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Hackers Use Fake Streaming Apps to Spread Mirax Android Malware and Steal Bank Accounts

Hackers are using streaming app lures to distribute Mirax. This Android banking trojan lets operators remotely control victims’ phones and initiate fraudulent transfers. Estimated losses reach millions of dollars, although confirmed cases capture only part of the campaign’s impact. The operation remained active when Group-IB published its November 5 investigation. Researchers linked the infections

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10 Security Ratings Services: The 2026 Buyer’s Verdict Guide

Security ratings grade organizations from the outside exposed services, patch cadence, breach signals and the scores now move real money: insurance pricing, vendor tiers, board dashboards. The buyer’s duty is knowing what a score can and can’t see, and this roster needs two honesty notes up front: NormShield is Black Kite’s former name (one company, […] The post 10 Security Ratings Services: The 2

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CERT-In Flags AI-Driven Attacks as Backdoored ARTEX Exposes 62 Consoles to Root Access

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has disclosed that an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted threat actor it tracks as Crafty Falcon is targeting organizations in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sectors in the country. Describing the threat as active and ongoing, the activity involves the use of publicly-available AI-driven offensive security tools

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Binance Reveals How Fake Job Interviews and AI Tool Abuse Led to $6.43 Billion Theft

Binance on Tuesday said the record-setting theft of $6.43 billion in assets from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange was the culmination of a "sophisticated, multi-stage campaign" that involved the use of a tampered Homebrew installation and recruitment-themed social engineering attack targeting two of its engineers. "It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident,"

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Hackers Exploit BTCPay Server Flaw to Steal Bitcoin and Litecoin From Hot Wallets

BTCPay Server, a self-hosted, open-source cryptocurrency payment processor, has urged users to install the latest version of its software in response to reports of Bitcoin and Litecoin being stolen from hot wallets on instances running older versions. "Our investigation found that these attacks targeted servers running BTCPay Server 2.4.1 (released on 23 July 2026) or earlier," BTCPay Server

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Attackers Target Unpatched CryptoPayment Gateway Flaw That Can Expose Wallet Credentials

Threat actors are attempting to exploit an unpatched maximum-severity security vulnerability in the CryptoPayment Gateway WordPress plugin, according to findings from Defused Cyber. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-81648, which carries a CVSS score of 10.0. Successful exploitation of the flaw could permit unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the server and extract

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U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering

The United Kingdom has issued economic sanctions against Cryptomus, a chameleonic cryptocurrency platform that experts say serves as a major conduit for payments related to ransomware, narcotics, darknet markets, fraud and cybercrime services that are helping Russia circumvent existing financial restrictions.

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