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‘Operation Groundwire’ Exposed? Pakistan’s Alleged Digital Influence Network | Plain Speak
22+ min ago (187+ words) The investigation examines what it identifies as Pakistan’s alleged ‘Operation Groundwire’, a purported digital influence effort aimed at shaping anti-India narratives among young Indians.According to the investigation, young journalism graduates are allegedly being recruited to create and distribute misleading…...
NPA turns up heat on digital crime syndicates
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (136+ words) The National Prosecuting Authority shifts its crime-fighting strategy from case numbers, to dismantling tech-enabled criminal networks....
US, UK, Dutch Agencies Expose Iranian ‘Chosen Brick’ Surveillance Malware
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (491+ words) US, UK, and Dutch government agencies published a report detailing the malware, and the FBI described the abuse of Telegram for C&C. Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies in the US, UK, and Netherlands have issued a joint advisory warning of a…...
KREMLIN Malware Exposed: Brazilian Banking Operation Uses
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280,000 Impacted by Premier Medical Group Data Breach
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (325+ words) New York healthcare provider Premier Medical Group (PMG) is notifying over 280,000 patients that their personal and medical information was stolen in a data breach. The data breach occurred in June, when some of PMG’s systems were disrupted, the healthcare provider…...
Iranian Hackers Use Fake MRI Results to Infect Victims With CHOSEN BRICK Spyware
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (636+ words) Iranian state-linked hackers are using fake MRI scan results to infect selected people with CHOSEN BRICK, a Windows spyware family built for long-term surveillance. The campaign has targeted individuals in the United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands since at least…...
Unit 42: AI Agents Breach Firm in 10 Hours, 50+ TTPs
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (907+ words) This is a news analysis of what the September 2 case actually shows, how it fits into 18 months of escalating agentic AI attacks and other cybersecurity threats in 2026, what it’s already costing companies according to IBM’s 2026 breach data, and how vendors…...
PAPERMILL Malware Campaign Abuses Signed Notepad++ to Deliver VenomRAT to Windows Users
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (600+ words) A newly identified phishing operation tracked as PAPERMILL is abusing a legitimately signed Notepad++ executable, DLL sideloading, and layered in-memory loaders to install VenomRAT on Windows systems. The campaign uses tax-audit lures aimed at Indian recipients and reflects a broader…...
Luciferus Uncensored AI Advertised on Hacker Forums for Malware and RAT Development
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (410+ words) Sophos Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers identified the offering on August 24, 2026, in a post on the Exploit underground forum. The forum account was created on April 18 and was marked with a “coding / coder” activity label. By September 4, the account had…...
China-Aligned Hackers Hide PeckBirdy Malware C2 Inside Casino and Adult Websites
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (653+ words) Exploiting a vast and routinely ignored category of internet infrastructure to blend malware traffic into apparent gambling activity. The activity expands on earlier findings by Trend Micro, which identified PeckBirdy as a flexible JScript-based C2 framework used by China-aligned actors against…...