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Biggest this week
- Westcon-Comstor posts record US$3.37B first-half sales as APAC demand for AI, cloud and cyber accelerates — Reseller News (NZ), 2d ago
- GitHub Octoverse 2026 — Simon Willison (AI), 4d ago
- Binance Suffers Security Breach Affecting $6.3 Billion in Assets, Nearly $3 Billion Frozen — The Hacker News, 2d ago
- Upwind Security Raises $400 Million at $3.8 Billion Valuation — SecurityWeek, 4d ago
- Binance hit by record $6.3 billion crypto hack, scrambles to freeze funds — The Record, 2d ago
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[Virtual Event] Cybersecurity Outlook 2027
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CVSS 10.0 LXD, MicroCloud Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Trusted Clients Without a Private Key
A critical flaw in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud let an attacker log in as a trusted client without holding that client's private key. To do it, the attacker had to reach their HTTPS API over the network and have the trusted clie…
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Hackers Steal About $2.7 Million From Polymarket Traders via Hijacked DebugBear Script
Malicious code on the website of prediction market Polymarket sold some signed-in traders' positions and moved their funds to the hackers on October 29. The code had replaced a page-speed script that the site loaded from an outsid…
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NetamLoader Malware Targets Government Windows 10 Systems in Asia via .NET Injection
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what has been described as a "highly sophisticated infection chain" targeting government organizations in Asia. The activity, detailed by Kaspersky this week, targeted a custom W…
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FBI Links North Korea's TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially attributed the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-aligned elite hacking group also tracked as Jade Sleet, Pressure Chollima…
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Reddit to lock content behind logins to fight scrapers
Reddit announced in a post by co-founder Steve Huffman that the site will gradually become a "logged-in service," offering limited access to visitors without accounts. [...]
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Syrian Hacker Gets Prison Time in US After Over a Decade on the Run
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 the Run appeared first on Se…
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Cloudflare Reports 18.2 Million Network-Layer DDoS Attacks in Q3, Up 38%
Threat actors are launching about 8,226 network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks per hour, Cloudflare revealed Thursday. The web infrastructure and security company said it autonomously mitigated 18.2 million net…
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My Fugly TV
Innovation is great, things get better, smarter, sleeker, cleaner, and overall improve your experience until they don t. When I was a young lad, we had a TV (a colour one mind you, before you make some jokes about my age which is …
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dbreunig/nesformer
dbreunig/nesformer Inspired by qwenputer by Divyansh Agrawal, Drew Breunig baked a working emulator for a Nintendo Entertainment System 6502 CPU into the weights of Qwen3.5-4B. You can now play NES ROMs such as Super Mario Bros (v…
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Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Off California Coast
Neat video : The sighting, announced September 2, marks the first time anyone has spotted a live bigfin squid, which belongs to the Magnapinna genus, in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. As usual, you can also use this squid post to…
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Why VPNs Are Worth Defending
Developers of virtual private network (VPN) apps are reporting that their products are again being pulled from Apple’s App Store in Russia. This is an unacceptable crackdown on a vital tool to protect privacy and speech online. Wh…
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It's the Energy Changing the Frames
A slumped figure sits beside a dim ember in the deep purple shadow of a stone tower, while the same figure climbs its lit face holding a lantern high/images/energy-changes-the-frames.webp/images/energy-changes-the-frames.webp I th…
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Your Energy Changes How You See the World
A slumped figure sits beside a dim ember in the deep purple shadow of a stone tower, while the same figure climbs its lit face holding a lantern high/images/energy-changes-the-frames.webp/images/energy-changes-the-frames.webp I th…
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Behind the Scenes of How Operation Blackout Went Down
A recent law enforcement operation to dismantle harmful scam centers was a big success. A threat intelligence expert walks us through what happened and why he wants more of the same.
