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DarkBlinders Compromises Israeli Target and Iraqi Kurdish Government Cloud Environment
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a cyber espionage campaign targeting Israel and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by an Iran state-aligned threat actor between August and October 2026. According to a report published by Dream Research Labs, the campaign has led to the compromise of a high-profile individual in Israel, along with additional compromises affecting a government cloud
Florida Student Aid Website Hack Puts Data of 4.9 Million People at Risk
The Florida Department of Education says SSNs and other personal data may have been exposed in a breach of its financial aid website. The post Florida Student Aid Website Hack Puts Data of 4.9 Million People at Risk appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Hackers disrupt refrigeration systems at European supermarkets
A cyberattack on refrigeration systems has disrupted stores run by multiple supermarket chains across several European countries after hackers remotely changed temperature settings on freezers and cooling systems. [...]
Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account
Send real mail from Laravel and catch test emails in one Maileroo account: SMTP sink, spam and dark-mode checks, and automated tests in CI. The post Email Sending and Testing for Laravel in One Account appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.
Build a GitHub Contribution City With Java and Quarkus
GitHub's contribution calendar gives you an already iconic overview of your activity over the year. Each day has a square, and its color changes with the contribution level. And of course, those days and contributions can also be arranged into buildings, with a week becoming a small part of a city and busier weeks adding height to the skyline. I had some spare minutes and built Quarkus Contribution City around this idea, using Java and Quarkus to generate an SVG from GitHub's contribution data.
Shutting the Door on the XCPE Botnet
Introduction Last week, Google and industry partners dismantled the XCPE backdoor which enrolled more than 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet. We assess with high confidence that the backdoor and botnet were intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain by Videostrong Technology Co., an Android Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). Videostrong monetized the backdoor by selling access to criminal affiliates and loading those affil
The Rise of LLMJacking: How Threat Actors Monetize Compromised Cloud and Model Resources
Written by: Christopher Romano, Codi Starks, Garrett Mahoney, John Wolfram, Josh Murchie, K Singh, Mathew Potaczek, Mike Lombardi, Rik Dolfing Introduction Mandiant responded to multiple incidents in 2026 in which threat actors hijacked enterprise access to Large Language Models (LLMs), a tactic known as "LLMJacking." Spanning a variety of cloud and LLM providers, these intrusions impacted organizations in North America, South America, and Asia Pacific across the financial services, retail, tec
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