DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive

A former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency reportedly stole Americans’ personal data from the U.S. Social Security Administration and stored it on a thumb drive, according to a whistleblower complaint reported by The Washington Post. The former Read More …

Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack

After a whopper of a Patch Tuesday last month, with six Microsoft flaws exploited as zero-days, March didn’t exactly roar in like a lion. Just two of the 83 Microsoft CVEs released on Tuesday are listed as publicly known, and Read More …

ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist

ShinyHunters told The Register that it has stolen data from about 100 high-profile companies in its latest Salesforce customer data heist, including Salesforce itself. “Have stolen data from almost 400 websites and about 100 essential high profile companies Snowflake, Okta, Read More …

Fake Claude Code install pages hit Windows and Mac users with infostealers

Attackers are cloning install pages for popular tools like Claude Code and swapping the “one‑liner” install commands with malware, mainly to steal passwords, cookies, sessions, and access to developer environments. Modern install guides often tell you to copy a single Read More …

New BoryptGrab Stealer Targets Windows Users via Deceptive GitHub Pages

Trend Micro researchers recently found the existence of a new stealer binary that collects browser and cryptocurrency wallet data, system information, and common files, among others. The researchers designated this new stealer BoryptGrab. Certain variants of the stealer can download Read More …

Microsoft warns of new signed malware which deploys remote monitoring tools as backdoors

Microsoft is warning of a new phishing campaign which aims to deploy persistent backdoors to victim’s computers. In a new in-depth analysis, the company’s researchers said they recently spotted multiple phishing campaigns, currently not attributed to any known threat actors, Read More …

Taiwan Indicts 62 Over Laundering $339M From Crypto Scam Compounds in Cambodia

Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted 62 people over their alleged links to Prince Group, a network designated as a transnational criminal organization by the U.S. Department of Justice. According to a report by Reuters, those indicted include the group’s chairman and Read More …

‘Hundreds’ of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes

Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers. The Tel Aviv-based security shop has tracked “hundreds” of attempts Read More …

Major data leak forum dismantled in global action against cybercrime forum

A major online forum for stolen data has been dismantled following an international operation coordinated by Europol. The forum, known as LeakBase, had established itself as a central hub in the cybercrime ecosystem, specialising in the trade of leaked databases Read More …