effective against the latest version of iOS.…
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New RFP Template for AI Usage Control and AI Governance [email protected] (The Hacker News)
As AI becomes the central engine for enterprise productivity, security leaders are finally getting the green light — and the budget — to secure it. But there’s a quiet crisis unfolding in the boardroom: many organizations know they need “AI Governance,” but they have no idea what they are actually looking for. The CISO’s Dilemma:…
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How to remove digital signatures from a PDF
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Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged malicious Packagist PHP packages masquerading as Laravel utilities that act as a conduit for a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) that’s functional on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The names of the packages are listed below – nhattuanbl/lara-helper (37 Downloads) nhattuanbl/simple-queue (29 Downloads) nhattuanbl/lara-swagger (49 Downloads)Read More
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APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Silver Dragon that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since at least mid-2024. “Silver Dragon gains its initial access by exploiting public-facing internet servers and by delivering phishing emails that contain malicious attachments,” Check Point…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware Aria Operations Flaw CVE-2026-22719 to KEV Catalog [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Aria Operations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-22719 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been described as a case of command injection that could allow anRead More
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Fake Tech Support Spam Deploys Customized Havoc C2 Across Organizations [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Threat hunters have called attention to a new campaign as part of which bad actors masqueraded as fake IT support to deliver the Havoc command-and-control (C2) framework as a precursor to data exfiltration or ransomware attack. The intrusions, identified by Huntress last month across five partner organizations, involved the threat actors using email spam as…
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Building a High-Impact Tier 1: The 3 Steps CISOs Must Follow [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Every CISO knows the uncomfortable truth about their Security Operations Center: the people most responsible for catching threats in real time are the people with the least experience. Tier 1 analysts sit at the front line of detection, and yet they are also the most vulnerable to the cognitive and organizational pressures that quietly erode…
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