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Hackers abuse refrigeration controllers to send spam and route proxy traffic

Internet-exposed refrigeration controllers used in supermarkets and cold storage facilities are being hijacked and turned into infrastructure for a suspected spam botnet and …

deepfakes
Trio accused of using deepfake CEOs and bogus lawyers to scam businesses out of $129 million

Three men allegedly used deepfakes of company CEOs and law firm attorneys to trick employees into wiring more than $129 million to accounts the group controlled, the Justice …

France
$133 million stolen from French bank via exploited service provider

Attackers siphoned an estimated $133 million from Crédit Mutuel Arkéa by using the bank’s own account to wire money to other banks, from where it was possibly converted into …

OpenSSH
OpenSSH flaw exploited in the wild just hours after disclosure (CVE-2026-123158)

An OpenSSH flaw that lets remote attackers log into passwordless accounts on Alpine Linux and other musl-based systems is being exploited, threat intelligence firm Previdian …

White House
Residential proxy traffic caught leaving the White House network

The White House network has been working as an exit point for residential proxy services, a setup that may open a path into one of the most closely guarded networks in the …

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US agencies warn attackers are targeting refrigeration systems that protect food and medicine

Threat actors are going after the controllers that keep grocery store freezers and cold storage rooms at safe temperatures, and they may push those units into continuous …

travel scams
Rental phishing sites use live chat to win over hesitant travelers

Holiday travelers looking for a place to stay are landing on copies of popular rental platforms, complete with host names, ratings and reviews, that ask for their passwords, …

Norway
Cyberattack on Norway’s aid agency may have swept up all user data

The names and email addresses of 20,614 people registered on Norad’s Grants Portal may have ended up in the hands of attackers, Norway’s development aid agency has disclosed. …

GTA 6
Scammers capitalize on GTA 6 hype to push malware and crypto cons

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 …

OpenAI
OpenAI’s upcoming AI model built 948 working Linux root exploits in a single run

An automated system running on an upcoming AI model turned hundreds of Linux kernel bugs into working exploits that give an ordinary user root access, and wrote a patch for …

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Russian hackers target iOS and Android users with n-day exploits

Russia’s APT29 has been using compromised websites, lookalike domains and a hijacked web analytics service to target iOS and Android users with exploits for patched flaws and …

Binance
Fake job interview opened the door to $6.34 billion Binance heist

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 …

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