Scammers capitalize on GTA 6 hype to push malware and crypto cons 2026-11-05 at 13:41 By Sinisa Markovic Scammers are offering supposed leaked builds, early copies and phone versions of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) weeks before the game’s November 19 launch, Netcraft warned in a new blog post. The company looked at GTA […]
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Canadian Extradited to US Over Cryptomining Hacks on University Supercomputers 2026-11-04 at 14:27 By Eduard Kovacs A federal grand jury indicted two Canadian men for hijacking university supercomputers to secretly mine Electroneum cryptocurrency. The post Canadian Extradited to US Over Cryptomining Hacks on University Supercomputers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]
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Rigged Coding Assignment, Abused AI Tool Opened Path to $6 Billion Binance Heist 2026-11-04 at 12:36 By Eduard Kovacs Binance’s first incident report traces the record theft to a months-long campaign that compromised three engineers’ computers. The post Rigged Coding Assignment, Abused AI Tool Opened Path to $6 Billion Binance Heist appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]
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Fake job interview opened the door to $6.34 billion Binance heist 2026-11-04 at 12:29 By Sinisa Markovic A tampered software installer and a fake job interview gave attackers the access they needed to steal about $6.34 billion in digital assets from Binance. “It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident,” Binance […]
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Police seize over 100 servers linked to investment fraud with more than €4 million in losses 2026-11-03 at 16:31 By Sinisa Markovic Seven people have been arrested and more than 100 servers seized in a coordinated law enforcement action against an investment fraud network that started unravelling after a complaint from a German couple. Seized […]
Stolen AI access leaves companies with cloud bills of up to $1 million 2026-11-03 at 11:39 By Sinisa Markovic Criminals who break into corporate cloud accounts are using the stolen access to run AI models at the victim’s expense, in some cases racking up more than $100,000 in charges in a single day, Google Threat […]
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Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it 2026-11-02 at 17:50 By Mirko Zorz Google shut down the servers behind XCPE, a backdoor hidden in the firmware of Android TV set-top boxes. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group attributes the operation with high confidence to Videostrong Technology, the company that manufactured many of those boxes. More […]
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FBI pins $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist on North Korea while scammers circle anxious users 2026-11-02 at 12:12 By Sinisa Markovic North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the FBI has confirmed. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing information advising the Democratic People’s Republic of […]
FBI Flags Over 600 Addresses Tied to North Korea’s Binance Heist 2026-11-02 at 10:59 By Eduard Kovacs The FBI has officially pinned the $6 billion Binance hack on North Korea’s TraderTraitor as the attackers launder the stolen crypto. The post FBI Flags Over 600 Addresses Tied to North Korea’s Binance Heist appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]
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Ransomware gang talked AI agents into doing much of its dirty work 2026-11-02 at 07:00 By Sinisa Markovic The group behind the Aur0ra ransomware has been using AI agents to move through victim networks, collect credentials and work its way up to domain administrator access, according to Sophos. AI-assisted intrusion workflow (Source: Sophos) The company, […]
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Syrian Hacker Gets Prison Time in US After Over a Decade on the Run 2026-10-31 at 13:00 By Eduard Kovacs A US court sentenced Syrian hacker Ahmad Umar Agha to 42 months for pro-Assad attacks on media, businesses, and government entities. The post Syrian Hacker Gets Prison Time in US After Over a Decade on […]
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Bulletproof Host Virtualine Loses Its Domain to FBI Seizure 2026-10-30 at 15:36 By Ionut Arghire It allowed customers to host hack-for-hire services, supported ransomware and infostealer operators, and accepted crypto payments. The post Bulletproof Host Virtualine Loses Its Domain to FBI Seizure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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Claude Code extension poisoned with persistent SSH backdoor 2026-10-30 at 13:15 By Sinisa Markovic A tampered build of Anthropic’s Claude Code extension for VS Code-compatible editors planted an SSH backdoor on developers’ machines, researchers at macOS security firm Phorion have found. The company spotted the malicious package, version 2.1.313, on Open VSX, an open-source marketplace […]
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$2 Million+ Drained From Polymarket Traders in New Supply Chain Attack 2026-10-30 at 11:41 By Eduard Kovacs Malicious code linked to a website monitoring tool was designed to hijack logged-in Polymarket sessions and siphon user funds. The post $2 Million+ Drained From Polymarket Traders in New Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]
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Binance hit by $6.3 billion theft in what could be the biggest crypto heist on record 2026-10-30 at 10:26 By Sinisa Markovic About $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen from Binance in what might be the biggest crypto hack in history. “Binance’s initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s […]
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$6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor 2026-10-30 at 10:16 By Eduard Kovacs Blockchain analysts link the record crypto theft to North Korean hackers, as Binance probes a possibly compromised engineer laptop. The post $6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]
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Fake IT help desk callers got by on little more than names and email addresses 2026-10-30 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Attackers posing as IT help desk staff contacted employees by phone, email and Microsoft Teams in the third quarter of 2026 and talked them into opening remote access sessions, Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos […]
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Yoba malware hides in fake desktop versions of ChatGPT and Claude 2026-10-29 at 16:49 By Sinisa Markovic Fake GitHub projects posing as desktop versions of ChatGPT and Claude have been used to spread a malware chain that ends with a cryptocurrency miner, Check Point has found. The researchers have been tracking the campaign, dubbed Yoba, […]
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Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Gets 70 Months in US Prison 2026-10-28 at 17:24 By Ionut Arghire Artem Stryzhak was sentenced to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty to using Nefilim ransomware in attacks. The post Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Gets 70 Months in US Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]
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FBI seizes Virtualine, bulletproof hosting provider that promised to shield criminals from police 2026-10-28 at 14:40 By Sinisa Markovic The FBI has seized virtualine.net, the domain of a bulletproof hosting provider that laundered money for its criminal customers and kept a forum trading in child sexual abuse material online despite repeated warnings from police and […]