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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > bengalseo-poisons-bing-search-results.html

BengalSEO Poisons Bing Search Results to Deliver MayaBot and Tech Support Scams

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1052+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a sprawling search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that paves the way for malware deployment and tech support scams. The campaign, discovered by the DFIR Report in March 2026, has been codenamed BengalSEO. It has…...


thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > malicious-apache-modules-hijack.html

Malicious Apache Modules Hijack Brazilian Government Site Traffic to Push Betting Pages

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (693+ words) A Chinese-speaking cybercrime cluster known as Gambling Goblin has been observed installing malicious Apache modules on compromised web servers run by Brazilian government and educational institutions, and using them to divert visitors to attacker-controlled pages promoting online gambling and sports…...


thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > authorities-turn-salitys-p2p-network.html

Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (937+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation. "Cybercriminals, botnets, and malware are a clear and present danger to our nation's security…...


thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > hackers-compromised-14500-dahua-devices.html

Hackers Compromised 14,500+ Dahua Devices Using Credential Attacks, Auth Bypasses, and P2P

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (663+ words) Cybersecurity researchers at Hunt.io have disclosed details of a campaign that they say compromised more than 14,530 Dahua devices between June 17 and July 22, 2026, using credential attacks, two authentication-bypass flaws, and a peer-to-peer (P2P) relay technique. The activity, codenamed Operation CameraSwarm, was…...


thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > stopandprotect-uses-nearly-2000-hacked.html

StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (823+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track the status of the activity. "The operation…...


thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > unisoc-volte-video-call-exploit-chain.html

Unisoc VoLTE Video Call Exploit Chain Can Give Attackers Full Android Kernel Access

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (624+ words) Security researchers at SSD Secure Disclosure have published a two-stage exploit chain that achieves full Android kernel access on devices running Unisoc modem firmware through a VoLTE video call, with no fix from the chipset maker. The advisory, published August…...