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Aaron Leong - Wed, Mar 04, 2026
A sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit, suspected to have originated within U.S. government-linked development circles, has surfaced in the wild as a weapon used by both foreign intelligence services and opportunistic cybercriminals. It's...
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Chris Harper - Tue, Mar 03, 2026
Even in the world of cyber-criminals, there are some targets that simply won't earn you any admiration. One such case is a cyber attack involving the University of Hawaii's Cancer Center Epidemiology Division, with the data targeted...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Mar 03, 2026
The National Consumers League has released its annual fraud report detailing the many scams that most consumers have fallen for. As you'd expect, AI is playing a large role in how the threat landscape has evolvedthis past year.While the...
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Chris Harper - Fri, Feb 27, 2026
AirSnitch is a newly-revealed attack on Wi-Fi networks that work across all major router brands and firmwares, including DD-WRT and OpenWrt. In an alarming turn for cybersecurity, researchers revealed a form of Wi-Fi attack that can...
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Chris Harper - Mon, Feb 23, 2026
iOS users may already be aware of the commercial spyware dubbed Predator, but may not know exactly what it's capable. Fortunately, malware researchers Nir Avraham and Hu Ke have published a detailed write-up on how the Predator spyware...
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Chris Harper - Fri, Feb 20, 2026
PayPal just disclosed a data breach that exposed sensitive user information, including social security numbers. From July 1st, 2025 to December 12th, 2025, a software glitch in PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) loan applications allowed...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Feb 19, 2026
Cybersecurity professionals at Threat Fabric have uncovered a campaign utilizing a new piece of malicious software to target Android users. Massiv, a banking trojan, is described by the security researchers as a new Device Takeover malware...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Feb 16, 2026
Attention all Chrome users, Google is rolling out an emergency patch to address a high-severity zero-day security flaw in the world's most popular browser (by market share), and it's not one you want to ignore. That is because Google...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Feb 10, 2026
Researchers at the security firm iVerify have discovered a new piece of malware dubbed ZeroDayRAT, which can be used to compromise both Android and iOS devices. The company describes it as a complete mobile compromise toolkit typically...
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Chris Harper - Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Remember the WinRAR path handling exploit we reported on back in August? According to Google, that same flaw, officially dubbed CVE-2025-8088, is still being actively exploited, even though versions of WinRAR newer than v7.12 have been...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Jan 26, 2026
Beware, a sneaky new variation of the homogaph phishing method is proving yet again that what you see isn't always what you get. Cybercriminals are using a nearly invisible typographical trick to impersonate Microsoft and Marriott websites...
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Chris Harper - Fri, Jan 16, 2026
Users of Bluetooth accessories bewarea vulnerability was found in the commonly-used Google Fast Pair standard in August of 2025, and an active exploit dubbed WhisperPair is out in the wild. The WhisperPair exploit allows for...
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Chris Harper - Thu, Jan 15, 2026
As AI gets more heavily integrated into Windows, enhanced cybersecurity is required to prevent it from being used against us. Take Reprompt, for example. Reprompt is a Copilot exploit, that can use multi-stage prompts to steal user data...
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Aaron Leong - Tue, Jan 13, 2026
Phishing scammers are getting really good at obtaining your personal information via a sophisticated method called Browser-in-Browser (BitB). To wit, a surge of Facebook BitB attacks are hitting unwitting users, but here's how to detect...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Jan 06, 2026
Windows users will need to be a bit more cautious, as researchers at security firm Securonix have uncovered a new ClickFix malware campaign, dubbed PHALT#BLYX, targeting Microsofts operating system. The threat actors behind this campaign are leveraging several techniques to install malicious...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Jan 02, 2026
Security firm Koi has been busy lately. Its researchers have not only uncovered a sprawling spyware campaign, but they're also keeping tabs on the ever-evolving malware dubbed GlassWorm. In its latest form, GlassWorm has shifted from...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Dec 17, 2025
The security research team at iVerify Threat Intelligence have discovered a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that has been dubbed Cellik, and which istargeting Android users. It includes features typically seen on advanced spyware and...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Security researchers at Rapid7 Labs have unmasked a new piece of malware dubbed SantaStealer, which got its name due to the proximity of Christmas. If this app makes its way down the chimney, though its looking for more than just milk and...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 11, 2025
HP Threat Research just issued a new security report detailing a growing trend by attackers towards hijacking session cookies as an alternative means to tried-and-true credential theft. The reason hackers are finding a bigger appetite for sessions cookies is because today's hybrid work...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Dec 11, 2025
The holidays may be upon us, but that isnt slowing down threat actors. Zimperiums zlabs research team has discovered a new piece of malware targeting Android users, dubbed DroidLock, that aims to completely hijack a device and enable the...
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Chris Harper - Thu, Dec 11, 2025
Those of you using WinRAR, Windows 10, or both should be on high alert. Two new vulnerabilities have been documented in the wild and are being actively exploited. As of this week, The National Coordinator for Critical Infrastructure...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Dec 02, 2025
Android users need to be checking their devices for available updates after Googles recent security bulletin listed 107 security flaws in the mobile operating system, which will be fixed in the security patches of 2025-12-05 or later. Two...
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