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- July 3rd, 2025 - (Posted in Hacking revolution)
The hacker culture is a fascinating subject. It is a rich mine of outlandish innovation, genius and intuition. Of bizarre characters, of fatalistic humor, of memes, but above all culture, engineering and science. But while Linux has its penguin, BSD has its daemon and Perl His camel, what has always...

Xehook Stealer: The Rise and Sale of a Formidable Stealer Malware

Introduction Xehook Stealer is a sophisticated malware targeting Windows operating systems, first discovered in January 2024. Within a year, Xehook has rapidly gained notoriety for its advanced data collection capabilities and support for over 110 cryptocurrencies and 2FA extensions. Starting

DataLeak Microsoft: 4GB of Microsoft PlayReady Code Made Public!

On June 11, a Microsoft engineer inadvertently made 4GB of internal code related to Microsoft PlayReady public. The information leak occurred on the Microsoft Developer Community, a forum dedicated to developers. Details of the Information Leak The leaked material included:

Linux Kernel UAF 0-day Vulnerability on sale in the Dark Web 

Recently, a security alert shaked the infosec environment: A malicious actor has announced the sale of Use After Free (UAF) 0-day vulnerability affecting the Linux Kernel on the well-known darknet forum BreachForum. The vulnerabilit permits high privileges code execution to

WordPress: Five Plugins Found with Malicious Code

On June 24, 2024, Wordfence revealed a supply chain attack on WordPress plugins, leading to the compromise of five plugins with malicious code. The affected plugins are: The malicious code aimed to create a new admin user and inject SEO

Julian Assange Free! Freedom Reclaimed After Five Years of Detention

London, June 25, 2024 – Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released yesterday from the maximum-security Belmarsh prison after spending 1901 days in detention. The news was announced by WikiLeaks on the social media platform X, confirming that Assange

BlackByte: The Return of the Gang after a few months of inactivity

In recent years, the cybersecurity landscape has been marked by ongoing ransomware attacks , with criminal groups constantly evolving to evade defenses. One such group, known as BlackByte, recently returned to action after months of inactivity, reviving its double extortion strategy and

Sale of a 0Day RCE Exploit for GLPI HelpDesk

- July 18th, 2024

Recently, a user on the Breachforums known as "cisc0" posted an announcement regarding the sale of a 0Day exploit for GLPI HelpDesk. According to the user, this exploit works on...

  

Play Ransomware Claims Attack on MIPS Technologies

- July 18th, 2024

In the last few hours, the Data Leak site of the ransomware gang Play Ransomware has published a new claim: the giant MIPS Technologies (www.mips.com) has been the victim of...

  

Data Breach: Personal Information of 6K NATO Employees for Sale

- July 18th, 2024

On July 17, 2024, user Vadimblyaa posted on a well-known cybercriminal forum, claiming to possess personal information of 6,000 NATO employees, acquired through a data breach that occurred on July...

  

Alleged Cyber Attack on Sheba Medical Center: Israel’s Largest Hospital

- July 16th, 2024

The Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel and ranked ninth in the world, has recently fallen victim to an alleged data breach. A pro-Palestinian hacker group known as...

  

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