- Dutch ShinyHunters Suspect Investigated for Trying to Arrange 2 Murders
by Waqas on September 29, 2026 at 10:08 pmDutch police say a ShinyHunters suspect is also suspected of trying to arrange two murders abroad, a case separate from the cybercrime investigation.
- When to Use Stablecoins for Cross-Border Business Paymentsby Owais Sultan on September 29, 2026 at 5:51 pm
Learn when stablecoins work for cross-border payments and how businesses can compare settlement speed, FX costs, fees and liquidity with traditional payment rails.
- Hackers Use Hijacked University Emails to Scam Students, Pose as FBI Agentby Deeba Ahmed on September 29, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Students, job seekers and university staff, watch out for fake job offers sent from legitimate university email accounts.
- Phishing Exposure Nears 70% Across Key US Industries. What Should Security Teams Do?by Owais Sultan on September 29, 2026 at 12:12 pm
Phishing exposure reached 69.9% across five key US industries, with finance and manufacturing facing the highest levels, according to ANY.RUN data.
- Teen Hacker Finds Auth Flaw in Microsoft System With 17.3 Trillion Data Rowsby Deeba Ahmed on September 29, 2026 at 11:22 am
A teen hacker found an authentication flaw in Microsoft’s Titan analytics service, where metadata indicated an estimated 17.3…
- Exclusive: ShinyHunters Says FBI Data Won’t Be Leaked When Ultimatum Endsby Waqas on September 28, 2026 at 9:45 pm
ShinyHunters tells Hackread it never planned to publish or sell stolen FBI data and says its ultimatum was part of a marketing campaign to counter FBI claims.
- Previously Convicted Dutch Hacker Arrested in ShinyHunters Odido Probeby Waqas on September 28, 2026 at 5:43 pm
Dutch police arrested convicted hacker Pepijn van der Stap in the ShinyHunters probe into the Odido breach, which exposed data belonging to millions of customers.
- Fake Email Thread Tricks AI Summarizer Without Hidden Textby Deeba Ahmed on September 28, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Forcepoint X-Labs has published new research showing that indirect prompt injection against AI email summarizers can work without…
- Beyond Account-Level Risk: An Evidence-to-Action Pipeline for Detecting Fraud Ringsby Nissan Modi on September 28, 2026 at 12:11 pm
Linkage analysis connects accounts, devices and infrastructure to detect coordinated fraud rings that traditional account-level risk controls may fail to identify.
- Tech Support Scam Kit Uses Google Ads to Deliver Fake Security Alertsby Deeba Ahmed on September 28, 2026 at 10:22 am
Google Ads deliver a tech support scam kit that shows fake security alerts, makes browsers appear locked and…
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