Most people trust LinkedIn for connecting careers, finding jobs, or growing businesses – yet that very trust opens doors for fraudsters. Because profiles often reveal detailed backgrounds, attackers pull facts straight from bios to craft believable tricks. Spotting odd…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-12 18h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 15:11 : Hacker Used Claude Code, GPT-4.1 to Exfiltrate Hundreds of Millions of Mexican Records
Hacker Used Claude Code, GPT-4.1 to Exfiltrate Hundreds of Millions of Mexican Records
A lone hacker used Claude Code and GPT-4.1 to exfiltrate hundreds of millions of Mexican citizen records from 9 government agencies. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original article:…
Residential Proxies Evade IP Reputation Checks in 78% of 4 Billion Sessions
Residential proxy networks are now evading IP‑reputation‑based security controls in a majority of malicious sessions, greatly undercutting a core pillar of network defense. A recent analysis by cybersecurity intelligence firm GreyNoise found that residential‑proxy‑routed traffic escaped IP‑reputation checks in…
Hackers claim control over Venice San Marco anti-flood pumps
Hackers breached Venice ’s San Marco flood system, claiming control of pumps and the ability to disable defenses and flood coastal areas. The technologies that govern the physical world are the quiet infrastructure of modern life. From energy grids to…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 92
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Thirty-Six Malicious npm Strapi Packages Deploy Redis RCE, Database Theft, and Persistent C2 Malicious LNK Files Distributing a Python-Based Backdoor and…
19 Billion Passwords Leaked: Protect Yourself from Cyber Threats
Discover the implications of the 19 billion passwords leaked in the RockYou2024 breach. Learn essential actions to secure your accounts now! The post 19 Billion Passwords Leaked: Protect Yourself from Cyber Threats appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-12 15h : 3 posts
3 posts were published in the last hour 12:11 : FBI Atlanta and Indonesian National Police Take Down W3LLSTORE Phishing Marketplace 12:11 : Hims and Hers Discloses Cyberattack Impacting Customer Support Infrastructure 12:11 : TruffleHog Targets European Commission, Breach Leaked…
FBI Atlanta and Indonesian National Police Take Down W3LLSTORE Phishing Marketplace
FBI Atlanta and Indonesian National Police dismantle W3LLSTORE phishing market linked to $20M fraud, seizing domains and detaining developer. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original article: FBI Atlanta…
Hims and Hers Discloses Cyberattack Impacting Customer Support Infrastructure
The integrity of digital systems has become inextricably linked to patient trust in an industry where discretion is not only expected but is fundamental. Telehealth providers, by design, are at the intersection of convenience and confidentiality, handling deeply personal…
TruffleHog Targets European Commission, Breach Leaked Data of 30 EU Entities
The European Union Cybersecurity Service (CERT-EU) has linked the European Commission cloud breach to the TeamPCP gang. The breach leaked the information of 29 Union organizations. The breach The commission disclosed the attack on March 27, when Bleeping Computer confirmed…
Why Anthropic’s Mythos Is a Systemic Shift for Global Cybersecurity
With the release of Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and Claude Mythos, how should CISOs navigate the arrival of automated exploit chaining, collapsing patch cycles and the inevitable rise of adversarial AI? The post Why Anthropic’s Mythos Is a Systemic Shift for…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-12 12h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 9:7 : Security Affairs newsletter Round 572 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Security Affairs newsletter Round 572 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Censys…
DDoS Attack Types Explained: Volumetric, Protocol, and Application Layer Attacks
Key Takeaways There are three main DDoS attack categories: Volumetric (Layer 3), Protocol (Layer 4), and application layer (Layer 7) – each with different attack characteristics Each category requires a different mitigation approach, though the mitigation of layer 3/4 attacks…
Week in review: Windows zero-day exploit leaked, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Cloudflare moves up its post-quantum deadline as researchers narrow the path to Q-Day Cloudflare announced it is targeting 2029 to complete post-quantum security across its…
Adobe Patches Reader Zero-Day Exploited for Months
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-34621 and Adobe has confirmed that it can be exploited for arbitrary code execution. The post Adobe Patches Reader Zero-Day Exploited for Months appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-12 09h : 3 posts
3 posts were published in the last hour 6:36 : Adobe Patches Actively Exploited Acrobat Reader Flaw CVE-2026-34621 6:36 : CPUID Breach Distributes STX RAT via Trojanized CPU-Z and HWMonitor Downloads 6:36 : Microsoft Suspends VeraCrypt, WireGuard and Windscribe Accounts,…
Adobe Patches Actively Exploited Acrobat Reader Flaw CVE-2026-34621
Adobe has released emergency updates to fix a critical security flaw in Acrobat Reader that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-34621, carries a CVSS score of 8.6 out of 10.0. Successful exploitation of…
CPUID Breach Distributes STX RAT via Trojanized CPU-Z and HWMonitor Downloads
Unknown threat actors compromised CPUID (“cpuid[.]com”), a website that hosts popular hardware monitoring tools like CPU-Z, HWMonitor, HWMonitor Pro, and PerfMonitor, for less than 24 hours to serve malicious executables for the software and deploy a remote access trojan called STX RAT.…
Microsoft Suspends VeraCrypt, WireGuard and Windscribe Accounts, Blocking Windows Driver Updates
Microsoft has suspended developer accounts linked to VeraCrypt, WireGuard, and Windscribe, which has cut off their access to driver signing and other Windows Ha Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Microsoft Suspends VeraCrypt, WireGuard and Windscribe Accounts,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-12 06h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 3:40 : Hallmark – 1,736,520 breached accounts
Hallmark – 1,736,520 breached accounts
In March 2026, Hallmark suffered an alleged breach and subsequent extortion after attackers gained access to data stored within Salesforce. The data was later published after the extortion deadline passed, exposing 1.7M unique email addresses across both Hallmark and the…
How can Agentic AI improve cloud security?
How Do Non-Human Identities Fortify Cloud Security? The discourse around Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management is gaining momentum, but what exactly are NHIs, and how do they bolster cloud security? When organizations increasingly embrace cloud environments, the challenge…