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DDoS attacks can knock services offline before links reach capacity

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DDoS attacks can knock services offline before links reach capacity 2026-10-16 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec More than 9.1 million DDoS attacks were recorded globally between January and June 2026, an increase of nearly a quarter year over year, according to Netscout’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. Large attacks and distributed targeting strain defenses Attacks exceeding […]

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Intent injection attacks are a new worry for AI-native 6G networks

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Intent injection attacks are a new worry for AI-native 6G networks 2026-09-21 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic Intent-based networking (IBN) lets operators state the outcome they want and leaves its translation into network policy to software, an approach AI-native 6G designs have moved to the forefront. Researchers at the University of Ottawa and Nokia Bell […]

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Fake AI trading agent steals crypto wallet passwords

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Fake AI trading agent steals crypto wallet passwords 2026-09-17 at 11:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers built a website for a fake AI crypto trading agent and used it to install Needle Stealer, malware that replaces a victim’s browser wallet with a copy that sends the wallet password to the attacker. HP caught the campaign between […]

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The modern attack chain: Rethinking Google Workspace security in the age of AI

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The modern attack chain: Rethinking Google Workspace security in the age of AI 2026-09-16 at 08:00 By Help Net Security Over the past two months, I’ve written about the Vercel breach and the Composio breach separately. Both offer lessons to learn on their own. But reading them together, I keep coming back to the same […]

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Cybercrime goes subscription: AI, malware and infrastructure on demand

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Cybercrime goes subscription: AI, malware and infrastructure on demand 2026-07-31 at 16:55 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cybercrime has become a commercialized ecosystem where criminals can buy or rent nearly every capability needed to launch sophisticated attacks. These services provide anonymity, plausible deniability, and access to short-lived infrastructure that is difficult to detect, attribute, and disrupt, enabling […]

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Low-skilled attacker used Claude, Codex to breach 14 companies

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Low-skilled attacker used Claude, Codex to breach 14 companies 2026-06-17 at 18:43 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have long warned that AI agents could lower the skill floor for offensive cyber operations, and a recent report by OALABS (Open Analysis) researchers bears that out. After recovering and analyzing over 1,000 agent sessions from a compromised server […]

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When attacks spread too far: Lessons from real cyber attack case studies

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When attacks spread too far: Lessons from real cyber attack case studies 2026-06-08 at 13:09 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Michael Adjei, Director, Systems Engineering at Illumio, explains three real world cyber attacks and what went wrong during detection. Adjei walks through a collaboration tool scam that copied Microsoft Teams, […]

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Thieves can pull off keyless car theft in under a minute and here’s how to stop them

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Thieves can pull off keyless car theft in under a minute and here’s how to stop them 2026-06-05 at 09:24 By Mirko Zorz A keyless car can be stolen in under a minute. Two people, a pair of cheap radio amplifiers, and a fob sitting on a hallway table inside the house. That is enough. […]

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Brute-force attack triggers Dashlane account lockouts

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Brute-force attack triggers Dashlane account lockouts 2026-06-01 at 16:49 By Sinisa Markovic Password manager Dashlane has confirmed that a brute-force attack targeting user accounts triggered temporary account suspensions and authentication issues. The company first acknowledged the incident on May 31 after users reported receiving account suspension emails and experiencing login problems. “Your account has been […]

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Websites can spy on user activity by analyzing SSD behavior

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Websites can spy on user activity by analyzing SSD behavior 2026-05-29 at 14:08 By Sinisa Markovic Websites have spent years collecting information about visitors through browser fingerprinting, tracking scripts, and other techniques designed to identify devices and monitor behavior. Researchers have demonstrated another method that relies on something most users would never expect a website […]

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Google researchers uncover criminal zero-day exploit likely built with AI

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Google researchers uncover criminal zero-day exploit likely built with AI 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Mirko Zorz Google’s threat intelligence researchers have linked a zero-day exploit to AI-assisted development by a criminal group. The exploit targeted a popular open-source web-based system administration tool. It allowed attackers to bypass two-factor authentication once they had valid user credentials. […]

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North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China

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North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China 2026-05-05 at 13:21 By Sinisa Markovic A gaming platform built for ethnic Koreans in China has been serving backdoored Windows and Android software to its users since late 2024. The platform, sqgame[.]net, hosts traditional card and board games for a community that […]

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Apple Intelligence flaw kept stolen tokens reusable on another device

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Apple Intelligence flaw kept stolen tokens reusable on another device 2026-04-22 at 10:09 By Sinisa Markovic Apple claims that Apple Intelligence, a GenAI service provided on its operating systems, is designed with an extra focus on user security and privacy through a two-stage authentication and authorization system using anonymous access tokens. However, researchers from The […]

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Many networking devices are still vulnerable to pixie dust attack

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Many networking devices are still vulnerable to pixie dust attack 2025-09-17 at 18:22 By Zeljka Zorz Despite having been discovered and reported in 2014, the vulnerability that allows pixie dust attacks still impacts consumer and SOHO networking equipment around the world, Netrise researchers have confirmed. WPS and the pixie dust attack Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) […]

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Starbucks, grocery stores impacted by Blue Yonder ransomware attack

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Starbucks, grocery stores impacted by Blue Yonder ransomware attack 2024-11-26 at 16:15 By Mirko Zorz Supply chain management SaaS vendor Blue Yonder announced on November 21 that it experienced a ransomware attack that impacted its managed services hosted environment. “Since learning of the incident, the Blue Yonder team has been working diligently together with external […]

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CISOs’ strategies for managing a growing attack surface

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CISOs’ strategies for managing a growing attack surface 2024-10-14 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rickard Carlsson, CEO at Detectify, discusses the evolution of attack surface management in the context of remote work and digital transformation. Carlsson highlights the challenges CISOs face today, including maintaining visibility and managing compliance in […]

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“Perfect” Windows downgrade attack turns fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days

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“Perfect” Windows downgrade attack turns fixed vulnerabilities into zero-days 2024-08-08 at 13:01 By Zeljka Zorz A researcher has developed a downgrade attack that can make Windows machines covertly, persistently and irreversibly vulnerable, even if they were fully patched before that. A downgrade attack exploiting the Windows Update process The direction of SafeBreach researcher Alon Leviev’s […]

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Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack

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Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack 2024-04-04 at 17:32 By Zeljka Zorz Texas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack that started last Friday, which resulted in the unavailability of many of its IT systems. According to people staying at some of the 50 properties the company operates across […]

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Prisma Finance says $540K still at risk, hacker demands team reveal themselves

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Prisma Finance says $540K still at risk, hacker demands team reveal themselves 2024-04-01 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The decentralized borrowing protocol said there were still 14 accounts that have yet to revoke the affected smart contract that caused $11.6 million to be exploited last week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

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