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Apple notifications alert victims in 99 countries about mercenary spyware infections
The notifications come shortly before the Pall Mall Process is nearing final negotiations on guidelines for the use of commercial hacking tools. The post Apple notifications alert victims in 99 countries about mercenary spyware in…
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From help desk impersonation to AD CS abuse: Investigating ESC1 and ESC8 intrusion paths
Teams support impersonation led to remote access, malicious runtime execution, and Certificate Services abuse through authentication relay and Kerberos. The post From help desk impersonation to AD CS abuse: Investigating ESC1 and …
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California officials confirm grand jury subpoenas as states, civil groups brace to protect elections from federal encroachment
Los Angeles County officials told CyberScoop they received multiple grand jury subpoenas investigating alleged election fraud. States and civil groups call it a federal power play. The post California officials confirm grand jury …
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Trezor warns of suspected crypto-theft implant in hardware wallet
Hardware wallet device maker Trezor has received credible reports about a suspected hardware crypto-theft implant in a Trezor Safe 5 sold by its reseller CryptoBilis in Southeast Asia. [...]
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The Binance hack: what we know so far
As crypto thefts go, the Binance hack is the largest on record, but its real lesson applies to any business that moves money through software. The reported $6.3bn theft at Binance raises questions about how trusted systems authori…
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L’Italia è afflitta da vulnerabilità informatiche, senza una causa chiara
I ricercatori non riescono a spiegare del tutto perché le minacce informatiche in Italia siano così diverse rispetto a quelle di qualsiasi altro Paese.
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Defense contractor pleads guilty to aiding North Korean remote worker scheme
The 62-year-old allowed co-conspirators to use his identity and top secret security clearance to apply for almost 100 jobs last year. The scheme’s success rate was limited. The post Defense contractor pleads guilty to aiding North…
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PHP2Shell Attacks Root Palo Alto Firewalls but Fail Against WordPress
Over 22.6 million exposed instances are potentially affected by the critical PHP flaws that have been targeted for over a week. The post PHP2Shell Attacks Root Palo Alto Firewalls but Fail Against WordPress appeared first on Secur…
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Syrian hacker who served Assad regime gets 42 months in US prison
Ahmad Umar Agha is best known for posting a fake Associated Press tweet claiming President Obama was injured in a White House bombing. The post Syrian hacker who served Assad regime gets 42 months in US prison appeared first on Cy…
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Syrian Electronic Army hacker gets prison time for attacks on Western targets
Ahmad Umar Agha, known online as “Th3Pr0,” was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Virginia to 42 months behind bars for his role in a conspiracy that was organized by former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's closest advisers.
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North Korea-linked group steals $6.3B from Binance in largest-ever cryptocurrency hack
Blockchain analysis firms say they have worked with Binance to freeze roughly half of the stolen money, and the exchange said it would cover all losses.
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Undead Software Projects Continue to Raise Security Risks
A security firm patched a decade-old app to prevent the takeover of millions of machines, highlighting that abandoned domains remain a boon to attackers.
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Passkeys Are Better Than Passwords. But They Are Not Enough.
As organizations eliminate passwords, attackers will adapt. Instead of attacking the authenticator directly, they will look for opportunities around it. The post Passkeys Are Better Than Passwords. But They Are Not Enough. appeare…
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Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist
Binance scrambles to freeze billions after record-breaking hack linked to North Korea.
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Assad regime hacker who caused $136 billion market drop sentenced to 42 months
A Syrian man who used a hijacked news agency Twitter account to post a fake report of explosions at the White House has been sentenced to 42 months in prison, the US Department of Justice has announced. Ahmad Umar Agha, also known…
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Into the Breach: A New Cybersecurity Docuseries Hosted By Kari Byron
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Oct. 30, 2026 – Watch Into the Breach on YouTube Hosted by Kari Byron (MythBusters) and produced by Cyber King Productions, a new docuseries ex…
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British spy agency cannot account for thousands of data storage devices, watchdog says
The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) in its annual report for 2025, published Thursday, said it was “very concerned” and “disappointed with the time it has taken GCHQ to investigate” the issue.
