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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, 4+ day ago   (663+ words) Users of affected Dahua products are advised to install the corresponding fix software or newer firmware...attributed the 14,530-plus total to three attack paths - The two 2021 flaws are authentication-bypass vulnerabilities...National Vulnerability Database (NVD) currently assigns each a CVSS score…...

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

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

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (624+ words) The privilege-escalation vulnerability is classified as CWE-1189, Improper Isolation of Shared Resources...Running the complete chain requires a modem-level foothold from the March 2026 RCE vulnerability first...The researchers built their proof-of-concept environment using an open-source 4G core network, a software-defined...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > breeze-comet-executes-hundreds-of.html

Breeze Comet Executes Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions via Brazilian Payment Systems

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (466+ words) Mandiant teams described the threat actor as "specializing in manipulating payment systems and banking software...Alternatively, the group has targeted vulnerable JBoss AS servers to deploy web shells, which are then...actor's primary targets are organizations with permission to conduct…...

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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, 4+ day ago   (823+ words) "The operation doesn't rely on a single piece of malware, but on a whole toolkit of criminal software...for instance, runs a WordPress version from 2021, making it susceptible to roughly 40 different vulnerabilities...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > trezor-says-shipmonk-breach-exposed.html

Trezor Says ShipMonk Breach Exposed 67,000 U.S. Customers' Data It Said Was Deleted

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (473+ words) Holborn said the software supply chain attack highlights the need for organizations to have complete..."The Trezor breach was the result of a supply chain attack beginning with a zero-day vulnerability,"...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > autonomous-ai-agents-compromise.html

Autonomous AI Agents Compromise Thousands of Credentials in Under Six Hours

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (530+ words) Google noted that the integration of AI-assisted coding tools has not only accelerated software development...The integration of AI is said to have allowed the system to autonomously manage the vulnerability scanning...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > researchers-use-claude-to-port-pre-auth.html

Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (827+ words) to enable deep lateral movement in operational technology (OT) networks, exploiting multiple vulnerabilities...Manual review "suggested that this may be a separate, previously unidentified, vulnerability," Forescout...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > attackers-steal-metr-api-key-and.html

Attackers Steal METR API Key and Consume AI Credits Worth About $600,000

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (594+ words) However, the "vibe-coded app" suffered from a "fail-open vulnerability" that silently disabled authentication...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > liquid-hackers-return-3400-bitcoin.html

Liquid Hackers Return 3,400 Bitcoin Taken via Elements Bug, Still Holding $47M in BTC

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (636+ words) SideSwap said a bug in Elements had created the L-BTC used in that withdrawal, the software Liquid runs...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > threat-actors-dont-want-better-attacks.html

Threat Actors Don’t Want Better Attacks. They Want Repeatable Ones

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1263+ words) Verizon’s most recent Data Breach Investigations Report makes the exploitation of vulnerabilities “the...

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