World’s Biggest Hacker Forum Admin Gets Resentenced to Serve Three More Years
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the founder and operator of BreachForums, has been resentenced to three more years in prison after a federal appeals court vacated his…
Month: September 2025
NCC: How RaaS team-ups help Scattered Spider enhance its attacks
The notorious Scattered Spider hacking collective behind cyber attacks on Marks & Spencer and others is likely leaning on the expertise of other cyber criminals…
RaccoonO365 Phishing Service Disrupted, Leader Identified
Microsoft and Cloudflare announced on Tuesday that they have teamed up to disrupt the RaccoonO365 phishing service, which has been used by cybercriminals to steal…
‘Loss of control’: China warns terrorists could use AI to create and fire own weapons
The real-world risk – “loss of control over knowledge and capabilities of nuclear, biological, chemical and missile weapons” – was put forward in an AI…
How a Plaintext File On Users’ Desktops Exposed Secrets Leads to Akira Ransomware Attacks
A threat actor who gained initial access through a SonicWall VPN device was able to escalate their attack by finding Huntress recovery codes saved in…
PureHVNC RAT Developers Exploit GitHub to Spread Pure Malware Source Code
The developers behind the PureHVNC remote access trojan (RAT) have been uncovered using GitHub repositories to host critical components and plugin source code for their…
Linux Kernel’s KSMBD Subsystem Vulnerability Let Remote Attackers Exhaust Server Resources
A denial-of-service flaw in the Linux kernel’s KSMBD (SMB Direct) subsystem has raised alarms across the open-source community. Tracked as CVE-2025-38501, the issue allows a…
Python-Based “XillenStealer” Campaign Targets Windows Users’ Sensitive Data
A sophisticated Python-based information stealer named XillenStealer has emerged as a significant threat to Windows users, designed to harvest sensitive system data, browser credentials, and…
FinWise Insider Breach Exposes 700K Customer Records to Former Employee
American First Finance, LLC, a Dallas-based financial services firm, suffered a significant insider breach when a recently terminated employee exploited unauthorized access to its production…
Rayhunter: EFF releases open-source tool to detect cellular spying
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released Rayhunter, a new open-source tool designed to detect cell site simulators (CSS). These devices, also known as IMSI…
DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM
Sep 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in…
Hackers Can Exploit Bitpixie Vulnerability to Bypass BitLocker Encryption and Escalate Privileges
A critical vulnerability in Windows Boot Manager, known as bitpixie, enables attackers to bypass BitLocker drive encryption and escalate local privileges on Windows systems. The vulnerability affects…