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Hackers target government Windows systems in Asia with new malware
The previously unknown malware, dubbed NetamLoader, uses legitimate Microsoft software components to execute malicious code, evade security tools and download additional programs onto infected computers.
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Trezor Warns of Suspected Hardware Implant in One of Its Wallets Sold by CryptoBilis
A Trezor Safe 5 hardware wallet bought from the reseller CryptoBilis has an extra circuit board that sends out the recovery phrase over a mobile network, a customer has reported. Trezor has not yet examined the device. It is telli…
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Why Urgent Security Fixes Aren't Fixed. Observe, Prove, Act, Confirm Gets Them Moving
The alert is critical. The fix is known. And the ticket sits in a queue for days. Security teams understand the risk, but the people who keep applications available need proof that the change won’t break anything. Their concerns a…
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The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Was Pulled Off in Just 20 Minutes
Multiple crypto-tracing firms say notorious North Korean hackers TraderTraitor may be behind the largest digital heist in history—with billions of crypto likely gone for good.
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Polymarket confirms cyberattack on third-party provider after outages
The company suffered outages starting at 2pm EST on Thursday and eventually attributed the downtime to a compromise involving an unnamed provider.
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Russian popular home goods chain faces days of disruption following cyberattack
Poryadok, which operates 48 stores across 32 Russian cities, first reported technical problems on Sunday, saying its website, mobile app and physical stores were temporarily unavailable.
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Microsoft finally fixes VPN issues caused by September updates
Microsoft has resolved Always On VPN connection failures triggered after installing the September 2026 Windows 11 security updates. [...]
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Syrian Hacker Behind Fake Tweet That Triggered $136 Billion Market Drop Gets 42 Months in Prison
Ahmad Umar Agha, a Syrian Electronic Army hacker known online as "Th3Pr0," has been sentenced by a U.S. federal court to 42 months in prison for his role in a hacking conspiracy that targeted Western news outlets. The conspiracy w…
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Hackers leak personnel data of 41,000+ Homeland Security staff, including ICE and border agents
The US Department of Homeland Security has had the details of more than 41,000 staff, including ICE and CBP agents, published online. Not ideal for an organisation with "Security" in its name. Read more in my article on the Hot fo…
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$2 Million+ Drained From Polymarket Traders in New Supply Chain Attack
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 Secur…
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Binance links $6.3 billion crypto theft to compromised DevOps laptop
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has linked the theft of about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency to a DevOps engineer's compromised laptop. [...]
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Binance hit by $6.3 billion theft in what could be the biggest crypto heist on record
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 lap…
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$6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor
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 …
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As Russia's Cyberwar Evolves, Belarus Steps Forward
The FrostyNeighbor advanced persistent threat (APT) launched a destructive attack in Ukraine and is raising concerns about deeper alignment with Russian cyber objectives.
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From the USSR with power: the Aswan dam and lotus tower!
We began our cruise along the great Nile River in the city of Aswan. That s a name familiar to anyone who grew up in the USSR in the seventies/eighties – and, I m told, in the UK, where, apparently, its main feature (see below) wa…
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What exactly is ISOC? And what does it mean for you?
Gartner recently released a new category of assessing security tools: the Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC). Even though SIEM isn’t going anywhere, a rapidly evolving threat landscape is forcing a shift in industry logi…
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Scammers rebuild fake shopping sites within hours of a takedown
One retail scam used more than 1,200 look-alike .shop domains sharing a single IP address. The sites reused HTML, JavaScript and payment-page designs intended to harvest card numbers, expiry dates and security codes, according Aka…
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Binance Suffers Security Breach Affecting $6.3 Billion in Assets, Nearly $3 Billion Frozen
Cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Thursday that a "security incident" on its platform has impacted about $6.3 billion worth of assets. The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange said nearly $3 billion of those assets have been…
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