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1. X hit by ‘massive cyberattack’ amid Dark Storm’s DDoS claims

   By Karlston, March 10, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 1,020 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 10, 2025

2. X users fed up with constant stream of malicious crypto ads

   By Karlston, January 6, 2024   

   • x/twitter
   • malicious ads
   • 1 comment
   • 1,711 views
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • January 6, 2024

3. Nearly 11 million SSH servers vulnerable to new Terrapin attacks

   By Karlston, January 3, 2024   

   • ssh
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,427 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 3, 2024

4. Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy

   By Karlston, June 29, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 779 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 29, 2025

5. The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2023

   By Karlston, January 2, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 1,544 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 2, 2024

6. Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak

   By Karlston, January 12   

   • instagram
   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 368 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 12

7. Multiple botnets exploiting one-year-old TP-Link flaw to hack routers

   By Karlston, April 17, 2024   

   • tp-link
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,402 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 17, 2024

8. Over a thousand online shops hacked to show fake product listings

   By Karlston, October 31, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 998 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 31, 2024

9. New 5Ghoul attack impacts 5G phones with Qualcomm, MediaTek chips

   By Karlston, December 8, 2023   

   • 5g
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,473 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 8, 2023

10. 50K WordPress sites exposed to RCE attacks by critical bug in backup plugin

    By Karlston, December 12, 2023   

    • wordpress
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,794 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 12, 2023

11. Plugins on WordPress.org backdoored in supply chain attack

    By Karlston, June 26, 2024   

    • wordpress
    • 0 comments
    • 1,082 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 26, 2024

12. Security plugin flaw in millions of WordPress sites gives admin access

    By Karlston, November 17, 2024   

    • wordpress
    • plugin
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wordpress
      • plugin
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,498 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 17, 2024

13. Post SMTP plugin flaw exposes 200K WordPress sites to hijacking attacks

    By Karlston, July 27, 2025   

    • wordpress
    • plugin
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wordpress
      • plugin
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 466 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 27, 2025

14. Over 6,000 WordPress hacked to install plugins pushing infostealers

    By Karlston, October 21, 2024   

    • wordpress
    • 0 comments
    • 1,363 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 21, 2024

15. Hackers exploit critical RCE flaw in Bricks WordPress site builder

    By Karlston, February 19, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,162 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 19, 2024

16. Hackers target WordPress calendar plugin used by 150,000 sites

    By Karlston, July 9, 2024   

    • wordpress plugin
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,083 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9, 2024

17. Hackers abuse WordPress MU-Plugins to hide malicious code

    By Karlston, April 1, 2025   

    • wordpress plugins
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 918 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 1, 2025

18. WordPress security plugin WP Ghost vulnerable to remote code execution bug

    By Karlston, March 20, 2025   

    • wordpress
    • plugin
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wordpress
      • plugin
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,008 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 20, 2025

19. Android gets patches for Qualcomm flaws exploited in attacks

    By Karlston, August 5, 2025   

    • android
    • security patches
    • 0 comments
    • 553 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 5, 2025

20. Crypto drainer steals $59 million from 63k people in Twitter ad push

    By Karlston, December 22, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 1,541 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • December 22, 2023

21. Hackers target Docker, Hadoop, Redis, Confluence with new Golang malware

    By Karlston, March 6, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,271 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 6, 2024

22. Cryptocurrency wallet drainers stole $494 million in 2024

    By Karlston, January 6, 2025   

    • cryptocurrency
    • 0 comments
    • 1,399 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 6, 2025

23. TrickBot malware dev pleads guilty, faces 35 years in prison

    By Karlston, December 2, 2023   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,399 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 2, 2023

24. The Week in Ransomware - December 22nd 2023 - BlackCat hacked

    By Karlston, December 23, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,638 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 23, 2023

25. Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw

    By Karlston, June 23, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 561 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 23, 2025