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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > threatsday-200-android-flaws-browser.html

ThreatsDay: 200 Android Flaws, Browser-Built Phishing, 119K Scam Shops + 23 More Stories

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (271+ words) A lot of this week’s security news has the same awkward answer to one question: “Why was that allowed to work?” An extension asks for access and takes too much. A trusted service becomes part of a phishing chain. An…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > gigabud-creates-android-work-profiles.html

Gigabud Creates Android Work Profiles to Hide From Banking App Malware Checks

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (921+ words) A work profile is a separate space that Android typically reserves for employer apps, and what's inside it is kept separate from everything in the personal space. That split hides the trojan from the banking app's own malware checks, Group-IB…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > four-spy-groups-used-same-chrome-and.html

Four Spy Groups Used the Same Chrome and Windows Exploit Kit Within a Week

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (594+ words) The first in-the-wild use of BlueMoon has been attributed to the China-aligned state-sponsored group tracked as APT31 (aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, JungleBamboo, PerplexedGoblin, RedBravo, TA412, Tide Castle, and Violet Typhoon) on August 28, 2026. "Within days, several other espionage-motivated clusters began using BlueMoon,…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > infostealer-logs-expose-replayable-ai.html

Infostealer Logs Expose Replayable AI Tokens That Can Bypass MFA

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (883+ words) Cybercriminals are hijacking artificial intelligence (AI) user accounts via information stealer logs to create "stolen keys" that grant illicit access to tools from model providers like Google, Anthropic, and others. Information stealers like Lumma Stealer or Vidar are equipped to…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > webinar-learn-how-to-answer-are-we.html

Webinar: Learn How to Answer “Are We Exposed?” Faster After a New CVE

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (366+ words) A major vulnerability is disclosed. The alert lands immediately. Then comes the harder question: Are we actually exposed? For many security teams, answering that means jumping between vulnerability scanners, endpoint tools, cloud inventories, SBOMs, repositories, and application data to build…...

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

Autonomous AI Agents Compromise Thousands of Credentials in Under Six Hours

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (530+ words) Threat actors are continuing to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline their operations, with one financially motivated hacking group employing an autonomous, multi-agent attack framework to carry out a large-scale credential harvesting campaign within six hours. Google Threat Intelligence Group…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > freeipa-flaw-chain-lets-anonymous.html

FreeIPA Flaw Chain Lets Anonymous Clients Create Reusable Administrator Credentials

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1041+ words) A flaw in FreeIPA lets a client that has never logged in create a Kerberos identity of its own choosing in the directory and end up in the administrators group, Red Hat says. FreeIPA is the system that determines who…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > weekly-recap-chrome-0-day-router.html

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, Router Hijacks, Coder Supply Chain Attack and More

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (299+ words) Turning off email images should at least stop the pictures. This week, attackers had a workaround: a scannable QR code built out of text. It still appears, even with images blocked. A small detail, but an annoying one if that…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > rogue-screenconnect-clients-spread-four.html

Rogue ScreenConnect Clients Spread Four-Stage VBScript Chain to Newly Connected Hosts

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (384+ words) According to Huntress, three unrelated incidents have been found to use diverse initial access methods, namely a Quick Assist tech-support scam, a phishing-delivered MSI installer, and a fake Geek Squad refund form lure, to activate a four-stage VBScript chain that…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > your-cloud-security-checklist-doesnt.html

Your Cloud Security Checklist Doesn't Work the Way You Think It Does

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (740+ words) If managing security across multiple cloud providers wasn't hard enough, each one fails in a different way. For the 2026 Cloud Security Index, Intruder analyzed misconfiguration data from 3,000 organizations across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and found that risk profiles across…...