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Chinese hackers hijack unpatched routers to build a stealth relay network

A group Cisco Talos calls UAT-7810 is breaking into Ruckus and ASUS routers to hide the tracks of other China-linked spying crews.

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RedWing: The Rent-a-Fraud Kit Turning Android Phones Into Bank Robberies

A new Android malware sold on Telegram lets almost anyone hijack a victim's phone, steal banking logins and grab the codes meant to keep accounts safe.

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Spanish police arrest suspected helper of pro-Russian hacking crews

The man in Palencia allegedly helped a Ukrainian hacker flee toward Russia and supported groups linked to attacks on U.S. water and energy sites.

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A Windows Device ID Helped Trace an Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker to a Jewelry Heist

Federal prosecutors say a single hardware identifier tied a May 2025 intrusion at a luxury retailer to the online accounts of a 19-year-old.

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Iran-Linked Hackers Hit Israeli IT Firms to Reach High-Value Targets

A group tied to Iran used a flexible, plug-in-style hacking toolkit to break into IT service providers in Israel, then moved through those companies to attack their clients.

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Suspected Chinese Hackers Target University Webmail in Credential-Stealing Campaign

A hacking group tied to China is exploiting a critical flaw in Roundcube webmail to steal login credentials from physics and engineering faculties at US and Canadian universities.

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German Court Case Exposes Telegram Network That Drugged and Filmed Women in Secret

A phone call from police told a Chinese student in Germany that her ex-boyfriend had taken nude photos of her while she slept. She was one of many victims of an organised online group.

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Meet BusySnake: The Stealthy Malware Quietly Raiding Government Networks

A newly discovered hacking group is hitting government offices and critical services across three countries with a capable piece of spy software. Here is what it does and who is at risk.

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Fake IT Helpdesk Calls on Microsoft Teams Are Planting EtherRAT on Company PCs

Attackers pose as internal support staff over Teams voice calls, then walk employees through installing remote-access tools that drop a Node.js trojan.

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Fake job interviews from 'Adidas', 'Netflix' and 'OpenAI' recruiters are stealing Google logins

A phishing crew is impersonating more than 30 major brands, hiding behind real business software from PeopleForce and Salesforce to trick marketing staff into handing over their Gmail passwords.

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Iranian Spies Target Israeli IT Firms With a New Custom Toolkit Called Cavern

A hacking crew tied to Iran's intelligence ministry is running a previously unseen command-and-control framework against Israeli government bodies and their IT suppliers.

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The Weak Link This Week Wasn't Code. It Was Trust.

From home streaming boxes turned into criminal relays to AI assistants tricked by hidden instructions, this week's incidents share one root cause: systems trusting the wrong thing.

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Fake Indian tax portal used to plant spyware on finance teams' computers

A suspected Chinese hacking group is posing as India's Income Tax Department to slip a remote-control trojan onto the machines of accountants and corporate finance staff.

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TrojPix: Academic Research Shows Air-Gapped PCs Can Leak Data Through Screen Pixels

Researchers at Shandong University describe a covert channel that turns a monitor cable into a radio transmitter, but the technique still needs malware on the target first.

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QuimaRAT: A New Rent-a-Malware Kit That Hits Windows, Mac and Linux

Researchers at LevelBlue say the Java-based remote access tool is being sold as a subscription, starting at $150 a month, and works across all three major desktop systems.

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