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Oops: Botnet Operator Botches Crypto Campaign
This Redis botnet operator forgot the first rule of crypto mining: don't leave your notes online.
After 23 Years, Sality Botnet’s AOL-Era Reign Finally Ends
Sality outlasted Napster, MySpace, and Vine. It took a protocol-level trick, not a raid, to finally take it down.
Feds Make Login.gov Mandatory: Fraud Gaps Persist
Login.gov is becoming the federal front door for taxes, benefits and public services, even as GSA works to close fraud gaps and fix longstanding technical problems.
Two New RATs, One Very Bad Coding Interview
Iranian hackers borrow North Korea's "dream job" playbook to hit fintech, aviation developers
White House Declares Cyber National Emergency Over Power Grid Backdoors
The White House declares a national emergency over the security of America's power grid — and moves to lock certain foreign-made equipment out of it.
Fully Autonomous AI Agent Executed a Ransomware Attack, NCC Group Says
JADEPUFFER ran an intrusion from initial compromise through extortion with no human steering it — but researchers say money wasn't the point.
The Cyber Resilience Act: America’s Next EU Compliance Headache
Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act starts a 24-hour vulnerability-reporting clock Sept. 11. Many U.S. companies selling into the EU are still figuring out whether they’re ready.
CareCloud Data Breach Balloons to 3.7 Million, 10x Initial Estimate
CareCloud's data breach now affects over 3.7 million individuals, significantly higher than the initial estimate of 350,000, following updates from federal health authorities on the incident's scope.
WordPress ‘Link Factory’ Plugin Wasn’t Vulnerable. It Was a Backdoor, Researcher says
WordPress SEO plugin gets a perfect 10 severity score — not for a coding mistake, but because researchers say the software itself was built to give a remote operator control.
Feds Can’t Keep Pace With CVE Tsunami, Leaving Defenders to Triage in the Dark
A Flashpoint report reveals nearly one-third of disclosed vulnerabilities in 2026 lacked timely federal analysis, leaving security teams struggling to prioritize patching amidst rapidly evolving AI-driven threats.