Chinese state hackers have held persistent access in U.S. water, power, transport, and communications. Officials call that pre-positioning. A closed-door insurance exercise then asked what if 5,000 water utilities went down at once. The game found no shared playbook.
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Russian Hackers Hijack High-Value Accounts by Abusing OAuth and WhatsApp Device Linking
Russian-linked hackers use phishing plus legitimate OAuth and WhatsApp device linking to hijack high-value government, defense, and academic accounts.
Nobody Hacked Stripe. 659 Merchant Keys Leaked and 688,000 Customers Got Exposed
A 35 GB dump of live Stripe merchant keys hit a data forum, exposing 659 accounts and 688,000 customers. Stripe wasn’t hacked. The keys walked out anyway.
CareCloud Breach Hits 3.7 Million Patients After Hackers Access AWS
CareCloud confirmed hackers accessed an AWS environment in March and hit 3,756,469 patients. Most never heard of the firm. Here’s what that letter means.
Feds Call It an Active Threat: Attackers Using AI Code to Hack Siemens Water and Factory Controllers
Five federal agencies say attackers are using AI-generated code to hack Siemens S7 PLCs at water, energy, and factory sites. This is an active threat.
Bad Microsoft Defender Update Crashes Windows Scans: The Versions and the Fix
A bad Microsoft Defender update is crashing Quick and Full scans on Windows. Broken versions, the 1.457.236.0 fix, and why you should not reinstall Windows.
Microsoft Ties 30-Plus Rotating Domains to MacSync, the Mac Password Stealer
Microsoft linked 30-plus rotating domains to MacSync Stealer, which grabs Mac Keychain, browser logins, SSH keys, and AWS credentials from infected Macs.
Microsoft Ties 30-Plus Rotating Domains to MacSync Stealer Targeting Mac Users
Microsoft linked more than 30 rotating web domains to MacSync Stealer, a macOS information thief. Regular Mac users need to know what that actually means.
Critical Holes in macOS, SharePoint and vCenter Just Dropped – Patch Before Someone Else Does
Fresh critical flaws hit Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint and VMware vCenter. If you run any of these at work or home, the clock is ticking on updates that actually matter.