University of Phoenix Data Breach
University of Phoenix, one of the largest for-profit educational institutions in the United States, disclosed a significant data breach affecting approximately 3.5 million individuals on…
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Threat Actors Impersonate Korean TV Writers to Deliver Malware
North Korean-backed threat actors are impersonating writers from major Korean broadcasting companies to deliver malicious documents and establish initial access to targeted systems, according to…
Malicious extensions in Chrome Web store steal user credentials
Two Chrome extensions in the Web Store named ‘Phantom Shuttle’ are posing as plugins for a proxy service to hijack user traffic and steal sensitive data.…
HardBit 4.0 Ransomware Actors Attack Open RDP and SMB Services to Persist Access
HardBit ransomware continues to evolve as a serious threat to organizations worldwide. The latest version, HardBit 4.0, emerged as an upgraded variant of a strain…
Critical n8n Vulnerability Exposes 103,000+ Automation Instances to RCE Attacks
A critical remote code execution vulnerability in n8n, a popular open-source workflow automation platform, threatens over 103,000 potentially vulnerable instances worldwide. Tracked as CVE-2025-68613 with…
Ransomware Hits Romanian Water Authority, 1000 Systems Knocked Offline – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Romania’s national water authority, Romanian Waters (Administrația Națională Apele Române), is currently working to recover from a major ransomware attack that began on December 20,…
Penetration Testing In The Boardroom
Penetration testing is one of the very few ways to evaluate how attackers would compromise your environment without actually experiencing an incident. To position pentesting as…
Indian Income Tax-Themed Attacking Businesses with a Multi-Stage Infection Chain
Cybercriminals have increasingly weaponized the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing season to orchestrate sophisticated phishing campaigns targeting Indian businesses. By exploiting public anxiety surrounding tax…
Indian Income Tax–Lure Campaign Deploying Multi-Stage Malware Against Businesses
Tax-themed phishing campaigns have intensified in recent months, capitalizing on the heightened awareness surrounding India’s Income Tax Return (ITR) filing season. Public discussions about refund…
Budding infosec pros and aspiring cyber crooks targeted with fake PoC exploits
Malware peddlers are targeting infosec enthusiasts, budding security professionals, and aspiring hackers with the Webrat malware, masquerading the threat as proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for known…
Hacktivists claim near-total Spotify music scrape
Hacktivist group Anna’s Archive claims to have scraped almost all of Spotify’s catalog and is now seeding it via BitTorrent, effectively turning a streaming platform…
A walkthrough of the Google Workspace Password Manager
Passwd is designed specifically for organizations operating within Google Workspace. Rather than competing as a general consumer password manager, its purpose is narrow, and business-focused:…