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Mohit Kumar

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Founder — @TheHackersNews | Cyber Alchemist | Curious by Nature, Educator by Choice, Disciplined by Trading, Solution-Driven by Coding.

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Which Industries Are Most at Risk for DDoS Attacks? While DDoS attacks can hit any organization, some industries face far higher risk—and potentially greater impact when they do. The latest DDoS Resiliency Score (DRS) report ranks the industries most frequently targeted and…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. Which Industries Are Most at Risk for DDoS Attacks?

While DDoS attacks can hit any organization, some industries face far higher risk—and potentially greater impact when they do.

The latest DDoS Resiliency Score (DRS) report ranks the industries most frequently targeted and…

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⚠️ Your AppSec blind spots are costing you. The gap between code and cloud runtime drives 90% of delayed fixes—and missed accountability. Map vulnerabilities, misconfigs, and secrets across your pipeline to regain control. Cut the noise. Reduce risk. Start now ↓…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. ⚠️ Your AppSec blind spots are costing you.

The gap between code and cloud runtime drives 90% of delayed fixes—and missed accountability.

Map vulnerabilities, misconfigs, and secrets across your pipeline to regain control.

Cut the noise. Reduce risk. Start now ↓…

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Meta just rolled out new anti-scam tools for WhatsApp & Messenger. ⚠️ Screen-share warnings 🤖 AI scam detection 🚨 Instant alerts ... but one setting quietly breaks 🔐 encryption. Learn more ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/meta-r…


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🔥 Your Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, or Synology router might secretly be part of a botnet. A new threat called PolarEdge is hiding inside routers, turning them into undetectable spies using a secret TLS server and a hidden config file. Exploit chain, IOCs & decryption trick ↓…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. 🔥 Your Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, or Synology router might secretly be part of a botnet.

A new threat called PolarEdge is hiding inside routers, turning them into undetectable spies using a secret TLS server and a hidden config file.

Exploit chain, IOCs & decryption trick ↓…

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CISA just added 5 active CVEs to the KEV list. The big one? Oracle EBS — under live attack from a new SSRF flaw (CVE-2025-61884). Remote access, no auth. Real-world hits confirmed. Deadline to patch: Nov 10. Details → thehackernews.com/2025/10/five-n…


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🔴 Silent breaches, blockchain malware, and new Android exploits — this week’s threat roundup proves attackers are getting bolder and smarter. Catch the highlights: ⚡ F5 breach ⚡ EtherHiding malware ⚡ Cisco rootkits ⚡ Pixnapping 2FA theft Read WEEKLY RECAP →…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. 🔴 Silent breaches, blockchain malware, and new Android exploits — this week’s threat roundup proves attackers are getting bolder and smarter.

Catch the highlights:

⚡ F5 breach
⚡ EtherHiding malware
⚡ Cisco rootkits
⚡ Pixnapping 2FA theft

Read WEEKLY RECAP →…

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🚨 131 Chrome extensions were caught turning WhatsApp Web into spam bots. They look like “CRM tools,” but secretly send bulk messages. Over 20,000 users already installed them. Full details ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/131-ch…


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🚨 A fake CAPTCHA just breached hospitals, universities, and city networks. The scary part? Victims copied the attack code themselves — straight from their browser. It’s called ClickFix, and it hijacks users through “fix this page” pop-ups — no downloads, no phishing email…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. 🚨 A fake CAPTCHA just breached hospitals, universities, and city networks.

The scary part? Victims copied the attack code themselves — straight from their browser.

It’s called ClickFix, and it hijacks users through “fix this page” pop-ups — no downloads, no phishing email…

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🕵️ China says the NSA hacked its national time servers — the system that keeps everything in sync. If that clock went down, it could’ve hit banks, power grids, even space launches. The attack used foreign SMS exploits, forged certs, and 42 stealth tools. Read →…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. 🕵️ China says the NSA hacked its national time servers — the system that keeps everything in sync.

If that clock went down, it could’ve hit banks, power grids, even space launches.

The attack used foreign SMS exploits, forged certs, and 42 stealth tools.

Read →…

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💣 Europol just dismantled a SIM farm-for-hire platform that powered 49 million fake accounts used for global fraud. It let anyone rent verified phone numbers from 80+ countries — to scam, extort, or launder money. Details → thehackernews.com/2025/10/europo…


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⚠️ Update: Contagious Interview now uses OtterCandy — a Node.js RAT + info-stealer tied to North Korean actors. Hides in npm/supply-chain lures, uses socket[.]io C2 to steal browser passwords & crypto wallets. v2 adds Suiet/Trust/Rabby harvesting + Windows registry wipes. Read…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. ⚠️ Update: Contagious Interview now uses OtterCandy — a Node.js RAT + info-stealer tied to North Korean actors.

Hides in npm/supply-chain lures, uses socket[.]io C2 to steal browser passwords & crypto wallets. v2 adds Suiet/Trust/Rabby harvesting + Windows registry wipes.

Read…

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📄 You open a tax doc. 💻 Windows quietly loads malware. 🛑 Your AV dies. 💀 You’re owned. That’s how Winos 4.0 and HoldingHands RAT are spreading right now — using Windows’ own Task Scheduler against it. Details here ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/silver…


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🚨 CVE-2025-9242 — Critical WatchGuard Fireware flaw (CVSS 9.3) Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a 520-byte overflow in IKEv2 before cert checks, executing code on VPN firewalls — even spawning a Python shell over TCP. Patch now ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/resear…


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Researchers uncovered "LinkPro," a Golang-based Linux rootkit that uses eBPF to hide processes and activate remotely via a secret “magic packet.” It spread through a malicious Docker image deployed on vulnerable Jenkins servers. Full report ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/linkpr…


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Get an inside look at Georgetown's Cybersecurity Risk Management program. Register for the virtual sample class on October 29. Attend here → thn.news/georgetown-cyb…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. Get an inside look at Georgetown's Cybersecurity Risk Management program. Register for the virtual sample class on October 29.

Attend here → thn.news/georgetown-cyb…

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⚡ North Korean hackers just used the blockchain to hide malware — the first time ever seen. Google says they used EtherHiding to plant code inside smart contracts, making it nearly impossible to remove and easy to update for just $1.37 in gas fees. Full story ↓…

TheHackersNews's tweet image. ⚡ North Korean hackers just used the blockchain to hide malware — the first time ever seen.

Google says they used EtherHiding to plant code inside smart contracts, making it nearly impossible to remove and easy to update for just $1.37 in gas fees.

Full story ↓…

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🚨 CISA just flagged a 10.0-severity flaw in Adobe Experience Manager. A single debug page can open the door to remote code execution — no login required. Attackers are already exploiting it, and many orgs still haven’t patched. Details ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/cisa-f…


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🚨 Hackers just turned a Cisco zero-day (CVE-2025-20352) into a Linux rootkit dropper—hitting routers before the patch dropped. The backdoor’s universal password was “disco.” Learn more about the Operation Zero Disco ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/hacker…


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🚨 China-linked “Jewelbug” hackers quietly lived inside a Russian IT provider for 5 months. They used Microsoft’s own debugger to slip past defenses — and exfiltrated data to Yandex Cloud. Full story ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/chines…


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🔴 Microsoft just dropped fixes for 183 security flaws. 3 are already being exploited — including one buried in every Windows PC since XP. ...and at the same time, it is ending Windows 10 support (unless you pay). Details + patch info ↓ thehackernews.com/2025/10/two-ne…


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