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- ‘Payroll pirate’ hackers diverting salary payments from university employees, Microsoft says
on October 9, 2025 at 5:23 pmA phishing campaign is gaining access to universities’ third-party platforms and routing employee paychecks to accounts controlled by hackers, researchers said.
- Discord says 70,000 users had government IDs exposed in third-party breach
on October 9, 2025 at 4:21 pmThe social media platform Discord said about 70,000 users had their government IDs stolen by cybercriminals, as the company sought to dispel claims by the purported hackers of a larger breach.
- Major US law firm says hackers broke into attorneys’ emails accounts
on October 8, 2025 at 4:39 pmWhile the firm did not specify which nation-state it believes the hacker is affiliated with, The New York Times reported that sources have said it is China.
- China-linked hackers target Asian organizations with Nezha monitoring tool
on October 8, 2025 at 4:12 pmIncident responders at cybersecurity firm Huntress said they initially came across the campaign while investigating a vulnerable, public-facing web application that was the source of an intrusion at the beginning of August.
- Russian hackers turn to AI as old tactics fail, Ukrainian CERT says
on October 8, 2025 at 1:46 pmRussian hackers are now using AI not only to write phishing messages but also to generate malicious code itself.
