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October 20, 2025 • 3 min read • theVerge
The Friend AI pendants creator publicized a Friend protest in NYC
October 20, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Weekly Recap F5 Breached Linux Rootkits Pixnapping Attack EtherHiding More
It’s easy to think your defenses are solid — until you realize attackers have been inside them the whole time. The latest incidents show that long-term, silent breaches are becoming the norm. The best defense now isn’t just patching fast, but watching smarter and staying alert for what you don’t
October 20, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Analysing ClickFix 3 Reasons Why CopyPaste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches
ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHA — whatever you call it, attacks where users interact with malicious scripts in their web browser are a fast-growing source of security breaches. ClickFix attacks prompt the user to solve some kind of problem or challenge in the browser — most commonly a CAPTCHA, but also things
October 20, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of a WhatsApp Web automation extension for Google Chrome to spam Brazilian users at scale. The 131 spamware extensions share the same codebase, design patterns, and infrastructure, according to supply chain security company Socket. The browser add-ons collectively have
October 20, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems
China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out a premeditated cyber attack targeting the National Time Service Center (NTSC), as it described the U.S. as a hacker empire and the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace. The Ministry of State Security (MSS), in a WeChat post,
October 19, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide
Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that operated a SIM farm and enabled its customers to carry out a broad spectrum of crimes ranging from phishing to investment fraud. The coordinated law enforcement effort, dubbed Operation SIMCARTEL, saw 26 searches carried out, resulting in the
October 18, 2025 • 5 min read • theVerge
Motorolas Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this weeks best deals
October 18, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
New NET CAPI Backdoor Targets Russian Auto and E-Commerce Firms via Phishing ZIPs
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign that has likely targeted the Russian automobile and e-commerce sectors with a previously undocumented .NET malware dubbed CAPI Backdoor. According to Seqrite Labs, the attack chain involves distributing phishing emails containing a ZIP archive as a way to trigger the infection. The
October 18, 2025 • 1 min read • Hackernews
Silver Fox Expands Winos 40 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT
The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to target Japan and Malaysia with another remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as HoldingHands RAT (aka Gh0stBins). The campaign relied on phishing emails with PDFs that contained embedded malicious
October 17, 2025 • 3 min read • theVerge
Facebooks new button lets its AI look at photos you haven8217t uploaded yet